Patent ID: 8243179
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image capturing apparatus comprising: a pixel area in which pixels for generating a signal charge by a photoelectric conversion on an incident light are arranged in a two dimensional matrix; a row selection section for selecting each pixel row of the pixel area, and successively outputting a pixel value of each pixel of a pixel row selected by the row selection section; a plurality of column signal lines provided for each pixel column in the pixel area; and a signal processing circuit for generating a digital pixel value from an analog pixel signal of each pixel that is read out to each of the column signal lines, said signal processing circuit comprising: wherein the row selection section selects each pixel row such that: wherein the first AD conversion circuit performs an AD conversion on the long time exposure analog pixel signal, which is read out to the column signal line within the first horizontal blanking period, within a remaining signal processing period subsequent to the second horizontal blanking period within the horizontal period corresponding to each pixel row; and the second AD conversion circuit performs an AD conversion on the short time exposure analog pixel signal, which is read out to the column signal line within the second horizontal blanking period, within the remaining signal processing period in parallel with the AD conversion on the long time exposure analog pixel signal in the first AD conversion circuit.