US Patent Issued on March 11 for "Method and apparatus providing pixel array having automatic light control pixels and image capture pixels" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,470, issued on March 11.

"Method and apparatus providing pixel array having automatic light control pixels and image capture pixels" was invented by Jorgen Moholt (Moss, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pixel array uses two sets of pixels to provide accurate exposure control. One set of pixels provide continuous output signals for automatic light control (ALC) as the other set integrates and captures an image. ALC pixels allow monitoring of multiple pixels of an array to obtain sample data indicating the amount of light reaching the array, while allowing the other pixels to provide proper image data. A small percentage of the...