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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1995
Hiroshi Nakamura, Kasuga, JP;
Yasuaki Muranaka, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image taking apparatus includes a wireless operation unit. The wireless operation unit includes a key input section, and a section for transmitting a wireless signal carrying operation information in response to operation of the key input section. A camera portion includes a camera body, a section for receiving the wireless signal from the wireless operation unit, a section for extracting the operation information from the wireless signal received by the receiving section, and a section for controlling the camera body. A main control unit includes a section connected to the extracting section in the camera portion for generating a camera control instruction in response to the operation information extracted by the extracting section, and a section connected to the controlling section in the camera portion for outputting the camera control instruction to the controlling section. The controlling section in the camera portion includes a device for controlling the camera body in response to the camera control instruction outputted from the main control unit.