Hitachi, Ltd.

Hiroto Takita

Takanori Nishiyama

Atsuhiko Urushihara

Masahiko Yatsu

Akira Takahashi

Shigeyuki Itoh

Kenji Ogiro

Kenji Matsumoto

Yutaka Takami

Takesuke Maruyama

Iwao Aizawa

Manabu Wakabayashi

Hiroshi Tomita

Hironobu Satoh

Toshiyuki Moriya

Toru Kiyota

Atsutoshi Sato

Takeshi Kawarai

Jyun Furuya

Ryuichi Nemoto

Kunihito Kawamura

Masami Mizuno

Akiyoshi Hosoya

Toshiharu Watanabe

Hisashi Shibata

Atuhiko Urushihara

Akira Ohkura

Yuji Ishikawa

A video camera combined with a recording and reproducing system having a recording and reproducing deck unit having a generally flat shape, a camera unit, a viewfinder unit, and a battery unit. As viewed from the direction perpendicular to the widest surface of the recording and reproducing deck unit, the camera unit, viewfinder unit, and battery unit are arranged so that they are set almost in the projection area of the widest surface.

Video camera combined with recording and reproducing system having a

A video camera with a VTR for recording/playback of images communicates with a camera/VTR station by means of an opto-electronic link. A first opto-electronic link operates when the camera is positioned away from the camera/VTR station, and a second opto-electronic link operates when the camera is positioned on the camera/VTR station. The first opto-electronic link operates when the video camera does not record.

Video camera

A camera with a VTR communicates with a camera station by means of an opto-electronic link. A first opto-electronic link operates when the camera is positioned away from the camera station, and a second opto-electronic link operates when the camera is positioned on the camera station. The first opto-electronic link operates only when the VTR is reproducing.

Video camera/VTR and camera station with opto-electronic link between

Combined video tape recorder and camera

Wireless telephone

Growing community of inventors

Higashikurume, Japan

Hiroto Takita