Patent ID: 8582007

Claim:
An image sensor comprising: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a non-red-green-blue (RGB) Bayer pattern; an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert analog pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels into digital pixel signals; and an RGB converter configured to convert the digital pixel signals into RGB Bayer signals, wherein the RGB converter is configured to use a digital pixel signal of the digital pixel signals as a RGB Bayer signal if the digital pixel signal corresponding to a target pixel represents a same type or color as the RGB Bayer signal corresponding to the target pixel, the RGB converter is configured to perform an operation on at least two of the digital pixel signals to output the RGB Bayer signal if the digital pixel signal corresponding to the target pixel is not the same type or color as the RGB Bayer signal corresponding to the target pixel, and the RGB Bayer signals include, a first row of signals in which R pixel signals alternate with G pixel signals, and a second row of signals in which G pixel signals alternate with B pixel signals.