Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Ildo Kim

Sukhwan Lim

Jaeho Lee

Dong-bum Choi

Jongseong Choi

Changgwun Lee

Hyeyun Jung

Kihuk Lee

Sungoh Kim

Jiyoon Park

Jonghoon Won

Seongwook Song

Jonghun Won

Ji Hwan Park

Jaegon Kim

Seungwon Choi

Ser Hoon Lee

Sangjin Lee

Yongju Lee

Hyoungseok Ko

Sol Namkung

Nari Im

Seunghye Chyung

Hyunyup Kwak

Kyuyul Choi

Valeriy Prushinskiy

Dasom Lee

Dongwoo Lee

Joohyun Lee

Jinhyun Kim

Hyungsok Yeo

Yonggu Lee

Jaemyung Lee

Soongeun Jang

Yun Chang Kim

Kyeong Jae Kim

Pilsu Kim

Jaemin Joo

Na-ri Im

Mincheol Hwang

Bangyong Song

Dusic Yoo

Jiwoo Kim

Dongwhan Lee

An image processing device includes; an image sensor including pixels arranged in a non-Bayer pattern and configured to generate non-Bayer pattern image data in response to electrical signals generated by the pixels, and an image signal processor configured to determine an indexing value indicating a color of a target pixel among the pixels and directly process the non-Bayer pattern image data in response to the indexing value.

Image signal processor processing image data having non-bayer pattern and image processing device including same

Provided are image signal processing apparatuses and methods for operating the same. In an embodiment, the image signal processing apparatus is configured to receive, from an image sensor device, an input image. The apparatus is further configured to perform a binning and crop operation on the input image to generate a first image. The apparatus is further configured to perform a Bayer domain processing on the first image to generate a second image. The apparatus is further configured to perform RGB domain processing on the second image to generate a third image. The apparatus is further configured to perform YUV domain processing on the third image to generate an output image. The YUV domain processing comprises at least one of a spatial de-noising operation, a temporal de-noising operation, a motion compensation operation, a tone mapping operation, a detail enhance operation, and a sharpening operation.

Image signal processor, operation method of image signal processor, and image sensor device including image signal processor

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display in which a region exposed to an outside is reduced as the flexible display is drawn into the electronic device and the region exposed to the outside is expanded as the flexible display is drawn out of the electronic device, a camera module including an image sensor, at least one sensor, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to acquire an image through the image sensor, identify a region of the flexible display exposed to the outside, through the at least one sensor, determine, within the image, an image part corresponding to the identified region of the flexible display, determine, within the determined image part, a region for performing at least one function related to the image, and perform the at least one function, based on the determined region.

Method for providing image and electronic device supporting the same

Provided are an image signal processor, an operating method of the image signal processor, and an application processor including the image signal processor. The image signal processor includes a downscaling circuit configured to generate a first image signal by downscaling an input image signal; an image processing engine configured to generate a second image signal by performing a plurality of image processing operations on the first image signal; a first upscaling circuit configured to generate a third image signal by upscaling the second image signal; a second upscaling circuit configured to generate a fourth image signal by upscaling the first image signal; a correction information generating circuit configured to generate an image information signal by extracting information on image quality loss of the third image signal from the input image signal and the fourth image signal; and a recomposition circuit configured to generate an output image signal by recomposing the third image signal and the image information signal.

Image signal processor, operating method of the image signal processor, and application processor including the image signal processor

An electronic device includes a camera device configured to adjust a focus; a distance extraction device; and a processor configured to: obtain a first image using the camera device; set a first region of interest for focus detection in a portion of the first image; obtain first depth information using the distance extraction device, the first depth information including a depth distance corresponding to at least one pixel included in the first image; set a second region of interest in another portion of the first image based on at least two portions which differ in depth distance being included in the first region of interest based on the first depth information; and capture an image based on a focus determined corresponding to the second region of interest.

Automatic focus detection method of camera and electric device supporting same

An image processing apparatus includes a low-resolution image generating circuit configured to generate a low-resolution image including a second pixel corresponding to first pixels based on an input image including the first pixels, and an edge preserving smoothing circuit configured to generate a reliability of the second pixel based on characteristics of values of the first pixels and perform edge preserving smoothing on the input image using a value of the second pixel of which a reflection ratio is adjusted, based on the reliability of the second pixel.

