Patent ID: 8373784

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel array unit in which unit pixels each including a photoelectric conversion device converting an optical signal into signal electric charges are two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix shape; a vertical scanning unit that selects the unit pixels, which read out the signal electric charges, for each line; signal processing units that are separately disposed for each column of the pixel array unit and generate pixel signals corresponding to the signal electric charges read out from the unit pixel; a horizontal scanning unit that reads out the pixel signal by sequentially selecting the signal processing unit and outputs image signals in the unit of one line; and a scanning control unit that performs operations of the vertical scanning unit and the horizontal scanning unit, wherein the scanning control unit, in selection of a line for a vertical scanning direction, selects a line having an exposure period different from an exposure period of a selected line between lines selected in the scanning order and sequentially outputs an image signal of an image having the different exposure period in the unit of one line from the horizontal scanning unit, wherein the scanning control unit selects a line located in a position far away from a position of the scanning order in accordance with the different exposure period as the selection of the line having the different exposure period, and wherein the scanning control unit adjusts the lengths of the exposure periods in accordance with brightness of a subject.