ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,615, issued on May 27, was assigned to Quantum-Si Inc. (Branford, Conn.).

"Integrated circuit having mirrored pixel configuration" was invented by Xin Wang (San Jose, Calif.), Eric A. G. Webster (Mountain View, Calif.) and Todd Rearick (Cheshire, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the technology described herein relate to improved semiconductor-based image sensor designs. In some aspects, an integrated circuit described herein may include a first pixel and a second pixel, wherein the first pixel is proximate the second pixel in a mirrored configuration. In some aspects, an integrated circuit described herein may include ...