US Patent Issued to NIKON on Feb. 3 for "Imaging device for performing focus adjustment of optical system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,977, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NIKON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging device for performing focus adjustment of optical system" was invented by Takashi Seo (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes: a first and a second pixel, each of which includes a first photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light that has passed through a micro lens and generates a first charge, a second photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts light that has passed through the micro lens and generates a second charge, an accumulation unit that accumulates at least one of the first charge a...