US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on July 14 for "Defective pixel correction device and method of operating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,261, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Defective pixel correction device and method of operating the same" was invented by Chang Hoon Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunyup Kwak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeuk Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yongmi Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungwon Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defective pixel correction device is provided. The defective pixel correction device includes: a pixel grading circuit configured to output a grade map including a plurality of grades indicating defect levels and respectively corresponding...