ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,667, issued on April 1, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging device" was invented by Takeyoshi Tokuhara (Osaka, Japan), Yasuo Miyake (Osaka, Japan) and Hidenari Kanehara (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion layer that includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and that generates signal charge, at least one pixel electrode located on the first surface of the photoelectric conversion layer, a control electrode located on the first surface of the photoelectric conversion layer, a counter ele...