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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2012
Ryoji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Toyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Mishina, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Toyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Mishina, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array section including an effective pixel region, an optical black pixel region, and a pixel region between the effective pixel region and the optical black pixel region; a vertical drive section which performs driving so that signals of pixels of the pixel region disposed at a side of the effective pixel region in a vertical direction are skipped and signals of pixels of the effective pixel region and the optical black pixel region are read; and a horizontal drive section which performs driving so that, from among the pixels selected by the vertical drive section, the signals of the pixels of the pixel region disposed at a side of the effective pixel region in a horizontal direction are skipped and the signals of the pixels of the effective pixel region and the optical black pixel region are read.