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 SENSOR AND METHOD FOR SENSING IMAGE
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230144410A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US17880516

    申请日:2022-08-03

    Abstract: An image sensor having improved image quality is provided. The image sensor includes a first array of pixels, a second array of pixels, and a binning module. The first array of pixels has a color pattern formed in an n×m array and includes at least first-color pixels, second-color pixels, and third color-pixels. The second array of pixels is adjacent to the first array of pixels and has the same color pattern formed in an n×m array as the first array of pixels, to include at least first-color pixels, second-color pixels, and third color-pixels. The binning module is configured to, for a sensed image: perform binning on the first-color pixels of the first array, the first-color pixels of the second array, the second-color pixels of the first array, and the third-color pixels of the second array, and not perform binning on the third-color pixels of the first array, and not perform binning on the second-color pixels of the second array

    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.

    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.

    IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE BINNING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210289150A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US17130997

    申请日:2020-12-22

    Abstract: Provided is an image sensing apparatus including an image sensor including a pixel array configured to output a raw image having a Bayer pattern, and an analog end configured to perform an analog binning process on groups of pixels of same colors included in same columns of each of a plurality of sub-kernels corresponding to a first green pixel, a red pixel, a blue pixel, and a second green pixel, and output median values for different colors, and a digital signal processor configured to perform a digital binning process on the median values for the different colors included in different columns of each of the plurality of sub-kernels, and output a binned image.

    IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE BINNING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20220294999A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17828009

    申请日:2022-05-30

    Abstract: Provided is an image sensing apparatus including an image sensor including a pixel array configured to output a raw image having a Bayer pattern, and an analog end configured to perform an analog binning process on groups of pixels of same colors included in same columns of each of a plurality of sub-kernels corresponding to a first green pixel, a red pixel, a blue pixel, and a second green pixel, and output median values for different colors, and a digital signal processor configured to perform a digital binning process on the median values for the different colors included in different columns of each of the plurality of sub-kernels, and output a binned image.

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