Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an image sensor for generating image data on the basis of incident light; and a plurality of image processing blocks (IP blocks), and may comprise an image signal processor (ISP) for processing the image data. The image signal processor may set a first processing path and a second processing path by at least one IP block among the plurality of image processing blocks on the basis of designated control information, divide the image data into first image data and second image data when the image data is received, process the first image data by using a first group image processing block on the first processing path, and process the second image data by using a second group image processing block on the second processing path. Various other embodiments understood from the specification are also possible.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a lens part that receives light from the outside, an image sensor that changes the received light to electronic image data, and an image processing unit that processes the image data. If a saturated pixel is included in the image data, the image processing unit measures the amount of light of the saturated pixel by using an increasing or decreasing value of brightness of a plurality of unsaturated pixels around the saturated pixel.

Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an image sensor for generating image data on the basis of incident light; and a plurality of image processing blocks (IP blocks), and may comprise an image signal processor (ISP) for processing the image data. The image signal processor may set a first processing path and a second processing path by at least one IP block among the plurality of image processing blocks on the basis of designated control information, divide the image data into first image data and second image data when the image data is received, process the first image data by using a first group image processing block on the first processing path, and process the second image data by using a second group image processing block on the second processing path. Various other embodiments understood from the specification are also possible.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a lens part that receives light from the outside, an image sensor that changes the received light to electronic image data, and an image processing unit that processes the image data. If a saturated pixel is included in the image data, the image processing unit measures the amount of light of the saturated pixel by using an increasing or decreasing value of brightness of a plurality of unsaturated pixels around the saturated pixel.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and a method improving the sensitivity of the imaging apparatus are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a pixel binning unit pixel binning input image data to a given pixel size; a gain determining unit determining a pixel binning gain based on the input image data or the brightness of the input image data; and a calculating unit calculating output image data based on the pixel binned input image data and the pixel binning gain. Accordingly, the resolution of input image data can be preserved and the dynamic range of an image signal under low illumination conditions can be expanded.

Abstract: An image processing method, an image capturing apparatus applying the same, and an image processing system. The image processing method includes capturing an image, generating intermediate data by primarily processing the captured image, generating final processing data including instructions to initiate a final process to convert the intermediate data into final data, and transmitting the intermediate data and the final processing data to an external image processing apparatus to perform the final process. Accordingly, an image quality of the image is improved as compared to an image quality of a final image processed in real time by a conventional image capturing apparatus, and a variety of functions can be provided.

Abstract: An image processing method, an image capturing apparatus applying the same, and an image processing system. The image processing method includes capturing an image, generating intermediate data by primarily processing the captured image, generating final processing data including instructions to initiate a final process to convert the intermediate data into final data, and transmitting the intermediate data and the final processing data to an external image processing apparatus to perform the final process. Accordingly, an image quality of the image is improved as compared to an image quality of a final image processed in real time by a conventional image capturing apparatus, and a variety of functions can be provided.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for compensating signal distortion caused by noise. The apparatus comprises a noise reduction unit which reduces noise of an input signal including non-zero mean random noise, and a signal compensator which compensates the output signal of the noise reduction unit so that a signal distortion due to the non-zero mean random noise is removed from the output signal of the noise reduction unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and a method improving the sensitivity of the imaging apparatus are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a pixel binning unit pixel binning input image data to a given pixel size; a gain determining unit determining a pixel binning gain based on the input image data or the brightness of the input image data; and a calculating unit calculating output image data based on the pixel binned input image data and the pixel binning gain. Accordingly, the resolution of input image data can be preserved and the dynamic range of an image signal under low illumination conditions can be expanded.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for compensating signal distortion caused by noise. The apparatus comprises a noise reduction unit which reduces noise of an input signal including non-zero mean random noise, and a signal compensator which compensates the output signal of the noise reduction unit so that a signal distortion due to the non-zero mean random noise is removed from the output signal of the noise reduction unit.