Patent ID: 7800674

Claim:
A solid-state image sensing apparatus comprising: an image sensing area in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed; a plurality of output channels; a first driving mode in which pixel signals of pixels in the image sensing area are read out, wherein the read-out pixel signals are output to at least one output channel selected from among the plurality of output channels; a second driving mode in which pixel signals of odd-numbered columns and pixel signals of even-numbered columns arrayed in the same row in the image sensing area are read-out, wherein the readout pixel signals are output to a plurality of output channels selected from among the output channels, and wherein the read-out pixel signals of odd-numbered columns and the read-out pixel signals of even-numbered columns are output to different ones of the selected output channels so as to have different phases; line memories which are arranged between the pixels and the output channels and which temporarily store pixel signals of the pixels selected and read out in the first driving mode and the second driving mode; and a control circuit which is arranged between the pixels and the line memories and which sets a driving mode to one of the first driving mode and the second driving mode based on an externally input signal which is set, wherein the number of output channels to which the pixel signals are output in the first driving mode and the number of output channels to which the pixel signals are output in the second driving mode are different.