Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Soongeun Jang

Seongwook Song

Woo-Shik Kim

Ildo Kim

Gal Bitan

Moonkyu Song

Igal Avishai

Haim Azaria

Lena Grechikhin

Provided is an apparatus for obtaining an image includes an image sensor and a signal processing unit that includes a demosaicing unit configured to reconstruct a green signal to have a full pixel resolution by using the input image, a sharpening filter unit configured to generate a first image by sharpening the reconstructed green signal for each preset direction, a direction image generation unit which generates a second image by removing a base band and extracting only a detail band, a gray detection unit configured to detect a gray region of the white balance-processed input image, an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge direction of the white balance-processed input image, and a selection unit configured to generate a third image by blending the first image and the second image, based on the detected gray region and the detected edge direction.

Apparatus and method for obtaining image employing color separation lens array

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

Provided is a method of performing a half-shutter function using optical object recognition, the method including: displaying a shutter button on a display panel by driving a portion of a plurality of light sources included in the display panel, the portion of the plurality of light sources being disposed corresponding to an object recognition window of the display panel; obtaining a first image based on reflected light received by an object recognition sensor through the object recognition window while driving the portion of the plurality of light sources; determining whether the first image includes a first object, the first object having a half-shutter state; and based on a determination that the first image includes the first object having the half-shutter state, performing a half-shutter process.

Method of performing half-shutter function using optical object recognition and method of capturing image using the same

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises an image sensor and a processor, wherein the image sensor comprises a microlens and a light-receiving sensor pixel capable of converting light having passed through the microlens into an electrical signal, the light-receiving sensor pixel comprises a first floating diffusion area and a second floating diffusion area, the light-receiving sensor pixel is set, as a first area and a second area having different sizes, in accordance with the activation of either the first floating diffusion area or the second floating diffusion area, a signal generated by the light-receiving sensor pixel can be classified and read out as a first signal corresponding to the first area and a second signal corresponding to the second area, and the processor can be set so as to: use the image sensor so as to activate the first floating diffusion area, thereby acquiring a first image of an external object; use the image sensor so as to activate the second floating diffusion area, thereby acquiring a second image of the external object; and synthesize at least a portion of the first image and at least a portion of the second image, thereby generating a third image having a resolution higher than that of the first or second image. Additional various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device and image up-sampling method for electronic device

Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device that combines a plurality of images. The electronic device may include a first camera including a first view angle, a second camera including a second view angle that is smaller than the first view angle, a memory, and a processor, and the processor obtains a first image including a first brightness and corresponding to an external object, using the first camera, obtains a plurality of second images including a second brightness and corresponding to the external object, using the second camera, generates an image that is corrected to include a brightness corresponding to the first brightness, based at least on the plurality of second images including the second brightness, and generates a composite image corresponding to the external object, based at least on at least a part of the first image including the first brightness and at least a part of the corrected image. Also, other embodiments are possible.

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Soongeun Jang