Patent ID: 9497359
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising: a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections configured to generate a signal charge according to an amount of an incident light and disposed in a matrix; a first accumulation section configured to accumulate the signal charge; a first transfer section configured to transfer the signal charge from the photoelectric conversion sections to the first accumulation section; a second accumulation section configured to accumulate the signal charge accumulated in the first accumulation section; a second transfer section configured to transfer the signal charge accumulated in the first accumulation section to the second accumulation section; a reset section configured to reset the signal charge accumulated in the second accumulation section; an output section configured to output a signal according to the signal charge accumulated in the second accumulation section to an output signal line; a first control section configured to control the second transfer section, the reset section, and the output section for every column of an array of the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections; and a second control section configured to control the first transfer section for every row of the array, wherein the first transfer section transfers the signal charge in a first period, wherein the reset section resets the signal charge in a second period different from the first period, wherein the output section outputs a first signal according to the reset signal charge in a third period after the second period, wherein the second transfer section transfers the signal charge in a fourth period after the first and the third period, wherein the output section outputs a second signal according to the transferred signal charge in a fifth period after the fourth period, and wherein, after the first signal and the second signal related to a first column of the array are output, the first signal and the second signal related to a second column different from the first column are output.