Patent ID: 7630010

Claim:
An image sensing apparatus comprising: a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections arranged in rows and columns, a first scanning circuit, a second scanning circuit, and signal outputs for outputting signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections using the first scanning circuit and the second scanning circuit, wherein the plurality of image sensing elements are arranged side by side so as to form a gap between the image sensing elements adjacent to each other; and an adding circuit that adds the outputted signals from said image sensing elements to obtain a first one-pixel signal, and a second one-pixel signal, wherein the first one-pixel signal is obtained by adding the signals from a first plural-pixel area which has plural photoelectric conversion sections extending over plural image sensing elements, and the second one-pixel signal is obtained by adding the signals from a second plural-pixel area which has plural photoelectric conversion sections of a single said image sensing element, and an average position of centroids of the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections in the first plural-pixel area from which the first one-pixel signal is obtained, and an average position of centroids of the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections in the second plural-pixel area from which the second one pixel signal is obtained are arranged at equal intervals.