Image processing apparatus configured to perform edge preserving smoothing and image processing method thereof

An image signal processor that generates a display signal receives an input image signal having a first pedestal level from an image sensor, generates a first signal from the input image signal, the first signal including a second pedestal level, the second pedestal level being different from the first pedestal level and being determined in accordance with the first pedestal level and a processing gain of the image signal processor, generates a second signal having the second pedestal level by amplifying the first signal in accordance with the processing gain, generates a third signal having the second pedestal level by removing a noise signal from the second signal; and generates a fourth signal by subtracting the second pedestal level from the third signal.

Image signal processor, electronic device including image signal processor, and associated methods

A camera module according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a lens module including at least one lens, and an image sensor module coupled to the lens module, wherein the image sensor module comprises a micro lens, at least one photodiode, and a filter array, the filter array includes a first filter capable of transmitting light of a first designated band and a second filter capable of transmitting light of a second designated band corresponding to a color having a complementary color relationship with another color corresponding to the first designated band, and the filter array may be disposed between the micro lens and the at least one photodiode. Various other embodiments are possible.

Camera module comprising complementary color filter array and electronic device comprising same

An electronic device comprises a first camera capable of photographing a designated direction, a second camera capable of photographing a direction different from the designated direction, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to acquire first images by using the first camera and second images by using the second camera, confirm at least one reflective object having a reflective attribute related to the light reflection in the first images, and synthesize, on the basis of the reflective attribute, at least a part of the second images with at least a part of an area corresponding to the at least one reflective object.

Method for synthesizing image on reflective object on basis of attribute of reflective object included in different image, and electronic device

According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises a communication module, a memory, and a processor functionally connected with the communication module and the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to: receive a request for revision information corresponding to a first image from an external electronic device via the communication module; generate, on the basis of image recognition, first revision information by using a raw image corresponding to the first image; determine, on the basis of a comparison between the first image and the first revision information, whether a feature of the first revision information satisfies a predetermined condition or not; transmit, when the feature of the first revision information does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the first revision information to the external device to enable the external electronic device to generate a second image, that is, the revised first image by using the first revision information; generate, when the feature of the first revision information satisfies the predetermined condition, second revision information having a feature which is at least partially different from the first revision information, by using the first image and the first revision information; and transmit the second revision information to the external device to allow the external electronic device to generate a third image, that is, the revised first image by using the second revision information. Other embodiments are possible.

Electronic device and method for processing image by electronic device

Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method, the electronic device comprising a communication module, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: recognize at least one object from among one or more objects by using an image containing the one or more objects; identify a recognition rate and a category corresponding to the at least one object at least on the basis of the recognition; obtain at least one reference image corresponding to the object at least on the basis of the category; when the recognition rate satisfies a first specified condition associated with the recognition rate corresponding to the category, correct the at least one object or an area corresponding to the at least one object by using a reference image, which satisfies the first specified condition, from among the at least one reference image; and when the recognition rate satisfies a second specified condition associated with the recognition rate corresponding to the category, correct the at least one object or the area corresponding to the at least one object by using a reference image selected in accordance with an input from among the at least one reference image. In addition, other embodiments are also possible.

Method of correcting image on basis of category and recognition rate of object included in image and electronic device implementing same

An image signal processor includes a first sharpening filter configured to perform a first filtering operation on a raw data output from an external image device to output first sharpness data. A second sharpening filter is configured to perform a second filtering operation on the raw data in parallel with the first filtering operation to output second sharpness data. An edge determiner is configured to determine an edge strength of an image corresponding to the raw data based on the raw data and to adjust a first weight and a second weight based on the determined edge strength. A combiner configured to combine first weight data in which the adjusted first weight is reflected in the first sharpness data and second weight data in which the adjusted second weight is reflected in the second sharpness data to generate output data.

Image signal processor, operation method of image signal processor, and electronic device including image signal processor

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Ildo Kim