US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 2 for "Imaging device having pixel circuit that alternately performs transfer of charge and control method thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,950, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging device having pixel circuit that alternately performs transfer of charge and control method thereof" was invented by Hirokazu Kobayashi (Tokyo) and Yuuichirou Hattori (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of pixel circuits are arranged in a row direction and a column direction. Each of the pixel circuits includes a photoelectric conversion circuit for light from a subject. Signal charge of the photoelectric conversion circuit is transferred to a charge holding circuit and is discharged via an overflow gate (OFG). A signal processing substrate i...