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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Taku Arii, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Taku Arii, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/3456 (2013.01); H04N 5/3458 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of kinds of color filters are disposed at each of pixels in accordance with a color array of two rows and two columns at a pixel section of a solid state imaging device. A first signal outputting circuit and a second signal outputting circuit each perform an addition read of electrical signals from the pixels of one/the other color included in a line to be read. An addition controlling circuit shifts sampling positions of the pixels which are added at a time of the addition read by a unit of the color array between the first signal outputting circuit and a second signal outputting circuit.