Patent ID: 7956915

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a solid-state imaging device having a pixel section containing a plurality of pixels in a two-dimensional array each having a photoelectric conversion section for generating a signal corresponding to a quantity of incident light, a read drive section for setting one or more pixels in said pixel section as a read unit group to effect read operation by the unit of the read unit group, and a global shutter function setting section for obtaining an imaging signal where an exposure start timing and an exposure period of all subject pixels in said pixel section are the same; a light quantity distribution detecting means for detecting a distribution of said quantity of incident light to the pixel section of said solid-state imaging device; and a drive control means for setting to said read drive section an order of read sequence of said read unit groups based on a light quantity distribution information of the pixel section detected at said light quantity distribution detecting means, wherein said drive control means sets the order of read sequence of pixel signal of said read unit groups so that a read unit group containing a pixel with a greater light quantity or a pixel region with a greater light quantity is treated first.