Patent ID: 8421892

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: an image area including pixels arranged in a matrix; two row memories each of which alternatively (i) stores at a time pixel signals provided from said image area for each of rows, and (ii) sequentially provides each of the stored pixel signals; a reading control unit configured to, during a horizontal readout period, sequentially read the stored pixel signals one by one from a first line memory to cause said first line memory, said first line memory representing one of said two row memories; a holding control unit configured to cause, during the horizontal readout period, a second line memory to hold pixel signals provided from one of the rows in said image area, said second line memory representing another one of said two row memories; and a reading suspending unit configured to cause said reading control unit to suspend reading out the pixel signals from said first line memory during a noise occurrence predicted period which (i) is included in the horizontal readout period, and (ii) sees occurrence of noise predicted due to an operation of said holding control unit, wherein said reading control unit is configured to cause said first line memory to provide, to the horizontal common signal readout line, each of the pixel signals read from said first line memory, and said solid-state imaging device further comprises a replacing unit configured to replace (i) an electric potential of the horizontal common signal readout line immediately before the noise occurrence predicted period ends with (ii) an electric potential of the stored pixel signal provided immediately before the noise occurrence predicted period starts.