Patent ID: 6717560
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
A self-illuminating solid-state color image capture device, comprising:a) an array of light emitting elements and light sensing elements formed on a common substrate; b) the light emitting and light sensing elements being arranged in groups, each group including a single light sensing element surrounded by a plurality of light emitting elements in a pattern that is repeated over the image capture device, the light emitting elements including a first color element adapted to emit light of a first color and a second color element adapted to emit light of a second color, and the light sensing element being responsive to all emitted colors; and c) electronics coupled to the light emitting and light sensing elements for sequentially causing the first and then the second color light emitting elements in all of the groups to simultaneously emit light and for causing the sensing elements in all of the groups to sequentially sense the first colored light and then the second colored light reflected from a scene being captured with the image capture device.