ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,832, issued on July 29, was assigned to AMS SENSORS BELGIUM BVBA (Antwerp, Belgium).

"Pixel, electric device and method having a transfer gate and sample stages configured to be operated in conjunction with a light source in response to a control signal" was invented by Adi Xhakoni (Kessel Lo, Belgium) and Xiaoliang Ge (Antwerp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pixel includes a transfer gate, and a sample structure having a first sample stage and a second sample stage. The transfer gate and the first and the second sample stages are configured to be operated in conjunction with a light source in response to a control signal. ...