US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 8 for "Image sensor with size-variable autofocus lenses" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,096, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor with size-variable autofocus lenses" was invented by Taehan Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yunki Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dongmin Keum (Daegu, South Korea), Bumsuk Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kwanghee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yeaju Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of normal pixels and a plurality of autofocus (AF) pixels are disposed, and a logic circuit. The logic circuit provides an autofocus function using a phase differenc...