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Wireless image transmission system having a portable camera

US6667771B1 · kind B1 · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 8, 1999
Grant dateDec 23, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 8, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/51
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable small-sized camera has a case having a ball-point pen appearance in a portion thereof and a through hole in one side, and a camera circuit part built in the case and for photographing an object through the through hole. The portable small-sized camera has the ball-point pen appearance, photographing a particular location in secret is possible without exposure to others. The camera circuit part is connected to a wireless transmission device for outputting a signal by a cable. A wireless receiving device at a remote location from the wireless transmission device receives a signal of the wireless transmission device for outputting or recording.

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