Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yeotak Youn

Dongsoo Kim

Shuichi Shimokawa

Kawang Kang

Jaehyoung Park

Inah Moon

Kihuk Lee

Jonghoon Won

Youngkwon Yoon

Jinchoul Lee

Jina Jeon

Seungnyun Kim

Donghoon Kim

Byounghee Lee

Hwayong Kang

Jonghun Won

Hyoungil Song

Hyeoncheol Jo

Jungkeun Lee

Changbae Lee

Yeongeun Kim

Sehyun Cho

Hwayoung Kang

Kyuhyung Cho

Yunjeong Kim

A method and an electronic device are provided in which, in a first unit pixel of an image sensor, a first analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) is performed by reading out a first photodiode (PD) group and a second PD group that is adjacent to the first PD group in a first direction. A second ADC is performed by reading out a third PD group that is adjacent to the first PD group in a second direction. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. A third ADC is performed by reading out a fourth PD group that is adjacent to the second PD group in the second direction. A first phase difference in the second direction is detected based on the first ADC, the second ADC, and the third ADC. A second phase difference in the first direction is detected based on the second ADC and the third ADC.

Electronic device including image sensor and operating method thereof

A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a first assembly including a frame that is mountable on the head, and a transparent display which is positioned on the frame so as to face the eyes when the frame is mounted on the head and which displays an image in a designated mode, and a second assembly including a holder that is attachable to/detachable from the frame, a lens which is positioned in the holder and which faces the transparent display when the holder is attached to the frame, and a flexible member which surrounds at least a part of the space between the transparent display and the lens and which is positioned between the holder and the frame.

Wearable electronic device for providing virtual image

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an image sensor and at least one processor connected via at least one interface to the image sensor. The image sensor may obtain first image data corresponding to an N-th frame, and provide, together with the first image data obtained, to the at least one processor via the at least one interface, configuration information of second image data corresponding to an N+k-th frame which is to be provided subsequent to the N-th frame. The N and the k may be natural numbers.

Electronic device comprising image sensor and operation method of same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels, each unit pixel including two or more individual pixels, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to acquire a first image frame from the image sensor, determine a photographing environment of the electronic device, based on the first image frame, and, in response to the photographing environment corresponding to a first photographing environment, control the image sensor to acquire analog data through the individual pixels, and provide first digital data digitally converted from the analog data with first sensitivity, and second digital data digitally converted from the analog data with second sensitivity which is higher than the first sensitivity, and acquire a second image frame which follows the first image frame, based on the first digital data and the second digital data.

According to an embodiment disclosed in this specification, an electronic device may include a camera including an image sensor, a display panel, a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) that drives the display panel at a first frame rate, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the camera, the display panel, the DDI, and the memory. The DDI may drive the display panel in a plurality of cycles to output one frame corresponding to the first frame rate. The camera may perform exposure of the image sensor in a section, in which one or more lines among lines constituting the display panel do not emit light, in the plurality of cycles. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to determine illuminance around the electronic device using image data according to the exposure. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.

Method for measuring illuminance using camera and supporting the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera with an image sensor including a plurality of image pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, for converting light incident on a plurality of micro-lenses into an electrical signal, performing a first correlation calculation for phase difference detection in the first direction based on the electrical signal, and outputting image data including a first phase difference correlation calculation value, an ISP configured to perform a second correlation calculation for phase difference detection in the second direction using phase difference information about the image data, and a driver configured to adjust a focus of the camera based on the first phase difference correlation calculation value for the first direction and a second phase difference correlation calculation value for the second direction.

Electronic device integrating phase difference detection and imaging and method for controlling the same

An electronic device is provided that includes a frame, a transparent member, a leg member, a display module, a camera, and a light emitter configured to emit infrared light toward a user's eye. The electronic device also includes a lens member configured to switch between a reflective mode reflecting infrared light and a transmissive mode allowing visible light to pass. The lens member is disposed such that infrared light reflected from the user's eye to the lens member in the reflective mode is incident on the camera. The electronic device further includes a processor that controls the camera to receive visible light, which passes through the lens member in the transmissive mode, in order to generate first image information, and to receive infrared light, reflected by the lens member in the reflective mode of the lens member, in order to generate second image information.

Augmented reality wearable electronic device including camera

Disclosed is a head mounted electronic device including a body, a lens clip having at least one opening defined therein, wherein the lens clip is disposed on the body so as to face toward a face of a user, an infrared-ray emissive device disposed on one portion of the body, an infrared-ray imaging device disposed on an opposite portion of the body to one portion thereof, wherein the infrared-ray imaging device acquires a first eyeball image obtained when infrared-ray emitting from the infrared-ray emissive device is reflected from an eyeball of the user, and a processor operatively connected to the infrared-ray emissive device and the infrared-ray imaging device.

Lens clip for receiving user lens and head mounted electronic device for detecting whether user lens is inserted into lens clip

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes an image sensor, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the electronic device to: obtain a plurality of image frames including external light and an external object at a first designated frame rate using the image sensor, based on a capturing signal; identify a frequency of a flicker related to the external light source; generate first section images for at least a part of a time for which the plurality of image frames are obtained using frames selected from the plurality of image frames corresponding to a second designated frame rate based at least on the frequency, the second designated frame rate being lower than the first designated frame rate; generate second section images for at least a part of the time for which the plurality of image frames are obtained in response at least to a designated input using image frames obtained at the first designated frame rate after the designated input from among the plurality of image frames; and generate moving image data including at least the first section images and the second section images.

Apparatus and method for generating moving image data including multiple section images in electronic device

An electronic device may comprise a camera, a sensor circuit, a memory, and a processor configured to obtain a plurality of first images including a region of interest (ROI) based on a first frame rate using the camera, detect a movement of the electronic device using the sensor circuit, identify a threshold related to a movement of the ROI based on the movement of the electronic device, wherein the threshold related to a movement of the ROI is identified as a first threshold, and the threshold related to the movement of the ROI is identified as a second threshold larger than the first threshold, obtain a plurality of second images based on a second frame rate larger than the first frame rate in response to an object moving at the first threshold or the second threshold in the ROI, and provide a video related to the object.

Electronic device for taking moving picture by adjusting threshold associated with movement of object in region of interest according to movement of electronic device and method for operating same

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yeotak Youn