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Video camera with manual color balance adjusting option

US5119178A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 18, 1991
Grant dateJun 2, 1992
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/88
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video camera whereby the photographer can switch from an automatic to a manual adjustment mode. In the manual mode a color bar chart on a lens cap is pictured on part of the viewfinder of the camera, while an electronically generated reference color bar chart is shown on the other part. The user adjusts one or two potentiometers, each adjusting the gain of a color signal amplifier, until the two color bar charts have the same colors.

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