ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,198, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Imaging apparatus" was invented by Takayoshi Yamada (Hyogo, Japan) and Yoshihiro Sato (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus includes a pixel region including a first substrate section and pixels, and a peripheral region including a second substrate section and no pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first electrode; a second electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a charge accumulation region disposed in the first substr...