ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,433, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, image processing device, movable apparatus, processing method, and storage medium for generating a mapping parameter" was invented by Takuya Nabeshima (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device has a plurality of pixels each of which is configured to include a sensor unit that generates a pulse at a frequency corresponding to a photon reception frequency, and a counter that counts a number of the pulses. The plurality of pixels are controlled such that a signal is generated based on a difference between...