The present invention is directed to a solid state image sensor in which one horizontal line from an image sensor section is selected as a line in which a signal is read out from a pixel, a signal is read out to a vertical signal line by a vertical scanning in which selected horizontal lines are sequentially...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5410348?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5410348 - Amplifier type image sensor with shutter operation
