ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,382, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Imaging device" was invented by Kotaro Nishimura (Kanagawa, Japan), Atsushi Yamamoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshinori Toumiya (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an imaging device capable of achieving miniaturization and height reduction of a device configuration, reducing generation of a flare or a ghost, and preventing separation of a lens. Side surfaces of a lens provided on a solid-state imaging element form a multistep shape. Angles formed by the side surfaces forming the multistep shape with...