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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2009
James E. Adams, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Mrityunjay Kumar, Rochester, NY (US);
Bruce H. Pillman, Rochester, NY (US);
James A. Hamilton, Rochester, NY (US);
James E. Adams, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Mrityunjay Kumar, Rochester, NY (US);
Bruce H. Pillman, Rochester, NY (US);
James A. Hamilton, Rochester, NY (US);
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An image sensor for capturing a color image comprising a two dimensional array of light-sensitive pixels including panchromatic pixels and color pixels having at least two different color responses, the pixels being arranged in a repeating pattern having a square minimal repeating unit having at least three rows and three columns, the color pixels being arranged along one of the diagonals of the minimal repeating unit, and all other pixels being panchromatic pixels.