ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,472, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NIKON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image capturing device and image capturing apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing device includes: a first layer, including a photoelectric converting unit configured to photoelectrically convert light and produce electric charges; a second layer, stacked with the first layer, including a first circuit configured to process a signal based on electric charges produced by the photoelectric converting unit; and a third layer, stacked with the second layer, including an insulating layer provided between a second circu...