JP2007173986A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (10)

An imaging unit having a plurality of pixel circuits including a light receiving section for storing generates a charge according to the amount of incident light,
Reset means for resetting the light receiving unit;
Reading means for reading out a charge signal from the imaging means for each line ;
When the accumulation time of one line from when the light receiving unit is reset by the resetting unit to when the charge signal of one line is read out by the reading unit differs between lines in the same frame, Correction means for compensating for the deviation ;
An imaging device comprising: The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction unit calculates a correction value based on a quotient obtained by dividing the reference accumulation time by the accumulation time of a line to be compensated . The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the imaging unit outputs charge signals of a plurality of colors, and the correction unit calculates the correction value for each color . The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein when a correction value exceeding a predetermined threshold is calculated, the correction unit sets the threshold as the correction value. In the imaging unit having a plurality of pixel circuits including a light receiving section for storing generates a charge according to the amount of incident light, a control method of an imaging device for generating image data,
A resetting step of resetting the light receiving unit;
A readout step of reading out a charge signal from the imaging unit for each line ;
When the accumulation time of one line from the reset of the light receiving unit in the reset process to the readout of the charge signal of one line in the readout process differs between lines in the same frame, the accumulation time of the lines A correction process to compensate for the deviation ,
Control method for an imaging apparatus characterized by having a. 6. The method of controlling an imaging apparatus according to claim 5, wherein in the correction step, a correction value is calculated based on a quotient obtained by dividing the reference accumulation time by the accumulation time of the line to be compensated. . The method of controlling an imaging apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the imaging unit outputs charge signals of a plurality of colors, and the correction value is calculated for each color in the correction step . 8. The method according to claim 6, wherein, when a correction value exceeding a predetermined threshold is calculated, in the correction step, the threshold is set as the correction value. Computer program for executing a method for controlling an image sensing apparatus according to a computer in any one of claims 5 to 8.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the computer program according to claim 9.