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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sang-bae Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Min-Hyok Bang, Anyang-si, KR;

Keum-ok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Dong-jin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Jung-kun Lee, Seoul, KR;

Jae-hoon Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;

Kyung-sun Cho, Seoul, KR;

Seong-seol Hong, Yongin-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/2259 (2013.01); H04N 13/0242 (2013.01); H04N 13/0253 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01);
Abstract

The image generating device includes: a first camera configured to photograph a depth image of a subject using a first light; a second camera configured to photograph a color image of the subject by converting a second light into an image signal; a view angle extender configured to change a view angle, wherein the view angle is an angle at which the first camera and the second camera are operable to photograph the subject; and a controller configured to control the view angle extender to change the view angle of the first camera and the second camera and to form a single depth image and a single color image by respectively synthesizing a plurality of depth images and a plurality of color images, photographed by the first camera and the second camera.


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