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Movie camera system having view finding and projecting operations and method

  • US 5,483,285 A
  • Filed: 04/16/1993
  • Issued: 01/09/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A movie camera and playback system for performing a view finding function or a projection function on an image corresponding to a composite video signal, said system comprising:

  • key signal input means, responsive to a user selection, for providing a function select signal to select either said view finding function or said projection function;

    control means, responsive to the function select signal provided by the key signal input means, for generating a control signal;

    video signal playback means for playing back the composite video signal recorded on a recording medium;

    video signal processing means for processing the composite video signal played back by the video signal playback means so that the image corresponding to the composite video signal can be displayed, the processed video signal including red, green and blue color signals;

    display means having a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel of a matrix of pixels, the display means being operative in response to the control signal from the control means for displaying images corresponding to the composite video signal processed by the video signal processing means on the LCD panel when said control signal indicates a view finding function and for inverting and projecting the images corresponding to the processed composite video signal on an external screen through the LCD panel when said control signal indicates a projection function;

    synchronous signal generating means for generating a plurality of vertical and horizontal synchronous signals to synchronize vertical and horizontal portions of the video signal being displayed on the LCD panel of the display means; and

    LCD driving means, responsive to the control signal from the control means, for arranging an output order of the video signals processed by the video signal processing means using the plurality of vertical and horizontal synchronous signals output by the synchronous signal generating means.

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