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    Electronic device including image sensor and operating method thereof
    1.
    发明授权
    Electronic device including image sensor and operating method thereof 有权

    公开(公告)号：US12126910B2

    公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

    申请号：US18078486

    申请日：2022-12-09

    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    Inventor： Dongsoo Kim ,  Inah Moon ,  Jaehyoung Park ,  Shuichi Shimokawa ,  Kawang Kang ,  Yunjeong Kim ,  Jonghoon Won ,  Yeotak Youn

    IPC: H04N23/69 ,  H03M1/18

    CPC classification number: H04N23/69 ,  H03M1/18

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels, each unit pixel including two or more individual pixels, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire a first image frame from the image sensor, determine a photographing environment of the electronic device, based on the first image frame, and, in response to the photographing environment corresponding to a first photographing environment, control the image sensor to acquire analog data through the individual pixels, and provide first digital data digitally converted from the analog data with first sensitivity, and second digital data digitally converted from the analog data with second sensitivity which is higher than the first sensitivity, and acquire a second image frame which follows the first image frame, based on the first digital data and the second digital data.

    Electronic device integrating phase difference detection and imaging and method for controlling the same
    3.
    发明授权
    Electronic device integrating phase difference detection and imaging and method for controlling the same 有权

    公开(公告)号：US11997405B2

    公开(公告)日：2024-05-28

    申请号：US17856131

    申请日：2022-07-01

    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    Inventor： Jaehyoung Park ,  Shuichi Shimokawa ,  Dongsoo Kim ,  Kawang Kang ,  Yunjeong Kim ,  Inah Moon ,  Yeotak Youn

    IPC: H04N25/704 ,  H04N25/76

    CPC classification number: H04N25/704 ,  H04N25/76

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera with an image sensor including a plurality of image pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, for converting light incident on a plurality of micro-lenses into an electrical signal, performing a first correlation calculation for phase difference detection in the first direction based on the electrical signal, and outputting image data including a first phase difference correlation calculation value, an ISP configured to perform a second correlation calculation for phase difference detection in the second direction using phase difference information about the image data, and a driver configured to adjust a focus of the camera based on the first phase difference correlation calculation value for the first direction and a second phase difference correlation calculation value for the second direction.

    Electronic device and method for controlling plurality of image sensors
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    发明授权
    Electronic device and method for controlling plurality of image sensors 有权

    公开(公告)号：US11190682B2

    公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

    申请号：US16647366

    申请日：2018-07-06

    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    Inventor： Hyeon-Cheol Jo ,  Hwayong Kang ,  Dongsoo Kim ,  Minyoung Park ,  Sangmin Lee ,  Youngkwon Yoon ,  Jonghoon Won ,  Kihuk Lee

    IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/225

    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments can include: a first image sensor; a second image sensor electrically connected to the first image sensor through a first designated interface; and a processor connected to the first image sensor through a second designated interface and connected to the second image sensor through a third designated interface, wherein the processor can be set to obtain, from the second image sensor, a second image outputted through the third designated interface, and obtain, from the first image sensor, a first image outputted through the second designated interface, in response to a signal provided to the first image sensor through the first designated interface at the starting time of the output of the second image.

    Image processing method and electronic device implementing the same
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    发明授权
    Image processing method and electronic device implementing the same 有权

    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

    IPC: H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/353

    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.

    Electronic device comprising image sensor for identifying an operation setting and an external environmental condition and method of operation thereof
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    发明授权
    Electronic device comprising image sensor for identifying an operation setting and an external environmental condition and method of operation thereof 有权

    公开(公告)号：US12230663B2

    公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

    申请号：US18132625

    申请日：2023-04-10

    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    Inventor： Dongsoo Kim ,  Hwayong Kang ,  Yeongeun Kim ,  Minyoung Park ,  Youngkwon Yoon ,  Hyeoncheol Jo

    IPC: H01L27/146 ,  H04N23/667 ,  H04N23/67 ,  H04N25/42 ,  H04N25/704 ,  H04N23/68 ,  H04N25/11 ,  H04N25/13 ,  H04N25/445

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided and includes an image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels including a first unit pixel and a second unit pixel, the first unit pixel including a first micro-lens, a first color filter disposed under the first micro-lens, and a first photodiode-array disposed under the first color filter and including a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a same number of columns and rows as each other, and the second unit pixel including a second micro-lens, a second color filter disposed under the second micro-lens and having a different color from that of the first color filter, and a second photodiode-array disposed under the second color filter and including a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a same number of columns and rows as each other; and a processor operatively coupled with the image sensor, wherein the processor is configured to identify a mode corresponding to an auto-focus function; if the mode is identified as a first mode, perform the auto-focus function based at least in part on comparing a first combined signal generated by combining signals obtained from a first column of the first photodiode-array with a second combined signal generated by combining signals obtained from a second column of the first photodiode-array; if the mode is identified as a second mode different from the first mode, perform the auto-focus function based at least in part on comparing the first combined signal with the second combined signal and comparing a third combined signal generated by combining signals obtained from a first row of the first photodiode-array with a fourth combined signal generated by combining signals obtained from a second row of the first photodiode-array; and generate an image signal based at least in part on signals obtained from the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel while the auto-focus function is performed according to a one of the first mode and the second mode.

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