US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Dec. 16 for "Image sensor and operating method of image sensor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,183, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and operating method of image sensor" was invented by Jeongguk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seongwook Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Geunyoung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Haewoong Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes an active pixel array in which a plurality of active pixels are arranged in a matrix, the active pixel array including a plurality of active regions including at least one active pixel, an optical black pixel array in which a plurality of optical black pixels are ar...