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- Patent Title: Three-dimensional (3D) image sensors including polarizer, and depth correction methods and 3D image generation methods based on 3D image sensors
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Application No.: US17536556Application Date: 2021-11-29
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Publication No.: US11762073B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Young-gu Jin , Young-chan Kim , Chang-rok Moon , Yong-hun Kwon , Tae-sub Jung
- 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 Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR 20180117219 2018.10.01
- Main IPC: G01S7/499
- IPC: G01S7/499 ; H01L27/146 ; G01S7/481 ; G02B5/30 ; G01S17/42

Abstract:
A 3D image sensor include a depth pixel and at least two polarization pixels adjacent to the depth pixel. The depth pixel includes a charge generation region in a substrate. The depth pixel is configured to generate depth information associated with a depth of an object from the 3D image sensor in a 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. Each polarization pixel includes a photodiode in the substrate and a polarizer on the substrate in a light-incident direction. The polarization pixel is configured to generate shape information associated with a shape of a surface of the object in the 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. The polarization pixels and the depth pixel collectively define a unit pixel. The respective polarizers are associated with different polarization directions.
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