ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,362, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to NIKON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image sensor and image capturing device" was invented by Tomoki Hirata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes: a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light and generates a charge; and an A/D conversion unit that converts the analog signal generated due to charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit into a digital signal, wherein: the A/D conversion unit includes a comparison unit that compares the analog signal with a reference signal and a first circuit layer including a first capacitor for generating the...