Patent ID: 8836829

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: an imaging unit configured to output, as digital data, a pixel value indicating one of a plurality of colors including a first color and a second color, for each of a plurality of pixels arranged in an array; and a conversion unit configured to output, from a plurality of ports, I pieces of the digital data that has been input from the imaging unit in a first mode, and output, from part of the plurality of ports, J (J<I) pieces of digital data obtained from the I pieces of the digital data of the same color that has been input from the imaging unit in a second mode, wherein the part of the ports includes a first port and a second port, and when outputting digital data of pixels of a single row in the imaging unit in the first mode and the second mode, the conversion unit outputs digital data of the first color from the first port and outputs digital data of the second color from the second port.