Patent ID: RE44888

Claim:
A solid state image sensor controlled by a command signal, comprising: an area sensor having pixels arranged two-dimensionally; an interface configured to receive the command signal; a selector configured to select one of a plurality of readout schemes of reading out a pixel signal from the area sensor in accordance with the command signal from the interface; a scanner configured to scan the area sensor in accordance with the scheme selected by the selector, to read out the pixel signal from the area sensor; an analog signal processor configured to subject the pixel signal to signal processing and output a processed signal; an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the processed signal into a digital signal; and a digital signal processor configured to convert the digital signal into the digital video signal having a predetermined signal format; wherein said area sensor, said selector, said scanner, said analog signal processor, said analog-to-digital converter, said digital signal processor, and said interface are mounted on a single chip.