ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,101, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion device, photodetection system, and movable object" was invented by Shintaro Maekawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a photodiode, a generation circuit that generates a detection pulse based on an output generated by incidence of photon on the photodiode, a counter that counts the detection pulse and outputs a count value of a plurality of bits, and a determination circuit that outputs a determination signal indicating that the count value exceeds a predetermined t...