Sony monochrome sensor patent

32 lens, 41 beam splitter, monochrome 42 imaging element , 43 color image pickup device

Egami spotted a new Sony patent descirbing a Sony Black and White sensor. The patent is in japanese and I have to rely on google translation tool to understand it. But it seems like the sensor is actually a hybrid Black and White and Color sensor. Sony seems to recognize that some color information is needed to get a better Black and White performance. I hope our Japanese readers can confirm this.

The google translation of the patent is as follows:

• Patent Publication No. 2015-231052
  • Published 2015.12.21
  • Filing date 2014.6.3
• Sony patents
  • Monochrome image pickup device and a color image pickup device I have
  • If the magnification chromatic aberration or less constant, the monochrome image pickup device to output an image by
  • If the magnification chromatic aberration is more than a predetermined color image pickup device and outputs the monochrome corrects the chromatic aberration of magnification of the image by
  • You can select an image for each image height