ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,683, issued on June 3, was assigned to INNOLUX Corp. (Miao-Li County, Taiwan).

"Sensing device for improving the speed of image sensing" was invented by Ya-Li Tsai (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Hui-Ching Yang (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Yang-Jui Huang (Miao-Li County, Taiwan) and Te-Yu Lee (Miao-Li County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing device is provided herein, which operates in a reset period, an exposure period, and a readout period. The sensing device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a detection device, and a third transistor. The first transistor includes a control terminal and a first terminal. The s...