Four-color mosaic pattern for depth and image capture

An apparatus comprising:

• a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor to capture an array of pixel data;
• and
• a color filter array (CFA) to pass selected wavelength ranges to respective pixel locations of the CMOS sensor according to a predetermined pattern, wherein the wavelength ranges include at least infrared wavelengths for one or more pixel locations.

A method comprising:

• receiving pixel data representing color intensity values for a plurality of pixel locations according to a predetermined pattern, wherein one or more of the color intensity values corresponds to intensity of light having infrared wavelengths;
• generating intensity values for multiple color intensities corresponding to a single pixel location by interpolating intensity values corresponding to neighboring pixel locations;
• promoting one or more of the generated intensity values to a user-accessible state.

A sensor that receives pixel data representing color intensity values for a plurality of pixel locations of a scene to be captured according to a predetermined pattern, wherein one or more of the color intensity values corresponds to intensity of light having infrared wavelengths.

An apparatus comprising:

• a lens system to focus a scene to be captured;
• and
• a sensor to capture color data representing the scene passed by the lens system, the sensor to capture color intensity information according to a predetermined pixel pattern, wherein the color intensity information comprises at least infrared intensity information.

An article of manufacture comprising an electronically accessible medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:

• receive pixel data representing color intensity values for a plurality of pixel locations according to a predetermined pattern, wherein one or more of the color intensity values corresponds to intensity of light having infrared wavelengths;
• generate intensity values for multiple color intensities corresponding to a single pixel location by interpolating intensity values corresponding to neighboring pixel locations;
• promote one or more of the generated intensity values to a user-accessible state.