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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Inventors:

Seongyeong Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;

Kyu-Min Kyung, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/365 (2013.01); H04N 5/3653 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image capturing device includes a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, wherein each of the pixels includes a pair of photoelectric conversion devices, an analog to digital converter that converts a pair of pixel signals corresponding to charges accumulated in the pair of photoelectric conversion devices included in each of the pixels into a pair of digital signals, and a circuit receiving the pair of digital signals being output from each of the pixels, detecting a pixel including a photoelectric conversion device outputting a saturation current based on the received pairs in the detected pixel to output a correction signal.


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