ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,603, issued on May 19, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor device and operation method thereof" was invented by Sangwoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Moo Young Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yunhong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunjong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chanmin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Mira Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image sensor device which includes a pixel that outputs a first pixel signal to a first column line during a first time period and outputs a second pixel signal to the first column line during a second time peri...