Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.

Danmei Wang

Panpan Zhu

Huazhao Zhou

A method and apparatus for focusing and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining phase information detected respectively by at least four groups of phase detection pixels that an image sensor includes, where the at least four groups of phase detection pixels are arranged in different directions relative to a target pixel on the image sensor; determining phase difference information in at least two directions based on the phase information of the at least four groups of phase detection pixels; and focusing, based on the phase difference information in the at least two directions, a camera module to which the image sensor belongs.

Method and apparatus for focusing of image sensor and electronic device

Image sensor, mobile terminal, image capturing method are provided. Pixel array of image sensor includes preset quantity of pixel units, pixel unit includes first and second pixels that are dual pixel focusing pixels, first pixel includes red, green, and blue subpixels, second pixel includes green subpixel and infrared subpixel, and at least one of red and blue subpixels, and each subpixel is arranged in four-in-one manner; position of infrared subpixel in second pixel is same as position of red subpixel, green subpixel, blue subpixel, first combination of subpixels, or second combination of subpixels in first pixel; or position of half the infrared subpixel in second pixel is same as position of half the red subpixel, half the green subpixel, or half the blue subpixel in first pixel, and half an infrared subpixel in each of two adjacent second pixels is combined to form entire infrared subpixel.

Image sensor, mobile terminal, and image capturing method

An image sensor, a mobile terminal, and an image photographing method are provided. A pixel array of the image sensor includes a preset quantity of pixel units. The pixel unit includes a first full-pixel dual-core focus pixel and a second full-pixel dual-core focus pixel. The first pixel is composed of at least one red sub-pixel, at least one green sub-pixel, and at least one blue sub-pixel. The second pixel includes at least one of a red sub-pixel or a blue sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and an infrared sub-pixel.

Image sensor, mobile terminal, and image photographing method

An image sensor, a mobile terminal, and an image photographing method are provided. A pixel array of the image sensor includes a preset quantity of pixel units. The pixel unit includes a first full-pixel dual-core focus pixel and a second full-pixel dual-core focus pixel. The first pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. The second pixel includes at least one of a red sub-pixel or a blue sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and an infrared sub-pixel.

An image sensor and a mobile terminal are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array, where the pixel array includes a preset quantity of pixel units arranged in a predetermined manner. The pixel unit includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel, and the second pixel includes a green sub-pixel, a preset sub-pixel, and at least one of a red sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel. Both the first pixel and the second pixel are full-pixel dual-core focusing pixels, and each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes four full-pixel dual-core focusing sub-pixels. The preset sub-pixel receives an infrared band and one of a red band, a green band, and a blue band, or the preset sub-pixel receives an infrared band, a red band, a green band, and a blue band.

Image sensor including pixel array and mobile terminal

An image sensor, a mobile terminal and a photographing method are provided. The image sensor includes: a pixel array, where the pixel array includes a preset quantity of pixel units arranged in a predetermined manner, the pixel unit includes a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel, the first pixel includes a red subpixel, a green subpixel, and a blue subpixel, the second pixel includes a red subpixel, a green subpixel, and an infrared subpixel, and both the first pixel and the second pixel are dual photodiode pixels, where a location of the blue subpixel in the first pixel is the same as that of the infrared subpixel in the second pixel, and each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes four dual photodiode subpixels.

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