Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device and method for providing adsorption information of foreign substance adsorbed by camera
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Application No.: US16013257Application Date: 2018-06-20
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Publication No.: US10547767B2Publication Date: 2020-01-28
- Inventor: Jaesung Lee , Intaek Oh , Jinhee Won , Jongmin Choi , Jeongmin Park , Seungeun Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2017-0086661 20170707
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/217 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/235

Abstract:
An electronic device and a method for providing information of a foreign substance adsorbed from the outside of a camera are provided. The electronic device includes a transparent member formed with a first medium, a light emitter disposed under the transparent member and configured to emit light, a camera disposed under the transparent member and configured to obtain an image of an external object, and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain a first image of the external object by using a difference of light refracting angles between the first medium and the second medium formed at an outer part of the transparent member by using the camera while at least one part of the light emitted by the light emitter is transmitted through an inner part of a second medium, obtain a second image of the external object by using the camera, and provide foreign substance information of a third medium adsorbed on at least one part of an outer surface of the transparent member by using a color difference between at least one partial area of the first image and at least one partial area of the second image.
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