Image sensor and method of generating restoration image
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1. An image sensor comprising:
- a plurality of non-color pixel sensors each configured to sense a non-color signal; and
a color pixel sensing region including at least one color pixel sensor configured to sense a color signal,wherein the color pixel sensing region has an area physically greater than an area of each of the non-color pixel sensors,wherein the color pixel sensing region is encompassed by the non-color pixel sensors, andwherein at least two non-color pixel sensors are placed between color pixel sensing regions.
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Abstract
An image sensor includes a plurality of non-color pixel sensors each configured to sense a non-color signal; and a color pixel sensing region including at least one color pixel sensor configured to sense a color signal, wherein the color pixel sensing region has an area physically greater than an area of each of the non-color pixel sensors.
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1. An image sensor comprising:
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a plurality of non-color pixel sensors each configured to sense a non-color signal; and a color pixel sensing region including at least one color pixel sensor configured to sense a color signal, wherein the color pixel sensing region has an area physically greater than an area of each of the non-color pixel sensors, wherein the color pixel sensing region is encompassed by the non-color pixel sensors, and wherein at least two non-color pixel sensors are placed between color pixel sensing regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image sensor comprising:
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a plurality of non-color pixel sensors each configured to sense a non-color signal; and a color pixel sensing region including a plurality of contiguous color pixel sensors configured to sense color signals, wherein the color pixel sensing region is encompassed by the non-color pixel sensors, and wherein at least two non-color pixel sensors are placed between color pixel sensing regions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of generating a restoration image, the method comprising:
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receiving an initial image from an image sensor; determining a panchromatic pixel value corresponding to a color pixel among pixels of the initial image; generating a panchromatic image by setting the panchromatic pixel value to the color pixel; and generating a restoration image based on a color pixel value of the color pixel of the initial image and the panchromatic image, wherein the initial image includes a plurality of non-color pixels and one or more color pixel regions, and each of the one or more color pixel regions has an area physically greater than an area of each of the non-color pixels, wherein each of the one or more color pixel regions is encompassed by non-color pixel sensors, and wherein at least two of the non-color pixel sensors are placed between color pixel sensing regions. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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