ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,982, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).
"Imaging device, monitoring device, and electronic appliance" was invented by Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device capable of detecting differences with low power consumption is provided. The imaging device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element and a transistor; an analog processing circuit; and a digital processing circuit. The imaging device is operated in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the analog processing circuit detects a difference be...