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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Sangyun Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Moongi Kang, Seoul, KR;
Seokho Yun, Seoul, KR;
Jonghyun Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Kyeonghoon Jeong, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for acquiring images includes an image sensor and a signal processor. The image sensor may include a sensor substrate and a color separation lens array, wherein the sensor substrate includes a plurality of photo-sensing cells, and the color separation lens array may separate an incident light into a plurality of lights having different wavelengths and forms a phase distribution for condensing the plurality of lights having the different wavelengths on adjacent photo-sensing cells of the plurality of photo-sensing cells. The signal processor may perform deconvolution on sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells to obtain a sub-sampled image, perform demosaicing to restore a full resolution image having a full resolution from the sub-sampled image, and correct a color of the full resolution image using a point spread function (PSF) of the color separation lens array.