ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,701, issued on April 8, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Light detector" was invented by Soh Uenoyama (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Takuya Hashimoto (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The light detector includes a light detection substrate having at least one light receiving region and a light incident surface on which a detection target light is incident, and a meta-lens including a plurality of unit structures arranged in a grid pattern and disposed on the light incident surface to focus the detection target light. When viewed in a thickness direction of the light detection substrate, an opening ...