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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Yasuhiro Fukunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Fukunaga, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device is provided with a color sensor including a first color sensor pixel and a second color sensor pixel. The first color sensor pixel includes a first color filter made from a first material, a second color filter made from a second material and superimposed on the first color filter, and a first color sensor element that is superimposed on the first color filter and the second color filter, and receives light that has passed through them. The second color sensor pixel includes a third color filter made from the first material, a fourth color filter made from the second material, superimposed on the third color filter, and having a different thickness to that of the second color filter, and a second color filter element that is superimposed on the third color filter and the fourth color filter, and receives light that has passed through them.