ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,726, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NIKON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image sensor and image capturing device" was invented by Shigeru Matsumoto (Sagamahari, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes: a pixel substrate that includes a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion unit that generates an electric charge through photoelectric conversion executed on light having entered therein and an output unit that generates a signal based upon the electric charge and outputs the signal; and an arithmetic operation substrate that is laminated on the pixel substrate and includes an operation unit that generates...