US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Dec. 16 for "Solid-state imaging device and imaging system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,185, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging device and imaging system" was invented by Masahiro Segami (Kanagawa, Japan), Hideaki Togashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasunori Tsukuda (Kanagawa, Japan) and Daisuke Nakagawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a solid-state imaging device that includes a pixel unit, a first acquisition unit, and a second acquisition unit. The pixel unit includes a plurality of sets of a first pixel and a second pixel. The sets of the first pixel and the second pixel are arranged in a pixel region. The first pixel recei...