Patent ID: 7012635

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 to output a processed signal; an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the processed signal into a first digital signal, and a digital signal processor configured to convert the first digital signal into the second digital video signal having a predetermined signal format; and a motion vector detector configured to detect a motion vector of an image based on the second digital video signal and to output motion vector data to the interface; a changing device configured to change a frame rate of the digital video signal in accordance with the command signal; wherein said area sensor, said selector, said scanner, said analog signal processor, said analog-to-digital converter, said motion vector detector, and said interface are mounted on a single chip.