ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,121, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Magnolia White Corp. (Tokyo).

"Detection device" was invented by Takanori Tsunashima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device includes a plurality of detection elements arranged in a matrix having a row-column configuration in a detection region, a plurality of scan lines coupled to the detection elements arranged in a first direction, a plurality of output signal lines that are coupled to the detection elements arranged in a second direction different from the first direction, and to which the detection elements output detection signals, a detection circuit configured to be s...