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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Takayuki Kijima, Akiruno, JP;
Hideo Nakamura, Naka-Ohshio Chino, JP;
John T. Compton, LeRoy, NY (US);
John F. Hamilton, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Takayuki Kijima, Akiruno, JP;
Hideo Nakamura, Naka-Ohshio Chino, JP;
John T. Compton, LeRoy, NY (US);
John F. Hamilton, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An image sensor for capturing a color image is disclosed having a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels, arranged in rows and columns, wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels; and the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defining a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least six pixels, so that at least some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the second group and some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the first group, wherein the rows or columns that are composed only of pixels from the first group are composed of at most two colors of pixels from the first group.