ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,842, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Magnolia White Corp. (Tokyo).
"Optical sensor device" was invented by Takanori Tsunashima (Tokyo), Masashi Tsubuku (Tokyo) and Makoto Uchida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an optical sensor device includes an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer and an optical sensor element disposed between the insulating substrate and the first conductive layer. The optical sensor element is electrically connected to the first conductive layer and covered by the first conductive layer. The optical sensor element includes a first semiconductor layer formed of an ox...