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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sunghyun Nam, Yongin-si, KR;
Yunhee Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sookyoung Roh, Seoul, KR;
Hongkyu Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Seokho Yun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor, and an apparatus and method of acquiring an image by using the image sensor are provided. The image sensor includes a color filter having an array of a plurality of types of color filter elements, where each of the color filter elements transmits visible light in a certain wavelength band and blocks visible light outside the certain wavelength band; a photoelectric conversion cell array that detects light that has been transmitted through the color filter; and a modulator, disposed on the photoelectric conversion cell array, which changes a rate of light transmitted to the photoelectric conversion cell array based on an applied voltage.