Patent ID: 8804019

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel section in which a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged in a matrix; a pixel driving section that drives the pixels in a row unit so as to read out a pixel signal from the pixel section; a column processing section that performs a column process, synchronized with a first clock of a first frequency previously selected, on the pixel signal read out by driving of the pixel driving section; and a rate conversion control section that performs a rate conversion control of data processed in the column processing section in accordance with rate conversion information, wherein the rate conversion control section includes a first rate converter that generates the first clock and supplies the first clock to the column processing section, on the basis of a reference clock which is a second clock of a second frequency, a second rate converter that generates a third clock of a third frequency which changes depending on a data rate, on the basis of the reference clock which is the second clock of the second frequency, a data rate conversion section that converts a rate of data processed in the column processing section through a process including an addition process, and outputs data after the conversion or before the conversion as second data, and a data output section that outputs the second data which is output from the data rate conversion section, in synchronization with the third clock.