ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,975, issued on May 27, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Icheon-si, South Korea).
"Ambient light sensing using image sensor" was invented by Ji Hee Han (Icheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device performs ambient light sensing using an image sensor. The device includes an image sensor and a receiver configured to receive image data from the image sensor. The device also includes a luminance calculator configured to calculate a code corresponding to the luminance value of the image data based on the image data. The device further includes an image sensor controller configured to change the setup condition of the image...