Patent ID: 11924545
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. The image sensor unit of claim 4, wherein a first group of rows of pixels comprise a second predetermined number of rows, a second group of rows of pixels comprise a third pre-determined number of rows, the second predetermined number being equal to or less than the first predetermined number, the third predetermined number being equal to or less than the second predetermined number,
wherein the first row of pixels is in the first group of rows of pixels and the second row of pixels is in the second group of rows of pixels, and
wherein the controller is further configured to sequentially select, in an alternating manner, the first row from the first group of rows to output the 2D-color information and the 3D-depth information generated by the at least one first pixel of the first row and the second row from the second group of rows to output the 2D-color information and the 3D-depth information generated by the at least one second pixel.