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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Yoshikuni Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoo Mitsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshikuni Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoo Mitsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A color filter array includes a plurality of filters, each having one of a plurality of types of spectral sensitivity and being disposed at the location of a corresponding one of a plurality of pixels. The filters of a predetermined type selected from among the plurality of types are arranged at the locations of the pixels in a checkered pattern, and the filters of some or all of the other types are randomly arranged at the pixel locations at which the filters of the predetermined type are not present.