Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Yonsei University

Chong-sam Chung

In-sik Park

Jang-hoon Yoo

Chul-woo Lee

Tae-Kyung Kim

Byung-in Ma

Yong-hoon Lee

Hea-jung Suh

Young-man Ahn

Kun-Ho Cho

Kyung-geun Lee

Young-Man Ahn

Byoung-ho Choi

Kyung-hwa Rim

Seong-sin Joo

Han-kook Choi

Tae-kyung Kim

Tae-yong Doh

Pyong-yong Seong

Jong-bae Kim

Jung-wan Ko

Seok-jung Kim

Joong-eon Seo

Jin-won Lee

Chul-Woo Lee

Dong-Ho Shin

Jin-Kyung Lee

Hae-jung Suh

Du-seop Yoon

Jong-Chul Choi

Jae-yong Eum

Hong-kyun Yim

Hae-in Chung

Jin-hoon Jeon

Jin-Won Lee

Joong-Eon Seo

Sun-mo Kim

Heui-jong Kang

Takizawa Teruyuki

Tatsuhiro Otsuka

Tao Hong

Kwang Hyun Kim

Chang-min Park

Seung-tae Jung

Dong-ho Shin

Tae-hee Lee

Saji Yoshito

Kyong-Tae Park

Young-min Cheong

Sung-Hyun Cho

Kiu-hae Jung

In-oh Hwang

Hyun-ki Kim

Joo-Ho Kim

Jeong-Won Lee

Jong-hyun Shin

An-sik Jeong

Tae-youn Heor

Ui-yol Kim

Woo-Seok Choi

Jae-hyoung Park

Cheol-sung Yeon

Joon Seon Jeong

Tae-kyoung Kim

Hyun-seok Yang

Jae-gon Kim

Hyun-seob Choi

Joong-gon Kim

Noh-cheol Park

Byung-ho Choi

Pyeong-yong Seong

Hae-In Chung

Ghang-min Park

Byung-In Ma

Okazawa Hironori

Kim Kwang

Jong-chul Choi

Hea-jung Seo

Jin-kyung Lee

In-shik Park

Yong-Moon Lee

Kun-Mo Cho

Jan-hoon Yoo

Kyung-hwa Rhim

Soo-yeul Jung

Keon-ho Cho

No-kyong Park

Du-seop Yoom

Saii Yoshito

An example photographing apparatus module includes: a photographing apparatus configured to rotate on a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and an actuator module configured to rotate the photographing apparatus on the first axis or the second axis. The actuator module includes: one or more first actuator devices configured to apply a contact force along an optical axis direction of the photographing apparatus that is perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis; and one or more second actuator devices configured to apply a driving force to the photographing apparatus along the first axis direction or the second axis direction.

Photographing apparatus module, user terminal including the same, and method of operating the user terminal

An electronic device and a control method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a main lens, an image sensor, and at least one processor. When an input for acquiring an image is received, the at least one processor is configured to acquire, from the at least one main lens, a first image including an object by setting the image sensor to a first position corresponding to a first focal point for the object, acquire, from the at least one main lens, a second image including the object by setting the image sensor to a second position corresponding to a second focal point for the object, and combine the acquired first image and the acquired second image to generate a combined image. The first focal point and the second focal point are positions symmetrical to each other with reference to an on-focus position for the object.

Electronic device and control method in which the resolution of a combined output image can be increased without deterioration

An example photographing apparatus module includes an image sensor module; a lens module shifted with respect to the image sensor module in a first direction or a second direction that is perpendicular to an optical axis direction of incident light; and an image stabilization module arranged in the image sensor module and applying a driving force to the lens module.

Image stabilization for photographing apparatus module

Disclosed are a bifocal lens having two focal distances to enable near image capturing and far image capturing and capable of being manufactured to have a thin profile, and an imaging device including same. A bifocal lens according to disclosed embodiments may include: a refractive optical system having at least one refractive lens element and having a first focal distance; and a reflective optical system having multiple reflective surfaces and having a second focal distance that is different from the first focal distance. Because the refractive optical system and the reflective optical system have mutually different focal distances, the bifocal lens according to an embodiment may be capable of both near image capturing and far image capturing.

Bifocal lens and imaging device including same

A viewfinder apparatus includes a window on which a reference mark is disposed; a photography unit (e.g., an eye imaging camera) configured to photograph eyes of a user via the window; and a controller configured to detect a location where the photography unit has been moved, based on a location of the reference mark included in a first image captured by the photography unit before the photography unit is moved and a location of a reference mark included in a second image captured by the photography unit after the photography unit is moved, wherein the controller tracks the eyes of the user by using the detected location.

