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Electronic still camera including photographing timing control

  • US 5,043,816 A
  • Filed: 12/20/1989
  • Issued: 08/27/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic still camera including photographing means and a shutter, comprising:

  • photographing control means including means for detecting a shutter standby condition, means responsive to said means for detecting a shutter standby condition for photographing images and for generating image data corresponding to a plurality of images at a predetermined time interval, means for detecting a shutter operation, and means responsive to said means for detecting a shutter operation for photographing an image and for generating image data corresponding to a single image;

    temporary storage means including a semiconductor memory for temporarily storing the image data generated by said photographing control means, wherein the image data generated corresponding to images photographed responsive to said shutter standby condition are discriminated from the image data generated corresponding to images photographed responsive to said shutter operation;

    non-volatile storage means including a non-volatile memory; and

    selecting means for selectively transferring one image data corresponding to one of said image data stored in said temporary storage means from said temporary storage means to stored said non-volatile storage means, for storage therein as a selected photographed image.

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