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

Claim 0:
1. An image sensor unit, comprising:
a single two-dimensional (2D) pixel array arranged in a first predetermined number of rows of pixels, at least one first pixel in a first row of pixels being capable of generating 2D-color information of an object based on a first light reflected from the object and the at least one first pixel being capable of generating 3D-depth information of the object based on a second light reflecting from the object, the 3D-depth information being based on time-of-flight information of the object from the 2D pixel array; and
a controller coupled to the single 2D pixel array, the controller configured to control the 2D pixel array to output the 2D-color information and the 3D-depth information for the object by continuously selecting the at least one first pixel in the first row during a predetermined period of time and controlling the at least one first pixel to output the 2D-color information and to output the 3D-depth information while the at least one first pixel is continuously selected during the predetermined period of time.