US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on April 14 for "Filter array and light detection system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,631, issued on April 14, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Filter array and light detection system" was invented by Motoki Yako (Osaka, Japan), Atsushi Ishikawa (Osaka, Japan) and Kazuya Hisada (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter array includes filters disposed in a two-dimensional plane and having different transmission spectra. The filters include a first filter with a transmission spectrum having a first peak group including first and second peaks adjacent to each other, and at least one second filter with a transmission spectrum having a second peak group includ...