Photographing apparatus of which image pickup area is divided, and image pickup device thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorTakashi SHIBATA
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Abstract
A photographing apparatus and an image pickup device thereof include an image pickup device of which an image pickup area includes a plurality of pixels and is divided into a plurality of sub-image pickup areas, and at least one pixel included in each of the sub-image pickup areas outputs image signals at a same time.
Claims25
A photographing apparatus, comprising:
- an image pickup device of which an image pickup area includes a plurality of pixels and is divided into a plurality of sub-image pickup areas, at least one pixel included in each of the sub-image pickup areas to output image signals at a same time;
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- an image processor to process the image signals output from the image pickup device.
An image pickup device, comprising:
- a plurality of pixels to form an image pickup area;
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- an analog-to-digital (AD) converter to convert analog signals output from the plurality of pixels into digital signals,
- wherein the image pickup area is divided into a plurality of sub-image pickup areas, and at least one pixel included in each of the sub-image pickup areas outputs image signals at a same time.
An image pickup device usable with a photographing apparatus, the image pickup device comprising:
- an image pickup area including a plurality of sub-image pickup areas each having a plurality of pixels, pixels in one sub-image area are symmetrical to pixels in an other sub-image area with respect to at least one of a boundary and an intersection between the sub-image pickup areas, respectively;
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- an image processor to process image signals from the plurality of pixels by processing each respective pair of the symmetrical pixels with respect to the at least one of the boundary and the intersection between the sub-image pickup areas at a same time.
A method of processing image signals in a photographing apparatus, the method including:
- dividing an image pickup area into a plurality of sub-image pickup areas each having a plurality of pixels such that pixels in one sub-image area are symmetrical to pixels in an other sub-image area with respect to at least one of a boundary and an intersection between the sub-image pickup areas, respectively;
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- processing the image signals from the plurality of pixels by processing each respective pair of the symmetrical pixels with respect to the at least one of the boundary and the intersection between the sub-image pickup areas at a same time.
A computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program to execute a method, wherein the method comprises:
- dividing an image pickup area into a plurality of sub-image pickup areas each having a plurality of pixels such that pixels in one sub-image area are symmetrical to pixels in an other sub-image area with respect to at least one of a boundary and an intersection between the sub-image pickup areas, respectively;
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- processing image signals from the plurality of pixels by processing each respective pair of the symmetrical pixels with respect to the at least one of the boundary and the intersection between the sub-image pickup areas at a same time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.