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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Applicants:
Min Ah Chae, Bucheon-si, KR;
Hee Sung Shim, Gangneung-si, KR;
Inventors:
Min Ah Chae, Bucheon-si, KR;
Hee Sung Shim, Gangneung-si, KR;
Assignee:
Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd., Bucheon-Si, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an image sensor that includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels in a matrix having rows and columns, a binning sampling unit configured to (i) amplify with different gains signals from unit pixels selected from the unit pixels in each of the columns, and (ii) output a binning sampling signal according to an average of the amplified signals, and an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the binning sampling signal to a digital signal.