ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,872, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Image sensor and image processing system" was invented by Eun Chang Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Min Seok Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image sensor including a first tap pixel, a second tap pixel, and an overflow detection circuit suitable for detecting overflow of the first tap pixel based on a first tap pixel signal outputted from the first tap pixel and overflow of the second tap pixel based on a second tap pixel signal outputted from the second tap pixel, and forming a current path from an ove...