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Dual purpose camera for VSC with conventional film and digital image capture modules

US6181883A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 20, 1997
Grant dateJan 30, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N25/76
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dual purpose camera for alternative use with one of photographic film and a digital image capture module is described. The camera includes a camera body, an electrical interface means disposed within said camera body for interfacing the camera body with a digital image capture module; and a communication means disposed within said camera body for transferring data from the digital image capture module to devices external to the camera body.

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