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公开(公告)号:US11354777B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-07
申请号:US16978655
申请日:2019-02-28
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Yongchan Keh , Byeonghoon Park , Youngkwon Yoon
Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device can comprise: a light source configured to allow light, excluding a visible light band, to be incident on a designated pattern; a memory for storing designated pattern information; a camera configured to receive the light, which is incident from the light source and reflected by an external object; and a processor. The processor can be configured to: acquire a first image on an external object by using a camera, wherein the first image includes a pattern formed when the designated pattern is deformed by a curve of the surface of the external object; extract deformed pattern information from the first image by using the first image and the designated pattern information; and generate a second image from which the pattern deformed in the first image has been removed, by using the first image and the extracted deformed pattern information. Additional various embodiments are possible.
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公开(公告)号:US10587817B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-10
申请号:US15870439
申请日:2018-01-12
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Dongsoo Kim , Hwayong Kang , Eunsoo Chang , Minkyu Park , Minyoung Park , Youngkwon Yoon , Hyeoncheol Jo , Jonghoon Won
Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including an image sensor including a lens, a pixel array configured to convert light collected through the lens into an electric signal and to output the electric signal, a readout circuit configured to convert electric signals sequentially received for each row of the pixel array into pixel data and to output the pixel data, a memory, and a controller configured to control the pixel array, the readout circuit and the memory, and a processor electrically connected to the image sensor. The controller is configured to generate a frame by integrating the pixel data sequentially received from the readout circuit, generate a profile regarding flickering of the collected light using the generated frame and another frame generated prior to the generated frame, and store the generated profile in the memory, obtain a profile set including profiles corresponding to a plurality of frames from the memory, and transfer the generated frame and the obtained profile set to the processor.
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公开(公告)号:US10404952B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-03
申请号:US15211623
申请日:2016-07-15
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Youngkwon Yoon , Hwayong Kang , Dongsoo Kim , Moonsoo Kim
IPC: H04N9/04 , H04N5/232 , H04N5/351 , H04N5/369 , H01L27/146 , H04N5/3745
Abstract: An image sensor device and a signal processing method thereof are provided. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels includes a micro lens, a filter which includes a first area for filtering a first color signal from a light signal transmitted through the micro lens, and a second area for filtering a second color signal from the transmitted signal, and a first photodiode for converting the first color signal into an electric signal, and a second photodiode for converting the second color signal into an electric signal.
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公开(公告)号:US09692959B2
公开(公告)日:2017-06-27
申请号:US14571901
申请日:2014-12-16
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Youngkwon Yoon , Hwayong Kang , Moonsoo Kim , Taeho Kim , Jeongjin Hong
CPC classification number: H04N5/23212 , G06T7/571 , G06T2207/10052 , H04N5/23235 , H04N5/2621 , H04N5/3696
Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an image sensor including at least one phase detection pixel, and a control unit operatively coupled to the image sensor. The control unit is configured to obtain image information and phase difference information about at least one subject through the image sensor, to identify a plurality of pieces of distance information corresponding to a plurality of regions associated with the image information, based on the phase difference information, and to process the image information, based on the distance information.
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公开(公告)号:US09204037B2
公开(公告)日:2015-12-01
申请号:US14036590
申请日:2013-09-25
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Inventor: Jinhee Na , Kihuk Lee , Minchul Kim , Youngkwon Yoon
CPC classification number: H04N5/23219 , H04N1/215 , H04N5/23293
Abstract: An image photographing method and an apparatus in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes photographing an image a number of times with an interval when a photographing signal is input in an optimum subject photographing mode, recognizing a subject from the photographed images, extracting a candidate image which includes the recognized subject, determining a validity of the extracted candidate image, displaying one of the photographed images as a representative image, and dividing and displaying a valid candidate image which is determined as a valid candidate image and an invalid candidate image which is determined as an invalid candidate image on one side of the displayed representative image, or displaying only the valid candidate image.
