ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,739, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Light detecting device, light detecting 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 light detecting device includes: a filter array including filters two-dimensionally arrayed and an image sensor including light detection elements. Each of first and second filters included in the filters includes a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, and an intermediate layer therebetween and has a resonance structure having resonant mo...