US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on Nov. 25 for "Imaging device and imaging method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,802, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging device and imaging method" was invented by Kazutoshi Kodama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an imaging device and an imaging method capable of generating a DVS image and a gradation image at a higher speed.An imaging device includes: a pixel array unit including a plurality of DVS pixels that outputs a first luminance signal corresponding to a light amount and a plurality of gradation pixels that outputs a second luminance signal corresponding to the light amount; a detection circuit that outputs a detection sign...