Patent ID: 6130420
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A solid state image sensing apparatus comprising:a solid state image sensing device operated selectively either in an all-pixel read-out mode in which signal charges of all pixels represented by the device are read therefrom individually at the same time upon occurrence of a readout pulse signal both in a first vertical transfer clock signal coupled to only a part of vertical pixel columns formed by the device and in a second vertical transfer clock signal coupled to a remainder of the vertical columns formed by the device, or in a thinned read-out mode in which the signal charges are read only from the part of the vertical pixel columns formed by the device which are coupled to the first vertical transfer clock signal upon occurrence of the readout pulse signal only in the first vertical transfer clock signal; andfrequency varying means for varying a driving frequency of said solid state image sensing device depending on the operating mode in effect.