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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Hiroshi Toya, Nara, JP;
Yasuyuki Endoh, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Toya, Nara, JP;
Yasuyuki Endoh, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device comprises a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, and a readout unit operable to read out pixel signals of the pixels included in the pixel array row by row. The readout unit (i) reads out pixel signals of a row of pixels in column order of the pixel array during a horizontal readout period, except during a readout-standby period that is within the horizontal readout period, and (ii) suspends reading out the pixel signals of the row of pixels in the column order during the readout-standby period.