US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Nov. 3 for "Image sensor and electronic apparatus including the image sensor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,677, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image sensor and electronic apparatus including the image sensor" was invented by Sangyun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sookyoung Roh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seokho Yun (Seoul, South Korea) and Sungmo Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor includes a sensor substrate including first, second, third, and fourth pixels, and a color separating lens array, wherein each of the first pixels includes a first focusing signal region and a second focusing signal region that independently generate focusing signals, a...