Patent ID: 8730382

Claim:
An imaging device including a light source emitting light at a given cycle, and a light receiving portion including at least one array of pixel units for performing photoelectric conversion of light in a view field, said imaging device further including a controller performing control so as to accumulate charge generated by photoelectric conversion at exposure cycle synchronous with the light emission of the light source, wherein, said exposure cycle includes a first period for receiving reflection light from a subject illuminated by light from the light source, and a second period for receiving light from the subject illuminated by an environmental light not including the light from the light source, each pixel unit of said imaging device further including a charge transfer portion connected to each of photoelectric conversion regions of the light receiving portion, a first charge storage region for receiving charge generated in said photoelectric conversion region during the first period via said charge transfer portion, and a second charge storage region for receiving charge generated in said photoelectric conversion region during the second period via said charge transfer portion, wherein said charge transfer portion is formed by elongating the photoelectric conversion region and is underneath a blackout curtain that covers the top surface of the array of pixel units, said charge transfer portion being at lower potential than the photoelectric conversion region.