US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Sept. 2 for "Solid state imaging element, imaging apparatus, and method for controlling solid state imaging element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,936, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid state imaging element, imaging apparatus, and method for controlling solid state imaging element" was invented by Takuro Kosaka (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yosuke Ueno (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a solid state imaging element includes a current source, a pixel circuit, a comparison circuit, a control section, and a counter. The current source generates a constant current. The pixel circuit generates a pixel signal of a higher voltage than a predetermined lower limit voltage in accordance with conductanc...