Patent ID: 7616241
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A color image sensing device comprising: an active pixel sensor (APS) array including a first plurality of column arrays in which a first plurality of red pixels and a first plurality of green pixels are alternately arranged in vertically spaced columns and a second plurality of column arrays in which a second plurality of green pixels and a second plurality of blue pixels are alternately arranged in vertically spaced columns, wherein the first and second column arrays are alternately arranged in horizontally spaced rows; a plurality of column selectors connected to the column arrays, wherein the column selectors are divided into a first group and a second group, wherein the first group is disposed on a first side of the APS array and the second group is disposed on a second side of the APS array; a plurality of analog-digital converters respectively connected to the column selectors to convert pixel data output from the column selectors into digital data; and a signal processor receiving pixel data output from the analog-digital converters and summing up at least one pixel data representing the same color and outputting the summed data in response to an output mode, wherein when the output mode is a moving image mode, data of a first pixel pair having the same color is summed up and data of a second pixel pair neighboring the first pixel pair and having the same color as the first pixel pair is summed up, and then, the summed up data of the first pixel pair and the summed up data of the second pixel pair are summed up by the signal processor.