Display device in a video instrument

• US 4,775,898 A
• Filed: 08/13/1987
• Issued: 10/04/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Tetsuya, Akabane, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Hix, L. T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rutledge, D.
• Application Number:
  US07/084,810
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 358/335, 358/342, 358/906, 358/909, 360/10.1, 360/35.1
• US Class Current: 348/333.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/333 Mode signalling or mode changing; Handshaking therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33328 Resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 358/906 Hand-held camera with recorder in a single unit

Abstract

A visual display device in a video instrument capable of alternatively setting the frame mode and the field mode comprises display means having a display area, means for driving the display means by a first display mode in which a plurality of patterns are displayed while being distributed at a predetermined density in the display area and a second display mode in which a plurality of patterns are displayed while being distributed at a density lower than the predetermined density in the display area, and means for selecting the first display mode when the frame mode is set, and selecting the second display mode when the field mode is set.

Claims

1. A visual display device in a video instrument capable of alternatively setting the frame mode and the field mode, comprising:

display means having a display area;

means for driving said display means by a first display mode in which a plurality of patterns are displayed while being distributed at a predetermined density in said display area and a second display mode in which a plurality of patterns are displayed while being distributed at a density lower than said predetermined density in said display area; and

means for selecting said first display mode when said frame mode is set, and selecting said second display mode when said field mode is set.

2. A visual display device according to claim 1, wherein said display means includes a display unit having a plurality of display elements distributed and arranged in said display area, and said driving means drives all the display elements of said display unit in said first display mode, and drives a selected portion of the display elements of said display unit in said second display mode.

3. A visual display device according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of display elements are regularly arranged in said display area.

4. A visual display device according to claim 3, wherein each of said plurality of display elements is formed in a linear shape extending in a predetermined direction.

5. A visual display device according to claim 3, wherein said plurality of display elements are a number of dots arranged along a predetermined matrix.

6. A visual display device according to claim 3, wherein each of said plurality of display elements is formed in the shape of a curved line extending in a predetermined direction.