Video recording camera

• US 5,802,247 A
• Filed: 12/07/1994
• Issued: 09/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ogawa, Masahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Sniezek, Andrew L.
• Application Number:
  US08/350,747
• Time in Patent Office: 1,364 Days
• Field of Search: 360/33.1, 360/35.1, 360/71, 360/74.1, 360/60, 358/310, 358/335, 358/906, 358/909, 354/238.1, 386/119, 348/211, 348/213
• US Class Current: 386/200
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 358/906 Hand-held camera with recorder in a single unit

Abstract

A video recording camera comprises image pick-up apparatus; recording apparatus including at least one recording head for recording on a record bearing medium an image signal obtained by the image pick-up apparatus, recording control apparatus for controlling the recording action of the recording apparatus, driving apparatus for driving the record bearing medium and the recording head relative to each other for recording the image signal; trigger apparatus, and timer apparatus responsive to the trigger apparatus for producing a control signal for actuating the driving apparatus after the lapse of a first predetermined period of time and producing a recording instruction signal at the recording control apparatus after the lapse of a second predetermined period of time which ensues after the first period of time.

Claims

1. A video camera apparatus having an interval-timer taking operation mode, comprising:

a) image pick-up means for picking up an image of an object, and outputting an image signal corresponding to the picked-up image;

b) driving means for controlling said image pick-up means to output said image signal;

c) processing means for processing said image signal outputted from the image pick-up means to generate a recording image signal;

d) recording means for recording on a recording medium the recording image signal generated by said processing means;

e) operation means for generating an operation instruction and instructing said recording means to start a recording operation in response to said operation instruction;

f) time counting means for counting time in response to said operation instruction;

g) interval-timer taking operation restriction means for generating a control signal and a record start instruction signal, controlling said driving means and said image pick-up means to be both operative in response to said control signal when the time counted by said time counting means elapses a first period of time, and controlling said recording means to start the recording operation in response to said record start instruction signal when the time counted by said time counting means elapses a second period of time, wherein said second period of time is longer than said first period of time; and

h) informing means for providing first state information when the time counted by said time counting means has not elapsed said second period of time and second state information when the time counted by said time counting means elapses said second period of time.

2. A video camera apparatus, comprising:

a) image pick-up means for picking up an image of an object, and outputting an image signal corresponding to the picked-up image;

b) recording means for recording said image signal on a recording medium;

c) mode selecting means for selecting an interval-timer taking operation mode of said video camera apparatus, said mode in which photography is performed after the elapse of a period of time in response to a manual operation;

d) setting means for setting said period of time for photography when said interval-timer taking operation mode is selected by said mode selecting means;

e) output control means for controlling said image pick-up means to output said image signal;

f) processing means for signal processing said image signal outputted from the image pick-up means to generate a recording image signal;

g) informing means for informing a state of time progress within said period of time set by said setting means; and

h) start control means for controlling operational timing of said image pick-up means, said recording means, said mode selecting means, said setting means, said output control means, said processing means, and said informing means in accordance with said state of time progress within said period of time set.

3. A video camera apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said recording means includes:

(a) a recording head; and

(b) moving means for moving said recording medium relative to said recording head.