ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,267, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging device, electronic device, and manufacturing method" was invented by Yosuke Nitta (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshiya Hagimoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Nobutoshi Fujii (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuichi Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, an electronic device, and a manufacturing method enabling to reduce a manufacturing cost. There are provided: a first semiconductor element including an imaging element configured to generate a pixel signal; and a second semiconductor element in wh...