Patent · US Expired

Electronic camera

US4814876A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 9, 1985
Grant dateMar 21, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S358/906
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic camera includes an electronic camera unit for generating a still image signal, an encoder for converting the still image signal from the electronic camera unit into a television signal and for issuing the television signal through an output terminal to a video recorder, and an electronic viewfinder for displaying the television signal as a visible image. The encoder and the electronic viewfinder are contained in an adapter detachably connected to the electronic camera unit. The television signal from the encoder is applied directly to a video circuit in the video viewfinder, and also delivered through a connector or a coupling terminal to the video recorder.

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