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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1992
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic camera includes an image converting device, a voice converting device, an image data compressing and expanding device, a voice data compressing and expanding device, a single digital/analog converter, a sample-holding device for sample-holding and outputting the analog sound signals, a pedestal level generating device for generating signals indicative of pedestal levels, a change-over switching device for connecting the voice data compressing and expanding device to the sample-holding means when causing the pedestal level generating device to output the signals indicative of pedestal levels and for connecting the image data compressing and expanding device to the single digital/analog converter when causing the pedestal level generating device to prevent the outputting of the signals indicative of the pedestal level.