The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Lg Innotek Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 13/128 (2018.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 13/111 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 13/111 (2018.05); H04N 13/128 (2018.05);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, disclosed is a method by which a camera module capable of acquiring depth information controls the output time point and the reception time point of light. By controlling both the output time point and the reception time point of light, the camera module can acquire the light of phases in which adjacent reception pixels differ from one another despite controlling light sources or reception pixels in line units.