Patent ID: 9025056
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, respective ones of the pixels having at least a first element; a dummy pixel section having dummy pixels arranged in a matrix form, respective ones of the dummy pixels having at least a second element; and pixel drive sections adapted to control the pixel section and the dummy pixel section, wherein when the pixel drive sections input a first control signal according to a first operation mode of two or more operation modes, the first operation mode being shuttering for a current frame and a subsequent frame simultaneously, as many rows of the dummy pixels are shuttered by the pixel drive sections as are shuttered for two frames at all times during a horizontal read period, and when the pixel drive sections input a second control signal according to a second operation mode of the two or more operation modes, the second operation mode being shuttering for a current frame, as many rows of the dummy pixels are shuttered by the pixel drive sections as are shuttered for one frame at all times during the horizontal read period.