Patent ID: 11860279
Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A photographing device comprising:
an image sensing device configured to have a first pixel and a second pixel different from the first pixel in having different values of at least one of an effective measurement distance related to an ability to effectively sense a distance, temporal resolution related to an ability to discern a temporal difference, spatial resolution related to an ability to discern a spatial difference, or unit power consumption indicating an amount of power required to generate a pixel signal; and
an image signal processor configured to operate the image sensing device in an object monitoring mode in which the first pixel is activated or a depth resolving mode in which the second pixel is activated based on a comparison between a predetermined threshold distance and a distance between the image sensing device and a target object,
wherein the first pixel is configured to measure a distance to the target object based on time information of light reflected from the target object and the second pixel is configured to measure the distance to the target object based on phase information of the light reflected from the target object, and
wherein the first pixel is included in:
a first direct pixel group in which a plurality of first pixels is arranged in a line in a first diagonal direction; or
a second direct pixel group in which the plurality of first pixels is arranged in a line in a second diagonal direction.