Patent ID: 7719587

Claim:
An image sensing apparatus having a plurality of first pixel lines each including a plurality of pixels corresponding to a first color and a plurality of pixels corresponding to a second color, and a plurality of second pixel lines each including a plurality of pixels corresponding to the second color and a plurality of pixels corresponding to a third color, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of first capacitors that store signals from the pixels corresponding to the first color and signals from the pixels corresponding to the second color included in the second pixel lines; a plurality of second capacitors that store signals from the pixels corresponding to the second color included in the first pixel lines and signals from the pixels corresponding to the third color; a plurality of first signal lines through which the signals of said plurality of first capacitors are read; a plurality of second signal lines through which the signals of said plurality of second capacitors are read; a plurality of first switches that control connection of said plurality of first capacitors and said plurality of first signal lines; a plurality of second switches that control connection of said plurality of second capacitors and said plurality of second signal lines; a first multiplexer that multiplexes the signals from said plurality of first signal lines and outputs the signals from said plurality of first signal lines as a first output; and a second multiplexer that multiplexes the signals from said plurality of second signal lines and outputs the signals from said plurality of second signal lines as a second output which is different from said first output, wherein signals of pixels corresponding to one of said first, second and third colors are consecutively output from said plurality of first and second signal lines as said first and second outputs.