Patent ID: 8896737

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion element for converting an incident light into an electric charge; an accumulating element having a semiconductor region for accumulating the electric charge converted by the photoelectric conversion element; a first transfer element for transferring the electric charge converted by the photoelectric conversion element to the semiconductor region; a second transfer element for transferring the electric charge accumulated in the semiconductor region to a floating diffusion region; an amplifying element for amplifying a signal corresponding to the electric charge in the floating diffusion region; and a reset element for resetting an electric potential of the floating diffusion region, wherein under a condition of an OFF state of the second transfer element and without resetting the floating diffusion region, a plural times of operations to switch the first transfer element from an OFF state to an ON state, and the accumulating element collectively accumulates the electric charge transferred by the plural times of operations to switch.