Patent ID: 8259200

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging section having at least one pixel which receives color light and interpolation light including at least a part of a wavelength range of the color light in order to interpolate the brightness of the color light and which converts each of the received color light and interpolation light into a signal; a control section which controls a first exposure time of the color light and a second exposure time of the interpolation light at the at least one pixel separately according to the brightness of an object to be imaged, which is to be imaged by the imaging section; and an image creating section which creates an image on the basis of a color signal, which is output at the at least one pixel when the at least one pixel of the imaging section receives the color light, during the first exposure time controlled by the control section and on the basis of an interpolation signal, which is output at the at least one pixel when the at least one pixel of the imaging section receives the interpolation light, during the second exposure time controlled by the control section.