ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,760, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CANONN K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device" was invented by Hideo Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device including: a pixel; a signal line to which a signal is output from the pixel; a capacitive element having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal being connected to the signal line; and a first control line. A variable potential is applied to the second terminal due to a change in a potential of the first control line."

The patent was filed on Dec. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/538,874.

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