Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Yutaka Yunoki

Takeshi Mori

Shinichi Imade

Hiroshi Sasaki

Shinzo Matsui

Hiroyoshi Fujimori

Manabu Inoue

Hidetoshi Yamada

Kenji Kimura

Masatoshi Ida

Hisayuki Harada

Yoshio Fukuda

Akira Katoh

Tatsuo Nagasaki

Akira Watanabe

Kazunori Mizokami

Kazuo Nakamura

Tadashi Kimura

Juro Kikuchi

Akira Tamagawa

Tatsuo Imamura

Yasuo Arisawa

Yoshimasa Kusazaki

Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Akira Kato

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Hirokazu Kuba

Yasuo Nakajoh

Hiroyuki Wantanabe

An image pick-up module of the present invention is such that, on one surface of the substrate , a positioning reference surface P constituted of an equally flattened surface is defined, the positioning reference surface P includes a semiconductor chip positioning surface portion, a frame member mounting surface portion at which a frame member is joined and mounted, and a mirror frame positioning reference surface portion at which a mirror frame position is joined upon being mounted and positioned, in which the semiconductor chip and lens frame member are positioned on the positioning reference surface constituted of the equally flattened surface defined on the one surface of the substrate while using the reference surface portion at which at the semiconductor chip is joined and positioned and reference surface portion at which the lens frame member is joined and positioned.

Image pickup module having integrated lens and semiconductor chip

An information recording (transmission) medium ( ) has code pattern printed and recorded thereon, containing processing information necessary to subject data to edit processing in accordance with a reproduction process for reproducing, to original multimedia information, a dot pattern which is read out from the information recording medium. A multimedia paper (MMP) reproduction apparatus ( ) as the information reproducing apparatus performs data processing based on the processing information.

Information recording medium and information reproducing apparatus

An information recording transmitting medium (,) has a code pattern printed and recorded thereon, containing processing information necessary to subject data to edit processing in accordance with a reproduction process for reproducing, to original multimedia information, a dot pattern which is read out from the information recording medium. A multimedia paper MMP reproduction apparatus (,) as the information reproducing apparatus performs data processing based on the processing information.

An image data conversion device includes a variable-length code decoder which decodes compressed image data which has been compressed through processes of orthogonal transform, quantization, and variable-length coding. A data amount calculation unit calculates an amount of data that corresponds to a predetermined number of pixels from the results of decoding by the variable-length code decoder. A delimiter code insertion unit inserts a delimiter code in a position in image data where the amount of data calculated by the data amount calculation unit corresponds to the predetermined number of pixels.

Image data conversion device and method having function of inserting

A code pattern of an information recording medium contains processing information necessary for editing data according to a restoration processing procedure for restoring multimedia information. The restoration processing procedure has a hierarchical structure of layers 1 to 5. The layer 5 has a file management function. The layer 4 has a function of collecting subset elements to create a subset and converting the same to create a data transfer unit or sector which the layer 5 deals with. The layer 3 or lower layer has a function of reading the code pattern from the information recording medium, subjecting the code pattern to a preset restoration process and outputting the subset elements.

Information reproducing device for reproducing multimedia information

In a system for printing and recording multimedia information on an information recording medium in the form of an optically readable code pattern, reading the code pattern and restoring the original multimedia information, the code pattern of the information recording medium includes processing information necessary for editing and processing data according to the restoration processing procedure for restoring the multimedia information. Further, the restoration processing procedure includes a hierarchical structure of layers 1 to 5 and application process. In the layer 5 and application process, a set specification identifier determining section selects the decoding section, selects the reproducing output section and sets parameters according to the set specification name identifier and SDCH supplied as header information prior to user data of the subset from the layer 4.

An image pickup device electronically senses an object to be photographed and generates an electronic still image signal. An A/D converter converts the electronic still image signal generated by the image pickup device into a digital signal. An error correction coding section performs error correction coding for the digital signal obtained by the A/D converter. A recording modulation section performs recording modulation of an output from the error correction coding section so as to perform predetermined magnetic recording. A recording section records an output from the recording modulation section on a predetermined magnetic recording medium. Different recording media can be used, such as magnetic and semiconductor, provided on respective imaging sub-systems. A semiconductor imaging sub-system is provided with an I/O controller for establishing compatibility with signals of the magnetic imaging sub-system.

Electronic imaging system capable of recording/reproducing images with

Disclosed is a magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus wherein a pulse corresponding to rotation of a magnetic disk is obtained by detecting a PG yoke signal as a rotational position detection index in the disk by a PG coil as a pulse detection means, recording/reproduction control is performed by a control circuit or the like as erase recording/reproduction control means operated in accordance with the pulse, erase and recording/reproduction operations of data are performed with respect to the disk by a composite magnetic head controlled by the erase recording/reproduction control means, i.e., the composite magnetic head in which an erase gap and a read/write gap are integrally provided so as to be separated from each other in the longitudinal direction of a recording track.

