ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,311, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Image signal processing device and operation method thereof" was invented by Keun Joo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junhyuk Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jiwon Im (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junseok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation method of an image signal processing device includes receiving a raw pixel code from an external image sensor device including an image pixel, generating a non-linear pixel code by performing non-linear mapping on the raw pixel code, and outputting a downsized pixel code o...