ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,488, issued on March 11, was assigned to Prophesee (Paris).
"Merged frame-based and event-bases image sensor pixel" was invented by Thomas Finateu (Veneux les sablons, France) and Christian Bouvier (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A merged frame-based and event-based image sensor pixel is provided, comprising a reverse-biased photodiode; a frame-based signal readout circuit connected to a cathode of the photodiode; and an event-based signal readout circuit connected to an anode of the photodiode. Light received in the photodiode causes the production of electrons and holes. The recombination current of the holes is continuously...