公开(公告)号：US12167148B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17459183

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Deokyoung Kang

IPC: H04N23/84 ,  H04N9/68 ,  H04N25/11

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus are provided. The image processing method includes converting an input image to a first channel separated image having a same resolution as the input image, the first channel separated image comprising a plurality of separate channels, generating a second channel separated image by performing a convolution operation on the first channel separated image, the second channel separated image comprising the plurality of separate channels and having a same resolution as the first channel separated image, and generating a restored image corresponding to the input image based on the second channel separated image.

公开(公告)号：US11988849B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17957190

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Deokyoung Kang ,  Daekun Yoon ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Dong Kyung Nam

IPC: G02B3/00 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G03B11/00 ,  H04N23/71 ,  H04N23/76 ,  H04N23/84 ,  H04N25/13

CPC classification number: G02B3/0056 ,  B60R11/04 ,  G02B5/201 ,  G03B11/00 ,  H04N23/71 ,  H04N23/76 ,  H04N23/84 ,  H04N25/13

Abstract: An imaging device is provided. The imaging device may sense light passing through a corresponding imaging lens and a corresponding color filter in sensing elements disposed in a sensing region for each color channel, and generate sensing data based on a grouping of color intensity values sensed by the sensing elements for each sensing region based on a binning size determined based on an illuminance of light.

公开(公告)号：US11334968B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US17125448

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yang Ho Cho ,  Deokyoung Kang ,  Dong Kyung Nam

IPC: G06T5/00 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06T7/90 ,  H04N9/64 ,  G02B7/02 ,  G02B27/09 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N13/257 ,  H04N13/232 ,  H04N13/15 ,  H04N9/097

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for restoring an image, the apparatus including a plurality of lenses configured to pass a plurality of rays, a sensor including a target sensing element configured to receive a target ray passing a first lens among the plurality of lenses, and a second sensing element configured to receive a second ray passing a second lens among the plurality of lenses, the first lens being different from the second lens, and a processor configured to determine the second sensing element based on a difference between a direction of the target ray and a direction of the second ray, and to restore color information corresponding to the target sensing element based on color information detected by the second sensing element.

公开(公告)号：US11375092B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16859616

申请日：2020-04-27

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Deokyoung Kang ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Dong Kyung Nam

IPC: H04N5/225 ,  G02B7/28 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: An image sensor and an image sensing method are provided. The image sensor may restore a high resolution image with respect to a high magnification based on sensing information corresponding to different fields of view (FOVs) and that is received through lens elements having a same focal length and different lens sizes.

公开(公告)号：US20210218944A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17125448

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yang Ho Cho ,  Deokyoung Kang ,  Dong Kyung Nam

IPC: H04N9/64 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T7/90

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for restoring an image, the apparatus including a plurality of lenses configured to pass a plurality of rays, a sensor including a target sensing element configured to receive a target ray passing a first lens among the plurality of lenses, and a second sensing element configured to receive a second ray passing a second lens among the plurality of lenses, the first lens being different from the second lens, and a processor configured to determine the second sensing element based on a difference between a direction of the target ray and a direction of the second ray, and to restore color information corresponding to the target sensing element based on color information detected by the second sensing element.

公开(公告)号：US10924667B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US16394822

申请日：2019-04-25

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Deokyoung Kang ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Dong Kyung Nam

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/262

Abstract: An image sensor and an image sensing method are provided. The image sensor may restore a high resolution image with respect to a high magnification based on sensing information corresponding to different fields of view (FOVs) and that is received through lens elements having a same focal length and different lens sizes.

公开(公告)号：US11663691B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-30

申请号：US16926126

申请日：2020-07-10

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seho Lee ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Deokyoung Kang

IPC: G06T3/00 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T5/50 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/951 ,  H04N5/20

CPC classification number: G06T3/0093 ,  G06T3/0012 ,  G06T3/4053 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T7/55 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/951

Abstract: An image restoration apparatus generates a plurality of warped images by warping each of a plurality of input images based on respective depths corresponding to a plurality of disparities, and generates an output image with a high resolution based on the plurality of input images and the plurality of warped images using an image restoration model.

公开(公告)号：US11039097B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16579977

申请日：2019-09-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Daekun Yoon ,  Yang Ho Cho ,  Kyuhwan Choi ,  Deokyoung Kang

IPC: H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  G02B13/00

Abstract: A method of driving a lens array camera may include simultaneously driving a first group of sensing elements from among a plurality of sensing elements, each sensing element from among the first group of sensing elements corresponding to a same original signal viewpoint, wherein the plurality of sensing elements is included in a sensor corresponding to the lens array camera including N rows of N lenses, N being a natural number.

公开(公告)号：US11030724B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16506423

申请日：2019-07-09

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yang Ho Cho ,  Deokyoung Kang ,  Dong Kyung Nam

IPC: G06T5/00 ,  G06N20/10 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06T5/30

Abstract: Provided is an image restoration apparatus and method. The image restoration apparatus may store an image restoration model including a convolutional layer corresponding to kernels having various dilation gaps, and may restore an output image from a target image obtained by rearranging a compound eye vision (CEV) image by the image restoration model.

公开(公告)号：US11941781B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US16850724

申请日：2020-04-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Deokyoung Kang ,  Yang Ho Cho

IPC: G06T5/00 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T5/50

CPC classification number: G06T5/001 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06T5/006 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T2207/20081 ,  G06T2207/20084

Abstract: An image restoration method and apparatus are provided. The image restoration method includes acquiring a target image, and acquiring a restoration image of the target image from an image restoration model to which the target image and pixel position information of the target image are input.