ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,729, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Image sensor, method of forming pixel, pixel readout circuit and calibration method" was invented by Jing Ye (Shenzhen City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various example embodiments are directed to an image sensor, a method of forming a pixel, a pixel readout circuit, and a calibration method. The image sensor includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels, each pixel of the plurality of pixels configured to convert light into a corresponding electric signal, each pixel including a first photoelectric sensor and a second ph...