ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,229, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging element control method and camera system having low power consumption mode" was invented by Sanshiro Shishido (Osaka, Japan) and Shinichi Machida (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for an imaging element is a control method for an imaging element including a photoelectric converter and a peripheral circuit connected to the photoelectric converter. The control method for the imaging element includes receiving a predetermined input signal, and controlling the imaging element by switching between ...