There is described an image capturing unit, which make it possible to prevent occurrence of noses, such as lateral stripes, etc., in the captured image, even if a vertical blanking period is introduced. The unit includes: an image sensor provided with pixels aligned in a two-dimensional matrix pattern, a first vertical scanning circuit and a second vertical scanning circuit, to conduct a line progressive scanning; and a control circuit to control a scanning operation of the image sensor. The image sensor is further provided with a dummy pixel area, and the control circuit controls the scanning operation of the image sensor in such a manner that, when any one of the first vertical scanning circuit and the second vertical scanning circuit enters in a vertical blanking period, the concerned one of the first vertical scanning circuit and the second vertical scanning circuit scans the dummy pixel area.