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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358335 ; 358906 ; 360-6 ; 360 331 ; 360 71 ;
Abstract
An indicator provided on the surface of a video camera for warning of the occurrence of a matter which interrupts the recording; for example, dew on a recording head and the approach of a tape end. These occurrences during a recording operation must be informed to a subject as well as to a photographer who stands without looking into a finder of the video camera.