<s>
Colour	B-Algorithm
co-site	I-Algorithm
sampling	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
system	O
of	O
photographic	O
colour	O
sensing	O
,	O
wherein	O
4	O
,	O
16	O
or	O
36	O
images	O
are	O
collected	O
from	O
the	O
sensor	O
and	O
merged	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
single	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
subsequent	O
image	O
physically	O
moves	O
the	O
sensor	O
by	O
exactly	O
one	O
pixel	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
collect	O
R	O
,	O
G	O
and	O
B	O
data	O
for	O
each	O
pixel	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
microscanning	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
viable	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
typical	O
Bayer	B-Algorithm
filter	I-Algorithm
array	O
of	O
pixels	O
which	O
returns	O
a	O
lower	O
quality	O
images	O
with	O
interpolated	O
pixel	O
colours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microscanning	B-Algorithm
is	O
essential	O
for	O
the	O
method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
standard	O
digital	O
cameras	O
,	O
colour	O
images	O
are	O
acquired	O
with	O
only	O
one	O
sensor	O
(	O
see	O
CCD	B-Algorithm
and	O
CMOS	B-Architecture
sensor	I-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
each	O
single	O
pixel	O
on	O
the	O
CCD	B-Algorithm
only	O
one	O
third	O
of	O
the	O
required	O
information	O
is	O
provided	O
and	O
two	O
thirds	O
are	O
missing	O
,	O
as	O
at	O
least	O
three	O
monochrome	O
pixels	O
would	O
be	O
necessary	O
for	O
one	O
colour	O
pixel	O
.	O
</s>
