US Patent Issued to Himax Imaging on Sept. 1 for "Image sensing device and image sensing method for reducing power consumption while maintaining ability to conduct high-resolution image sensing" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,688, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Himax Imaging Ltd. (Tainan City, Taiwan).

"Image sensing device and image sensing method for reducing power consumption while maintaining ability to conduct high-resolution image sensing" was invented by Yi-Chen Chou (Tainan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensing device includes an alert sensor and an image sensor. The alert sensor includes a plurality of alert pixels for sensing light changes corresponding to the plurality of alert pixels. The image sensor includes a pixel array for capturing an image. The alert sensor is initially turned on and the image sensor is initia...