Abstract: An electronic camera of the present invention includes a paper exit opening for removal of printed paper provided on the upper surface of the case of the camera main body, a protection sheet having a base end fixed to the inside of the paper exit opening, with a free end revertible to a wound-up roll shape retracted inside the case, and capable of being extended by the front end of the printed paper when the printed paper is transported from the case to the outside so that the protection sheet covers the photosensitive surface of the paper, and an open-and-close lid having one end edge axially supported to be rotatable to the case so that the paper exit opening is closed from the outside of the case when the protection sheet is retracted within the case. Further, the protection sheet includes a linking mechanism for linking the protection sheet to the open-and-close lid so that the open-and-close lid is opened or closed interlocked with a movement of the protection sheet.

Abstract: The CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array with M(row line)×N(column line) unit pixels, M and N being a positive integer, respectively, wherein each unit pixel includes a light sensing element, coupled to a sensing node, for receiving light from an object to generate photoelectric charges, a resetting unit, coupled to the sensing node, for making a fully depleted region within the light sensing unit and providing a reset voltage level to the sensing node in response to a first control signal, wherein the reset voltage level corresponds to a level of the first control signal and is supplied to a unit pixel of a next row line as a power source, arranged on the same column line, an amplifying unit for amplifying the voltage level of the sensing node to generate an amplified signal, wherein a power source of the amplifying unit is derived from a unit pixel of a previous row line, arranged on the same column line, and a switching unit, coupled between the amplifying unit and an output terminal, for perform