Patent ID: 9438866
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a pixel array including a plurality of individual pixels grouped into pixel kernels having two or more individual pixels, wherein each pixel kernel includes a floating diffusion that is electrically coupled to all individual pixels in the kernel; a color filter array positioned over and optically coupled to the pixel array, the color filter array comprising a plurality of tiled minimal repeating units, each minimal repeating unit including a plurality of scaled filters, each scaled filter having a photoresponse selected from among two or more different photoresponses, wherein the individual pixels within each pixel kernel are optically coupled to a corresponding scaled filter; and circuitry and logic coupled to the pixel array to cause the apparatus to operate in multiple image-capture modes, including: wherein the circuitry and logic further operate the first mode and the second mode in a first sequence or a second sequence, the first sequence comprising: