ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,834, issued on July 29, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Imaging device" was invented by Ryohei Kawasaki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Each of a plurality of pixels includes a light receiving element that generates an electric charge in response to received light, a pixel circuit that outputs an analog signal in accordance with the electric charge, and a conversion circuit that converts the analog signal into a digital signal based on a reference signal whose voltage changes stepwise. A generation unit that generates, as reference signals, a first reference signal to be supplied...