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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Yang Ho Cho, Seongnam-si, KR;
Dong Kyung Nam, Yongin-si, KR;
Byong Min Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyoseok Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Du-Sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/43 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/43 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 2209/047 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a plurality of non-color pixel sensors each configured to sense a non-color signal; and a color pixel sensing region including at least one color pixel sensor configured to sense a color signal, wherein the color pixel sensing region has an area physically greater than an area of each of the non-color pixel sensors.