ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,745, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Shenzhen MetaSilicon Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Image sensor and pixel-level exposure control method" was invented by Ming Liu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a two-dimensional pixel array including a plurality of sensor pixels, wherein the sensor pixels are configured to collect image data of a target scene according to an adjustable exposure time; an image segmentation module configured to analyze image data collected by the two-dimensional pixel array, extract image features and establish a plurality of pixel partitions based on sensor pixels with s...