US 12,273,638 B2
Imaging device and electronic apparatus
Yuji Iseri, Kanagawa (JP); Hodaka Kira, Kanagawa (JP); Daisuke Hagihara, Kumamoto (JP); Kazuki Yoshida, Kumamoto (JP); Syo Yasunaga, Kumamoto (JP); Koji Yamaryo, Kumamoto (JP); Takeo Ono, Kanagawa (JP); and Kimihiko Sato, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/773,172
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/040148
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/090727, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-202415 (JP), filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0155261 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/702 (2023.01) [H04N 25/13 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
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1. An imaging device, comprising:
a plurality of normal pixels arranged in a matrix having a plurality of rows of normal pixels and a plurality of columns of normal pixels;
a plurality of special pixels arranged by replacing some of the normal pixels within the matrix, wherein each special pixel in the plurality of special pixels is next to at least one other special pixel in the plurality of special pixels in at least one of a row or a column direction;
a plurality of normal color filters, wherein one normal color filter in the plurality of normal color filters is provided for each of the normal pixels, and wherein a pattern of colors of the normal color filters is arranged across the matrix of normal pixels according to a predetermined rule;
a plurality of special filters, wherein one special filter in the plurality of special filters is provided for each of the special pixels; and
a plurality of special pixel color filters, wherein at least one special pixel color filter in the plurality of special pixel color filters is arranged along at least a part of a periphery of at least some of the special filters.