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1-chip color video camera for generating inter-pixel color signal component by interpolating primary color signals from neighboring pixels

US5852468A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 1996
Grant dateDec 22, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2209/046
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A 1-chip color video camera which provides a frequency characteristic that exhibits relatively little attenuation up to a high frequency range for a (green) signal and has a highest degree of contribution to brightness, and hence provides high resolution. The 1-chip color video camera has a color separation circuit for processing signals obtained from a solid-state image sensor wherein primary color filters of R(red), G and B(blue) are arranged mosaic-wise for respective pixels. Color signal components at a central portion of a pixel block consisting of four pixels of two rows by two columns on the solid-state image sensor are generated by interpolating color signal components of a plurality of neighboring pixels.

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