US Patent Issued to Canon on Nov. 18 for "Photoelectric conversion device, light detection system, movable body, and method of controlling photoelectric conversion device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,248, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, light detection system, movable body, and method of controlling photoelectric conversion device" was invented by Yoshinobu Nagamasa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device includes a detector, a switch, a first circuit, a second circuit, a counter, and a selector. The detector generates change in voltage by current based on incident photons. The switch is between the detector and a node. The first circuit generates a first detection signal based on the change in response to the photon in the detector during a ...