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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:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiharu Kondo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348220 ; 348224 ; 348363 ;
Abstract
A video camera capable of photographing in a moving image mode and a still image mode comprises a mechanical shutter provided near the front surface of an image pickup device and a detector provided with an image pickup signal according to the state of the mechanical shutter. A controller receives an output of the detector. The controller includes a filter and a filter controller for controlling the time constant of the filter. The time constant of the filter is decreased by the filter controller when a control signal for the video camera is generated.