Patent ID: 8319850
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging element comprising: a pixel section in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels having a photoelectric conversion element; a signal line configured to transmit signals read from the pixels; a holding section configured to hold the signals read from the pixels in the signal line during a holding period; a processing section configured to perform signal processing on the signals after the holding period; and a control section configured to perform (i) a first control process in which a first signal is transmitted to the holding section via the signal line and held by the holding section during the holding period, (ii) a second control process in which the processing section performs the signal processing on the first signal and a second signal is read from the pixels and output via the signal line, (iii) a third control process in which the second signal is supplied to the holding section and held by the holding section during the holding period, and (iv) a fourth control process in which the processing section performs the signal processing on the second signal and the first signal is read from the pixels and output via the signal line, the third and fourth control processes performed concurrently by the control section.