A Color Television Camera Using a Single Interline Transfer Ccd Image Sensor With Color Filter Array

A color television camera using a single interline transfer charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor having 384(H) x 490(V) cells and a green dot checkerboard pattern color filter array was developed. This paper describes a discussion on Bayer geometry as a color filter geometry and the facts that, using the present number of picture cells as a parameter, the Bayer geometry color filter array is clearly superior to the interline geometry color filter array (1) reported previously. This color television camera has obtained satisfactory performance for home video tape recorder (VTR) use in regard to resolution, sensitivity and color rendition.