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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2011
Applicant:

David Alleysson, Moirans, FR;

Inventor:

David Alleysson, Moirans, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01); G03F 3/08 (2006.01); G01D 18/00 (2006.01); H03F 1/26 (2006.01); H04N 17/02 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/02 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 2209/047 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to the acquisition of color images by a sensor including a plurality of photosites comprising spectral sensitivities that can to be different between photosites. The invention provides for a digital processing of signals emitted by the photosites, which comprises applying a spatial-chromatic transfer function to said signals, taking into account a variety of spectral sensitivities of the photosites. The sensor can then be devoid of a physical matrix of color filters. Spectral calibration of the sensor is also provided for this purpose, thus comprising the following steps: obtaining spectral sensitivity data of each photosite (S), building a spatial-chromatic transfer function (S) taking into account a variety of said spectral sensitivities of the photosites, and applying same to the signals emitted by the photosites in order to compensate for the aforementioned variety of sensitivities.


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