US Patent Issued to Canon on Jan. 20 for "Photoelectric conversion apparatus, device, system, and signal processing method" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,073, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion apparatus, device, system, and signal processing method" was invented by Katsuhiko Nagasaki (Tokyo) and Jumpei Ashida (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a detection unit that includes a plurality of pixels for acquiring a plurality of pixel values based on amounts of light incident on the plurality of pixels and is configured to detect a difference between the plurality of pixel values, and a control unit configured to control the detection unit. To detect a movement of a subject, the control unit causes the dete...