Patent ID: 9743031
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging device that is equipped with an interchangeable optical system to generate image data of an image of received light, the imaging device comprising: a sensor section that includes a plurality of pixels generating signals corresponding to the light received through the optical system and that has a configuration allowing nondestructive reading of the signals generated by the plurality of pixels; a reading section that reads the signals of the respective pixels from the sensor section in a nondestructive manner; a signal storage section that is able to add up and store the signals of the respective pixels which are read by the reading section; and a control section that acquires shading characteristics of the optical system and controls the reading section and the signal storage section, wherein each of the plurality of pixels has an organic layer including a photoelectric conversion layer which generates electric charge corresponding to received light, and wherein the control section sets a ratio of a number of operations for reading the signals of a pixel within a central portion among the plurality of pixels to a number of operations for reading the signals of a pixel within a peripheral portion, on the basis of the shading characteristics, performs the setting such that the number of operations for reading the signals of the pixel within the peripheral portion is greater than the number of operations for reading the signals of the pixel within the central portion, and generates the image data from the signals of the respective pixels stored in the signal storage section.