Patent ID: 9076703
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: (a) a sensor array comprising a plurality of Bayer patterns disposed on a first plurality of pairs of adjacent linear arrays to sense Bayer pattern data, a second plurality of pairs of adjacent linear arrays having different patterns located between the first plurality of pairs of adjacent linear arrays to sense a different type of data; (b) an actuator to move the sensor array from a first position to a second position, wherein physical positions of the first plurality of adjacent pairs of linear arrays alternate with physical positions of the second plurality of pairs of adjacent linear arrays; and (c) circuitry coupled to the actuator and the sensor array to output the Bayer pattern data and the different type of data from each of the first position and the second position, the circuitry comprising instructions to move the sensor array to the first position and measure first data of the sensor array in the first position and move the sensor array to the second position and measure second data of the sensor array in the second position, the processor further comprising instructions to provide a first full frame image from the first plurality of pairs of adjacent linear arrays having the Bayer pattern and to output a second full frame image from the second plurality of pairs of adjacent linear arrays having the different patterns, wherein the sensor comprises a number of pixels and wherein each of the first full frame image and the second full frame image comprises the number of pixels of the sensor array.