Etymology

Bayer filter

Today it means: A color filter array for arranging RGB color filters on a square grid of photosensors, used in digital cameras and camcorders, and having a filter pattern that is half green, a quarter red, and a quarter blue. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

Invented by Bryce Bayer of Eastman Kodak.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.