ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,599, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Image sensors and camera modules including the same" was invented by Kyounghwan Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel array, a color filter array including a plurality of color filters arranged in a matrix on the pixel array, and a micro lens array arranged on the color filter array. The plurality of color filters are divided into a plurality of groups that each include nine color filters arranged in three rows and three columns. A plurality of first color filters among the nine color...