US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Sept. 9 for "Solid-state imaging element" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,870, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element" was invented by LuongHung Asakura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To improve image quality in a solid-state imaging element that simultaneously performs exposure in all pixels.The solid-state imaging element includes a predetermined number of capacitive elements, a pre-stage circuit, a selection circuit, a post-stage circuit, and a vertical scanning circuit. The pre-stage circuit generates a predetermined reset level and a signal level corresponding to an exposure amount, and causes each of the ...