US Patent Issued to Sony Group on March 11 for "Imaging element, imaging method, and imaging device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,471, issued on March 11, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging element, imaging method, and imaging device" was invented by Jun Nishikawa (Tokyo), Hiroshi Sumihiro (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takeo Ohishi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging element, an imaging method, and an imaging device capable of acquiring a pixel signal of a high dynamic range without losing an information amount are provided. An imaging element according to an embodiment includes an imaging unit (100 or 101) and a generation unit (102). The imaging unit includes a unit pixel that outputs a pixel signal corresponding to received li...