Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of obtaining wide dynamic range image and image pickup device performing the same
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Application No.: US16594476Application Date: 2019-10-07
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Publication No.: US10992878B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Young-Kyun Jeong , Jin-Ho Seo
- 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: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2016-0168351 20161212
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H04N5/353 ; G06T5/50 ; H04N5/355

Abstract:
In a method of obtaining a wide dynamic range (WDR) image, a first subframe image having pixel data obtained with a first exposure time is generated by performing a first readout operation of a plurality of pixels of an image sensor. A second subframe image having pixel data obtained with a second exposure time and a third exposure time is generated by performing a second readout operation of the plurality of pixels. The first exposure time, the second exposure time and the third exposure time are different from one another. A current frame image having pixel data obtained from pixel exposures with the first exposure time, the second exposure time and the third exposure time is generated by combining the first subframe image with the second subframe image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200036884A1 METHOD OF OBTAINING WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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