Patent ID: 8634012
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image pickup device comprising: a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix and generate pixel signals through photoelectric conversion; and a pixel driving unit that selects a row of the pixel portion, wherein the pixel driving unit drives the pixel portion in a first operation mode such that signals from a part of the rows of the pixel portion are read in a first field, and signals from another part of the rows of the pixel portion are read in a second field subsequent to the first field, and wherein the first operation mode includes, starting a reset scan of the rows of the pixel portion to be read in the first field, thereafter starting a reset scan of the rows of the pixel portion to be read in the second field, thereafter starting, in the first field, a readout scan of the rows of the pixels to be read in the first field, and starting, in the second field, a readout scan of the rows to be read in the second field, the length of period of time from the starting of the reset scan and the starting of the corresponding readout scan being longer than the period of the first or second field.