US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 26 for "Photoelectric conversion apparatus and equipment including the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,928, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion apparatus and equipment including the same" was invented by Hideo Kobayashi (Tokyo) and So Hasegawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a first output line electrically connectable to the first pixel, a second output line electrically connectable to the second pixel, a first comparator electrically connectable to the first output line, and a second comparator electrically connectable to the second output line, wherein the first output line is electrically connec...