ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,036, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Methods and apparatus for repetitive histogramming" was invented by Steven John Buckley (Henlow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for repetitive histogramming. The apparatus may provide a limited number of physical bins to perform multiple histograms on a total number of virtual bins. The apparatus may provide a single physical bin that is used to sweep over the total number of virtual bins."

The patent was filed on July 2, 2024, under Applic...