Abstract translation: 提供了一种便携式终端中的图像拍摄方法和装置。 该方法包括以最佳对象拍摄模式输入拍摄信号的时间间隔拍摄图像数次,从拍摄图像中识别被摄体,提取包括识别对象的候选图像,确定所提取的 候选图像,将所拍摄的图像中的一个显示为代表图像,并且分割和显示被确定为有效候选图像的有效候选图像和被确定为所显示代表的一侧上的无效候选图像的无效候选图像 图像,或仅显示有效候选图像。
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公开(公告)号:US11626447B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US17130778
申请日:2020-12-22
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Dongsoo Kim , Hwayong Kang , Yeongeun Kim , Minyoung Park , Youngkwon Yoon , Hyeoncheol Jo
Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes an image sensor including a first unit pixel including a first micro-lens and a plurality of first photodiodes facing each other with a first color filter interposed between the plurality of first photodiodes, and a second unit pixel including a second micro-lens and a plurality of second photodiodes facing each other with a second color filter interposed between the plurality of second photodiodes, a camera module including the image sensor, and a processor operatively connected with the image sensor. The first unit pixel includes a first photodiode, a second photodiode, a third photodiode, and a fourth photodiode, which are disposed in a square shape such that a horizontal number of photodiodes is identical to a vertical number of photodiodes. The second unit pixel includes a fifth photodiode, a sixth photodiode, a seventh photodiode, and an eighth photodiode, which are disposed in a square shape such that a horizontal number of photodiodes is identical to a vertical number of photodiodes. The image sensor identifies an operation setting and an external environmental condition of the camera module and, upon identifying that the operation setting is a preview mode and the external environmental condition is a high luminous environment, identifies a first area signal corresponding to a signal of the first photodiode and the second photodiode, which are concatenated with each other and included in the first unit pixel, and identifies a second area signal that corresponds to a signal of the fifth photodiode, included in the second unit pixel, corresponding to a location of the first photodiode and the sixth photodiode, included in the second unit pixel, corresponding to a location of the second photodiode, and forms first auto focus (AF) information based on the first area signal and the second area signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11582430B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-14
申请号:US17134644
申请日:2020-12-28
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Dongsoo Kim , Jaehyoung Park , Hwayong Kang , Shuichi Shimokawa , Takafumi Usui , Youngkwon Yoon
Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an image sensor including a pixel, the pixel including a micro lens, a plurality of photodiodes, and a color filter disposed between the plurality of photodiodes and the micro lens; a processor operatively connected to the image sensor; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores one or more instructions that, when executed by the image sensor, cause the image sensor to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising: determining whether the image sensor is in a high-resolution mode; when the image sensor is in the high-resolution mode, calculating a disparity based on signals detected from the plurality of photodiodes; when the disparity is not greater than a threshold value, applying a first remosaic algorithm to the signals; and when the disparity is greater than the threshold value, applying a second remosaic algorithm to the signals.
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公开(公告)号:US11003905B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16272614
申请日:2019-02-11
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Gyubong Lee , Youngkwon Yoon , Moonsoo Kim , Taeho Kim , Kihuk Lee
IPC: G06K9/00
Abstract: A method and an apparatus for recognizing an iris is provided. The method includes acquiring an image from an iris recognition camera in response to receiving a request for iris recognition, displaying a preview image including an iris recognition area corresponding to the iris recognition camera acquired from a regular camera in response to detecting an iris in the acquired image and obtaining information for the detected iris from the iris recognition camera and performing iris recognition using the information for the detected iris.
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公开(公告)号:US10375321B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-06
申请号:US15484601
申请日:2017-04-11
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Youngkwon Yoon , Jin Hee Na , Pyojae Kim , Jonghoon Won , Jongmin Hyun
Abstract: An electronic device and a method thereof are provided for processing stored images to reconstruct a high-resolution image. The electronic device includes an image sensor configured to acquire an image through a plurality of pixels including a first pixel set and a second pixel set; and a processor configured to acquire at least one first image through the first pixel set; acquire at least one second image through the second pixel set; and generate at least one third image according to a selected mode for generating the at least one third image, by using the at least one first image and the at least one second image.
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公开(公告)号:US10204266B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-12
申请号:US14865898
申请日:2015-09-25
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Gyubong Lee , Youngkwon Yoon , Moonsoo Kim , Taeho Kim , Kihuk Lee
Abstract: A method and an apparatus for recognizing an iris is provided. The method of recognizing an iris in an electronic apparatus includes displaying a preview image by driving a regular camera, displaying an iris recognition area corresponding to an iris recognition camera in the preview image, determining whether an iris image exists in the iris recognition area, and obtaining image information from the iris recognition camera and performing iris recognition, when the iris image exists in the iris recognition area.
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