Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor, operation method thereof and apparatuses including the same
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器及其操作方法及其装置
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Application No.: US13672042Application Date: 2012-11-08
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Publication No.: US09025829B2Publication Date: 2015-05-05
- Inventor: Jung Kyu Jung , Yoon Dong Park , Tae Yon Lee , Chil Hee Chung , Young Gu Jin , Hyun Seok Lee , Seung Hyuk Chang
- 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: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2011-0118647 20111115
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06K9/78 ; H04N5/335 ; G01S17/02 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/486 ; G06K9/20 ; H04N5/369

Abstract:
An operation method of an image sensor includes determining a distance between the image sensor and an object, and activating at least one of a color pixel, a depth pixel and a thermal pixel included in a pixel array of the image sensor based on a determined distance and a reference distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130123015A1 IMAGE SENSOR, OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND APPARATUSES INCUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-05-16
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