ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,985, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Image sensor including image signal processor and operating method of the image sensor" was invented by Eunji Yong (Seoul, South Korea), Kundong Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Heeshin Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kichrl Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dongyoung Song (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sangwoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor including an image signal processor and an operating method of the image sensor are provided. An image sensor may include a pixel array configured to convert a rece...