US Patent Issued to SOFTBANK on Sept. 22 for "Imaging system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,007, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SOFTBANK CORP. (Tokyo).

"Imaging system" was invented by Yuko Ishiwaka (Tokyo), Gaku Yasui (Tokyo), Tomohiro Yoshida (Tokyo), Tadayuki Tone (Tokyo) and Tadaaki Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system equipped with a subject device includes a plate group constituted of multiple plates arranged at a position opposing a light source for imaging; and a supporting member that supports the plate group. The plate group is constituted of plates arranged in a planar manner, and includes at least one of a rotating plate that is a plate rotatable around one side as a rotation axis, a...