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Video camera with manual color balance adjusting option

  • US 5,119,178 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1991
  • Issued: 06/02/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A color camera apparatus which comprises a camera lens system, an image sensor for converting optical information of an object obtained through the camera lens system into a color picture signal, and a viewfinder for displaying a color picture of the object in a response to the color picture signal, said apparatus further comprising:

  • an attachment which is provided with a color-bar chart to be shot through the camera lens system and converted into a color picture signal;

    a signal generator for generating a reference color-bar signal representative of a reference color-bar;

    a viewfinder control circuit for performing a display of the color-bar chart based on the color picture signal on one part of a screen of the viewfinder and for displaying said reference color-bar based on said reference color-bar signal on another part of said screen; and

    a color-signal adjusting circuit for manually adjusting a level of a color signal in the color picture signal based on the viewfinder display.

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