摘要 |
Color filter patterns are invented for coating an array of imaging sensing elements so to obtain color images. Each of the color filter patterns consists of a luminance color Y and two other complementary or non-overlapping colors tessellated in a Bayer pattern, hexagonal pattern, YUV422 pattern, or other ordered tessellation. In two preferred embodiments of the invention, the color filter pattern differs from a conventional Bayer Pattern or a conventional hexagonal RGB pattern only in that the G color is replaced by a luminance color Y but with varied pixel sizes. The color filter for luminance Y can be realized by a transparent coating or no coating at all. In addition, the effective sensing areas of different colors are so chosen that desired signal-to-noise ratios are obtained by adjusting the color sensing areas and/or the sizes/curvatures of the micro lenses for the color pixels. |