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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Applicants:
Hyun-chul Song, Seoul, KR;
Won-hee Choe, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Seong-deok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02B 5/22 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/201 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01);
Abstract
A color filter array and image obtaining apparatus are provided. The color filter array includes at least one unit cell having a predetermined array of pixels, and the predetermined array including the color pixels and transparent pixels. Each 2×2 array of pixels in the unit cell includes one transparent pixel and three color pixels and at least one transparent pixel is located in each row or in each column of the unit cell. The image obtaining apparatus generate an electrical image signal corresponding to sensed light that has passed through the color filter array.