US Patent Issued to Prophesee on Nov. 11 for "Event sensor pixel with sensitivity and dynamic range optimization" (Austrian, French, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,849, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Prophesee (Paris).

"Event sensor pixel with sensitivity and dynamic range optimization" was invented by Thomas Finateu (Veneux les Sablons, France), Daniel Matolin (Freital, Germany) and Christoph Posch (Bad Fischau-Brunn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pixel circuit is provided for use in an event sensor. In one implementation, the pixel circuit includes a photosensitive element configured to generate a current signal in response to brightness of light impinging on the photosensitive element, a first N-type transistor, a second N-type transistor, a first P-type transistor including a...