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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1999
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A preset operation is effected to a video camera which takes an image around it, generates a video signal from the image, processing and outputting the video signal. The video camera includes electrical control unit for controlling the video camera to process the video signal in accordance with preset video signal control data in the preset setting operation in addition to the preset operation by a mechanical control unit of the video camera in accordance with preset position data. A non-volatile memory stores the preset data including the position data and video signal control data in response to a preset data storing command. Time data includes the preset time data and month data or four-seasons data to distinguish between nighttime and daytime. The preset video signal control data immediately provides a clear video image on the monitor display irrespective of nighttime and daytime. The preset data may be inputted from the display monitor site by an operator or obtained from the mechanical control unit such as a pan encoder and a tilt encoder and from the video signal processing circuit.