Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation

Wonseok Lee

Taeho Kim

Yunseok Choi

Sang Joon Kim

Hongzhong Zheng

Young Jun Hong

Taehyeon Kim

JongPal Kim

Seongwook Song

Kitae Park

Minji Kim

Jeongmin Park

Joon Seong Kang

Yongjin Lee

Joonseong Kang

Junyeub Suh

Jinman Han

Sangyong Yoon

Seungchul Jung

Dong Hwi Kim

Jong Wook Lee

Jaechun Lee

Young-Jun Hong

Eun-Jin Yun

Jong Pal Kim

Eunsub Shim

Hyungwoo Lee

Seok Ju Yun

Jongwook Lee

Hyukjae Jang

Jae Chun Lee

Wooseok Chang

Duk Lyul Na

Seung Tak Ryu

Hongji Lee

Daehyeong Lim

Youngkug Moon

Keith Chan

Seongsik Hwang

Taek-Sung Kim

Minchul Lee

Wonyong Lee

Hyung Woo Lee

Tackhwi Lee

Seonghyun Jeon

Minkyu Je

Dong-Hwi Kim

Suhyun Jo

Sungho Jun

Jinhee Won

Daeung Jeong

Donghyun Sohn

Jaehyuck Park

Masamichi Ito

Minhyun Cho

Seunggoo Lee

Gitae Mun

Jungmo Kim

Woo Ram Jung

Ji-Hoon Suh

Jin San Lee

Kent Edrian Lozada

Hyoujoo Kwon

Haewook Jeong

Alan Gara

Seongwon Jo

Dae Won Seo

Young Min Shon

Sohyun Chung

Jongin Park

An image sensor includes a first substrate layer, a second substrate layer that is thicker than the first substrate layer, an inter-substrate insulating layer arranged between the first substrate layer and the second substrate layer, a first impurity region, a pair of second impurity regions, and a third impurity region, which are spaced apart from each other and arranged on some portions of the first substrate layer. The image sensor further includes a photodiode region constituting a photo sensing device arranged on the second substrate layer, a transfer transistor including a first gate electrode layer that fills a gate hole, penetrates the first substrate layer and the inter-substrate insulating layer, and extends to the second substrate layer, and a floating diffusion region arranged on a side of the first substrate layer and connected to the transfer transistor.

Image sensor

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a first sensor, a communication module and a processor. The processor implements the method, including calculating a first impedance via the first biometric information, calculating a first body composition based on the first impedance, receiving second biometric information from an external electronic device, calculating a second impedance using the second biometric information, calculating a second body composition based the second impedance, calculating a total body composition based on at least one of the first impedance and the second impedance, calculating a third body composition for a third part of the body of the user, based on the total body composition, the first body composition, and the second body composition, and displaying at least one of the total body composition, the first body composition, and the second body composition, and the third body composition on the display.

Electronic device and method for providing body component information by using same

An image sensor includes: photodiodes arranged in a substrate; active pillars connected to the photodiodes and extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to a bottom surface of the substrate; at least two transistors stacked in the vertical direction, wherein portions of the active pillars are channel areas of the at least two transistors; a floating diffusion (FD) area disposed under a transfer transistor, which is one of the at least two transistors, wherein the FD area is configured to receive charge from the photodiode through the transfer transistor and the portions of the active pillars; and a light transmitting layer disposed on a top surface of the substrate.

Image sensor including a transistor with a vertical channel and a method of manufacturing the same

Message splitting and aggregation in a multi-stage electrical interconnection network are disclosed. A method of operating an electronic device comprised of computing devices, includes splitting, into segments, a message to be transmitted from a first of the computing devices, transmitting the segments to a second of the computing devices through a multi-channel that is based on an electrical connection between the first computing device and a plurality of switches, wherein the multi-channel includes channels respectively including electrical connections, the electrical connections connecting the first computing device with the second computing device, and reconstructing the message by aggregating the segments in the second computing device, wherein a bandwidth of the multi-channel transmitting the segments is greater than a maximum bandwidth of a single electrical connection of the electrical connections.

Message split-aggregation for multi-stage electrical interconnection network

A device includes: a processor configured to execute instructions in a memory, wherein, the instructions are configured to cause the processor to: select a first network group from among network groups, wherein the first network group is selected from among the network groups based on numbers of global links connecting the network groups, respectively; obtain a first list of network groups, among the network groups, that are not connected to the first network group; select a second network group and a third network group from among the network groups in the first list based on connections between the network groups in the first list; and based on the selecting of the first, second, and third network groups, form a topology including global links connecting the first network group, the second network group, and the third network group each to each other.

