According to one embodiment, a vertical selection circuit that sets an electronic shutter state and a read-out state in time division multiplexing for each selected row of a pixel array unit in which the pixels are arranged in a matrix pattern, a pulse selector circuit that drives the pixels belonging to the selected row in accordance with the electronic shutter state and the read-out state, and a timing generator circuit that controls operational timing of the vertical selection circuit and the pulse selector circuit are included.