Increasing the resolution of color sub-pixel arrays

An image capture system, comprising:

• an imager chip including a diagonal imager pixel array and a readout circuit configured for capturing imager pixel data from the diagonal imager pixel array;
• and
• a display chip configured for
• mapping the captured imager pixel data for each of a plurality of imager pixels in the imager pixel array to every other orthogonal display pixel in an orthogonal display pixel array in a checkerboard pattern, and
• generating missing orthogonal display pixels from the captured imager pixel data.

An imager chip comprising:

• a diagonal imager pixel array;
• and
• a readout circuit configured for capturing imager pixel data by capturing sub-pixels in the diagonal imager pixel array;
• wherein for each row in an orthogonal display pixel array, the readout circuit is further configured for
• reading out the captured sub-pixel data mapped to every other orthogonal display pixel in that row, and
• reading out the captured sub-pixel data mapped to the missing orthogonal display pixels for the previous row.

An imager chip comprising:

• a diagonal imager pixel array;
• and
• a readout circuit configured for capturing the imager pixel data by binning sub-pixels in the diagonal imager pixel array;
• wherein for each row in an orthogonal display pixel array, the readout circuit is further configured for
• reading out the binned sub-pixel data mapped to every other orthogonal display pixel in that row, and
• reading out the binned sub-pixel data mapped to the missing orthogonal display pixels for the previous row.