公开(公告)号：US20220210357A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17476879

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Myeonggyun KYE ,  Seungchul SHIN ,  Minsun KEEL

IPC: H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/376

Abstract: An imaging device includes a light source configured to operate by a light control signal having a first duty ratio; a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are disposed, each of the plurality of pixels including a photodiode for generating electrical charges in response to a light reception signal output by the light source and reflected from a subject, and a pixel circuit for outputting a pixel signal corresponding to electrical charges of the photodiode; and a logic circuit configured to generate raw data for generating a depth image using the pixel signal, wherein the logic circuit inputs a photo control signal having a second duty ratio to the pixel circuit connected to the photodiode in each of the plurality of pixels, and wherein the first duty ratio is not an integer multiple of the second duty ratio.

公开(公告)号：US20230171515A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18059723

申请日：2022-11-29

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kyungmin KIM ,  Mira LEE ,  Minsun KEEL

IPC: H04N25/46 ,  H04N25/78 ,  H04N25/42 ,  H04N25/533 ,  H04N25/51

CPC classification number: H04N25/46 ,  H04N25/42 ,  H04N25/51 ,  H04N25/78 ,  H04N25/533

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a readout circuit configured to generate a digital signal from the pixel signal received from the pixel array, and a signal processor configured to determine whether to perform a binning on a first pixel group and a second pixel group among the plurality of pixels based on at least one of a first value of the digital signal corresponding to the first pixel group and a second value corresponding to the second pixel group adjacent to the first pixel group, and generate image data based on a first operation with the first value and the second value are used as operands when the binning being determined to be performed.

公开(公告)号：US20230171516A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US17991074

申请日：2022-11-21

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kyungmin KIM ,  Minsun KEEL ,  Mira LEE

IPC: H04N5/353 ,  H04N9/04

CPC classification number: H04N5/353 ,  H04N9/045

Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes: a plurality of pixels provided in a pixel array; a controller configured to control a first pixel group of the plurality of pixels to have a first exposure integration time and a second pixel group of the plurality of pixels to have a second exposure integration time; and a signal processor configured to generate image data based on digital signals corresponding to pixel signals generated by the pixel array, by performing operations on a first value of the digital signals corresponding to the first pixel group and a second value of the digital signals corresponding to the second pixel group. The first exposure integration time of the first pixel group is independent of illuminance of the image data.

公开(公告)号：US20220166946A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17381777

申请日：2021-07-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bumsik CHUNG ,  Minsun KEEL ,  Myoungoh KI ,  Daeyun KIM

IPC: H04N5/378 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S17/89 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/376 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G01S17/26

Abstract: An imaging device includes a light source operated by an optical control signal generated using a first reference signal having a first frequency and a second reference signal, having a second frequency different from the first frequency, a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a pixel circuit outputting a pixel signal corresponding to the electrical charge of a photodiode, and a logic circuit configured to generate raw data to generate a depth image, using the pixel signal. The plurality of pixels include first pixels and second pixels, and the logic circuit inputs a first photo control signal, having the first frequency, to the pixel circuit connected to a photodiode in each of the first pixels, and inputs a second photo control signal, having the second frequency, to the pixel circuit connected to a photodiode in each of the second pixels.

公开(公告)号：US20220345646A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17720883

申请日：2022-04-14

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Myeonggyun KYE ,  Kyumin KYUNG ,  Minsun KEEL ,  Seungchul SHIN

IPC: H04N5/343 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/351 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/347 ,  G01B11/22

Abstract: A depth sensor for measuring a distance to an object and an image signal processor configured to change a binning mode based on ambient light are provided. A method for operating a depth sensor for measuring a distance to an object includes outputting a pixel signal from at least one depth pixel included in a pixel array, generating ambient light information based on an intensity of ambient light outside the depth sensor, the intensity of the ambient light being measured using the pixel signal, and setting a binning mode of the depth sensor to an analog binning mode or a digital binning mode based on the ambient light parameter value.