Patent ID: 8687099

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: a pixel unit including a pixel disposed in a plane, the pixel including an accumulating section configured to detect a physical quantity, and accumulate a charge corresponding to the physical quantity, a transfer section configured to transfer the charge from the accumulating section, a converting section configured to convert the charge transferred from the accumulating section via the transfer section into a voltage corresponding to a potential generated by the charge, an output section configured to output a signal of the voltage converted by the converting section, a reset section configured to reset the potential of the converting section, and a connecting section connected to the converting section; and a driving unit configured to output a transfer signal for giving an instruction to transfer the charge from the accumulating section of the pixel as an object of signal readout to the converting section, and a connecting signal for controlling connection and non-connection between the converting section of the pixel present in a row as an object of signal readout and a converting section of a pixel present in a row adjacent to the pixel present in the row as the object of signal readout; wherein the driving unit makes the charge transferred according to the transfer signal in a state of the converting sections being connected to each other according to the connecting signal.