US 12,587,736 B2 · Electronic device comprising camera module

Abstract

An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a first camera module including a first driving circuit, a sub processor, and a main processor functionally connected to the first camera module and the sub processor, wherein the main processor is configured to generate a first clock signal and transmit the same to the first camera module while a first camera included in the first camera module is in an activated state, transmit a first control signal to the sub processor in response to occurrence of a predetermined event in a sleep state, and the sub processor is configured to generate a second clock signal and transmit the same to the first camera module while the main processor is in a sleep state in response to receipt of the first control signal. In addition to this, various embodiments identified thorough the specification are possible.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a first camera module comprising a first driving circuit;
a sub processor;
and
a main processor functionally connected to the first camera module and the sub processor,
wherein the main processor is configured to:
generate a first clock signal and transmit the first clock signal to the first camera module while a first camera included in the first camera module is in an activated state, and
transmit a first control signal to the sub processor in response to occurrence of a predetermined event in a sleep state, and
wherein the sub processor is configured to generate a second clock signal and transmit the second clock signal to the first camera module while the main processor is in a sleep state in response to receipt of the first control signal.

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An operation method of an electronic device comprising a main processor and a sub processor, the operation method comprising:

generating a first clock signal by the main processor and transmitting the first clock signal to a first camera module while the first camera module included in the electronic device is driven to acquire an image;
transmitting a first control signal to the sub processor in response to occurrence of a predetermined event in a sleep state of the main processor;
and
generating a second clock signal by the sub processor and transmitting the second clock signal to the first camera module in response to receipt of the first control signal while the main processor is in a sleep state.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic device comprising camera module

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Electronic device comprising camera module

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