Patent ID: 8670058

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a pixel region wherein a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric converting unit for photoelectric conversion and a pixel output unit outputting a signal based on an electric charge accumulated in the photoelectric converting unit are arranged in a matrix; and a row selecting unit for selecting the pixels, wherein the solid-state imaging apparatus further comprises a control unit for controlling the row selecting unit in an operation mode such that: the signals are read out from a first read out region including the pixels of a plurality of rows, the signals are read out from a second read out region including the pixels of a plurality of rows, after the signals are read out from the plurality of rows of the first read out region, and the signals are not read out from a non-read out region of the operation mode including the pixels of a plurality of rows and adjacent to the first and second read out regions, and the row selecting unit starts a reset operation of a row of the non-read out region, adjacent to the second read out region, during an accumulation period of the plurality of rows of the first read out region, and either starts simultaneously a reset operation of the pixels in a row of the non-read out region, adjacent to the first read out region, and the pixels in the row of the non-read out region, adjacent to the second read out region, or starts the reset operation of the pixels in a row of the non-read out region, adjacent to the first read out region, after the start of the reset operation of the pixels in the row of the non-read out region, adjacent to the second read out region.