US Patent Issued to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES on July 29 for "Blooming artifact elimination in high dynamic range imaging" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,829, issued on July 29, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Blooming artifact elimination in high dynamic range imaging" was invented by Orit Skorka (Santa Clara, Calif.), Barry Vanhoff (Corvallis, Ore.), Radu Ispasoiu (Saratoga, Calif.), Grady Anderson (Boise, Idaho) and Anthony Richard Huggett (Tadley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image sensors, imaging systems, and methods for eliminating blooming artifacts in high dynamic range imaging. The image sensor includes a pixel array and a controller. The controller is configured to detect that a first pixel signal is at or below ...