Patent ID: 7340160

Claim:
An imaging apparatus using an imaging device which has photoelectric conversion elements arranged two-dimensionally and a transfer path for transferring electric charge converted by the photoelectric conversion elements, the imaging apparatus comprising: a time management circuit which generates a timing pulse within an exposure time at intervals shorter than the exposure time; a motion detection unit which detects motion of the imaging apparatus at the intervals of the timing pulses; a drive circuit which generates a drive signal to read the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion elements to the transfer path and to transfer the electric charge on the transfer path; and a control circuit which controls the drive circuit based on the output signals from the time management circuit and the motion detection unit, the electric charge, which has previously been read onto the transfer path, being transferred in a predetermined direction for a predetermined distance in accordance with the direction and magnitude of the motion detected at the intervals of the timing pulses, and electric charge, which is newly converted by the photoelectric conversion elements at the intervals of the timing pulses, being read out and added to the previous electric charge.