Image sensors for e.g. parking assistance system for providing information about three-dimensional environment of motor car, have matrices including type pixel whose sensitivity is complementary to sensitivity of another type pixel

摘要

The sensors (BS1, BS2) have light sensitive pixel matrices (PM1, PM2) formed by a type pixel (P1) e.g. infrared inactive pixel, and another type pixel (P2) e.g. infrared active pixel. The former type pixel is sensitive for infrared light or for visible light. The latter type pixel is sensitive for the infrared light and the visible light. A sensitivity of the latter type pixel is complementary to a sensitivity of the former type pixel. The pixels are distributed over the matrices so that the infrared light and the visible light are created from pixel information. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a mono camera (2) a stereo camera (3) an image producing device.