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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1998
Sang-Gi Lee, Changwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic still camera is described which allows previewing the composition of an image before the image is stored. The digital still camera includes at least two release switches; a lens unit; an image pickup unit for converting the optical image into corresponding electronic image data; a controller responsive to the settings of the release switches and outputting either static image data or moving image data in real time; a first memory device for temporarily storing the static image data received from the controller; and a display unit for displaying either the static image corresponding to the static image data or the moving image corresponding to the moving image data, as determined by the controller.