ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,403, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Spectral image sensors and electronic apparatuses including the same" was invented by Heejin Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectral image sensor includes: a first lens system; an infrared blocking filter; a second lens system configured to adjust a chief ray angle (CRA) of oblique incident light to reduce an incident angle of the oblique incident light with respect to a spectral filter; the spectral filter; and an image sensor. The image sensor may be configured to detect light passing through the first lens...