Electronic camera having non-image data recorder
First Claim
1. An electronic camera comprising a photographic lens, an image pickup device having a plurality of picture elements for receiving image information from said photographic lens and converting said image information into an electric image data output signal, and a mechanism for recording said image data output signal from said image pickup device on a recording medium, characterized in that said camera is provided with means for recording data other than said image information on the same recording medium as said recording medium on which said image information is recorded, said data other than said image information comprising defective picture element address data for indicating the position of any defective picture elements in said image pickup device.
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Abstract
An electronic camera having an electronic memo, which comprises a photographic lens, an image device for receiving the image information from the photographic lens and converting it to an electric signal, a mechanism for recording the image data output signal fed from the image pickup device on a magnetic recording medium, and a device for recording data other than the image data on the same recording medium on which the image data is recorded. The device for recording the data other than the image data has functions to encode the data and record it on the same recording medium. The data other than the image data encompass both data concerning the photographed image and data for image reproduction processing.
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- 1. An electronic camera comprising a photographic lens, an image pickup device having a plurality of picture elements for receiving image information from said photographic lens and converting said image information into an electric image data output signal, and a mechanism for recording said image data output signal from said image pickup device on a recording medium, characterized in that said camera is provided with means for recording data other than said image information on the same recording medium as said recording medium on which said image information is recorded, said data other than said image information comprising defective picture element address data for indicating the position of any defective picture elements in said image pickup device.
- 6. An electronic camera comprising a photographic lens, an image pickup device for receiving image information from said photographic lens and converting said image information into an electric image data output signal, and a mechanism for recording said image data output signal from said image pickup device on a recording medium, characterized in that said camera is provided with means for recording data other than said image information on the same recording medium as said recording medium on which said image information is recorded, said data other than said image information comprising color temperature data.
- 9. An electronic camera comprising a photographic lens, a shutter, an image pickup device for receiving image information from said photographic lens and converting said image information into an electric image data output signal, and a mechanism for recording said image data output signal from said image pickup device on a recording medium, characterized in that said camera is provided with means for recording data other than said image information on the same recording medium as said recording medium on which said image information is recorded, said data other than said image information comprising data from manual data input means for manually receiving certain data.
- 21. An electronic camera comprising a photographic lens, an image pickup device for receiving imge information from said photographic lens and converting said image information into an electric image data output signal, and a mechanism for recording said image data output signal from said image data pickup device on a recording medium, characterized in that said camera is provided with means for recording data other than said image information on the same recording medium as said recording medium on which said image imformation is recorded, said data other than said image information comprising data identifying the conditions under which the photograph is taken.
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