ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,004, issued on May 13, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Image recognition device and image recognition method" was invented by Kazuyuki Okuike (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an image recognition device and an image recognition method which can improve recognition accuracy of a subject. An image recognition device (an image sensor 1) according to the present disclosure includes an imaging unit (10) and a recognition unit (14). The imaging unit (10) uses the imaging pixels (R, Gr, Gb, B) which receive visible light and imaging pixels (IR) which receive infrared light, ...