Image pickup apparatus having plural pixels arranged two-dimensionally, and selective addition of different pixel color signals to control spatial color arrangement
US6992714B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/78
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, first color filters arranged in an oblique direction for the pixels, second and third color filters arranged so that a same color is arranged in a horizontal direction, a circuit for adding together signals of two or more pixels each having the first color filter, which are adjacent to each other in an oblique direction, and a circuit for adding together the signals of two or more pixels each having the second color filter, which are arranged in a horizontal direction, and for adding together the signals of two or more pixels each having the third color filter, which are arranged in the horizontal direction.
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