ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,479, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Light detection device" was invented by Masaki Hirose (Hamamatsu, Japan), Katsumi Shibayama (Hamamatsu, Japan), Takashi Kasahara (Hamamatsu, Japan), Toshimitsu Kawai (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Hiroki Oyama (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter provided with a light transmitting region on a predetermined line, a light detector disposed on one side with respect to the Fabry-Perot interference filter on the line, a package having an opening positioned on the other side with resp...