ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,752, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

"Image sensor device and operation method thereof" was invented by Yooseung Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seokyong Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jahyun Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junyoung Kil (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dahsom Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor device includes a first pixel located at a first row, a first select transistor, a second pixel located at a second row, a second select transistor, the second row being different from the first row, and a column line connected to both the firs...