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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 5/90 (2024.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 5/70 (2024.01); G06T 5/90 (2024.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10144 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20182 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20208 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a sensing unit configured to generate a plurality of images having different exposure times for a same object, a pre-processor configured to generate a merged image by merging the plurality of images, an interface circuit configured to output at least one of the plurality of images and/or the merged image to an external processor, and a controller configured to control the pre-processor to selectively generate the merged image based on information of the plurality of images.