Patent ID: 8203631

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel array section having a two-dimensional array of a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion section; a memory that stores pixel data output from the pixel array section; a correction section that reads the pixel data stored in the memory from the memory, and performs a correction process on the pixel data; a control section that controls writing and reading of data into and from the memory; an external interface used to output the pixel data subjected to the correction process; and a test-data output section that outputs test data, wherein the control section writes the test data output from the test-data output section in a same writing sequence as a sequence of writing the pixel data output from the pixel array section into the memory, and reads the test data written in the memory in a same reading sequence as a sequence of reading the pixel data output from the pixel array section from the memory, and outputting the pixel data via the external interface.