ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,471, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GLORY LTD. (Himeji, Japan).

"Light detection sensor, light detection device, and paper sheets processing device" was invented by Hiroshi Konishi (Hyogo, Japan), Takeshi Sato (Hyogo, Japan) and Yuuichirou Okui (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light detection sensor 10 comprises a light source 12 for radiating light to a detection object T and a light receiver 11 comprising a plurality of detectors for detecting intensity of light from the detection object T. The plurality of detectors comprises at least, a first detector 11a for detecting intensity of light of a first wavelength ba...