ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,266, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging device and analog-to-digital conversion circuit" was invented by Yusuke Togasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a first pixel circuit and a generation circuit. The first pixel circuit includes a first light-receiving circuit, a first comparator, a first control circuit, and a first latch circuit. The first light-receiving circuit is configured to generate a first pixel signal corresponding to the amount of received light. The first comparator is configured to generate a first...