QUALCOMM Incorporated
Quad color filter array camera sensor configurations

Abstract:

Examples of capturing and processing image data are described. A device may include a camera including a camera sensor that includes a plurality of tiles that each include four sub-tiles. The camera may also include a color filter array coupled to the camera sensor and including a plurality of red, blue, and green color filters. A first sub-tile of each tile may include a phase detection pixel coupled to a microlens shared with at least one other pixel of the tile and an imaging pixel not coupled to a second microlens different from the first microlens. The device may also include a processor coupled to the camera and configured to control one or more first exposure settings of the phase detection pixel and control one or more second exposure settings of the non-phase detection pixel. Control of the second exposure settings is independent from control of the first exposure settings.