ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,325, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HANWHA VISION Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Camera device and image generation method" was invented by Jeffrey Michael Sweeney (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Byeong Ho Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera device includes an image capturing device disposed in a housing and configured to generate an image signal by capturing an image. A light transmitting cover is coupled to the housing and allows light to pass therethrough toward the image capturing device. The camera device further includes a photometric sensor that senses an illuminance of light and an ...