METHOD OF BINNING IMAGE SENSOR, AND IMAGE SENSOR PERFORMING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20230353891A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US18093531

    申请日:2023-01-05

    Inventor: Chanyoung JANG

    CPC classification number: H04N25/46 H04N23/843 H04N25/702

    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of binning an image sensor, which includes outputting analog pixel signals by performing binning on a pixel array including a plurality of pixels having a first matrix shape and arranged in a row direction and a column direction repeatedly at a first interval, outputting binning image data including binning sampling signals having a second matrix shape, in which the first matrix shape is rotated by a given angle, and arranged repeatedly at a second interval different from the first interval, based on the analog pixel signals, and outputting Bayer pattern image data having the first matrix shape, based on the binning image data.

    IMAGE DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGE SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220394219A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17675694

    申请日:2022-02-18

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; a row driver configured to control the plurality of pixels; and an analog-to-digital converter configured to digitize a result sensed by the pixel array to generate a first image, wherein the pixel array includes: first pixel groups, wherein each first pixel group of the first pixel groups includes first white pixels and first color pixels among the plurality of pixels; and second pixel groups, wherein each second pixel group of the second pixel groups includes second white pixels and second color pixels among the plurality of pixels, and wherein first pixel data of the first image are generated based on the first white pixels and the first color pixels, and second pixel data of the first image are generated based on the second color pixels.

    RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR FOR MULTICHANNEL IMAGE SENSING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240323546A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18612125

    申请日:2024-03-21

    Inventor: Chanyoung JANG

    CPC classification number: H04N23/80 H04N25/618 H04N25/779 H04N25/78

    Abstract: An image sensing device includes a pixel array including a photoconverter configured to convert optical signals into analog electrical signals, an analog-digital converting (ADC) circuit configured to convert the analog electrical signals received from the pixel array into digital signals, an address bus, a random number generator configured to generate random numbers based on an input of least significant bits (LSBs) of a plurality of digital signals transmitted from the ADC circuit through the address bus, and a signal processor configured to perform image processing using the random numbers.

    IMAGE SENSOR AND BINNING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210409623A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17338082

    申请日:2021-06-03

    Abstract: The binning method of an image sensor includes reading out a plurality of pixel signals from at least two rows of each of a plurality of areas of a pixel array at a time, each of the plurality of areas including a plurality of pixels arranged in a 2n×2n matrix, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; generating first image data by performing analog-to-digital conversion on the plurality of pixel signals; generating, based on the first image data, a first summation value of each of a plurality of binning areas based on two pixel values corresponding to a same color in each of the plurality of binning areas, the plurality of binning areas corresponding to the plurality of areas of the pixel array; and generating a second summation value of each of two binning areas based on two first summation values corresponding to a same color in the two binning areas, the two binning areas being adjacent to each other in a column direction among the plurality of binning areas.

    METHOD OF OPERATING AN IMAGE SENSOR
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230156353A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US17987537

    申请日:2022-11-15

    CPC classification number: H04N5/347 H04N5/3454 H04N5/3456 G06V10/25 G06V10/761

    Abstract: A method of operating an image sensor, the image sensor including a pixel array of a plurality of red pixels, a plurality of green pixels, a plurality of blue pixels, and a plurality of white pixels, includes selecting a first green pixel and a second green pixel arranged on a first axis parallel to a first diagonal direction, selecting a third green pixel and a fourth green pixel arranged on a second axis parallel to a second diagonal direction, generating a first green binning pixel by performing a first diagonal binning operation on the first green pixel and the second green pixel, generating a second green binning pixel by performing a second diagonal binning operation on the third green pixel and the fourth green pixel, and generating image data corresponding to the first green binning pixel and the second green binning pixel.

    IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING HDR IMAGES AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210329160A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17362380

    申请日:2021-06-29

    Abstract: An imaging system for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image includes a pixel array that includes first pixels and second pixels, a driver circuit configured to control the first pixels based on a first exposure time and control the second pixels based on a second exposure time, an output circuit configured to output first pixel values of the first pixels and second pixel values of the second pixels from the pixel array, and a processing device configured to generate the HDR image based on a first Bayer image and a second Bayer image, where the first Bayer image is generated based on the first pixel values and the second Bayer image is generated based on the second pixel values and third pixel values of the first Bayer image. The quantity of pixels of the first pixels may be greater than the quantity of pixels of the second pixels.

    IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR SUPPORTING IMAGE INTERPOLATION AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240397212A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18437596

    申请日:2024-02-09

    Abstract: An image processing method of an image signal processor includes obtaining a first estimated image by interpolating signals output from first color pixels, among a plurality of unit pixels included in a pixel array, in a first direction, obtaining a second estimated image by interpolating signals output from the first color pixels in a second direction, intersecting the first direction, detecting a first artifact component in the first direction with respect to pixels included in the first estimated image, detecting a second artifact component in the second direction with respect to pixels included in the second estimated image, obtaining a first weight based on at least a portion of the first artifact component and the second artifact component, and generating a first output image from the first estimated image and the second estimated image using the first weight.

    IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230023853A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17870175

    申请日:2022-07-21

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels provided in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and a signal processor configured to process first image data generated by the pixel array to generate a plurality of pieces of first full color image data, wherein the signal processor is further configured to split the first image data into a plurality of pieces of phase data, remosaic-process each of the plurality of pieces of phase data to generate a plurality of pieces of color phase data, merge the plurality of pieces of color phase data corresponding to a same color, respectively, to generate a plurality of pieces of preliminary color data, and compensate for the plurality of pieces of preliminary color data to generate the plurality of pieces of first full color image data.

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