ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,000, issued on June 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion device and imaging system" was invented by Hideaki Takada (Yokohama, Japan) and Kazuo Yamazaki (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel that outputs a pixel signal in accordance with an incident light, a plurality of signal holding units each configured to hold the pixel signal, an AD conversion unit that converts the pixel signal from analog signal to digital signal, a first switch circuit provided between the pixel and the plurality of signal holding units, and a second switch circuit provide...