Electronic personal viewing device
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1. A personal viewing device, comprising:
- a portable hand-held housing;
a display contained within said portable hand-held housing, an image capture device;
an image processing portion connected to said image capture device, the output of said image processing portion being a digital representation of an image captured by said image capture device;
a memory for storing said digital representation;
a control section to provide signals representative of said digital representation to said display; and
wherein said memory is configured as a circular buffer.
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Abstract
A personal hand-held video device that permits the user to view a scene in real time and then manipulate the scene as desired for replay is provided. A memory sequencing scheme permits the viewer to manipulate automatically stored live action video while continuously storing further live action.
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1. A personal viewing device, comprising:
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a portable hand-held housing;
a display contained within said portable hand-held housing, an image capture device;
an image processing portion connected to said image capture device, the output of said image processing portion being a digital representation of an image captured by said image capture device;
a memory for storing said digital representation;
a control section to provide signals representative of said digital representation to said display; and
wherein said memory is configured as a circular buffer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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14. A method of providing to a viewer of a personal viewing device with a replay of a previously viewed live image, comprising:
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providing a personal viewing device, comprising;
a portable hand-held housing;
a display contained within said portable hand-held housing, an image capture device;
an image processing portion connected to said image capture device, the output of said image processing portion being a digital representation of an image captured by said image capture device;
a memory for storing said digital representation;
a control section to provide signals representative of said digital representation to said display; and
wherein said memory is configured as a circular buffer;
providing real time captured images to said display when said personal viewing device is on;
writing the captured images to said circular buffer in memory time segments while providing said real time captured images to said display;
receiving a request to replay at least one previously written memory time segment in replay mode;
providing said at least one previously written memory time segment to said display in response to said request.
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