ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,110, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Photodetection device, photodetection system, and filter array" was invented by Atsushi Ishikawa (Osaka, Japan) and Yasuhisa Inada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photodetection device includes: a filter array including a plurality of filters arranged in a two-dimensional array, the plurality of filters including a first filter and a second filter, the first filter and the second filter each including a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, and an intermediate layer between the first reflective laye...