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Image signal processing unit and electronic still camera

US6256063A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1997
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0051
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic still camera which is able to substantially lessen the amount of trouble of inserting and drawing a PC card during photographing or when image data are transferred to a host computer such as a laptop computer, and which is able to increase the number of photographing. The electronic still camera has the PC card which is inserted into or drawn out from a camera body, which has the same shape as the PC card. The PC card or the camera body shaped like the PC card is inserted into a PC card slot of the host computer to transmit and receive the image data, etc. A camera casing including a taking lens, etc. is mounted in the camera body shaped like the PC card, and a sheet-like battery is provided in the camera body. The taking lens is capable of projecting from and retracting into the camera body.

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