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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:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Tae-hee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Chong-sam Chung, Hwaseong-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H01L 27/14607 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/23235 (2013.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 9/64 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image capturing apparatus is provided, including: a first camera module and a second camera module configured to capture an image of a same subject; and a controller configured to map a second image obtained from the second camera module to a first image obtained from the first camera module, and to synthesize a third image of the subject using the first image and the mapped second image, wherein an image sensor included in the first camera module has a first pixel structure in which a pixel has a square shape, and an image sensor included in the second camera module has a second pixel structure that is different from the first pixel structure.


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