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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Dong Ki Min, Seoul, KR;
Moo Young Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Ji Hye Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jong Min You, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kwang Hyun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joon Hyuk Im, Seoul, KR;
Seong Yeong Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Eun Je Hyun, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An RGBW image sensor, a binning method in an image sensor, and a computer readable medium for performing the method are provided, and the binning method in an image sensor includes selecting one or more binning target pixels for each of a red pixel, a green pixel, a blue pixel, and a white pixel, constituting a pixel array of an RGBW image sensor with a uniform array pattern, generating binning pixel data for each of the red pixel, the green pixel, the blue pixel, and the white pixel, based on pieces of pixel data corresponding to the binning target pixel, and rearranging pixels, represented by the binning pixel data, to be equal to the entirety or a portion of the uniform array pattern and to be equally spaced apart from each other.