Patent ID: 7948546
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a solid-state imaging device including a pixel section having a plurality of unit pixels for generating imaging signal associated with an object, each unit pixel formed of a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel where the plurality of unit pixels are two-dimensionally arranged so that a shift in a first direction occurs between a first group of unit pixels arranged in said first direction and a second group of unit pixels arranged in said first direction, wherein the first group of unit pixels and the second group of unit pixels are adjacent in a second direction different from said first direction, a read drive section where one or more pixels of first pixels and one or more pixels of second pixels are respectively treated as a read unit group so as to effect read operation by said read unit group based on a setting signal inputted from an external source, and a difference signal output means for generating a difference signal between a first signal outputted from said first pixel and a second signal outputted from said second pixel to output the difference signal as the imaging signal associated with said each unit pixel; and an interpolating operation section for interpolating the imaging signal at a predetermined location between said unit pixels based on imaging signals outputted from said difference signal output means.