Image sensor, image signal processor and electronic device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong-Seok SEO, Junhyun PARK, Jae-Hoon SEO, Ilseon HA
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Abstract
An image sensor is provided which includes a plurality of operation blocks configured to provide an image signal in response to an incident light, and a power supply block configured to supply a power to one or more operation blocks of the plurality of operation blocks based on a selected operation mode or operation interval. The operation mode is one of at least a first mode and a second mode, and a resolution of the image signal generated in the second mode is lower than that generated in the first mode.
Claims19
An image sensor, comprising:
- a plurality of operation blocks configured to provide an image signal in response to incident light;
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- a power supply block configured to selectively supply power to at least one operation block of the plurality of operation blocks based on a selected operation mode or operation interval,
- wherein the operation mode is one of at least a first mode and a second mode, and
- a resolution of the image signal in the second mode is lower than a resolution of the image signal in the first mode.
An image signal processor configured to operate in a selected mode from a plurality of operation modes and to process Bayer data to generate image data, the plurality of operation modes being one of at least a first mode for generating the image data and a second mode for generating the image data and recognition information, and the image signal processor configured to select a Bayer data processing path according to the selected mode.
An electronic device, comprising:
- an image sensor including a plurality of operation blocks, the plurality of operation blocks including,
- an active pixel array block configured to generate an analog signal based on an incident light,
- an analog block configured to convert the analog signal into an image signal as a digital signal, and
- a digital block configured to control the active pixel array block and the analog block, the image sensor configured to selectively turn on the plurality of operation blocks according to an operation mode;
- an image signal processor configured to process the image signal to generate image data and selectively provide an image signal processing path according to the operation mode;
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- a sensor controller configured to control the operation mode of the image sensor and the image signal processor,
- wherein the operation mode is one of at least a first mode and a second mode, and
- a resolution of the image signal in the second mode is lower than that in the first mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.