View finder apparatus and method of operating the same

Provided is an imaging device module including: an imaging device including a first optical element on which a first light is incident and an image sensor; and a first optical image stabilization (OIS) operator configured to move back and forth along an optical axis direction of a second light reflected from the first optical system, wherein a third light having an optical path adjusted by the first OIS operator may be incident on the image sensor.

Imaging device module with image stabilization, user terminal apparatus including the imaging device module, and method of operating the imaging device module

A photographing apparatus module is disclosed, and includes: an image sensor module; a lens module shifted with respect to the image sensor module in a first direction or a second direction that is perpendicular to an optical axis direction of incident light; and an image stabilization module arranged in the image sensor module and applying a driving force to the lens module.

Photographing apparatus module with image stabilization, user terminal including photographing apparatus

An image capturing apparatus is provided, including: a first camera module and a second camera module configured to capture an image of a same subject; and a controller configured to map a second image obtained from the second camera module to a first image obtained from the first camera module, and to synthesize a third image of the subject using the first image and the mapped second image, wherein an image sensor included in the first camera module has a first pixel structure in which a pixel has a square shape, and an image sensor included in the second camera module has a second pixel structure that is different from the first pixel structure.

Image capturing apparatus and method of controlling the same

An image photographing apparatus is provided. The image photographing apparatus includes a first photographing unit configured to photograph an image by using a phase difference image sensor, a second photographing unit configured to be spaced on a side of the first photographing unit, a controller configured to generate a first depth map by using a first image photographed by the first photographing unit and generate a second depth map by using a second image photographed by the second photographing unit, and an image processor configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image by using the first depth map and the second depth map.

Photography apparatus and method thereof

A compatible optical pickup including an optical unit and a focusing unit. The optical unit emits a short wavelength light for high-density recording media and a long wavelength light for low-density recording media, directs the short and long wavelength light to a recording medium, receives lights reflected by the recording medium, and detects an information reproduction signal and/or an error signal from the received lights. The focusing unit focuses light received from the optical unit to form a light spot on a recording surface of the recording medium, diffracts the short wavelength light into a zero order light and the long wavelength light into a second order light to be used as effective light for recording and/or reproduction. Thus, a high-density recording medium and a low-density recording medium having different thicknesses can be compatibly used.

Compatible optical pickup and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus employing the same

An image stabilizer is provided, which compensates for an external turbulence caused by hand-shake by moving an imaging unit. The image stabilizer includes a first yoke, a second yoke, and a driving frame interposed between the first yoke and the second yoke and movable in a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, and a rotation direction with respect to an optical axis. The imaging unit is mounted in a center of the driving frame. The image stabilizer also includes a coil plate connected to a surface of the driving frame facing the first yoke and having a plurality of pattern coils arranged at locations corresponding to a plurality of magnets of the second yoke. The image stabilizer further includes a support unit disposed on a surface of the driving frame facing the second yoke and supporting the driving frame in pitch, yaw and roll directions with respect to the second yoke.

Image stabilizer

An optical pickup device includes a light source to emit light, an objective lens to focus the light on a recording medium to form a light spot, an optical path changer on an optical path between the light source and the objective lens to change the path of incident light, a chromatic aberration correction lens disposed on an optical path between the light source and the objective lens, and a photodetector to receive light which is reflected from the recording medium and is then incident thereon through the optical path changer. The chromatic aberration correction lens corrects a chromatic aberration occurring due to a change in the wavelength and/or due to an increase in a wavelength bandwidth of the light. The chromatic aberration correction lens includes at least two lenses such that a lens having a positive power and a lens having a negative power are adjacent to each other.

Optical pickup device having chromatic aberration correction lens

An optical disc apparatus, and a method of driving the same, includes a light focusing element disposed to focus light emitted from a light source onto a disc; an actuator to move the light focusing element toward or away from the disc according to a voltage applied to the actuator; a light intensity detection unit to detect the intensity of light reflected from the disc; a servo unit to generate a gap error signal and a third voltage, the third voltage being the sum of a first voltage and a second voltage, and to apply the generated third voltage to the actuator; and a control unit to control the servo unit to perform a gap pull-in operation when the light focusing element is moved toward the disc according to the gap error signal and the third voltage.

Optical disc apparatus and method of driving the same

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Chong-sam Chung