Invention Grant
- Patent Title: HDR image sensor with LFM and reduced Motion Blur
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Application No.: US16135647Application Date: 2018-09-19
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Publication No.: US10652479B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Gal Bitan , Shay Hamami
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Main IPC: H04N9/73
- IPC: H04N9/73 ; H04N5/235 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/353

Abstract:
An HDR image sensor supporting LED Flicker Mitigation to reduce Motion Blur and a method of operating same are provided. A timing controller circuit generates at least one control signal that controls an operation of the image sensor. A split-photodiode (PD) pixel includes at least two or more photodiodes that may be independently exposed to one or more bursts of light from a light source. A first photodiode of the two or more photodiodes has a first exposure period that is longer in duration than a second exposure period of a second photodiode of the two or more photodiodes. The second photodiode performs a fragmented exposure operation in which a plurality of exposure periods of the second photodiode are shorter in duration than the first exposure period of the first photodiode, and include both continuous and fragmented exposure periods to capture the one or more bursts of light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200092459A1 HDR IMAGE SENSOR WITH LFM AND REDUCED MOTION BLUR Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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