Patent ID: 8830352

Claim:
An image pickup device comprising: a pixel section including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; a readout circuit that performs a conversion process on an analog signal generated in the pixel section to output a resultant signal as field data; a controller that, in response to an operation mode control signal, operates to select a pixel from which a signal is to be read in the pixel section; and a signal processing section that performs signal processing on the field data supplied from the readout circuit to output resultant data as frame data, wherein, the controller (i) operates to sequentially read signals from all of the pixels when the operation mode control signal designates an all-pixel readout mode, and (ii) operates to read a signal from a different pixel while varying a readout position from one field to another field when the operation mode control signal designates a selective readout mode, and the signal processing section (i) performs signal processing on a set of field data of a single field to output resultant data as frame data when the operation mode control signal designates the all-pixel readout mode, and (ii) adds up plural sets of field data over a plurality of fields to output resultant data as frame data when the operation mode control signal designates the selective readout mode, a pixel address designated for readout in each field being selected such that sampling centroids in rows and sampling centroids in columns are fixed, respectively, when the plural sets of field data are added up.