ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,546, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Depth sensor" was invented by Seung Hyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Chan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Gu Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Young Sun Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A depth sensor includes a substrate that includes a first face and a second face opposite to each other in a first direction; a photoelectric conversion element disposed in the substrate; and first and second taps connected to the photoelectric conversion element. Each of the first and second taps includes: a floating dif...