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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor for simultaneously obtaining an image and a proximity is provided. The image sensor includes a proximity signal generating circuit configured to generate a proximity signal of a target based on a pixel signal of a pixel array. The proximity signal generating circuit generates the proximity signal based on an average of pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels included in the pixel array.