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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a readout circuit configured to generate a digital signal from the pixel signal received from the pixel array, and a signal processor configured to determine whether to perform a binning on a first pixel group and a second pixel group among the plurality of pixels based on at least one of a first value of the digital signal corresponding to the first pixel group and a second value corresponding to the second pixel group adjacent to the first pixel group, and generate image data based on a first operation with the first value and the second value are used as operands when the binning being determined to be performed.