Patent ID: 11956411
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. The image processing system of claim 13, wherein the image sensor comprises:
an analog-to-digital conversion circuit configured to operate in a first operation mode and a second operation mode,
wherein, in the first operation mode, the analog-to-digital conversion circuit is configured to generate pixel data by performing an analog-to-digital conversion on an analog signal output from each of the pixels in a pixel array in response to an incident light, divide the pixels into a plurality of binning windows, each of the binning windows including (2n)*(2m) pixels, where 2n represents a number of pixels in a first direction and 2m represents a number of pixels in a second direction, and sequentially select the binning windows such that m pixels in the second direction are repeatedly selected, and
wherein, in the second operation mode, the analog-to-digital conversion circuit is configured to generate a binning pixel data by performing a binning operation and an analog to digital conversion on analog signals generated from at least a portion of the pixels in each of the binning windows; and
a timing generator configured to control operations of the pixel array and the analog-to-digital conversion circuit.