Patent ID: 7598992
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having unit pixels disposed two-dimensionally in rows and columns, each pixel containing a photoelectric conversion section and an amplifying section for amplifying output of the photoelectric conversion section to output a pixel signal; a vertical scanning section for selecting a row to be read out of the pixel section; a noise suppressing section having a noise suppressing function where a noise suppression of said pixel signal is effected unit pixel by unit pixel and a signal mixing function where a plurality of said pixel signal are mixed along a predetermined direction; a horizontal scanning section for causing said pixel signals along a horizontal direction processed through the noise suppressing section to be sequentially outputted from a horizontal signal line; and a mode control section for effecting a control in accordance with each mode of a first mode where pixel signals after said noise suppression are outputted onto said horizontal signal line and a second mode where pixel signals after a parallel processing combining said noise suppression and said signal mixing are outputted onto said horizontal signal line.