Patent ID: 9699394
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: an image sensor comprising an array of pixels, wherein said array comprises a plurality of rows of pixels, the plurality of rows of pixels comprising a first odd row of pixels, a first even row of pixels, a second odd row of pixels, and a second even row of pixels; a filter array comprising per pixel filters configured to filter light arriving at said array of pixels, wherein said filter array comprises a first set of visible green light per pixel filters, a second set of visible green light per pixel filters, a set of visible blue light per pixel filters, a set of visible red light per pixel filters, a first set of infrared light per pixel filters, and a second set of infrared light per pixel filters, the first set of visible green light per pixel filters and the set of visible blue light per pixel filters being the only per pixel filters arranged at the first odd row of pixels, the second set of visible green light per pixel filters and the set of visible red light per pixel filters being the only per pixel filters arranged at the first even row of pixels, the infrared light per pixel filters being the only per pixel filters arranged at the second odd row of pixels, the second set of infrared light per pixel filters being the only per pixel filters arranged at the second even row of pixels; and a global filter configured to filter light arriving at said filter array.