Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yonsei University

Coway Co., Ltd

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.

Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.

Hee Joo Kang

Chanyoung Jang

Chan Young Jang

Moon-Gi Kang

Youngjun Song

Wooseok Choi

Minkyu Sun

Jong-Hyun Park

Dong-Ki Min

Young-jun Song

Woo Seok Choi

Joon-hyuk Im

Jee-Hong Lee

Joon-young Chang

Jong-Min You

Seok-Jae Kang

Taek-Sun Kim

Seongwook Song

Jongmin You

Jong Min You

Junghoon Jung

Sung Hee Lee

Da Woon Jung

Dongki Min

Chan Jung Park

Dong Ik Nam

Nam Ho Lee

Jeehong Lee

Joonhyuk Im

Eun-Cheol Choi

Man Uk Park

Seong Yeong Jeong

Chang-min Lee

Hyoung Seok Ko

Hyun Min Shin

Eun Jae Hyun

Seokjae Kang

Young Jun Song

Manuk Park

Kyujun Kim

Taeksun Kim

Chanjung Park

Sang Woo Bang

Jae-Cheol Lee

An image signal processor includes a register and a disparity correction unit. The register stores disparity data obtained from a pattern image data that an image senor generates, and the image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixel includes at least a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element. The image sensor generates the pattern image data in response to a pattern image located at a first distance from the image sensor. The disparity correction unit corrects a disparity distortion of an image data based on the disparity data to generate a result image data, and the image senor generates the image data by capturing an object.

Image signal processor, image processing system and method of binning pixels in image sensor

An image processing device and an image processing method are provided. The image processing device includes an image sensor configured to sense and output a raw image and an image signal processor configured to compare pixel values of the raw image with a reference level to classify a saturation color image and a non-saturation color image, calculate a first fixed pattern noise from the saturation color image, calculate a second fixed pattern noise from the non-saturation color image, generate a final fixed pattern noise by combining the first fixed pattern noise with the second fixed pattern noise, and output a revised image by subtracting the final fixed pattern noise from the raw image.

Image sensing device and image processing method of the same

An image processing method of processing image data generated by an image sensor, the image sensor including a pixel array, includes calculating position information according to pixel positions in the image data, the pixel positions corresponding to pixels of the pixel array, and correcting a phase difference of the image data based on the position information.

Memory device, operating method of memory device and memory system including phase difference correction based on a position of a pixel

An image processing method for converting a color space of input image data including color information is provided. The image processing method includes: preprocessing the input image data according to a frequency thereof to generate a preprocessed result; and color-converting the preprocessed result to generate output image data. The color space of the input image data is different from a color space of the output image data.

Image processing apparatus performing color conversion and method for image processing

A water purifier includes: a case including components; a cover mounted to the case to be opened and closed; a support frame mounted to the inside of the case and having at least one mounting part; a filter module detachably mounted to the case through the mounting part to filter and purify introduced raw water; a first flow path module including at least one flow path through which raw water flows and detachably mounted to the case between the case and the support frame to fix the filter module to the inside of the case; a second flow path module including at least one flow path through which purified water flows and which is connected to the components and the filter module, the second flow path module being detachably mounted to the case through the mounting part; and a faucet module mounted to the case to discharge purified water.

Water purifier

A method of operating an image sensor, the image sensor including a pixel array of a plurality of red pixels, a plurality of green pixels, a plurality of blue pixels, and a plurality of white pixels, includes selecting a first green pixel and a second green pixel arranged on a first axis parallel to a first diagonal direction, selecting a third green pixel and a fourth green pixel arranged on a second axis parallel to a second diagonal direction, generating a first green binning pixel by performing a first diagonal binning operation on the first green pixel and the second green pixel, generating a second green binning pixel by performing a second diagonal binning operation on the third green pixel and the fourth green pixel, and generating image data corresponding to the first green binning pixel and the second green binning pixel.

Method of operating an image sensor

An image sensor includes; a pixel array disposed in a Bayer pattern and including pixels which respectively generate electrical charge according to received light incident, and an analog logic configured to convert an analog signal output from at least one pixel among the pixels into a first digital code using analog-to-digital conversion, and convert the first digital code into a second digital code by adjusting low-order bits of the first digital code in response to a control signal.

Image sensor, image sensing device including same, and operating method

An operating method of an imaging device comprising a plurality of shared pixels that share a floating diffusion node and each comprising sub-pixels covered by a micro-lens. The method involves generating a capture image from the plurality of shared pixels that receive light reflected from an object; compensating for the capture image using static phase information based on misalignment of the micro lens of each of the plurality of shared pixels; performing auto exposure control based on the compensation of the capture image; performing auto focus control based on the compensated capture image; and generating an output image by processing the compensated capture image.

Imaging device including shared pixels and operating method thereof

An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels provided in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and a signal processor configured to process first image data generated by the pixel array to generate a plurality of pieces of first full color image data, wherein the signal processor is further configured to split the first image data into a plurality of pieces of phase data, remosaic-process each of the plurality of pieces of phase data to generate a plurality of pieces of color phase data, merge the plurality of pieces of color phase data corresponding to a same color, respectively, to generate a plurality of pieces of preliminary color data, and compensate for the plurality of pieces of preliminary color data to generate the plurality of pieces of first full color image data.

Image sensor, image processing apparatus, and image processing method

An electronic device includes an image sensor configured to capture a target to generate first image data, and a processor configured to perform directional interpolation on a first area of the first image data to generate first partial image data, perform upscale on a second area of the first image data to generate second partial image data, and combine the first partial image data and the second partial image data to generate second image data.

Electronic device generating image data and converting the generated image data and operating method of the electronic device

An image sensor having improved image quality is provided. The image sensor includes a first array of pixels, a second array of pixels, and a binning module. The first array of pixels has a color pattern formed in an n&#xd7;m array and includes at least first-color pixels, second-color pixels, and third color-pixels. The second array of pixels is adjacent to the first array of pixels and has the same color pattern formed in an n&#xd7;m array as the first array of pixels, to include at least first-color pixels, second-color pixels, and third color-pixels. The binning module is configured to, for a sensed image: perform binning on the first-color pixels of the first array, the first-color pixels of the second array, the second-color pixels of the first array, and the third-color pixels of the second array, and not perform binning on the third-color pixels of the first array, and not perform binning on the second-color pixels of the second array.

Image sensor and method for sensing image

Provided is an image sensing apparatus including an image sensor including a pixel array configured to output a raw image having a Bayer pattern, and an analog end configured to perform an analog binning process on groups of pixels of same colors included in same columns of each of a plurality of sub-kernels corresponding to a first green pixel, a red pixel, a blue pixel, and a second green pixel, and output median values for different colors, and a digital signal processor configured to perform a digital binning process on the median values for the different colors included in different columns of each of the plurality of sub-kernels, and output a binned image.

Image sensing apparatus and image binning method thereof

An imaging system for generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image includes a pixel array that includes first pixels and second pixels, a driver circuit configured to control the first pixels based on a first exposure time and control the second pixels based on a second exposure time, an output circuit configured to output first pixel values of the first pixels and second pixel values of the second pixels from the pixel array, and a processing device configured to generate the HDR image based on a first Bayer image and a second Bayer image, where the first Bayer image is generated based on the first pixel values and the second Bayer image is generated based on the second pixel values and third pixel values of the first Bayer image. The quantity of pixels of the first pixels may be greater than the quantity of pixels of the second pixels.

Imaging systems for generating HDR images and operating methods thereof

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Hee Joo Kang