ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,193, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion apparatus" was invented by Yasuharu Ota (Tokyo) and Taichi Kasugai (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a respective avalanche photodiode, wherein the plurality of pixels includes an active pixel that outputs a photon detection signal according to detection of a photon and an inactive pixel that does not output the photon detection signal, and wherein the photoelectric conversion apparatus further includes a control unit that recharges a voltage to be appli...