Patent ID: 8384818

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: an array of photosensitive cells including first and second photosensitive cells; and an array of optical elements, which is arranged over the array of photosensitive cells and which includes first and second optical elements, wherein the array of optical elements is configured to make light rays falling within wavelength ranges corresponding to at least two different colors incident on at least one of the first and second photosensitive cells, wherein the first optical element makes a light ray falling within a first wavelength range, which is included in incident light that has impinged on the first optical element, enter the first photosensitive cell and also makes a light ray falling within a second wavelength range, which is also included in the incident light, enter the second photosensitive cell, and wherein the second optical element makes at least a light ray falling within the second wavelength range, which is included in incident light that has impinged on the second optical element, enter the second photosensitive cell, and wherein the first photosensitive cell outputs a signal including an electrical signal component that has been produced as a result of reception of the light ray that has been transmitted through the first optical element, and wherein the second photosensitive cell outputs a signal including an electrical signal component that has been produced as a result of reception of the light rays that have been transmitted through the first and second optical elements.