Patent ID: 9177988
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G02B,G06K,G06T,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A low-light color imaging system, comprising: an array of photosensitive pixels configured to generate electrical signals in response to incident light from a scene, including an image processor connected to the array of photosensitive pixels and having circuitry configured to receive the first set of electrical signals indicative of the first light channel and the second set of electrical signals indicative of the second light channel and generate a full-color image of the scene based on only the first and second set of electrical signals, thereby using only two light channels to generate a full-color image of a low-light scene; a color database associating a first signal associated with the first light channel and a second signal associated with the second light channel with one of a set of predetermined reference colors; and a color processor to identify a color in the full-color image as an element of the set of predetermined reference colors.