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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
Seung-hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Eric R. Fossum, Wolfeboro, NH (US);
Yoon-dong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyoung-lae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-jae Byun, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-hoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Eric R. Fossum, Wolfeboro, NH (US);
Yoon-dong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyoung-lae Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-jae Byun, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A three-dimensional (3D) image sensor includes a plurality of color pixels, and a plurality of distance measuring pixels. Where the plurality of color pixels and the plurality of distance measuring pixels are arranged in an array, and a group of distance measuring pixels, from among the plurality of distance measuring pixels, are disposed so that a corner of each distance measuring pixel in the group of distance-measuring pixels is adjacent to a corner of an adjacent distance-measuring pixel in the group of distance-measuring pixels. The group of distance measuring pixels is capable of jointly outputting one distance measurement signal.