Image Sensor, Camera Module and Electronic Device
AssigneeGuangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
InventorsYibao Zhou, Jiao Cheng, Haiping Zhang
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Abstract
An image sensor, a camera module, and an electronic device are provided. The 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 receive a first instruction to control an intersection region of a part of the plurality of row pixels and a part of the plurality of column pixels to detect an illumination intensity. The control circuit is further configured to receive a second instruction to control at least part of the pixel array to acquire an image.
Claims20
An image sensor, comprising:
- a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns;
- and
- a control circuit configured to:
- receive a first instruction to control an intersection region of a part of the plurality of pixel rows and a part of the plurality of pixel columns to detect a illumination intensity;
- and
- receive a second instruction to control at least part of the pixel array to acquire an image.
A camera module, comprising:
- an image sensor;
- and
- an optical filter arranged above the image sensor,
- wherein the image sensor comprises:
- a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns;
- and
- a control circuit configured to:
- receive a first instruction to control an intersection region of a part of the pixel rows and a part of the pixel columns to detect a illumination intensity, so as to control the image sensor to operate in a light sensing mode;
- and
- receive a second instruction to control the pixel array to acquire an image, so as to control the image sensor to operate in an imaging mode.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a camera module comprising:
- an image sensor comprising:
- a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns;
- and
- a control circuit configured to:
- receive a first instruction to control an intersection region of a part of the plurality of pixel rows and a part of the plurality of pixel columns to detect a illumination intensity;
- and
- receive a second instruction to control at least part of the pixel array to acquire an image;
- and
- an optical filter arranged above the image sensor;
- and
- a processor coupled to the image sensor and configured to generate the first instruction and the second instruction.
The electronic device according to claim 20, wherein one of the image sensor of the front camera module and the image sensor of the rear camera module operates in the imaging mode, and the other one of the image sensor of the front camera module and the image sensor of the rear camera module operates in the light sensing mode.
The electronic device according to claim 20, wherein the image sensor in the front camera module and the image sensor in the rear camera module both are configured to operate in the light sensing mode when the processor does not generate the second instruction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.