US 12,075,165 B2
Zoomable image sensor and image sensing method
Yang Ho Cho, Seongnam-si (KR); Kyuhwan Choi, Yongin-si (KR); and Seunghoon Han, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/477,214.
Application 18/477,214 is a continuation of application No. 17/509,765, filed on Oct. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,812,149.
Application 17/509,765 is a continuation of application No. 16/775,965, filed on Jan. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,184,546, issued on Nov. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0125238 (KR), filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0022818 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/69 (2023.01) [H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile device comprising:
a plurality of lens elements, each lens element of the plurality of lens elements including a plurality of scatterers arranged to concentrate light incident on the mobile device;
a sensing array comprising a plurality of sensing elements, including a sensing element, arranged in a form of an array, the sensing array having a plurality of sensing regions each configured to sense light passing through a respective lens element of the plurality of lens elements; and
a processor configured to restore a scene image corresponding to a target zoom factor based on sensing information sensed from at least one sensing region of the plurality of sensing regions;
wherein a first lens element of the plurality of lens elements has a first focal length that is different from a second focal length of a second lens element of the plurality of lens elements,
wherein the processor further configured to:
obtain a first image of a first viewing angle based on a first sensing information from a first sensing region corresponding to the first lens element, and
obtain a second image of a second viewing angle based on a second sensing information from a second sensing region corresponding to the second lens element, wherein the first viewing angle is different from the second viewing angle.