Patent ID: 7990439

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: pixel section with a plurality of pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged, said pixels including a first pixel having a first input section for accumulating a signal associated with object image, a first amplification section for amplifying signals accumulated at said first input section so as to generate a first pixel signal, a first reset section for resetting said first input section, and a first select section for selecting said first amplification section to cause said first pixel signal to be outputted onto a signal output line, and a second pixel having a second input section for accumulating a signal corresponding to a noise generated at said first input section, a second amplification section for amplifying signals accumulated at said second input section so as to generate a second pixel signal, a second reset section for resetting said second input section, and a second select section for selecting said second amplification section to cause said second pixel signal to be outputted onto said signal output line; a control section for, after simultaneously and concurrently resetting all the said first and second input sections, effecting control so as to cause all the said first input sections to concurrently and simultaneously accumulate said signal associated with said object image having the same exposure start timing; a correction data retaining section for retaining correction data to correct a characteristic variance between said first input section and said second input section, said correction data is generated by taking a difference between a noise signal of said first input section and a noise signal of said second input section containing said characteristic variance; and a variance correction section for generating a third pixel signal corresponding to a difference between said first pixel signal and said second pixel signal where said characteristic variance is corrected by subtracting said correction data from said third pixel signal.