Video recording camera
First Claim
1. An audio and video recording system comprising a hand-held video recording camera having a lens, an image pickup means operatively arranged to receive image information from the lens for converting the image information into an electric image data output signal, microphonic means operatively arranged to receive sound from a subject or subjects within view of the lens for producing audio signals corresponding to the sound received and means for recording signals representing the image data and audio signals;
- a source of prerecorded further audio signals supported by the camera;
audio mixing means within the hand-held camera for mixing the audio signals corresponding to the sound received by said microphone means and to the further audio signals, said audio mixing means having its output coupled to said means for recording signals representing the image data and the audio signals; and
reproducing means carried by the hand-held recording camera and responsive to the further audio signals from said source of prerecorded further audio signals for projecting sound corresponding to the further audio signals toward a subject or subjects to be recorded.
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Abstract
A system includes a hand-held video recording camera having a lens and an image pickup operatively arranged to receive image information from the lens for converting the image information into an electric image data output signal. A microphonic arrangement in or on the camera is operatively arranged to receive sound from a subject or subjects within view of the lens for producing audio signals corresponding to the sound received. Means are provided within the camera for recording signals representing the image data and audio signals. A source of further audio signals is supported on or within the hand-held camera. Audio signal mixing means within the hand-held camera mix the audio signals corresponding to the sound received by the microphone arrangement and to the further audio signals from the internal source. The audio mixing means has its output coupled to the recording means so that signals representing the audio signals can be recorded, as well as signals representing image data. A miniaturized television receiver or the like carried by the camera is provided so that output from the recording means can be viewed and heard.
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36 Claims
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1. An audio and video recording system comprising a hand-held video recording camera having a lens, an image pickup means operatively arranged to receive image information from the lens for converting the image information into an electric image data output signal, microphonic means operatively arranged to receive sound from a subject or subjects within view of the lens for producing audio signals corresponding to the sound received and means for recording signals representing the image data and audio signals;
- a source of prerecorded further audio signals supported by the camera;
audio mixing means within the hand-held camera for mixing the audio signals corresponding to the sound received by said microphone means and to the further audio signals, said audio mixing means having its output coupled to said means for recording signals representing the image data and the audio signals; and
reproducing means carried by the hand-held recording camera and responsive to the further audio signals from said source of prerecorded further audio signals for projecting sound corresponding to the further audio signals toward a subject or subjects to be recorded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- a source of prerecorded further audio signals supported by the camera;
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11. An audio and video recording system comprising a hand-held video recording camera having a lens, an image pickup means operatively arranged to receive an optical image from the lens for converting the image into an electric image data output signal, microphonic means operatively arranged to receive sound from a subject or subjects within view of the lens for producing audio signals corresponding to the sound received and means for recording signals representing the image data and audio signals;
- a source of prerecorded further audio signals supported by said camera; and
audio mixing means within the hand-held camera for mixing the audio signals corresponding to the sound received by said microphone means and to the further audio signals, said audio mixing means having its output coupled to said means for recording signals representing the image data and the audio signals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a source of prerecorded further audio signals supported by said camera; and
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21. An audio and video recording system comprising a hand-held video recording camera having a lens, and image pickup means operatively arranged to receive an optical image from the lens for converting the image into an electric image data output signal and means for recording signals representing the image data and audio signals;
- a source of prerecorded audio signals supported by said camera; and
means for assuring that, whenever the video recorder is restarted to record scenes in interrupted sequence, audio signals from the source of prerecorded audio signals supported by the camera start to be recorded at substantially the point of prior interruption. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- a source of prerecorded audio signals supported by said camera; and
- 31. In a hand-held video camera for filming a subject or subjects on video tape, wherein external audio may be recorded simultaneously on the video tape, the combination of a separate and distinct audio source within the video camera itself, means for superimposing on the video tape selected prerecorded audio from the audio source, as desired, and a television monitor on the video camera, such that after filming, the video tape may be rewound and viewed immediately by a plurality of persons gathered around the camera without the necessity for removing the video tape from the camera, the video tape having the superimposed prerecorded audio thereon.
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36. In a hand-held video camera for filming a subject or subjects on video tape, wherein external audio may be recorded simultaneously on the video tape, the combination of a compact disc player on the video camera, such that a preselected compact disc having prerecorded audio thereon may be inserted into the compact disc player on the video camera, means in the video camera for superimposing the prerecorded audio from the compact disc on to the video tape, as desired, and a television monitor on the video camera, such that after filming, the video tape may be rewound and viewed immediately by a plurality of persons gathered around the camera without the necessity for removing the video tape from the camera.
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