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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Katsumi Ikeda, Miyagi, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Katsumi Ikeda, Miyagi, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of charge accumulation packets each of which is configured to accumulate signal charges from photoelectric conversion elements corresponding to (2n−1) rows where n denotes an integer equal to or larger than 2 are formed in to vertical charge transfer sections. The signal charges of the same color component are read from the photoelectric conversion elements corresponding to plural rows into each charge accumulation packet and are added in each charge accumulation packet. Then, the signal charges in the vertical charge transfer sections are transferred by a distance corresponding to one charge accumulation packet. A signal charge, which remains in the photoelectric conversion element and has the same color component as the electric charges previously read into each charge accumulation packet, is read into each charge accumulation packet. The newly read signal charge and the previously read signal charges are added in each charge accumulation packet.