Patent ID: 8045025

Claim:
An image pickup device comprising: a color filter array that includes color filters arranged in horizontal and vertical directions; and an image pickup element for picking up an image of an object through said color filter array, wherein said color filter array comprises color filter groups of a plurality of units, in which each unit comprises first to eighth color filter groups and each color filter group represents a column comprises an array of the color filters, the first color filter group comprises an alternate array of first and second color filters, the second color filter group comprises an alternate array of third and fourth color filters, the third color filter group comprises an alternate array of the second and first color filters, the fourth color filter group comprises an alternate array of the fourth and third color filters, the fifth color filter group is arranged in a same manner as the third color filter group, the sixth color filter group is arranged in a same manner as the second color filter group, the seventh color filter group is arranged in a same manner as the first color filter group, and the eighth color filter group is arranged in a same manner as the fourth color filter group.