ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,491, issued on July 1, was assigned to SK HYNIX INC. (Icheon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensing device" was invented by Ho Jin Bak (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensing device may include an image sensing pixel array including a plurality of image sensing pixels operable to respond to light and to produce imaging pixel signals, and a first grid structure disposed between image sensing pixels to separate adjacent image sensing pixels. The image sensing pixel array is structured to include a center area located at or near a center of the image sensing pixel array, first and second diagonal edge areas disp...