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Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2024
Applicant:

Varjo Technologies Oy, Helsinki, FI;

Inventor:

Mikko Ollila, Tampere, FI;

Assignee:

Varjo Technologies Oy, Helsinki, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/57 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H10F 39/8033 (2025.01); H10F 39/8053 (2025.01);
Abstract

An imaging system includes an image sensor chip with a photo-sensitive surface, photo-sensitive cells; and a colour filter array with physical smallest repeating units (PSRUs), a given PSRU having at least four sub-units, a given sub-unit comprising colour filters of at least three different colours; and at least four other colour filters whose size is equal to a size of the given sub-unit; and processor(s) configured to: obtain first image data corresponding to the at least four sub-units in individual ones of the PSRUs, while obtaining second image data corresponding to the at least four other colour filters in the individual ones of the PSRUs; and generate at least one of: a first-resolution image, a second-resolution image, a third-resolution image, a high-dynamic range (HDR) image.


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