ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,550, issued on April 29, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging system and imaging device" was invented by Naoki Kawazu (Kanagawa, Japan), Atsushi Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan), Junichiro Azami (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuichi Motohashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging device that is mounted in a vehicle, and captures and generates an image of a peripheral region of the vehicle; and a processing device that is mounted in the vehicle, and executes processing related to a function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of the ...