Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and method of driving image sensor, and image capturing apparatus using the same
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Application No.: US14813202Application Date: 2015-07-30
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Publication No.: US09762829B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Jaehyuk Choi , Jungsoon Shin
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-Do
- 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: KR10-2014-0097612 20140730
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/232 ; H03M1/00 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
According to one example embodiment, an image sensor is configured to operate in a plurality of operation modes. The image sensor includes a pixel array including unit pixels configured to generate an analog image signal from incident light, a readout circuit configured to generate a digital image signal by converting the analog image signal, and a control module configured to generate control signals for controlling operations of the pixel array and the readout circuit according to an operation mode of the image sensor. A first power voltage for driving the image sensor when the operation mode of the image sensor is an image recognition mode for recognizing a body of a user of the image sensor, is lower than a second power voltage for driving the image sensor when the operation mode of the image sensor is an image capture mode for capturing images by the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160037110A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE SENSOR, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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