Method and device with network topology formation

Provided are an image sensor module, an image processing system, and an image compression method. The image compression method of compressing image data generated by an image sensor includes: receiving pixel values of a target pixel group of image data on which compression is to be performed, and reference values of reference pixels to be used in compression of the target pixel group; determining an averaging direction in which an averaging calculation is to be performed on target pixel values; averaging the pixel values of target pixels in the averaging direction; generating balance information including compensation values to be applied to the average values based on the reference pixels; and generating a bitstream based on the average values, the balance information, and compression information.

Image sensor module, image processing system, and image compression method

A computing system includes: an adaptive back-up controller configured to calculate an adaptive back-up time based on a reserve power source for backing up a volatile memory to a nonvolatile memory; and a processor core, coupled to the adaptive back-up controller, configured to back up at least a portion of the volatile memory to the nonvolatile memory within the adaptive back-up time.

Computing system with adaptive back-up mechanism and method of operation thereof

A computing system includes: an adaptive back-up controller configured to calculate an adaptive back-up time based on a reserve power source for backing up a volatile memory to a nonvolatile memory; and a processor core, coupled to the adaptive back-up controller, configured to back up at least a portion of the volatile memory to the nonvolatile memory within the adaptive back-up time based on a back-up priority.

Provided is an image compression method for compressing image data generated by an image sensor, the image compression method including detecting a saturated pixel among a plurality of pixels included in a pixel group included in the image data, the saturated pixel having a pixel value exceeding a threshold value, and the plurality of pixels being adjacent to each other and having a same color as each other, generating a saturation flag indicating a position of the saturated pixel, compressing the image data by comparing a reference pixel with at least one non-saturated pixel among the plurality of pixels included in the pixel group, and outputting a bitstream including the saturation flag, a compression result, and a compression method.

Image compression method using saturated pixel, encoder, and electronic device

Processing circuitry may be configured to detect an abnormal pixel among a plurality of pixels based on pixel values of the plurality of pixels and one or more reference pixel values corresponding to the plurality of values; generate first encoded data by encoding pixel data of the plurality of pixels based on the pixel values with a first encoder; generate second encoded data by encoding the pixel data based on remaining pixels of the plurality of pixels excluding the detected abnormal pixel with a second encoder; and output the first encoded data or the second encoded data based on detecting the abnormal pixel.

Processing circuitry for processing data from sensor including abnormal pixels

A camera module includes a compressor configured to divide a plurality of pixels included in image data, into a plurality of pixel groups, with respect to each of the plurality of pixel groups into which the plurality of pixels is divided, calculate a representative pixel value of a corresponding pixel group, based on pixel values of multiple pixels included in the corresponding pixel group, generate first compressed data, based on the calculated representative pixel value of each of the plurality of pixel groups, with respect to each of the plurality of pixel groups into which the plurality of pixels is divided, calculate residual values representing differences between the pixel values of the multiple pixels included in the corresponding pixel group and the representative pixel value of the corresponding pixel group, and generate second compressed data, based on the calculated residual values of each of the plurality of pixel groups.

Camera module, image processing device and image compression method

An amplification apparatus includes an amplifier having an inverting terminal, and a non-inverting terminal connected to a reset voltage node, a first capacitor connected to the inverting terminal, an input voltage being applied to the first capacitor, a second capacitor connected to the inverting terminal and an output terminal of the amplifier, and a duty-cycled resistor, connected in parallel to the second capacitor, including a first resistor. The duty-cycled resistor is configured to connect the first resistor and the inverting terminal and to disconnect the first resistor and the reset voltage node during a first time interval included in a period to complete an on-and-off cycle of the duty-cycled resistor, and disconnect the first resistor and the inverting terminal and to connect the first resistor and the reset voltage node during a second time interval included in the period.

Amplification apparatus, integration apparatus and modulation apparatus each including duty-cycled resistor

A quasi-isotropic antenna includes: a feeder; a loop antenna configured to radiate a first radio wave based on a feeding from the feeder; and a dipole antenna adjacent to the loop antenna, and configured to radiate a second radio wave by resonating based on a resonant-coupling with the loop antenna, wherein a radiation pattern of the first radio wave is orthogonal to a radiation pattern of the second radio wave.

Quasi-isotropic antenna

An image compression camera module, an image processing system, and a method of compressing each of a plurality of pixel groups forming image data are provided. The method includes detecting a bad pixel among a plurality of pixels in a pixel group, generating a flag indicating position information about the bad pixel, calculating a first difference between a pixel value of a pixel among the plurality of pixels excluding the bad pixel and a reference pixel value, and generating a bitstream including the flag and the first difference.

Camera module, image processing system and image compression method

An image sensor module, an image processing device, and an image compression method receive pixel values of a target pixel group to be compressed in the image data and reference values of reference pixels to be used for compression of the target pixel group, generate a virtual reference map by applying an offset value to each of the reference values, compress the pixel values of the target pixel group based on the virtual reference map, and generate a bitstream based on a compression result and compression information based on the virtual reference map.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Wonseok Lee