Patent ID: 8754967

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of pixels; and a color array filter with filters over the plurality of pixels, the color array filter having a spatial sampling point (x, y) that is approximately arranged such that at least one of (x=3*(2n−1+oe)+1±2 and y=3m−2) and (x=3*(2n−1+oe)+1 and y=3m−2±2) is satisfied in which n and m are integers, oe has a value of 0 when m is an odd number and 1 when n is an even number, wherein, the color filters are WRGB coded in a checkered pattern that is rotated by 45 degrees such that four adjacent pixels in up-down and left-right directions are in a checkered pattern with each pixel being of a color different than those of the other pixels, and W indicates a white, R indicates red, G indicates green and B indicates blue.