ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,810, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, photoelectric conversion system, movable object and equipment" was invented by Hideo Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels arranged to form a column, each of the plurality of pixels being configured to output a signal based on charge generated in a photoelectric conversion unit, a plurality of output lines provided corresponding to the column, each of the plurality of output lines being connected to at least one of the plurality of pixels, and a column circuit connect...