Patent ID: 8002188

Claim:
A method comprising: providing an optical reading device, wherein the providing includes providing the optical reading device to include an image sensor array and an imaging lens, wherein the image sensor array includes a first subset of pixels and a second subset of pixels, the first subset of pixels being monochrome pixels without color filter elements, the second subset of pixels being color pixels having wavelength selective color filter elements, wherein a pixel count of the first subset of pixels is larger than a pixel count of the second subset of pixels, wherein pixels of the first subset of pixels have higher light transmissivity than pixels of the second subset of pixels; generating monochrome image data and color filter array image data utilizing the image sensor array, the monochrome image data having a first resolution, the color filter array image data having a second resolution, the first resolution being greater than the second resolution; processing color filter array image data for output of a color frame of image data having a resolution greater than the second resolution, wherein the processing includes utilizing monochrome intensity information of the monochrome image data; outputting a color frame of image data, the color frame of image data having a resolution greater than the second resolution.