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Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Yeo-tak Youn, Suwon-si, KR;

Atsushi Mikoshiba, Seongnam-si, KR;

Hiroshi Dohi, Seongnam-si, KR;

Ji-woong Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Takafumi Usui, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/03 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G03B 7/08 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); G03B 7/08 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic apparatus having a photographing function includes: a flash that emits light including a visible light wavelength range and an infrared wavelength range and radiates the light onto a subject; an infrared detector that absorbs light in the infrared wavelength range and generates a detection signal corresponding to the light; an image sensor that photoelectrically transforms incident light and generates an image signal; and a controller that controls an exposure time of the image sensor based on the detection signal.


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