US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on June 3 for "Image sensor, method of operating the image sensor, and image processing device" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,718, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Image sensor, method of operating the image sensor, and image processing device" was invented by Eunsub Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel array, an analog-to-digital conversion circuit, and an image signal processor. A pixel of the pixel array generates a first analog signal based on a quantity of charge accumulated during a first exposure time and generate a second analog signal based on a quantity of charge accumulated during a shorter second exposure time. The analog-to-digital c...