ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,016, issued on May 13, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Image sensing pixel configurations for reduced sensor noise" was invented by Raymond Kirk Price (Carnation, Wash.), Michael Bleyer (Seattle) and Christopher Douglas Edmonds (Carnation, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor configured to capture imagery with mitigated noise includes a plurality of image sensing pixels arranged to form a sensor array. Each image sensing pixel of the plurality of image sensing pixels comprises an active area configured to receive photons to facilitate image capture. Each active area comprises a le...