ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,357, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Image sensor and electronic apparatus including the same" was invented by Ji-Won Lee (Daegu, South Korea), Jeong-Jin Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moo-Sup Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sung-Young Seo (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Hae-Won Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to image sensors and electronic apparatuses including the same. An image sensor including: a pixel area including shared pixels, wherein each of the shared pixels includes at least two photodiodes that form a group and shar...