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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2007
Seung-gi Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-seok Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dong-wook Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyung-han Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-jae Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jee-hoon an, Seoul, KR;
Seung-gi Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-seok Kim, Seoul, KR;
Dong-wook Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyung-han Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-jae Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jee-hoon An, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus to detect a dead pixel in an image sensor having a pixel array to generate a plurality of image frames, and a method and apparatus to capture an image from the image sensor detect a dead pixel in the image sensor. A change of a scene of the image frames is sensed, and a detection operation to detect a dead pixel in the pixel array is performed if the change of the scene is sensed.