Patent ID: 8823845

Claim:
A color filter array of an image sensor having a plurality of filters, the color filter array comprising: a first filter to transmit wavelengths of a first region in a visible light region; a second filter to transmit wavelengths of a second region in the visible light region; a third filter to transmit wavelengths of a third region in the visible light region; and a mixed filter that is an element of the color filter array to transmit wavelengths of at least one of the first region, the second region, and the third region and wavelengths of an infrared region at the same time, the mixed filter being different from a white filter, wherein a 2×2 sub-array of the color filter array having the plurality of filters has the first filter, the second filter, the third filter, and the mixed filter, and wherein at least one of the first filter, the second filter, and the third filter is a white filter to transmit wavelengths of a visible light region.