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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Hiroshima, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The digital still camera of the present invention includes a microcomputer for controlling the camera and for performing compression coding and expansion decoding of images; an image photographing unit for converting images into electric signals using a CCD; a memory for temporarily storing information of photographed images to perform the compression coding and expansion decoding on the images, the memory including a RAM is used for operation of the microcomputer and a ROM for storing a control program for controlling the microcomputer; a memory card is used for storing data of compressed images obtained after the photographed images are subjected to the compression coding; and a liquid crystal display unit for displaying the photographed images.