Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Moo Young Kim

Ki Huk Lee

Song Hee Jung

Min Sik Kim

Jae Cheol Yun

Min Sung Lee

Seung Jun Hyun

Tae Chan Kim

Kyoung Min Koh

Woong Joo

KyoungMin Koh

Kyung-Min Kim

Jae Bong Chun

Seung Jin Lee

Seog Heon Ham

Seung Min Choi

Hyeok Jong Lee

Dong Ryul Shin

Ho Saeng Kim

Jae Jin Jung

Mira Lee

Ji Hye Kim

Byung Wook Kim

Hyun Seok Lee

Sunjung Kim

Kwang Hyun Lee

Chanmin Park

Kyunghoon Kim

Dong Ki Min

Ho Chul Hwang

Ji Woo Lee

Byoung Uk Yoon

Min Woo Song

Hyo Seok Na

Dae Sik Hwang

Dongki Min

Eunjik Yi

Hoon Jung

Jong Min You

Il Kwon Jung

Gyeonghan Cha

Rae Jin Uh

Joon Hyuk Im

Seok Yong Hong

Seong Yeong Jeong

Minho Kwon

Hee Deog Kim

Dae Hyun Cho

Mi Ra Lee

Daechul Kwon

Seonghyeon Park

Willem Bastiaan Kleijn

Ji Sun Park

Mee Ryung Choi

Seung Won Cha

Ju Beam Lee

Jaehyuck Kang

Yun Hong Kim

Won Hee Seo

Hye Won Im

Sung Won Moon

Eun Je Hyun

Hak Ryoul Kim

Kyuil Kim

In Seog Ku

Woo Geun Kim

Joo Hoan Do

Eui Chan Jung

Jin Goo Lee

Seonghye Park

Keun Sik Lee

An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; a ramp signal generator configured to generate a ramp signal; a plurality of first attenuators with each first attenuator connected to a respective column of the plurality of pixels, and each first attenuator configured to receive a pixel signal from a respective pixel belonging to a selected row; a plurality of second attenuators with each second attenuator corresponding to a respective column, and each second attenuator configured to receive the ramp signal from the ramp signal generator; and a plurality of analog-to-digital converters configured to output digital signals by comparing first signals output from the plurality of first attenuators and second signals output from the plurality of second attenuators, in which each of the plurality of first attenuators and each of the plurality of second attenuators comprises a first capacitor and a second capacitor.

Image sensor and camera module including image sensor

An image sensor includes first and second column lines, and a read circuit configured to receive pixel signals through the first and second column lines. The first column line and the second column line each include a main wire, a first wire between one end of the main wire and the first interlayer connection region, and a second wire connected with an opposite end of the main wire. A first distance between the first and second column lines is longer than a second distance between a connection point of the first column line and the first interlayer connection region and a connection point of the second column line and the first interlayer connection region. A length of the first wire of the first column line is greater than a length of the first wire of the second column line.

Image sensor including spider routing

An image sensor includes a pixel including a reset circuit and a floating diffusion node, and outputting a pixel signal that is generated based on a voltage at the floating diffusion node, the pixel signal including a reset output that is generated based on the voltage at the floating diffusion node being reset by the reset circuit. The image sensor further includes a sampler sampling the output pixel signal to generate a sampling signal having a time interval corresponding to a magnitude of the output pixel signal, and a counter counting the generated sampling signal, based on a counter clock, to generate a counting value corresponding to the time interval of the sampling signal. The sampler samples the reset output of the output pixel signal n times to generate first to n-th reset sampling signals, where n is an integer of 2 or more.

Image sensor having improved efficiency by reducing noise and time taken for capturing image

Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes an image sensor that captures an image of a target to generate first image data, outputs the first image data, and outputs an interval information signal; an image signal processor that receives the first image data, performs image processing on the first image data to generate second image data and outputs the second image data; and an interface circuit that receives the second image data and the interval information signal and outputs the second image data as third image data. The interface circuit adjusts a timing to output the third image data, based on the interval information signal.

