Patent ID: 9674469
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a pixel summing unit configured to output an analog horizontally-summed pixel signal and an analog vertically-summed pixel signal based on a combination of pixel signals of a plurality of pixels, of pixels arranged in a matrix fashion, that are aligned in a vertical direction and have different weights, and pixel signals of a plurality of pixels, of the pixels arranged in the matrix fashion, that are aligned in a horizontal direction and have different weights; and an analog to digital (AD) converter unit configured to convert the analog horizontally-summed pixel signal and the analog vertically-summed pixel signal into digital signals, wherein the pixel summing unit is further configured to generate the pixel signals of the plurality of pixels that are aligned in the vertical direction and have the different weights based on variation of exposure periods for the plurality of pixels that are aligned in the vertical direction.