Patent ID: 8436925
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G02B,G06T,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel array unit including pixels arranged two-dimensionally in a matrix of rows and columns relatively along a first direction and a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, respectively; a color filter unit disposed over the pixel array unit, the color filter unit having a coding with regions respectively corresponding to the pixels, the regions transmitting either white light or light of a primary color, the white light transmitting regions being arranged in a checkerboard pattern at a one-pixel pitch, red light transmitting regions being arranged in a checkerboard pattern at a two-pixel pitch, blue light transmitting regions being arranged in a checkerboard pattern at a two-pixel pitch, each of the red light transmitting regions being diagonally shifted from one of the blue light transmitting regions by one pixel, and all remaining regions being green light transmitting regions; and a conversion processing unit, the conversion processing unit converting signals that are output from the pixels of the pixel array unit and that correspond to the coding of the color filter unit into converted signals that correspond to a Bayer arrangement and outputting the converted signals, wherein the coding is such that in a four by four section of the color filter unit: