US 12,407,924 B2
Electronic device including camera for obtaining different image data from a plurality of image sensors using an optical splitter
Youngbae Son, Suwon-si (KR); Min Heu, Suwon-si (KR); and Kwangseok Byon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,719.
Application 17/747,719 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/007034, filed on May 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0064330 (KR), filed on May 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377246 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/672 (2023.01) [H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a camera module;
a memory; and
a processor electrically connected with the camera module and the memory,
wherein the camera module includes:
a lens part;
a first image sensor including a first pixel of a first color and a second pixel of a second color, wherein the second pixel is at a position adjacent to the first pixel;
a second image sensor including a third pixel of a third color, wherein four pixels including the third pixel corresponds to the first pixel; and
an optical splitter configured to:
provide a first portion of a light introduced through the lens part to the first image sensor; and
provide a second portion of the light introduced through the lens part to the second image sensor, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain first image data including a first value of the first pixel and a second value of the second pixel from the first image sensor;
obtain second image data including a third value of the third pixel from the second image sensor; and
generate combined image data including four pixels using at least one of the first value, the second value and the third value, and
wherein a value of the second color among the four pixels of the combined image data is generated using the second value of the second pixel at a position adjacent to the first pixel.