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Term: Bayer color filter array

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Term: Bayer color filter array

Definition:
A specific two-dimensional mosaic pattern of repeating 2x2 RGB filtered sensors from which three fully populated red, green, and blue pixel arrays are mathematically reconstructed. Named after its inventor, Bryce Bayer, a research scientist at Eastman Kodak Company. A subset of color filter array.
Category:
Image
See also:
Array; Color filter array