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US 2015/0029355 A1Published application
Image sensors and imaging devices including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSe-jun Kim, Won-baek Lee, Byung-jo Kim, Sung-ho Suh, Jin-ho Seo, Young-tae Jang, Seog-heon Ham, Jin-kyeong Heo
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Abstract
A pixel array includes pixels arranged in a grid, with separate readout paths configured to readout image data from different subsets of the pixels in the array. An image sensor may employ image data from one subset of pixels, which may include fewer pixels than another subset of pixels in the array, to quickly form an image.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An image sensor comprising:
- a pixel array configured to include a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels;
- a controller;
- a first signal path connected to the first group of pixels;
- a second signal path connected to the second group of pixels;
- and
- a read circuit configured to receive signals detected by the first group of pixels through the first signal path in response to a first path selection signal received from the controller and to receive signals detected by the second group of pixels through the second signal path in response to a second path selection signal received from the controller.
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An image sensor comprising:
- a plurality of pixel units which are two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix direction, and configured to include a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels;
- a first signal path connected to the first group of pixels;
- a second signal path connected to the second group of pixels;
- and
- a control block comprising:
- a first row driver configured to control the first group of pixels;
- and
- a second row driver configured to control the second group of pixels,
- wherein the number of pixels included in the first group of pixels is greater than the number of pixels included in the second group of pixels.
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A portable electronic device comprising:
- an application processor;
- and
- an image sensor configured to generate image data, the image sensor comprising:
- a plurality of pixel units which are two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix direction, and configured to include a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels;
- a first signal path connected to the first group of pixels;
- a second signal path connected to the second group of pixels;
- a first row driver configured to control the first group of pixels;
- a second row driver configured to control the second group of pixels;
- a first terminal;
- a second terminal;
- and
- a control block configured to output first data generated from signals detected by the first group of pixels through the first terminal and configured to output second data generated from signals detected by the second group of pixels through the second terminal,
- wherein the number of pixels included in the first group of pixels is greater than the number of pixels included in the second group of pixels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.