Patent ID: 8451341

Claim:
An image capture device comprising: a digital processing unit that performs predetermined processing on pixel data containing first, second, and third digital signals obtained from pixel units having a valid pixel area for generating the first digital signals through photoelectrical conversion of incident image light, an optical black pixel area for generating the second digital signals, and a dummy pixel area for generating the third digital signals, the optical black pixel area being provided in a light shielding area around the valid pixel area and the dummy pixel area being provided around the optical black pixel area; an adding unit that adds the second-and-third-digital-signal-containing pixel data or the third-digital-signal-containing pixel data, processed by the digital processing unit, a predetermined number of times; a dividing unit that divides the pixel data, added by the adding unit, by the predetermined number of times, to determine an average value of levels of the digital signals included in the added pixel data; a delay unit that delays output of the first-to-third-digital-signal-containing pixel data, processed by the digital processing unit, by a predetermined amount of time; and a multiplexer that selects and outputs the first-to-third-digital-signal-containing pixel data processed by the digital processing unit or pixel data having the average value determined by the dividing unit.