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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2015
Applicants:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Inventor:

Kazunori Tanaka, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignees:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC., Culver City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/48 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/07 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 1/482 (2013.01); H04N 9/07 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3174 (2013.01); G01N 2021/6471 (2013.01); H04N 2209/043 (2013.01);
Abstract

A digital imaging device includes: a monochromatic sensor including a plurality of photosensitive elements distributed in an array, the plurality of photosensitive elements configured to convert light falling on the monochromatic sensor into electronic signals; and a plurality of filters, each filter configured to be moved into a position in front of the monochromatic sensor, wherein each filter, when moved into the position in front of the monochromatic sensor, covers substantial portion of the monochromatic sensor. Key words include imaging sensor and layered filter.


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