METHOD OF PERFORMING HALF-SHUTTER FUNCTION USING OPTICAL OBJECT RECOGNITION AND METHOD OF CAPTURING IMAGE USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210173499A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-10

    申请号:US16999178

    申请日:2020-08-21

    Abstract: Provided is a method of performing a half-shutter function using optical object recognition, the method including: displaying a shutter button on a display panel by driving a portion of a plurality of light sources included in the display panel, the portion of the plurality of light sources being disposed corresponding to an object recognition window of the display panel; obtaining a first image based on reflected light received by an object recognition sensor through the object recognition window while driving the portion of the plurality of light sources; determining whether the first image includes a first object, the first object having a half-shutter state; and based on a determination that the first image includes the first object having the half-shutter state, performing a half-shutter process.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING IMAGE USING LENS ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20250039562A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18658571

    申请日:2024-05-08

    Abstract: An image obtaining apparatus includes an image sensor including a micro lens and a plurality of neighboring pixels sharing the micro lens and a processor configured to generate, based on an input image received from the image sensor, a plurality of parallax images having a same parallax, group, from among the plurality of parallax images, first parallax images having similar image characteristics, perform at least one image processing operation on the first parallax images, and generate an output image by combining the first parallax images on which the at least one image processing operation is performed.

    CAMERA MODULE COMPRISING COMPLEMENTARY COLOR FILTER ARRAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20200374493A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16759246

    申请日:2018-07-26

    Abstract: A camera module according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a lens module including at least one lens, and an image sensor module coupled to the lens module, wherein the image sensor module comprises a micro lens, at least one photodiode, and a filter array, the filter array includes a first filter capable of transmitting light of a first designated band and a second filter capable of transmitting light of a second designated band corresponding to a color having a complementary color relationship with another color corresponding to the first designated band, and the filter array may be disposed between the micro lens and the at least one photodiode. Various other embodiments are possible.

    IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND METHOD EMPLOYING LENS ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20250039561A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18668613

    申请日:2024-05-20

    Abstract: An image acquisition apparatus includes an image sensor including a microlens and a plurality of pixels arranged adjacent to each other and sharing the microlens; and a processor configured to process an input image acquired by the image sensor, wherein the processor may be further configured to: generate a plurality of parallax images by extracting and combining sub-images having a same parallax from the input image; generate RGB demosaic images by interpolating a color value of an empty pixel for each of the plurality of parallax images by using color values of surrounding pixels; generate a plurality of upsampled images by upsampling each of the RGB demosaic images to an input image size; and generate an output image by weighted-summing one upsampled image selected from the upsampled images and the other upsampled images based on a similarity therebetween.

    IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20240430549A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-26

    申请号:US18423013

    申请日:2024-01-25

    Abstract: An image acquisition apparatus may include a multispectral image sensor configured to acquire an image of at least one object in an environment in which at least one illumination source exists, through eight or more channels with minimum overlap between the channels, and a processor configured to estimate illumination spectral data of the acquired image by using channel signals corresponding to the eight or more channels, and perform lens shading correction on the acquired image, based on the estimated illumination spectral data.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE UP-SAMPLING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20200260023A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-13

    申请号:US16754704

    申请日:2018-07-26

    Inventor: Soongeun JANG

    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises an image sensor and a processor, wherein the image sensor comprises a microlens and a light-receiving sensor pixel capable of converting light having passed through the microlens into an electrical signal, the light-receiving sensor pixel comprises a first floating diffusion area and a second floating diffusion area, the light-receiving sensor pixel is set, as a first area and a second area having different sizes, in accordance with the activation of either the first floating diffusion area or the second floating diffusion area, a signal generated by the light-receiving sensor pixel can be classified and read out as a first signal corresponding to the first area and a second signal corresponding to the second area, and the processor can be set so as to: use the image sensor so as to activate the first floating diffusion area, thereby acquiring a first image of an external object; use the image sensor so as to activate the second floating diffusion area, thereby acquiring a second image of the external object; and synthesize at least a portion of the first image and at least a portion of the second image, thereby generating a third image having a resolution higher than that of the first or second image. Additional various embodiments are possible.

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