ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,453, issued on July 15, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging device" was invented by Shunya Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a pixel array; and a sensitivity setting section. The pixel array includes a plurality of light-receiving pixels that is divided into a plurality of pixel lines. The plurality of pixel lines includes a first pixel line and a second pixel line that extend in a first direction and are provided side by side in a second direction. The plurality of light-receiving pixels ...