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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:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Sandeep Kumar Goel, Dublin, CA (US);

Yun-Han Lee, Baoshan Township, TW;

Ashok Mehta, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/217 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01); H04N 5/345 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit and at least one lens. The integrated circuit comprises an image sensor having a light sensing region. The light sensing region is partitioned into sub-regions. The integrated circuit also comprises a processor coupled with and beneath the image sensor. The processor is configured to generate a first processed image based on an image captured by one sub-region, and a second processed image based on another image captured by another sub-region. The first processed image and the second processed image are generated based on a pixel correction process executed by the processor which corrects one or more of the image or the another image based on a predefined light reception factor associated with the sub-regions. The image sensor is configured to receive light via the light sensing region through the at least one lens.


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