Patent ID: 8179459

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate a carrier by a photoelectric conversion; a carrier accumulation unit configured to accumulate the carrier generated by the photoelectric conversion unit; a transfer switch configured to be turned on and off and to cause the transfer of the carrier from the photoelectric conversion unit when turned on; a read out unit configured to read out a signal based on the carrier accumulated in the carrier accumulation unit; and a reset switch configured to reset the carrier accumulation unit, wherein, during a single carrier accumulation period starting with the turning off of the turned-on transfer switch and ending with the turning on of the transfer switch again, the read out unit reads out the signal plural times and the reset switch is turned on after each of the plural read out operations in which the read out unit reads out the signal, and the transfer switch is not turned on between a first read out operation of the plural read out operations and a second reset operation of the plural reset operations.