Patent ID: 8848073

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: an R pixel provided with an R filter for transmitting red-color light; a B pixel provided with a B filter for transmitting blue-color light; an S 1 pixel which is provided with an S 1 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in a visible light region across red, green and blue wavelengths and has a sensitivity higher than that of said R pixel; and an S 2 pixel which is provided with an S 2 filter with a visible light transmittance independent of wavelengths in said visible light region across red, green and blue wavelengths and a transmittance that is lower than the visible light transmittance of said S 1 filter and has a sensitivity lower than the sensitivity of said S 1 pixel, and further wherein filters for the S 1 and S 2 pixels alone determine a relative sensitivity for these pixels.