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METHOD OF ELIMINATING A SHUTTER-LAG, CAMERA MODULE, AND MOBILE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME

  • US 20130135499A1
  • Filed: 08/30/2012
  • Published: 05/30/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of reducing shutter-lag in a camera image sensor, the method comprising:

  • maintaining a sensor output image to have a low resolution in a preview mode of a camera image sensor;

    changing a resolution of the sensor output image from a low resolution to a high resolution in response to a capture preparation signal to change an operation mode of the camera image sensor from a preview mode to a capture preparation mode, the low resolution being a resolution equal to or below a reference resolution, the high resolution being a resolution above the reference resolution; and

    capturing the sensor output image in response to a capture signal in the capture preparation mode of the camera image sensor.

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