- Patent Title: Image sensor simultaneously generating image and proximity signals
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Application No.: US14723824Application Date: 2015-05-28
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Publication No.: US10587789B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Jaehyuk Choi , Du-Sik Park , Joonah Park
- 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: NSIP Law
- Priority: KR10-2014-0145454 20141024
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An image sensor for simultaneously obtaining an image and a proximity is provided. The image sensor includes a proximity signal generating circuit configured to generate a proximity signal of a target based on a pixel signal of a pixel array. The proximity signal generating circuit generates the proximity signal based on an average of pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels included in the pixel array.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160119522A1 IMAGE SENSOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GENERATING IMAGE PROXIMITY SIGNAL Public/Granted day:2016-04-28
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