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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:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2021
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Jae Hyun Im, Icheon-si, KR;

Ja Min Koo, Icheon-si, KR;

Tae Hyun Kim, Icheon-si, KR;

Jae Hwan Jeon, Icheon-si, KR;

Woo Young Jeong, Icheon-si, KR;

Chang Hun Cho, Icheon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 9/77 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/735 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 9/0451 (2018.08); H04N 9/77 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image sensing device includes an image sensor including at least one pixel including a plurality of color channels and an image processor for processing an input image, based on brightness intensity values of the plurality of color channels. The image processor includes: a transmission map generator for generating color channel transmission maps including transmission values that are obtained by respectively converting brightness intensity values of the plurality of color channels, and generating a target transmission map including target transmission values that are obtained by multiplying transmission values among the transmission values that correspond to color channels; a white pixel detector for determining target pixels that are included in a white area, based on the target transmission map; and a white balance adjuster for adjusting white balance, based on average brightness intensity values of respective color channels.


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