Patent ID: 7821571

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel array section having a plurality of unit pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged therein; a driving unit which performs: (1) a shutter operation in which a charge stored in the photoelectric conversion element is removed, (2) a read operation in which the charge from the photoelectric conversion element is read, and (3) a storage operation in which the charge in the photoelectric conversion element is stored, a control unit which changes a unit pixel driving mode from a first driving mode to a second driving mode and which changes a shutter operation to the second driving mode while keeping the read operation in the first driving mode for a period corresponding to one frame in a current frame, and which changes the read operation to the second driving mode in a next frame, wherein, the control unit sets a period required for scanning each row of pixels in the first driving mode equal to a period required for scanning each row of pixels in the second driving mode.