Patent ID: 8363133

Claim:
A solid-state image capturing device comprising: pixel units which are arranged in rows and columns, each of which is configured to output a pixel signal corresponding to an amount of received light; and vertical signal lines provided in each of the columns of said pixel units and configured to transmit the pixel signals, wherein said pixel units in each of the columns are connected to said vertical signal lines such that the pixel signals of a same color are distributed among said vertical signal lines, said vertical signal lines include a first vertical signal line and a second vertical signal line, each of said pixel units includes: photoelectric conversion elements which include at least a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element; a first color filter which filters incident light of a corresponding color entering said first photoelectric conversion element; a second color filter which corresponds to a color different from said first color filter and which filters incident light of the corresponding color entering said second photoelectric conversion element; a reader configured to select one of said photoelectric conversion elements and read a signal from the selected one of said photoelectric conversion elements; and an outputter configured to output the signal read by said reader to one of said first vertical signal line and said second vertical signal line.