DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS

摘要

A pixel portion includes a plurality of first pixel rows and a plurality of second pixel rows each being arranged so as to be adjacent to the first pixel row. Among the first pixel row and the second pixel row arranged so as to be adjacent to each other, during at least a part of a period from an end of the electric charge accumulation period in the second pixel row until an end of an output period in which signals from pixels in the first pixel row are output, electric charges accumulated in photoelectric conversion units of pixels in the second pixel row are reset.

主权项

1. A driving method for an image pickup apparatus including a plurality of pixel rows, each pixel row including a plurality of pixels, and each pixel including a photoelectric conversion unit, the driving method comprising:
controlling a first period from a start of accumulation of electric charges in respective photoelectric conversion units in a first pixel row until an end of reading of signals based on the electric charges in the respective photoelectric conversion units in the first pixel row from the first pixel row and a second period from a start of accumulation of electric charges in respective photoelectric conversion units in a second pixel row arranged to be adjacent to the first pixel row until an end of reading of signals based on the electric charges in the respective photoelectric conversion units in the second pixel row from the second pixel row during one frame period in a manner that the second period is started after the first period is ended; and resetting the respective photoelectric conversion units in the second pixel row during the first period before the reading of the signals from the first pixel row is ended.