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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1984
Filed:
May. 20, 1982
Yasuo Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A color filter array is provided on the surface of the device comprising a pattern of color filter elements corresponding to the pattern of photosensors. The color filter array has a plurality of separate filter elements arranged in horizontal and vertical rows, some of which are white (W) some of which are yellow (Ye), some of which are green (G) and the remaining elements are cyan (Cy), each of the elements corresponding to a respective photosensor. The horizontal rows of filter elements comprise a first horizontal row consisting of white and green elements alternately arranged, a second horizontal row consisting of yellow and cyan elements alternately arranged and positioned adjacent the first row, and each of the white filter elements of the first horizontal row are arranged in the same vertical row with a yellow filter element of the second horizontal row.