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Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Hee Kang, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Chan Young Jang, Pohang-si, KR;

Woo Seok Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/36965 (2018.08); H04N 9/04511 (2018.08); H04N 9/04557 (2018.08);
Abstract

Provided is an image sensing apparatus including an image sensor including a pixel array configured to output a raw image having a Bayer pattern, and an analog end configured to perform an analog binning process on groups of pixels of same colors included in same columns of each of a plurality of sub-kernels corresponding to a first green pixel, a red pixel, a blue pixel, and a second green pixel, and output median values for different colors, and a digital signal processor configured to perform a digital binning process on the median values for the different colors included in different columns of each of the plurality of sub-kernels, and output a binned image.


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