ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,406, issued on July 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system and equipment" was invented by Hideo Kobayashi (Tokyo) and Kazuo Yamazaki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel which includes a photoelectric conversion element; a signal line connected with the pixel; a voltage-current conversion unit configured to convert a voltage signal of the signal line into current; and a conversion unit that includes an oversampling type analog-to-digital conversion circuit that converts the current outputted from the vo...