US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on May 13 for "Imaging device and driving method thereof" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,015, issued on May 13, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Imaging device and driving method thereof" was invented by Yasuo Miyake (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes multiple pixels, a first analog-to-digital (AD) converter and a second AD converter that receive analog signals read from the pixels and output digital signals the analog signals, a first frame memory, and an image processor. The analog signals include a reset signal representing a reset level and a pixel signal representing an image of a subject. The first frame memory temporarily stor...