ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,342, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Imaging element and imaging apparatus" was invented by Yuichi Seki (Kumamoto, Japan) and Yoichi Ootsuka (Kumamoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image quality of an imaging element having a configuration in which pixels having color filters are arranged two-dimensionally is prevented from being lowered. An imaging element includes a plurality of pixels and incident light attenuation sections. The pixel includes a color filter transmitting incident light having a predetermined wavelength, and a photoelectric conversion section that pr...