A CCD control system includes a driving section supplying a drive signal
and a power voltage to a CCD, a bias voltage generation section, a
monitor signal output section that outputs monitor signals corresponding
to the power voltage which is applied to the CCD. The CCD control system
further includes a signal switching section that selects a first state
where the monitor signals are input/output through the signal switching
based on the substrate bias voltage or a second state where the
predetermined signal is output. A monitor signal monitoring section is
provided to monitor the output from the signal switching section. The
monitor signal monitoring section sends a directive signal to the driving
section to stop supplying the drive signal when the signal switching
section outputs the predetermined signal or when the monitor signal
output from the signal switching section in the first state is abnormal.