SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND CAMERA SYSTEM

摘要

Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including a pixel portion in which plural pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal and accumulating therein the resulting electrical signal in accordance with an exposure period of time are disposed in a matrix; and a pixel driving portion adapted to control operations of the pixels in rows so as to carry out an electronic shutter operation and a reading operation of the pixel portion.

主权项

1. A solid-state image pickup element, comprising:
a pixel portion in which plural pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal and accumulating therein the resulting electrical signal in accordance with an exposure period of time are disposed in a matrix; and a pixel driving portion adapted to control operations of said pixels in rows so as to carry out an electronic shutter operation and a reading operation of said pixel portion, wherein said pixel driving portion has a function of shortening a period of time for unnecessary output data for which data on an image for which the exposure period of time is not constant in a phase of mode change in which a change occurs in the exposure period of time is outputted with a synchronous signal generated as a reference.