Patent ID: 7982788

Claim:
A method of generating video, comprising the steps of: (A) generating an input signal by sensing a first picture as a plurality of first pixels, wherein (i) said sensing is capable of a pixel reduction by generating a plurality of Bayer sets using at least one of (a) binning said first pixels and (b) skipping one or more rows, columns, or rows and columns of said first pixels, (ii) said plurality of Bayer sets have a first spacing between first pixels within each Bayer set and a second spacing between adjacent Bayer sets, and (iii) said first and said second spacings are (a) uniform both horizontally and vertically while said pixel reduction is inactive and (b) non-uniform while said pixel reduction is active; (B) generating in a circuit a plurality of second pixels in response to said first pixels of said plurality of Bayer sets such that (i) each of said plurality of second pixels is adjacent to a corresponding first pixel of a corresponding Bayer set and (ii) a plurality of spatial positions of said plurality of second pixels relative to said first picture are uniform both horizontally and vertically while said pixel reduction is active, wherein said second pixels are aligned to corresponding similarly-colored first pixels of said first picture within a fraction of an inter-pixel spacing of said first picture; and (C) generating an output signal based on said second pixels.