ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,045, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TECHPOINT INC. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Imaging element and imaging device" was invented by Motonobu Torii (Tokyo) and Gen Kasai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging element includes: a photodiode, a first FD, a second FD, a TRG transistor, an amplification transistor, a DGC transistor for switching a conversion gain, when converting charges into a pixel signal, to a high gain or a low gain, a capacitor, an OFG transistor for transferring charges overflowing from the photodiode to the second FD, and an RST transistor. During an imaging action involving a long exposure time, after reset ...