Patent ID: 7875839

Claim:
A solid state imaging device, comprising: a color filter having a first color filter component and a second color filter component; a plurality of pixels with each pixel covered by a color filter component and a photoelectric conversion element that generates a color pixel signal according to a light amount received by said photoelectric conversion element; a first output line that outputs only a first color pixel signal that is generated by a first pixel covered by said first color filter component; a second output line that outputs only a second color pixel signal that is generated by a second pixel covered by said second color filter component, wherein said first and second pixels are arranged in two dimensions; a common transmission line that is connected to said first pixel, said second pixel, said first output line, and said second output line, and transmits said color pixel signals output from said first and second pixels; and a controller that controls the transmission of said color pixel signal to said first output line when said color pixel signal output to said common transmission line is said first color pixel signal, and transmission of said color pixel signal to said second output line when said color pixel signal output to said common transmission line is said first color pixel signal, wherein said common transmission line is connected to first and second current sources that are turned on and off by said controller, said color pixel signal is transmitted to said first output line when said first current source is turned on, and said color pixel signal is transmitted to said second output line when said second current source is turned on.