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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. 12, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hirokazu Mogi, Saitama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348239 ; 348345 ; 348594 ; 348595 ; 396 79 ; 396280 ;
Abstract
A video camera apparatus includes a lens for forming an image, a camera circuit for converting the image formed by the lens into an image signal and outputting the image signal, and a controlling circuit for performing an initialization operation in which, before photography is started, information indicative of the state of the optical system is obtained and the lens is initialized, and for controlling an output signal of the camera circuit to fade the output signal in association with the initialization operation.