Patent ID: 7964836

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a light receiving section comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein said light receiving section is divided into a plurality of division regions; a charge transferring section configured to transfer charges accumulated in said light receiving section; an accumulation control electrode provided between said light receiving section and said charge transferring section and configured to transfer the charge accumulated in said light receiving section to said charge transferring section in response to an accumulation control signal; a monitoring sensor group comprising a plurality of monitoring sensors respectively provided for said plurality of division regions, and configured to output sensor outputs of said plurality of monitoring sensors corresponding to amounts of the charges of said plurality of division regions; a charge detecting circuit configured to output a charge detection signal indicating that a predetermined amount of charge is accumulated in at least one of said plurality of division, regions, based on the sensor outputs from said monitoring sensor group; and a signal control circuit configured to output the accumulation control signal in response to the charge detection signal, wherein said charge detecting circuit, comprises a plurality of division region charge detecting sections which are respectively provided for said plurality of monitoring sensors and whose outputs are short-circuited.