Still video apparatus
First Claim
1. A still video camera having means for recording an image signal onto a recording medium and play-back means for playing back said image signal recorded onto said recording medium, said camera comprising:
- an interface, incorporated into said camera, which receives and transmits an image data signal from and to an external image processing device; and
signal converting means, incorporated into said camera, for converting said image signal which is played back by said play-back means to said image data signal and for converting an image data signal inputted to said interface to an image signal which can be recorded onto said recording medium.
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Abstract
A still video apparatus is disclosed which has a device for interfacing with an external image data processing device. The still video apparatus comprises a signal output device for outputting an electrical image signal and a signal converter for converting the image signal to an image data signal which can be processed by the external image data processing device. The apparatus is provided with an interface which outputs the image data signal to the external image data processing device. The still video apparatus may be provided with a playback device and/or a recording device, whereby a signal converting device converts an image signal, which is read from a recording medium by the playback device, to an image data signal which can be processed by the external image data processing device. In the alternative, the still video apparatus may comprise a still video camera which has a camera body wherein the camera body has a device for converting an image of an object to be photographed to an electrical image signal, a recording device for recording the image signal onto a recording medium, and a playback device for reading the image signal recorded on the recording medium. The still video camera may also be provided with an adapter which can be detachably mounted to the camera body, and which comprises a converting device for converting the image signal read from the recording medium to an image data signal which can be processed by an external processing device, and an interface which outputs the image data signal to the external processing device.
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36 Claims
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1. A still video camera having means for recording an image signal onto a recording medium and play-back means for playing back said image signal recorded onto said recording medium, said camera comprising:
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an interface, incorporated into said camera, which receives and transmits an image data signal from and to an external image processing device; and signal converting means, incorporated into said camera, for converting said image signal which is played back by said play-back means to said image data signal and for converting an image data signal inputted to said interface to an image signal which can be recorded onto said recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A still video camera, comprising:
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a camera body, comprising means for converting an image of an object to be photographed to an electrical image signal, means for recording said electrical image signal onto a recording medium and play-back means for playing back said electrical image signal recorded onto said recording medium; and an adaptor which is detachably mounted to said camera body and which comprises signal converting means for converting said electrical image signal played back from said recording medium by said play-back means to an image data signal which can be processed by an external image processing device and an interface which outputs said image data signal to said external image processing device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A still video camera, comprising:
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a camera body comprising imaging means for converting an image of an object to be photographed to an electrical image signal; and an adaptor which is detachably mounted to said camera body and which comprises signal converting means for converting said electrical image signal outputted from said imaging means to an image data signal which can be processed by an external image processing device and an interface which outputs said image data signal to said external image processing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 34)
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27. A still video camera having a camera body and image signal output means for outputting an electrical image signal, said camera comprising:
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signal converting means for converting said image signal to an image data signal which can be processed by an external image processing device; video converting means, incorporated into said camera body, for converting said image signal to a video signal, said video signal representing the information of said image signal in a standard video format; and at least one output terminal, incorporated into said camera body, which outputs a signal derived from said image signal before conversion of said image signal by said video converting means. - View Dependent Claims (28, 32, 33, 35, 36)
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