Patent ID: 8629916
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera comprising: a lens optical system; and an imaging unit for receiving light from said lens optical system, said imaging unit having a wide sensitivity range from the visible light region to infrared light region, wherein said imaging unit comprises: a plurality of photoelectric conversion units arrayed in an orderly fashion; a first visible light transmitting color filter provided to each member of a first group selected in an orderly fashion from said plurality of photoelectric conversion units; an infrared light transmitting filter provided to each member of a second group selected in an orderly fashion from said plurality of photoelectric conversion units; and an interpolation unit for adding the data of said second photoelectric conversion units to the output from the photoelectric conversion units of said first group when the visible light data in positions that correspond to the photoelectric conversion units of said second group are interpolated.