Patent ID: 6650795
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A color image capturing system, comprising:an image sensor for receiving light reflected by an object or a scene of interest representing an image, the image sensor including a plurality of individual photosensitive elements arranged in an array, each photosensitive element representing a corresponding pixel location in the image; a plurality of individual color filter elements each positioned adjacent a corresponding one of the photosensitive elements of the image sensor; means for shifting the light reflected by the object or scene of interest so that a portion of the light that would otherwise fall on a single photosensitive element is divided between at least two adjacent photosensitive elements; and the plurality of color filter elements being arranged in a predetermined pattern for permitting the photosensitive elements to detect the intensity of the light incident thereon so that a plurality of output signals from the image sensor can be used to reproduce a color image of the object or scene of interest.