ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,194, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Image sensor" was invented by Boseong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Bumsuk Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyeyeon Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jeongmin Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yunki Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes: a substrate, having first and second surfaces opposing each other in a first direction, on which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged, the plurality of unit pixels including a normal pixel, an autofocusing pixel, and a compensation pixel in a direction, parallel to the f...