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Electronic still camera capable of selecting recording media

  • US 5,067,029 A
  • Filed: 04/06/1989
  • Issued: 11/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic still camera for shooting an object field to record a still picture representative of the object field in a recording medium, comprising:

  • imaging means for shooting the object field to produce a video signal representative of the object field;

    analog-to-digital signal converter means for converting said video signal produced from said imaging means into a digital signal corresponding to said video signal;

    storage means for temporarily storing said digital signal produced from said analog-to-digital signal converter means, said storage means being operative at a plurality of readout speeds;

    digital-to-analog signal converter means for converting said digital signal produced from said storage means into an analog signal corresponding to said digital signal;

    first recording means for recording said analog signal developed from said digital-to-analog signal converter means in an analog, magnetic recording medium at a first recording rate;

    second recording means for recording said digital signal read out from said storage means in a digital, optical recording medium at a second recording rate lower than said first recording rate, at least one of said magnetic recording medium and said optical recording medium being detachably connectable to a corresponding one of said first and second recording means;

    selector means for delivering said digital signal read out from said storage means selectively to either one of said digital-to-analog signal converter means and said second recording means; and

    control means for controlling said imaging means, said analog-to-digital signal converter means, said storage means, said first and second recording means and said selector means to read out said digital signal from said storage means to selectively supply said digital signal to either one of said first and second means at any of said first and second recording rate.

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