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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Duck-young Jung, Suwon, KR;
Bang-won Lee, Sungnam, KR;
Duck-Young Jung, Suwon, KR;
Bang-Won Lee, Sungnam, KR;
Atlab, Inc., , KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical image detector and method for controlling illumination of the same. The optical image detector comprises a light source for controlling the illumination in response to an illumination control signal and irradiating light having the controlled illumination onto a subject, an image sensor for detecting a quantity of light reflected from the subject and generating and outputting image signals corresponding to the detected quantity of light, and an image processor for calculating a shutter-on time using the image signals, comparing the calculated shutter-on time with at least one of maximum and minimum shutter-on times, and generating and outputting the illumination control signal corresponding to values of the compared results. Thereby, the optical image detector solves a noise and an after-image of the optical image generated owing to lack of the quantity of light of the light source, so that it is possible to accurately obtain an image of the subject and to provide a power saving effect.