ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,187, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion apparatus, device, and moving body" was invented by Satoru Mikajiri (Gunma, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric convertor is provided. The convertor includes first and second pixels each including an avalanche photodiode and a counter, and a processor. The first and second pixels repeat a detection operation including exposure intervals in which the counter counts a number of times that an avalanche breakdown occurred in the photodiode and holding intervals in which a count value counted in the exposure interval is held in the count...