ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,426, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Image sensor, camera module, and electronic device" was invented by Peide Li (Dongguan, China) and Kongming Hu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to the technical field of image processing, and discloses an image sensor, a camera module, and an electronic device. The image sensor includes a pixel array and a plurality of amplifiers. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixel groups arranged in a row direction and/or a column direction, each pixel group includes a plurality of pixels of different col...