Color filter
AssigneeRCA Corporation
InventorRoland N. Rhodes
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Abstract
A color filter for a single image pickup device camera features using color filter elements that have one dimension that is less than the corresponding dimension of photosensors in pickup device. This results in a wider bandwidth signal.
Claims11
A color filter for use with an image pickup device having a plurality of photosensors and a line scan direction, said filter comprising a plurality of horizontally repetitive sets of areas of different colors, all of the areas having a dimension in the direction of said line scan which is less than the corresponding dimension of the photosensors of said pickup device.
A device comprising a pickup device having a plurality of photosensors, and a color filter having a plurality of horizontally repetitive sets of areas of different colors, said areas being vertically offset with respect to said photosensors and having the same height as said photosensors.
A device comprising a pickup device having a plurality of photosensors read out with a one third of a photosensor height vertical offset between fields to achieve vertical interlace, and a color filter having a plurality of horizontally repetitive sets of areas of different colors, said areas being vertically offset with respect to said photosensors by one sixth of a photosensor height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.