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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:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348207 ; 348233 ; 348231 ; 348373 ;
Abstract
A solid-state camera of the type which uses a solid-state memory as an image recording device. The solid-state camera includes an examining circuit for examining whether image recording is possible in response to a first stage of a release operation, and a control circuit for executing a predetermined warning operation in response to the output of the examining circuit. The solid-state camera is arranged to effect recording on the solid-state memory in a second stage of the aforesaid release operation.