IP Library Granted Patent US 10,594,932
Granted Patent B2
US 10,594,932 · App. 15/712,855 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Camera module performing a resolution correction and electronic device including the same

Inventor: Hyun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,594,932
App. No.
15/712,855
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera module includes a lens module comprising a lens; an image sensor disposed below the lens module and configured to generate an image of a subject from light passing through the lens; and a logic controller configured to perform a resolution correction calculation on the image generated using aberration information estimated by comparing the image generated with a pre-constructed clear image of the subject with each other.

Claims (17)

1. A camera module device, comprising:

a lens module comprising a lens;

an image sensor disposed below the lens module and configured to generate an image of a subject from light passing through the lens; and

a logic controller configured to estimate aberration information by comparing the generated image with a pre-constructed clear image of the subject, and perform a resolution correction calculation on the image using the estimated aberration information,

wherein the aberration information comprises a point spread function modeled by Blur_Image=PSF*Clear_Image,

where Blur_Image is the image generated by the image sensor, PSF is the point spread function, Clear_Image is the pre-constructed clear image of the subject, and * is a convolution.

2. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the aberration information comprises a blur parameter including a coordinate position of a peak and a width of blur extracted from the point spread function.

3. The camera module of claim 2 , wherein the aberration information comprises:

point spread functions of error regions in which differences between the point spread functions and a reference point spread function are equal or greater than a threshold value among regions of the image; and

blur parameters of normal regions in which differences between point spread functions and the reference point spread function are lower than the threshold value among the regions of the image, in a comparison of point spread functions of each of the regions and the reference point spread function.

4. The camera module of claim 3 , wherein the reference point spread function is based on design data of the camera module.

5. The camera module of claim 3 , further comprising a memory configured to store the point spread functions of the error regions and the blur parameters of the normal regions therein.

6. The camera module of claim 5 , wherein respective data sizes of the point spread functions of the error regions and the blur parameters of the normal regions are different from each other.

7. The camera module of claim 5 , wherein the memory is a non-volatile memory.

8. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the logic controller performs the resolution correction calculation on the image generated by the image sensor depending on either one or both of an illumination environment at the time of capturing an image of the subject and a focus position.

9. The camera module of claim 3 , wherein the aberration information comprises a deblur parameter including information on a number and sizes of the regions.

10. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the lens is curved.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2017
From: KIM, HYUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043666/0045 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0137730 · Oct 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180115704A1 · Apr 26, 2018
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