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Video camera and video signal reproducing apparatus with shake detection and correction operation

US5502484A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 14, 1995
Grant dateMar 26, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/683
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video camera includes a lens for collecting a light from an object to be photographed; an image pickup device for converting the light collected by the lens into an electric signal; an analog to digital converting circuit for converting the electric signal from the image pickup device into a digital signal; a memory circuit for storing the digital signal obtained by the analog to digital conversion; a shake detector for detecting a shake of the video camera; calculating unit for obtaining a correction amount from an output signal of the shake detector; a correcting unit for correcting a shake of an image accompanied with a slight shake of a body of the video camera on the basis of an output signal of the calculating means; a zoom system for enlarging or reducing the object to be photographed; and a control unit for changing the correcting unit in accordance with a change of zoom of the zoom system.

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