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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
May. 22, 2006
Takayuki Kijima, Akiruno, JP;
Hideo Nakamura, Suwa, JP;
John T. Compton, LeRoy, NY (US);
John F. Hamilton, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas E. Deweese, Rochester, NY (US);
Takayuki Kijima, Akiruno, JP;
Hideo Nakamura, Suwa, JP;
John T. Compton, LeRoy, NY (US);
John F. Hamilton, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas E. DeWeese, 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 wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and wherein the first group of pixels has individual pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors, with the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defining a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least six pixels with at least some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit composed only of pixels from the second group of pixels, and including ways to combine similarly positioned pixels from at least two adjacent minimal repeating units.