ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,892, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging device, electronic apparatus, and imaging system" was invented by Tomokazu Hibino (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To improve the accuracy of the recognition processing used in an image sensor. A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array, a converter, an image processing unit, a digital signal processing unit, and a control unit. The pixel array has a plurality of pixels that perform photoelectric conversion. The converter converts an analog pixel signal output from the pixel array into digital ima...