US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Oct. 7 for "Light detection apparatus, light detection system, electronic equipment, and mobile body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,181, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Light detection apparatus, light detection system, electronic equipment, and mobile body" was invented by Hideki Tsujiai (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshihiko Hayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Kenichi Murata (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akiko Hirata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a light detection apparatus with high functionality. The light detection apparatus includes an effective region provided with a photoelectric converter that detects irradiation light and performs photoelectric conversion, and a peripheral region provided adjace...