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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Dong-ki Min, Seoul, KR;
Young-gu Jin, Osan-si, KR;
Inventors:
Dong-ki Min, Seoul, KR;
Young-gu Jin, Osan-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0207 (2013.01); H04N 13/0253 (2013.01); H04N 13/0257 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a light source that emits modulated light such as visible light, white light, or white light-emitting diode (LED) light to a target object, a plurality of pixels, and an image processing unit. The pixels include at least one pixel for outputting pixel signals according to light reflected by the target object. The image processing unit simultaneously generates a color image and a depth image from the pixel signals of the at least one pixel.