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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 30, 2024
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Jae Hwan Jeon, Icheon-si, KR;
Ja Min Koo, Icheon-si, KR;
Ji Su Kim, Icheon-si, KR;
Tae Hyun Kim, Icheon-si, KR;
Jong Hyun Bae, Icheon-si, KR;
Woo Young Jeong, Icheon-si, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image sensor includes an image generator including pixels and configured to generate image data having pixel values corresponding to the pixels, and a focus manager configured to generate a first phase detection image and a second phase detection image based on pixel values for phase detection pixels, to determine a first target region of interest including a preset object within regions of interest in the first phase detection image based on a result of performing first pixel value sum operations for pixels included in regions of interest, determine a second target region of interest corresponding to the first target region of interest in the second phase detection image, and to perform an autofocus operation based on a result of performing second pixel value sum operations for pixels in first and second target regions of interest.