ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,702, issued on April 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor with 3x3 array pixels" was invented by Yujung Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Junho Seok (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Munhwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Wonchul Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor including first and second pixel groups, each of which includes first to ninth pixels arranged to form a 3x3 array is disclosed. The image sensor further includes first to ninth transfer transistors disposed in each of the pixel groups to correspond to the first to ninth pixels, respectively, ...