ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,526, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion device and photoelectric conversion system" was invented by Kazuhiro Morimoto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a light value holding unit that holds light values based on signal charges generated during a first exposure period and a second exposure period having at least one of start timing and end timing different from that of the first exposure period, a comparison unit that compares the light value based on the signal charge generated during the first exp...