Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device comprising image sensor for identifying an operation setting and an external environmental condition and method of operation thereof
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Application No.: US17130778Application Date: 2020-12-22
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Publication No.: US11626447B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Dongsoo Kim , Hwayong Kang , Yeongeun Kim , Minyoung Park , Youngkwon Yoon , Hyeoncheol Jo
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2019-0172916 20191223
- Main IPC: H01L27/146
- IPC: H01L27/146 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/343 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/345 ; H04N9/04

Abstract:
An electronic device is provided and includes an image sensor including a first unit pixel including a first micro-lens and a plurality of first photodiodes facing each other with a first color filter interposed between the plurality of first photodiodes, and a second unit pixel including a second micro-lens and a plurality of second photodiodes facing each other with a second color filter interposed between the plurality of second photodiodes, a camera module including the image sensor, and a processor operatively connected with the image sensor. The first unit pixel includes a first photodiode, a second photodiode, a third photodiode, and a fourth photodiode, which are disposed in a square shape such that a horizontal number of photodiodes is identical to a vertical number of photodiodes. The second unit pixel includes a fifth photodiode, a sixth photodiode, a seventh photodiode, and an eighth photodiode, which are disposed in a square shape such that a horizontal number of photodiodes is identical to a vertical number of photodiodes. The image sensor identifies an operation setting and an external environmental condition of the camera module and, upon identifying that the operation setting is a preview mode and the external environmental condition is a high luminous environment, identifies a first area signal corresponding to a signal of the first photodiode and the second photodiode, which are concatenated with each other and included in the first unit pixel, and identifies a second area signal that corresponds to a signal of the fifth photodiode, included in the second unit pixel, corresponding to a location of the first photodiode and the sixth photodiode, included in the second unit pixel, corresponding to a location of the second photodiode, and forms first auto focus (AF) information based on the first area signal and the second area signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210193728A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Public/Granted day:2021-06-24
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