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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1991
Yasuo Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a multi-function digital CCD camera according to the present invention, the image signal outputted from the solid-state image pick-up device is inputted into a signal processing circuit where the signal is shaped into an image signal. The image signal from the signal processing circuit is inputted into the image quality changeover circuit having a plurality of signal processing paths, each with a peculiar signal processing characteristic. In the image quality changeover circuit, the plurality of signal processing paths are combined based on a control signal from the image quality selective circuit. The image signal obtained from respective signal processing paths are inputted into the image composition circuit. The signal obtained from the image composition circuit is inputted into the color encoder where the signal is encoded into a camera output video signal.