Patent ID: 8023026
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a pixel section having two-dimensionally arranged pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion means, a memory means for storing a photoelectric conversion signal of said photoelectric conversion means, a transfer means for transferring said photoelectric conversion signal to said memory means, a first reset means for resetting said memory means, a second reset means driven independently from the first reset means for resetting said photoelectric conversion means, and a read means for reading the photoelectric conversion signal of said memory means; and a controller for effecting a control so that, after passage of a predetermined time subsequently to the rendering of a concurrent reset by said second reset means on said photoelectric conversion means of all pixels in a read subject region, a transfer of said photoelectric conversion signal is concurrently effected by said transfer means from said photoelectric conversion means to said memory means of all pixels in said read subject region, and a reading of said photoelectric conversion signal stored at said memory means is effected by said read means, wherein when said concurrent reset by said second reset means is effected in a period during which the reading by said read means is effected, the reading by said read means is temporarily halted at least at one or the other of timings of a start and a release of the concurrent reset by said second reset means, and wherein said controller causes the reading by said read means to start in a period, which is after a predetermined period from the completion of a rising operation of the concurrent reset by said second reset means, wherein the reading is temporarily halted in a period before a falling operation of the concurrent reset by said second reset means, and wherein the reading is restarted in a period which is after the falling operation of the concurrent reset.