US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Nov. 3 for "Image pick-up apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,470, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Image pick-up apparatus" was invented by Takeshi Yanagita (Tokyo), Taichi Natori (Kanagawa, Japan), Hirotsugu Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Shunsuke Maruyama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yasushi Maruyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Imaging devices and electronic apparatuses incorporating imaging devices or image pick-up elements are provided. An imaging device as disclosed can include a substrate, a first opto-electronic converter having a first area formed in the substrate, and a second opto-electronic converter having a second a...