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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Junichi Kanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Nakamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Junichi Kanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Nakamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes: a pixel array part in which a plurality of pixels with different characteristics of spectral sensitivity are arranged in an array and which converts light transmitted through the pixel into an electric signal, wherein in the pixel array part, among a first color filter pixel, a second color filter pixel, and a third color filter pixel, each including a color filter, at least a plurality of the first color filter pixels and the second color filter pixels is arranged in an oblique pixel array system, and a clear pixel having a high transmittance is arranged in an oblique pixel array system at a given position of a given row and a given column in the oblique pixel array with respect to the first color filter pixel, the second color filter pixel, and the third color filter pixel.