Drive method for solid-state imaging device, solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus

A solid-state imaging device comprising:

• a pixel array having an oblique pixel pattern in which pixels are obliquely disposed, an odd-numbered row vertical signal line in an odd-numbered row vertical signal line group being connected to each column of odd-numbered row pixels and an even-numbered row vertical signal line in an even-numbered row vertical signal line group being connected to each column of even-numbered row pixels;
• row selection means for separately selecting an odd-numbered row and an even-numbered row of the oblique pixel pattern;
• an odd-numbered row column processing circuit group including column processing circuits and connected to the odd-numbered row vertical signal line group, for adding signals of the odd-numbered row pixels between columns;
• an even-numbered row column processing circuit group including column processing circuits and connected to the even-numbered row vertical signal line group, for adding signals of the even-numbered row pixels in pixel columns;
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• column selection means for selecting the column processing circuits of the odd-numbered row column processing circuit group and the column processing circuits of the even-numbered row column processing circuit group.

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• a solid-state imaging device having an oblique pixel pattern in which pixels are obliquely disposed, in an area having adjacent n pixels in the horizontal direction and adjacent n pixels in the vertical direction, x pixels in the horizontal direction and y pixels in the vertical direction are repeatedly added separately for an odd-numbered row and an even-numbered row of the oblique pixel pattern while shifting the area having the adjacent n pixels in the horizontal direction and the adjacent n pixels in the vertical direction by m pixels in the vertical or horizontal direction, the x pixels and the y pixels having an identical color, where n is an odd number of three or greater, m is an odd number of three or greater, and n≧x≧y, a spatial positional relationship between the area having the adjacent n pixels in the horizontal direction and the adjacent n pixels in the vertical direction of odd-numbered rows and the area having the adjacent n pixels in the horizontal direction and the adjacent n pixels in the vertical direction of even-numbered rows being such that they are displaced from each other by m pixels in an oblique direction in the oblique pixel pattern;
• mode setting means for selectively setting a progressive read mode for independently reading signals of all pixels in the oblique pixel pattern and a pixel addition read mode for adding pixels in the oblique pixel pattern;
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• drive means for driving the solid-state imaging device according to the progressive read mode or the pixel addition read mode set by the mode setting means.

A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising:

• pixels including photoelectric transducers disposed two-dimensionally in a matrix;
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• a color filter including primary color components, which are primary components for generating luminance components, and other color components, the color filter being disposed on a surface of the pixels,
• wherein the primary color components and the other color components are disposed such that the primary color components surround the other color components.

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• a solid-state imaging apparatus including a color filter having primary color components, which are primary components for generating luminance components, and other color components, the primary color components and the other color components being disposed such that the primary color components surround the other color components;
• an optical system configured to form an image corresponding light from a subject on an imaging plane of the solid-state imaging apparatus;
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• a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal of the solid-state imaging apparatus.

A solid-state imaging device comprising:

• a pixel array having an oblique pixel pattern in which pixels are obliquely disposed, an odd-numbered row vertical signal line in an odd-numbered row vertical signal line group being connected to each column of odd-numbered row pixels and an even-numbered row vertical signal line in an even-numbered row vertical signal line group being connected to each column of even-numbered row pixels;
• a row selector configured to separately select an odd-numbered row and an even-numbered row of the oblique pixel pattern;
• an odd-numbered row column processing circuit group including column processing circuits and connected to the odd-numbered row vertical signal line group, for adding signals of the odd-numbered row pixels between columns;
• an even-numbered row column processing circuit group including column processing circuits and connected to the even-numbered row vertical signal line group, for adding signals of the even-numbered row pixels in pixel columns;
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• a column selector configured to select the column processing circuits of the odd-numbered row column processing circuit group and the column processing circuits of the even-numbered row column processing circuit group.

An imaging apparatus comprising:

• a solid-state imaging device having an oblique pixel pattern in which pixels are obliquely disposed, in an area having adjacent n pixels in the horizontal direction and adjacent n pixels in the vertical direction, x pixels in the horizontal direction and y pixels in the vertical direction are repeatedly added separately for an odd-numbered row and an even-numbered row of the oblique pixel pattern while shifting the area having the adjacent n pixels in the horizontal direction and the adjacent n pixels in the vertical direction by m pixels in the vertical or horizontal direction, the x pixels and the y pixels having an identical color, where n is an odd number of three or greater, m is an odd number of three or greater, and n≧x≧y, a spatial positional relationship between the area having the adjacent n pixels in the horizontal direction and the adjacent n pixels in the vertical direction of odd-numbered rows and the area having the adjacent n pixels in the horizontal direction and the adjacent n pixels in the vertical direction of even-numbered rows being such that they are displaced from each other by m pixels in an oblique direction in the oblique pixel pattern;
• a mode setting unit configured to selectively set a progressive read mode for independently reading signals of all pixels in the oblique pixel pattern and a pixel addition read mode for adding pixels in the oblique pixel pattern;
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• a drive unit configured to drive the solid-state imaging device according to the progressive read mode or the pixel addition read mode set by the mode setting unit.