Patent ID: 8917327
Filing Date: 2014-12-23
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; (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; and (d) a first limit switch to signal when the sensor array is located in the first position and a second limit switch to signal when the sensor array is located in the second position, wherein the circuitry is configured to integrate first composite data of the sensor array in the first position in response to the first limit switch sensing the sensor array moving into the first position and integrate second composite data of the sensor array in response to the second limit switch sensing the sensor moving into the second position.