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US 9,001,220 B2Granted
Image sensor chip, method of obtaining image data based on a color sensor pixel and a motion sensor pixel in an image sensor chip, and system including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae Chan Kim, Moo Young Kim
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Abstract
A method of operating an image sensor chip, which includes a color sensor pixel and a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) pixel sensing a motion of an object, is provided. The method includes enabling one of the color sensor pixel and the DVS pixel according to a mode selection signal and processing a pixel signal output from the enabled pixel.
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An image sensor chip comprising:
- a pixel array comprising a color sensor pixel group, the color sensor pixel group comprises a plurality of color sensor pixels, and a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) pixel group, the DVS pixel group comprises a plurality of DVS pixels sensing a motion of an object;
- a control circuit which is configured to enable one of the color sensor pixel group and the DVS pixel group according to a mode selection signal;
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- a pixel signal processing circuit which is configured to process pixel signals, output from the enabled pixel group.
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An image sensor chip comprising:
- a pixel array comprising a color sensor pixel, a depth sensor pixel, and a dynamic vision sensor (DVS) pixel;
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- an output selection circuit which is configured to select one of a signal received from the color sensor pixel and the depth sensor pixel and a signal received from the DVS pixel according to a mode selection signal, and output the selected signal.
An image processing system comprising:
- an image sensor which generates digital image data corresponding to either color image data from at least one color sensor pixel or motion image data from at least one motion sensor pixel, and transmits the digital image data;
- an image signal processor (ISP) which is configured to receive and process the digital image data from the image sensor, and transmit the processed image data;
- a central processing unit (CPU) which is configured to generate a mode selection signal according to one of the processed image data from the ISP and a signal from a power monitoring module, and transmit the mode selection signal;
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- a display unit which receives the processed image data from the ISP, and displays the processed image data.
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