ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,828, issued on July 29, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Imaging device" was invented by Kazuko Nishimura (Kyoto, Japan), Tokuhiko Tamaki (Osaka, Japan) and Masashi Murakami (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera system including an imaging device; and a signal processor. The imaging device includes; a first imaging cell having a first photoelectric converter generating a first signal; and a second imaging cell having a second photoelectric converter generating a second signal; and a capacitor having a first and second terminal, the first terminal electrically coupled...