Optoelectronic camera and method for image formatting in the same

Optoelectronic camera, particularly for recording colour images and even more particularly for recording colour images in an RGB system, comprising

• an optical objective system for imaging a scene recorded by the camera as an optical image substantially in an image plane of the objective system, an optoelectronic detector device substantially provided in the image plane for detecting the optical image and on basis of the detection outputting output signals, a processor device connected with the detector device for converting and processing the output signals of the detector device in order to reproduce the detected image in digital form and possibly for displaying this in real time on a display device optionally provided in the camera and connected with the processor device, and a memory device connected with the processor device for storing the digital image for displaying on the optional display device which also may be connected with the memory device, or for storing, displaying or possible additional processing on external devices adapted for these purposes and whereto the camera temporarily or permanently is connected,
• wherein the camera objective system is formed by an array of two or more optical active structures, each optical active structure has a determined chromatic aberration or dispersion such that the location of its focal point depends on the wavelength of the light, each optical structure is adapted for generating spectral-selectively optical images of the recorded scene on areas of three separate superpositioned image planes of the objective system, said areas being uniquely assigned to respective optical active structures, a first image plane forming a first optical image on a wavelength band in the blue portion of the spectrum, and a second image plane forming a second optical image on a wavelength band in the green portion of the spectrum and a third image plane forming a third optical image on a wavelength band in the red portion of the spectrum, that for each optical active structure an optoelectronic detector is provided in each of the respective assigned image planes for detection of the optical image generated by the optical active structure in each of the wavelength bands blue, green and red, that each detector including at least one sensor element, such that at least one sensor element uniquely defines a pixel of the optical image, the area of the pixel being substantially determined by the area of the separate defining sensor element, that each detector in one of the image planes is adapted for defining a sample of the optical image in the wavelength band corresponding to this image plane and with a number of pixels in each sample determined by the number of sensor elements E in the defining detector (Dn), the digital image optimally being generated as an RGB colour image with a spatial resolution determined by the number of pixels, by the sensor elements defined positions in the optical image.