US Patent Issued to SK hynix on June 3 for "Apparatus and method for improving image quality in a dual conversion gain image sensor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,716, issued on June 3, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for improving image quality in a dual conversion gain image sensor" was invented by Su Ram Cha (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and A Ram Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix form, each pixel outputting a first pixel datum and a second pixel datum according to a dual conversion gain. The image sensor includes a signal convertor configured to generate first kernel data including first pixel data and second kernel data inclu...