Patent ID: 8922683

Claim:
A color imaging element of a single plate, comprising: color filters disposed over a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element arranged in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein an arrangement of the color filters has first filters corresponding to two or more first colors and second filters corresponding to two or more second colors, the second colors have a lower contribution ratio for obtaining a brightness signal than that of the first colors, the arrangement of the color filters includes a basic arrangement pattern in which the first filters and the second filters are arranged, the basic arrangement pattern is repeatedly disposed in the first direction and the second direction, one or more of the first filters are disposed within each pixel line of the arrangement of the color filters in the first direction and the second direction and in a third direction and a fourth direction that are inclined with respect to the first direction and the second direction, one or more of the second filters corresponding to each color of the second colors are disposed within each pixel line in the first direction and the second direction within the basic arrangement pattern, and the ratio of the number of all pixels of the first colors corresponding to the first filters is larger than the ratio of the number of pixels of each color of the second colors corresponding to the second filters.