Encoding pattern for single chip CCD camera processing scheme
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1. A camera, comprising:
- a solid-state imager having a plurality of collection sites arranged in rows for collecting fields of unprocessed signals generated in response to received radiant energy from a scene;
a color filter, interposed between said scene and said imager, having color filter elements arranged in rows and columns, a pair of said rows of said color filter elements, during a given field, being instantaneously aligned with a row of said collection sites, each of said rows of said color filter elements comprising a repeating sequence of colors, sequential rows of said color filter elements being shifted in the row direction with respect to the preceding row;
the combination of vertically aligned filter elements from sequential rows providing at least two independent color combinations; and
signal processing means, coupled to said imager, for generating a processed signal representative of said scene, including information related to the color content of said scene.
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Abstract
A color filter is provided for use with an imager which has a plurality of discrete collection sites. The filter has a plurality of color filter elements arranged in rows aligned with the collection sites. Two elements of the filter overlay a scan line of the imager in one television field, and each of the rows has a repeating sequence, e.g., 6, of at least two independent colors. The adjacent rows in the filter have their color sequences shifted by two elements. A demultiplexing scheme is disclosed, which features a high-frequency luminance signal having a constant colorimetric composition.
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1. A camera, comprising:
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a solid-state imager having a plurality of collection sites arranged in rows for collecting fields of unprocessed signals generated in response to received radiant energy from a scene; a color filter, interposed between said scene and said imager, having color filter elements arranged in rows and columns, a pair of said rows of said color filter elements, during a given field, being instantaneously aligned with a row of said collection sites, each of said rows of said color filter elements comprising a repeating sequence of colors, sequential rows of said color filter elements being shifted in the row direction with respect to the preceding row;
the combination of vertically aligned filter elements from sequential rows providing at least two independent color combinations; andsignal processing means, coupled to said imager, for generating a processed signal representative of said scene, including information related to the color content of said scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A camera, comprising:
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a solid-state imager having a plurality of collection sites arranged in rows for collecting fields of unprocessed signals generated in response to received radiant energy from a scene; a color filter, interposed between said scene and said imager, having color filter elements arranged in rows and columns, a pair of said rows of said color filter elements, during a given field, being instantaneously aligned with a row of said collection sites, each of said rows of said color filter elements comprising a sequence of color filter elements which repeats after a predetermined number of color filter elements, sequential rows of said color filter elements being shifted in the row direction with respect to the preceding row, such that the combination of vertically aligned filter elements from sequential rows provides a sequence of at least two independent color combinations which repeats after a number of color combinations corresponding to said predetermined number and which has like color combinations symmetrically disposed about one color combination of said color combination sequence; and signal processing means, coupled to said imager, for generating a processed signal representative of said scene, including information related to the color content of said scene. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. Apparatus for processing a signal derived from an imager having pixels comprising discrete collection sites for collecting unprocessed signals generated in response to received energy from a scene and a color encoding filter interposed between said scene and said imager;
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deriving means for deriving unprocessed signals from a center pixel and horizontally adjacent pixels; subtracting means for subtracting said signal from said center pixel from each of said signals from said adjacent pixels to form a pair of difference signals; first sampling means for alternately sampling said difference signals; second sampling means for sampling said signal from said center pixel, said first and second sampling means sampling out-of-phase; and a color matrix having three inputs for respectively receiving the sampled difference signals and said sampled signal from said center pixel for providing component color signals. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. Apparatus for processing a signal derived from an imager having pixels comprising discrete collection sites for collecting unprocessed signals generated in response to received radiant energy from a scene and a color encoding filter interposed between said scene and said imager;
- said apparatus comprising;
deriving means for deriving unprocessed signals from a center pixel and horizontally adjacent pixels; first summing means for summing the unprocessed signals from said horizontally adjacent pixels to form a first sum signal; subtracting means for subtracting a weighted value of said unprocessed signal from said center pixel from said first sum signal to form a difference signal; second summing means for summing said weighted value signal and said first sum signal to form a second sum signal; sampling means for sampling said difference signal and said second sum signal to generate chrominance signals in accordance with the chrominance content of said scene.
- said apparatus comprising;
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