Digital electronic still-video camera, and method of controlling same
US6084633A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/9261
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital electronic still-video camera is capable of performing rapid-sequence photography at high speeds. When a rapid-sequence photographic mode has been set, each of a plurality of frames of image data obtained by such photography is compressed. Image data which forms a single multiple-frame picture is constructed by a set of image data composed of the compressed plurality of frames. Thinning out is performed in order to compress the image data. The image data is successively stored, while being thinned out, at corresponding addresses of an image memory in such a manner that a multiple-frame picture is constructed in the image memory. After photography in the rapid-sequence mode ends, the image data in the image memory is subjected to data compression and then recorded on a memory card.
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