US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on May 12 for "Optical sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,008, issued on May 12, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical sensor" was invented by Kyohei Kakuyama (Osaka, Japan) and Masahiro Adachi (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor includes a support layer, a thermoelectric conversion material portion including a first material layer and a second material layer, and a light-absorbing film. The first material layer includes a first region and a second region overlapping the light-absorbing film. The second material layer includes a third region and a fourth region overlapping the light-absorbing film. The thermoelectric conversion ...