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Patent No.:

US 12133011 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2024

Photoelectric conversion device and photodetection system

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuya Kayama, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Omodani, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

VENABLE LLP

Primary Examiner:

John R Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/351 (2011.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/4861 (2020.01); G01S 7/4863 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/773 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/773 (2023.01); G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 7/4863 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric conversion unit configured to output a photon detection signal in response to an incidence of a photon, a counting unit configured to count the photon detection signal output from the photoelectric conversion unit, and a counting control unit configured to control a counting operation in the counting unit. The counting control unit is configured to reset a count value and restart the counting operation from an initial value, when a count value from a start of the counting operation to a first time is less than a first threshold value and a count value from the start of the counting operation to a second time after the first time is equal to or greater than a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kayama, Kazuya. (2024). Photoelectric conversion device and photodetection system (U.S. Patent No. 12133011). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12133011

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