Patent ID: 7064788

Claim:
An electronic camera comprising: an image pickup sensor having n photo detector element lines where n>2, each of the photo detector element lines comprising a plurality of arranged photo detector elements so as to form a matrix of the photo detector elements, a different action timing pulse being associated with each of the n photo detector element lines during exposure of an entire picture, each of the different action timing pulses being triggered at a different time, all of the photo detector elements within a given said photo detector element line converting incident light into respective photoelectric charges only when triggered by the action timing pulse associated with the given photo detector element line during a predetermined shutter time; a flash repeating an emission of a flashlight a plurality of times during the exposure of the entire picture according to a light emission timing pulse repeating a plurality of times; a photographic lens leading photographic light to the image pickup sensor in which the photographic light is composed of external light and a reflected light of the flashlight emitted from the flash; and a light emission controller generating the light emission timing pulse at a timing based on a generation timing of the action timing pulse, and controlling a light emission timing of the flashlight emitted by the flash.