ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,210, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Thermal image sensor and electronic device including the same" was invented by Choongho Rhee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byonggwon Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jangwoo You (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaekwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinmyoung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wontaek Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yongseop Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byungkyu Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal image sensor includes a substrate; a composite layer including an absorption layer and a sensor array layer provided ...