Image signal processing apparatus having a color filter with offset luminance filter elements
First Claim
1. An image detection apparatus comprising:
- color filter means for receiving light and for passing luminance components and color components of the light, said color filter means having first and second lines with filter elements for luminance components disposed in each line and offset from filter elements for luminance components in an adjacent line, said first line including filter elements for two color components, and said second line including filter elements for a single color component;
image sensor means for receiving the luminance components and the color components passed by said color filter means, and for outputting a plurality of signals corresponding to the respective luminance components and color components; and
signal processing means for receiving the plurality of signals output by said image sensor means, and for generating a color difference signal from the received plurality of signals.
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Abstract
An image detection apparatus includes a color filter for receiving light and for passing luminance components and color components of the light. The color filter has first and second lines which filter elements for luminance components disposed in each line and offset from filter elements for luminance components in an adjacent line, the first line including filter elements for two color components, and the second line including filter elements for a single color component. An image sensor unit receives the luminance and color components passed by the color filter, and outputs signals corresponding to the respective luminance components and color components. A signal processing unit receives the signal output by the image sensor unit, and generates a color difference signal from the received signals.
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20 Claims
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1. An image detection apparatus comprising:
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color filter means for receiving light and for passing luminance components and color components of the light, said color filter means having first and second lines with filter elements for luminance components disposed in each line and offset from filter elements for luminance components in an adjacent line, said first line including filter elements for two color components, and said second line including filter elements for a single color component; image sensor means for receiving the luminance components and the color components passed by said color filter means, and for outputting a plurality of signals corresponding to the respective luminance components and color components; and signal processing means for receiving the plurality of signals output by said image sensor means, and for generating a color difference signal from the received plurality of signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
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8. An image detection apparatus comprising:
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color filter means for receiving light and for passing components of the light, said color filter means having first, second and third sets of filter elements for passing a first color component, a second color component and a third color component, respectively, of the light, and a fourth set of filter elements for passing a luminance component of the light, said first, second, third and fourth sets of filter elements being arranged to form first and second lines with said fourth set of filter elements for passing other luminance component disposed in each line and offset from said fourth set of filter elements for passing the luminance component in an adjacent line, said first line including said first and second sets of filter elements, and said second line including only said third set of filter elements in addition to said fourth set; image sensor means for receiving the light components passed by said color filter means, and for outputting each of (i) a first color signal corresponding to the first color component passed by said first set of filter elements, (ii) a second color signal corresponding to the second color component passed by said second set of filter elements, (iii) a third color signal corresponding to the third color component passed by said third set of filter elements, and (iv) as luminance signal corresponding to the luminance component passed by said fourth set of filter elements; and signal processing means for receiving the first, second and third color signals output by said image sensor means, and for generating, independent of the luminance signal, color difference signals from the first, second and third color signals.
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10. A color filter for an image sensor, comprising:
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a plurality of luminance filter elements for passing a luminance component of an image; and first, second, and third color filter elements for passing first, second, and third color components, respectively, of the image, wherein said color filter has first and second lines with luminance filter elements disposed in each line and offset from luminance filter elements in an adjacent line, said first line including two of said first, second, and third color filter elements, and said second line including a single one of said first, second, and third color filter elements. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 19, 20)
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13. A color filter for an image sensor, comprising:
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a plurality of luminance filter elements for passing a luminance component of an image; and first, second and third color filter elements for passing first, second and third color components, respectively, of the image, wherein at least one of the first, second and third color components comprises one of a cyan component, a yellow component, and a magenta component, said color filter having first and second lines with luminance filter elements disposed in each line and offset from luminance filter elements in an adjacent line, said first line including said first and second color filter elements, and said second line including said third color filter elements.
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14. A color filter for an image sensor, comprising:
first, second and third adjacent lines, each line comprising (i) luminance filter elements for passing luminance components of an image and (ii) color filter elements for passing a single color component of the image, said luminance filter elements being interleaved between each of said color filter elements, and said first, second, and third adjacent lines being arranged such that said luminance filter elements of said first line are offset from said luminance filter elements of said second line, and luminance filter elements of said second line are not offset from said luminance filter elements of said third line. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A color filter for an image sensor, comprising:
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a plurality of luminance filter elements for passing a luminance component of an image; a plurality of color filter elements for passing first, second and third color components of the image; and first and second lines having said plurality of luminance filter elements and said plurality of color filter elements disposed in each line and offset from respective luminance filter elements and color filter elements in an adjacent line, said first line including color filter elements for passing said first and second color components of the image, and said second line including only said color filter elements for passing said third color component of the image in addition to said luminance filter elements. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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