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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
John F. Hamilton, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
John T. Compton, LeRoy, NY (US);
Inventors:
John F. Hamilton, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
John T. Compton, LeRoy, NY (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for forming a final digital color image includes capturing an image using an image sensor having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photoresponses; providing from the captured image a digital panchromatic image and an intermediate digital color image; and using the digital panchromatic image and the intermediate digital color image to provide the final digital color image.