Patent ID: 7737389
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G01J,G01N,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device comprising: a photodetection surface, provided with a plurality of pixels that are arrayed two-dimensionally along a first direction and a second direction that intersect mutually, and having a first pixel set, comprising a portion of pixels selected from among the plurality of pixels in accordance with the light incidence region, and a second pixel set, comprising pixels not belonging to the first pixel set; a horizontal transfer register, receiving and accumulating the charges that are transferred in the first direction from the pixels and transferring the accumulated charges in the second direction; and a transfer control means, outputting, to the respective pixels and the horizontal transfer register, transfer signals for transferring charges; and wherein the transfer control means outputs the transfer signals so that the charges generated at the pixels belonging to the second pixel set are overlapped in the first direction and accumulated in the horizontal transfer register and thereafter transferred in the second direction, while the charges generated at the pixels belonging to the first pixel set are accumulated in the first direction and transferred in the second direction one stage at a time.