US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on March 4 for "Depth sensor and image signal processor for changing binning mode" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,942, issued on March 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Depth sensor and image signal processor for changing binning mode" was invented by Myeonggyun Kye (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyumin Kyung (Seoul, South Korea), Minsun Keel (Seoul, South Korea) and Seungchul Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A depth sensor for measuring a distance to an object and an image signal processor configured to change a binning mode based on ambient light are provided. A method for operating a depth sensor for measuring a distance to an object includes outputting a pixel signal from at least...