ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,165, issued on March 18, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Pixel circuit, image sensor, camera module, and electronic device" was invented by Yi Luo (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this application provide a pixel circuit, an image sensor, a camera module, and an electronic device, and belong to the field of image processing technologies. The pixel circuit includes: a photoelectric conversion device, a charge memory, a first transmission transistor, a second transmission transistor, and an exposure control signal memory."

The patent was filed on May 16, 2023, und...