Camera modules and related operating methods and electronic devices

An electronic circuit includes a unit pixel, a first clamp circuit, and a second clamp circuit. The unit pixel outputs a voltage having an output voltage level at a first output voltage level in a first time interval and at a second output voltage level in a second time interval different from the first time interval. The first clamp circuit is configured to clamp the output voltage level from the unit pixel to a first voltage level responsive to the first output voltage level being not greater than the first voltage level in the first time interval. The second clamp circuit is configured to clamp the output voltage level from the unit pixel to a second voltage level responsive to the second output voltage level being not greater than the second voltage level in the second time interval.

Image sensor and electronic circuit included therein

Systems and methods are described for a tetracell image sensor that performs diamond binning to process image data. An image sensor includes a pixel array and a converting circuit, where the pixel array includes pixel sets arranged in a row direction and a column direction, outputs a first signal generated from a first pixel set of the pixel sets, and outputs a second signal generated from a second pixel set of the pixel sets. The converting circuit performs binning based on the first signal and the second signal to generate a first binning signal. Each of the first pixel set and the second pixel set includes pixel sensors adjacent to each other, and the first pixel set and the second pixel set are located at different rows and different columns.

Tetracell image sensor preforming binning

An electronic device includes a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface, a touch screen display positioned inside the housing, wherein the display comprises a display panel and a touch panel that is separated from or integrated with the display panel, a conductive member (conductor) forming at least a portion of the side surface, at least one substantially transparent conductive pattern that is integrated into the display, a ground member (ground) interposed between the first surface and the second surface, a wireless communication circuit including a port electrically coupled to the conductive member, and a processor electrically coupled to the display and the wireless communication circuit. The substantially transparent conductive pattern is electrically coupled to the port of the wireless communication circuit and/or the ground member.

Electronic device including antenna

An RGBW image sensor, a binning method in an image sensor, and a computer readable medium for performing the method are provided, and the binning method in an image sensor includes selecting one or more binning target pixels for each of a red pixel, a green pixel, a blue pixel, and a white pixel, constituting a pixel array of an RGBW image sensor with a uniform array pattern, generating binning pixel data for each of the red pixel, the green pixel, the blue pixel, and the white pixel, based on pieces of pixel data corresponding to the binning target pixel, and rearranging pixels, represented by the binning pixel data, to be equal to the entirety or a portion of the uniform array pattern and to be equally spaced apart from each other.

RGBW image sensor, binning method in image sensor and computer readable medium for performing the method

An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a display displaying content and a processor operatively connected to the display. The processor is configured to obtain information about an exterior color, to extract a dominant color from a specified area in an area in which the content is displayed, and to apply a gradation effect for transitioning from the exterior color to the dominant color, to at least part of an edge area of the display.

Method of applying graphic effect and electronic device performing same

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a memory, a display, a touch sensor included in the display or coupled to the display, and configured to sense a touch. A pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure value of the touch and a processor electrically connected with the memory, the display, the touch sensor, and the pressure sensor, wherein the processor is configured to sense a first touch having a pressure value of a specified threshold value or greater, by using the touch sensor and the pressure sensor, store first location data of the first touch in the memory, sense a second touch, by using the touch sensor and the pressure sensor, wherein the second touch has a pressure value of the specified threshold value or greater and is made after sensing the first touch and perform a specified operation of utilizing the first location data and second location data of the second touch as an input, in response to sensing the second touch.

Electronic device that executes assigned operation in response to touch pressure, and method therefor

An electronic device according to an embodiment may comprise: a display having a content display area logically divided into a plurality of areas; and a processor functionally connected to the display. The processor may be configured to: display a first content in a first area; display, in a second area, a status window for providing an indication of a status of the electronic device or an application executed in the electronic device; move the first area in a predetermined direction in response to a predetermined event; and display a second content corresponding to the status in a third area on the basis of at least the movement of the first area. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are also possible.

Content display method and electronic device for performing same

An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel configured to generate a reset signal and an image signal, a comparator configured to compare the reset signal with a reference signal and generate a first comparison signal, a counter configured to generate a first count value corresponding to the reset signal based on a clock signal and the first comparison signal, and a reference signal generator configured to generate the reference signal which changes between a first level corresponding to a maximum reset count value of the counter and a second level corresponding to a minimum reset count value of the counter during a reset signal period.

Image sensor for improving nonlinearity of row code region, and device including the same

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Moo Young Kim