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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroki Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Hisatsune, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsu Sumii, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeya Yasui, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 ; H04N 5/222 ; H04N 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 ; H04N 5/222 ; H04N 5/225 ;
Abstract
An image pickup system that is small in scale, handy to maneuver, easy to operate and advanced in editing capabilities is disclosed. A commander device is used both as a remote commander and as a microphone in operating a video camera for image pickup. Wearing a headset on the head, a user looks at images appearing on a headset display to monitor and verify recorded images without recourse to a view finder of the video came. Function of the components making up the system are changed by operation of a mode switch attached to the video camera.