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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2005
Kyota Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Kyota Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a video camera which ensures that the user will recognize recording mode, thereby preventing the user from confusing a target recording medium. For that, the video camerahas a character information composition unitwhich composites image data outputted by a signal processing unitwith predetermined information consisting of characters or pictographic characters to be recognized by the user during operation and outputs a resulting video signal, a liquid crystal monitorwhich displays the video signal outputted by the character information composition unita magnetic tape recording unitand a memory card recording unitThe predetermined information is target media information which indicates whether the image data outputted by the electronic camera unitis to be recorded on the magnetic tape recording unitor memory card recording unitImmediately after start of recording, a system control unitdisplays an animated icon which appears to rotate.