US 2018/0324342 A1 · CAMERA ASSEMBLY AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Abstract

A camera assembly and a mobile electronic device are provided. The camera assembly includes at least two image sensors. Each image sensor includes a pixel array and a control circuit. The pixel array includes a plurality of row pixels and a plurality of column pixels. The control circuit is configured to control the image sensor to work in an imaging mode or in a light sensing mode. The control circuit is further configured to receive a light sensing instruction to control an intersection region of a part of row pixels and a part of column pixels to detect an illumination intensity so as to enable the image sensor to work in the light sensing mode and to receive an imaging instruction to control the pixel array to obtain an image so as to enable the image sensor to work in the imaging mode.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A camera assembly, comprising at least two image sensors, wherein each image sensor comprises:

a pixel array, comprising a plurality of row pixels and a plurality of column pixels;
and
a control circuit, configured to:
control the image sensor to work in an imaging mode or in a light sensing mode;
receive a light sensing instruction to control an intersection region of a part of row pixels and a part of column pixels in the pixel array to detect an illumination intensity, so as to enable the image sensor to work in the light sensing mode;
and
receive an imaging instruction to control the pixel array to acquire an image, so as to enable the image sensor to work in the imaging mode.

4 more elements

A mobile electronic device, comprising a camera assembly and a processor;

wherein,
the camera assembly comprises at least two image sensors;
wherein each image sensor comprises a pixel array, comprising a plurality of row pixels and a plurality of column pixels;
and a control circuit, configured to:
control the image sensor to work in an imaging mode or in a light sensing mode;
receive a light sensing instruction to control an intersection region of a part of row pixels and a part of column pixels in the pixel array to detect an illumination intensity, so as to enable the image sensor to work in the light sensing mode;
and receive an imaging instruction to control the pixel array to acquire an image, so as to enable the image sensor to work in the imaging mode;
the processor is configured to generate the light sensing instruction and the imaging instruction.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/968,718Filed 1 May 2018

Priority

CN 201710305887.93 May 2017

Published

8 Nov 2018

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

H04N 23/45
Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof: for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being…
G01J 1/0411
Optical elements not provided otherwise, e.g. manifolds, windows, holograms, gratings: using focussing or collimating elements, i.e. lenses or…
G01J 1/0488
Optical or mechanical part supplementary adjustable parts: with spectral filtering
G01J 1/4204
Using electric radiation detectors: with determination of ambient light

Camera assembly and mobile electronic device

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Camera assembly and mobile electronic device

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Abstract

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