ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,168, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor having nano-photonic lens array and electronic apparatus including the image sensor" was invented by Sangeun Mun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunsung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sookyoung Roh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sungmo Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a first pixel group and a second pixel group, a nano-photonic lens array including a first region facing the first pixel group and a second region facing the second pixel group, and ...