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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Kenichi Iwauchi, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Iwauchi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Lightthat is the subject to be imaged enters a lens system, and the light is transmitted and absorbed by a color filter. The transmitted components enter an image sensorto be imaged. The color filteris composed of, as shown in FIG.B, a transparent pixel (W) and micro filters including a filter (W-X) with a complementary color for the color matching function X, a filter (W-Y) with a complementary color for the color matching function Y, and a filter (W-Z) with a complementary color for the color matching function Z. Each of them is arranged to correspond in position to each pixel of the image sensor. As a result, light with components in the entire wavelength region, light with complementary color components of X, light with complementary color components of Y, and light with complementary color components of Z enter their respective pixels to be imaged. From such images, W-(W-X), W-(W-Y), and W-(W-Z) are calculated to reproduce an image corresponding to XYZ, whereby accurate color imaging is possible. Accordingly, accurate color values can be imaged with high light use efficiency.