US 12,302,012 B2
Method of operating an image sensor
Chanyoung Jang, Suwon-si (KR); and Hee Kang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,537.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0157088 (KR), filed on Nov. 15, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0057932 (KR), filed on May 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156353 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 25/46 (2023.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); H04N 25/445 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/46 (2023.01) [G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); H04N 25/445 (2023.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an image sensor comprising a pixel array of a plurality of red pixels, a plurality of green pixels, a plurality of blue pixels, and a plurality of white pixels, the method comprising:
selecting a first green pixel and a second green pixel arranged on a first axis parallel to a first diagonal direction, wherein a first non-green pixel and non-white pixel is arranged between the first green pixel and the second green pixel on the first axis;
selecting a third green pixel and a fourth green pixel arranged on a second axis parallel to a second diagonal direction, wherein a second non-green pixel and non-white pixel is arranged between the third green pixel and the fourth green pixel on the second axis;
generating a first green binning pixel by performing a first diagonal binning operation on the first green pixel and the second green pixel;
generating a second green binning pixel by performing a second diagonal binning operation on the third green pixel and the fourth green pixel; and
generating image data corresponding to the first green binning pixel and the second green binning pixel.