Patent ID: 7432969

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a solid imaging device in which pixel information of two adjoining lines composes color information of three primary colors, said solid imaging device comprises a matrix of transferring gates, to which gate pulses for transferring only the pixel information of pairs of two adjoining lines with intervals of a plurality of lines to vertical transferring routes are applied when image signals with low definition are produced; a shooting optical system that forms a subject image on a receiving surface of said solid imaging device; a timing generator that drives said solid imaging device and reads pixel information from said solid imaging device, the timing generator applying gate pulses for transferring only pixel information of pairs of two adjoining lines with intervals of a plurality of lines to vertical transferring routes to said transferring gates when image signals with low definition are produced; and a signal processing device that produces the image signals by producing pixel information of one line from the pixel information of each pair of two adjoining lines read from said solid imaging device when the image signals with the low definition are produced.