Dual-camera photographic system
US4819076A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 14, 1987 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B17/48
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A photographic system designed to simultaneously take video and still portraits of a subject is disclosed. The system includes a video camera for real time display, on a cathode ray tube, of an image of the subject to be photographed. It also includes a still camera for taking a photograph of the subject. Each of the cameras normally includes a zoom feature, and apparatus is provided for interconnecting the zoom features so that the cameras zoom at the same rate. The two cameras are normally associated with or positioned in a toy animal so that the subject will be entertained during the photographic process and will not tend to be frightened or intimidated by a strange or unfamiliar camera apparatus.
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