ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,755, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor device and operation method thereof with dummy code generator" was invented by Sanghee Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seongjin Choe (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor device, including a pixel array comprising a plurality of optical black pixels and a plurality of active pixels, wherein the plurality of optical black pixels are configured to be read out during a first time period to generate first data voltages and the plurality of active pixels are configured to be read out during a second ...