US Patent Issued to NIKON on Feb. 4 for "Electronic device, imaging device, and imaging element for capturing an image" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,266, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to NIKON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device, imaging device, and imaging element for capturing an image" was invented by Koichi Gohara (Kawasaki, Japan) and Satoshi Tsuchiya (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes: an imaging unit including a region having a pixel group that has a plurality of first pixels, and second pixels that are fewer than the first pixels in the pixel group; and a control unit that reads out the signals based upon exposure of the second pixels during exposure of the plurality of first pixels."

The patent was filed on Sept. 11, 2023, under ...