Patent ID: 8537256

Claim:
An image capture device comprising: a solid-state image sensor including an array of pixels being made up of a number of pixels that are arranged two-dimensionally on an imaging area in a first direction and in a second direction that intersects with the first direction and is being divided into a number of unit pixel blocks, each of which is made up of N pixels (where N is an integer that is equal to or greater than two); and a number of light-transmitting portions, each of which is provided for an associated one of the pixels and includes M neutral density filters (where M is an integer that is equal to or greater than two) that are arranged in the first direction, the respective neutral density filters having had their optical transmittances set independently of each other, the arrangement patterns of the optical transmittances of N light-transmitting portions that are provided for N pixels included in each said unit pixel block varying from one light-transmitting portion to another; an optical system configured to produce an image on the imaging area of the solid-state image sensor; a shifting section configured to change the relative position of the image with respect to the light-transmitting portions in at least one of the first and second directions; and a signal processing section configured to generate an image, of which the resolution is higher than the resolution that is defined by a pixel pitch of the array of pixels in the first direction, based on the output signals of respective pixels of the solid-state image sensor.