Patent ID: 8049796

Claim:
A method of correcting sensitivity for removing shading arising at a time of capturing an image of an object by receiving light from the object by a plurality of imaging elements, the imaging elements each comprising a photosensitive section which receives incident light to perform photoelectric conversion, an electric charge accumulation section which accepts transfer of electric charge accumulated in the photosensitive section owing to the incident light and which temporarily accumulates the electric charge, and an electric charge correction section which estimates electric charge intruding into the electric charge accumulation section, the method comprising receiving light from the object by the imaging elements to accumulate electric charge, thereafter transferring electric charge accumulated in the photosensitive section to the electric charge accumulation section, correcting a first amount of electric charge accumulated in the electric charge accumulation section with a second amount of electric charge having intruded into the electric charge correction section to produce a third amount of electric charge, and sequentially outputting third amounts of electric charge as amounts of electric charge of the respective imaging elements.