Patent ID: 7663679
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; and a image data-generation unit that generates image data represented by a first luminance signal and a color-difference signal, based on signals from the plurality of the photoelectric conversion elements, wherein the plurality of the photoelectric conversion elements comprises: a first photoelectric conversion element for obtaining a first color signal; a second photoelectric conversion element for obtaining a second color signal; a third photoelectric conversion element for obtaining a third color signal, the first, second and third color signals being different from one another; and a fourth photoelectric conversion element for a second luminance signal, the fourth photoelectric conversion element being disposed adjacent to each of the first, second and third photoelectric conversion elements, and wherein the image data-generation unit comprises: wherein the signal-synthesis unit synthesizes a high frequency component of the second luminance signal and a low frequency component of the third luminance signal to generate the first luminance signal.