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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong-won Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kwon-jeong Kang, Gunpo-si, KR;
Byung-ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Woo-seok Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Il-do Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus is provided, which includes an image sensor which includes a plurality of image pixels and a plurality of sensing pixels, and is configured to capture images through collection of light that is incident through a lens and the plurality of phase sensing pixels; and a processor configured to divide a region of interest of the image sensor into a plurality of sub-regions of interest, calculate disparity information of objects that correspond to the plurality of sub-regions of interest using at least one of the plurality of phase sensing pixels included in the plurality of sub-regions of interest, and determine a focal region in the region of interest on the basis of the disparity information. Accordingly, user convenience is increased.