1-Pixel Colour Camera

It is a special camera used to photograph Unobtanium.

Or, maybe this: 1-Pixel Camera

You mean 1M pixel (one mega-pixel), it is an old digital camera in which sensor, each picture unit or pixel is composed of three dots: Red, Green and Blue.

I agree with Yahlisit that somebody most likely made a typographic error by dropping a letter here and this is likely a 1M-pixel or even a 1K-pixel colour camera.

Now if your question is accurate it would help to know how this sentence fragment of a phrase is used in a sentence. This could be a description of a single element photo-sensor with either a color filter or diffraction grating configuration to isolate only one color of light permitted to reach the photo-sensor. This kind of a configuration is used in various types of absorption and reflection spectroscopy.

As i understood it, it is a one pixel color camera mark sensor. The supplier description for it is as follows:

The adaptive register mark sensor of the is able to detect extremely low-contrast colours and metalized inks, as well as transparent lacquer. The register mark sensor developed as a 1-pixel camera analyses the colour spectrum of the light reflected from the web, and automatically detects all types of register marks. Thanks to the great depth of focus provided by the fiber optics, the user must change neither the signal amplification nor the scanning angle - the reliable mark detection is performed without any operator intervention. As a light source a long-life maintenance free LED is used. For the first time, it is possible to provide the operator with a live colour image of the register marks due to the newly developed 1-pixel colour camera.

How did the phone call seeking clarification with the supplier's technical helpline go?

If you are that into forensic analysis, you should really know what you are buying without asking for help here.

If you are willing to provide the catalog information, why not provide the full product information?

"what is " 1-pixel colour camera " ?

It is a camera that is, able to detect extremely low-contrast colours and metalized inks, as well as transparent lacquer. The register mark sensor developed as a 1-pixel camera analyses the colour spectrum of the light reflected from the web, and automatically detects all types of register marks. Thanks to the great depth of focus provided by the fiber optics, the user must change neither the signal amplification nor the scanning angle - the reliable mark detection is performed without any operator intervention. As a light source a long-life maintenance free LED is used. For the first time, it is possible to provide the operator with a live colour image of the register marks due to the newly developed 1-pixel colour camera.

its for close up filming of nano bacteria

please check the website for this 1-pixel camera sensor: http://www.eltromat.de/en/products/register/

the supplier does not provide this sensor datasheet...

but they do provide this link to contact them.

http://www.electromat.de.en/contact

If it exists, it is something you don't want to buy, unless you are involved with microscopy (my guess).

Does it have to do with Compressed Sensing?

http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/compressed-sensing-and-single-pixel-cameras/

? a statistical flaw ?