ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,160, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Image sensor" was invented by Keunjoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junseok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bongki Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeha Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Inchun Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image sensor. The image sensor including a plurality of pixels, and processing circuitry configured to, generate first image data by converting optical signals received by each of the plurality of pixels during a first exposure time into electrical signals, generate event data inclu...