Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera architecture having a repositionable color filter array
- Patent Title (中): 相机架构具有可重新定位的滤色器阵列
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Application No.: US13724446Application Date: 2012-12-21
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Publication No.: US09071721B1Publication Date: 2015-06-30
- Inventor: Samuel R. D'Amico , Xiaoyu Miao
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228 ; H04N9/04

Abstract:
A camera system includes an array of image pixels disposed in or on a substrate and laid out in a multi-ring pattern. The array of image pixels is coupled to acquire image data of a color image in response to light incident on the array of image pixels. A color filter array (“CFA”) is positioned to color filter the light incident on the array of image pixels and includes at least two different color filter types that filter different color bands of the light. An actuator is coupled to the CFA to adjust the CFA in a sequence and a controller is coupled to the actuator to control the sequence such that each image pixel in the array of image pixels is temporarily optically subtended by each of the at least two different color filter types in the CFA while acquiring the image data associated with the color image.
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