Patent ID: 8436926
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A physical quantity detecting device comprising: a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix having a plurality of rows and columns, each pixel converting a physical quantity supplied from an outside into an electric signal and storing the electric signal, each pixel constituted by a buried photodiode; and a scanning unit that (a) scans a plurality of read rows so that storage times of the electric signals in the plurality of read rows are different and (b) performs an electronic shutter operation on a shutter row in synchronization with a readout operation on a corresponding read row out of the plurality of read rows during 1H period that is a unit of time of scanning, the readout operation for reading out the electric signal stored in each of the pixels being performed on the read row, and the electronic shutter operation for resetting the electric signal stored in each of the pixels being performed on the shutter row, wherein,