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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2007
Applicants:

Ju-seop Park, Seoul, KR;

Gun-hee Han, Goyang-si, KR;

Seog-heon Ham, Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Ju-Seop Park, Seoul, KR;

Gun-Hee Han, Goyang-si, KR;

Seog-Heon Ham, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/083 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for operating an image capture device having a sensor with an array of first and second pixels includes capturing an image a plurality of times with the second pixels to produce a corresponding second image signal, the second pixels being white pixels, capturing the image a single time with the first pixels to produce a corresponding first image signal, inputting selecting signals to the sensor via a row driver to obtain the first and second image signals from the first and second pixels, respectively, and converting the first and second image signals to respective digital values via an analog-to-digital converter.


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