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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
May. 12, 2004
Detecting/setting the on/off state of a display in a video camera with manual and automatic function
Applicant:
Kenichi Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichi Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, Osaka, unknown;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
It is an object of the invention to prevent a taken image which is contrary to the intention of the user, from being derived in a video camera which comprises means for disabling an operation of a video monitor for displaying a taken image, and in which an exposure adjustment can be manually performed. The video camera has: an optical view finder; a video monitorfor displaying a taken image; a manual exposure adjuster (); and manual-exposure adjustment inhibiting means () for detecting that an operation of the video monitor is set to be disabled, and for inhibiting an exposure adjustment of the manual exposure adjuster.