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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2013
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Endo, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Aoki, Saitama, JP;
Yoichi Iwasaki, Saitama, JP;
Kazuki Inoue, Saitama, JP;
Kenkichi Hayashi, Saitama, JP;
Seiji Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Noriko Kawamura, Saitama, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Interpolation precision of phase difference detection pixels is raised. An image pickup device includes: a color filter disposed with a repeating basic array pattern configured by 3×3 pixel square arrays of a first array pattern and a second array pattern disposed symmetrically about a point; a first phase difference detection pixel that is placed at a position of a pixel corresponding to 1 corner portion out of the 4 corner portions of at least one array pattern in 1 pair of the first array pattern and the second array pattern out of 2 pairs of the first array pattern and the second array pattern configuring the basic array pattern; and a second phase difference detection pixel that is placed at a position of a pixel corresponding to 1 corner portion out of the 4 corner portions in the array pattern, out of the first array pattern.