ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,199, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Image sensor and operating method thereof" was invented by Sun Young Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jeong Eun Song (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image sensor including first and second pixels arranged in a first row, for outputting first and second pixel signals through first and third column lines during a unit row time; third and fourth pixels arranged in a second row, for outputting third and fourth pixel signals through second and fourth column lines during the unit row time; an alignment circuit for ali...