ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,106, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Magnolia White Corp. (Tokyo).
"Detection device" was invented by Akihiko Fujisawa (Tokyo), Kaoru Ito (Tokyo) and Kazunori Yamaguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, a detection device includes: photodiodes that are provided on a substrate; light-emitting elements that are arranged so as to face the photodiodes; and a light-transmitting placement substrate that is disposed between the photodiodes and the light-emitting elements and on which target objects are to be placed. The photodiodes, the placement substrate, and the light-emitting elements are arranged in the o...