Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensors, image processing systems, and operating methods thereof involving changing image sensor operation modes
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Application No.: US16811497Application Date: 2020-03-06
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Publication No.: US11258972B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Kyounghwan Moon
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2019-0092007 20190729
- Main IPC: H04N5/3745
- IPC: H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/347

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the plurality of pixels configured to generate separate, respective pixel signals, a row driver configured to selectively read pixel signals generated by pixels of a plurality of rows of the pixel array, a binning circuitry configured to selectively sum or pass through the read pixel signals to generate binned pixel signals, a column array including a plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) configured to perform an analog-to-digital conversion on the binned pixel signals, and a mode selecting circuitry configured to control the row driver and the binning circuitry to change an operation mode of the image sensor based on a mode signal received at the image sensor to change an operation mode of the image sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210037204A1 IMAGE SENSORS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS, AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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