ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,222, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging device and method of controlling solid-state imaging device" was invented by Taiichiro Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan), Tetsuji Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Yusuke Sato (Kanagawa, Japan) and Fumihiko Koga (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a solid-state imaging device that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a voltage applier. The first electrode includes a plurality of electrodes independent from each other. The second electrode is disposed opposite to ...