Disk-type magnetic recording apparatus with video signal discrimination

Disclosed is a magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus wherein a pulse corresponding to rotation of a magnetic disk is obtained by detecting a PG yoke signal as a rotational position detection index in the disk by a PG coil as a pulse detection means, recording/reproduction control is performed by a control circuit or the like as erase recording/reproduction control means operated in accordance with the pulse, erase and recording/reproduction operations of data are performed with respect to the disk by a composite magnetic head controlled by the erase recording/reproduction control means, i.e., the composite magnetic head in which an erase gap and a read/write gap are internally provided so as to be separated from each other in the longitudinal direction of a recording track.

Magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus

A magnetic recording apparatus using a rotatable magnetic disc as a recording medium, includes a composite magnetic head having integrated erase (E1 & E2) and read/write gaps (R/W-1 & R/W-2) separated from each other in a longitudinal direction of a recording track on said magnetic disc to erase and record/reproduce data with respect to said magnetic disc, said composite magnetic head being arranged for carrying out 2-field image recording with respect to a pair of adjacent tracks on said magnetic disc. A double record instructing device (62, 64, 29, 30) is provided for generating a double record instructing signal in response to an operation of a user and a controller (17, 19, 20, 25, 26) is provided for controlling a head driving sequence (FIG. 12) in response to a double record instructing signal for carrying out a double recording operation, by erasing one of an image data of a pair of image data of adjacent tracks and then recording another image data on the erased track.

A composite magnetic head comprising a read/write head section (6A) wherein a plurality of thin film heads are joined such that respective head gaps (R/W-1, R/W-2, . . . ) are aligned at predetermined intervals in the widthwise direction of tracks (T1, T2, . . . ), and an erase head section (6) wherein a plurality of bulk heads respectively corresponding to the thin film heads are joined such that respective head gaps (E1, E2, . . . ) are aligned at predetermined intervals in the widthwise direction of the tracks (T1, T2, . . . ), wherein the read/write head section (6A) and the erase head section (6B) are joined in the longitudinal direction of the tracks (T1 T.sub.2, . . . ) such that the head gaps (R/W-1) and (E1) and (R/W-2) and (E2) of the respective sections are relatively close to each other. The thin film heads can be replaced with a plurality of bulk heads (60A). A means (SW1-SW4, 77) can be added for two magnetic heads so that a predetermined voltage-divided signal of a read signal of one magnetic head differentially acts on a read signal of the other magnetic head. A step-up transformer (31, 32) can be mounted on a base (7) so as to step up the level of the signal picked up by a head chip (6) mounted on the base (7). A read/write switch circuit (100), a write amplifier (93), and a differential input amplifier (90) can be formed into a hybrid IC and mounted on the base (7).

Composite magnetic head

An electronic camera includes three detachable units, a photographing unit, a record/play-back unit and a picture monitor unit. The photographing unit converts an output signal from a camera into a luminance signal and color difference signals. The record/play-back unit records an output signal from the photographing unit on a disk and is capable of reading a signal previously recorded on a disk. The picture monitor unit displays a picture responsive to a signal from the photographing unit or a signal from the record/play-back unit. The aforesaid units are provided with arrays of terminals electrically connected to electrical devices within their unit. A group of unique connectors establish electrical connections between the terminals of two of the one units. The connectors are designed to be coupled between any one of the associated arrays of terminals. One type of connector provides direct electrical connections between terminals of the associated arrays. A second of connector type includes electrical connections similar to those provided in the first connector type and further includes a built-in sync generator for generating a plurality of sync signals, said second connector having terminals for connecting said signals to predetermined ones of the terminals in an array of terminals provided along the housing of a unit. The use of these separate connectors reduces the number of sync generators required for the camera system and eliminates the need to build generators into each camera unit.

Detachable unit electronic camera

A composite magnetic head includes a read/write head section of a number of thin film or bulk read/write heads joined such that respective head gaps are aligned at predetermined intervals in the widthwise direction of tracks of a recording medium. An erase head section of a plurality of bulk heads respectively corresponding to the thin film or bulk read/write heads is joined to the read/write section through a magnetic shielding member, such that respective erase head gaps are aligned at predetermined intervals in the widthwise direction of the recording medium tracks. The read/write head section and the erase head section are joined in the longitudinal direction of the tracks such that the read/write head gaps and the erase head gaps of the respective sections are relatively close to each other, and the recorded data can be completely erased notwithstanding azimuth and spacing losses.

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Yutaka Yunoki