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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Eun Jae Hyun, Seoul, KR;
Seong Yeong Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Hee Kang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyoung Seok Ko, Suwon-si, KR;
Young Jun Song, Seoul, KR;
Jong Min You, Seongnam-si, KR;
Chan Young Jang, Pohang-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor having improved image quality is provided. The image sensor includes a first array of pixels, a second array of pixels, and a binning module. The first array of pixels has a color pattern formed in an n×m array and includes at least first-color pixels, second-color pixels, and third color-pixels. The second array of pixels is adjacent to the first array of pixels and has the same color pattern formed in an n×m array as the first array of pixels, to include at least first-color pixels, second-color pixels, and third color-pixels. The binning module is configured to, for a sensed image: perform binning on the first-color pixels of the first array, the first-color pixels of the second array, the second-color pixels of the first array, and the third-color pixels of the second array, and not perform binning on the third-color pixels of the first array, and not perform binning on the second-color pixels of the second array.