ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,357, issued on May 20, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Operation method of radiation imaging apparatus having sensor substrate and bias power supply, radiation imaging apparatus, and computer-readable medium" was invented by Masato Ofuji (Gunma, Japan), Katsuro Takenaka (Saitama, Japan), Masao Ina (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takamasa Ishii (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a radiation imaging apparatus including a sensor substrate which includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel including a conversion element configured to convert radiation or light into an electric charge and ac...