Patent · US Expired

Device, method, and medium for recording still picture and animation

US6356709B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 1998
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/7921
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Picture signals entering a picture input device 4 are compressed by a picture compression device 5 for storing the resulting compressed picture data in a secondary storage device 7 via a primary storage device 6. The picture compression system is switched for recording a moving picture and for recording a still picture by switching picture compression parameters of the picture compression device 5 by a picture compression system switching device 10 between those for moving picture recording and those for still picture recording.

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