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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Aoki, Saitama, JP;
Kenkichi Hayashi, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Endo, Saitama, JP;
Noriko Kawamura, Saitama, JP;
Kazuki Inoue, Saitama, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing element is provided with: a color filter in which a basic arrangement pattern having first and second arrangement patterns arranged to be symmetrical about a point is repeated. The first arrangement pattern comprises first filters arranged on pixels in 2×2 arrangement located at the upper-left portion and a pixel located at the lower-right in a 3×3 pixel square arrangement, second filters arranged on the center and lower end lines in the vertical direction of the square arrangement, and third filters arranged on the center and right lines in the horizontal direction of the square arrangement. The second arrangement pattern comprises the first filters having the same arrangement as in the first arrangement pattern, and the second filters and the third filters having the arrangements interchanged with each other compared to the arrangements in the first arrangement pattern.