Electronic still video camera having electro-developing recording medium
First Claim
1. An electronics still video camera having an electro-developing recording medium, comprising:
- a photographing optical system that forms an optical image as a still image on said electro-developing recording medium to record and develop said optical image therein;
a first controller that controls said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium;
a manual photographing-start switch that initiates said first controller to form said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium when said manual photographing-start switch is operated;
an image-sensing device that optically senses and obtains image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium;
a second controller that controls said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium;
a manual image-sensing-start switch that initiates said second controller to sense said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium when said manual image-sensing-start switch is operated;
a photographing-disabler that disables initiation of said first controller by an operation of said manual photographing-start switch while said second controller is initiated by an operation of said manual image-sensing-start switch; and
an image-sensing-disabler that disables initiation of said second controller by an operation of said manual image-sensing-start switch while said first controller controls said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium by an operation of said manual photographing-start switch.
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Abstract
An electronic still video camera has an electro-developing recording medium. As soon as an optical image is formed on the medium, the image is recorded and developed as a visible image therein. The developed image is electronically read as image data by a line sensor, and the read image data may be stored in an IC memory card, a floppy disk, a hard disk or the like. Optionally, the read image data may be transferred from the camera to an external device such as a computer, a TV monitor or the like. The developed image can be thermally erased from the medium by using an electric heater. When one of: the formation of the optical image on the medium is carried out; the reading of the image data from the developed image of the medium: and the erasing of the developed image from the medium is carried out, the remaining operations are enabled.
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50 Claims
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1. An electronics still video camera having an electro-developing recording medium, comprising:
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a photographing optical system that forms an optical image as a still image on said electro-developing recording medium to record and develop said optical image therein; a first controller that controls said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium; a manual photographing-start switch that initiates said first controller to form said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium when said manual photographing-start switch is operated; an image-sensing device that optically senses and obtains image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium; a second controller that controls said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium; a manual image-sensing-start switch that initiates said second controller to sense said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium when said manual image-sensing-start switch is operated; a photographing-disabler that disables initiation of said first controller by an operation of said manual photographing-start switch while said second controller is initiated by an operation of said manual image-sensing-start switch; and an image-sensing-disabler that disables initiation of said second controller by an operation of said manual image-sensing-start switch while said first controller controls said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium by an operation of said manual photographing-start switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic still video camera having an electro-developing recording medium, comprising:
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a photographing optical system that forms an optical image as a still image on said electro-developing recording medium to record and develop said optical image therein; a first controller that controls said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium; an image-sensing device that optically senses and obtains image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium; a second controller that controls said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium. a manual switch that selectively initiates one of said first controller and said second controller when said manual switch is operated, whereby a corresponding one of said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium and said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium is made possible; and a selector that selects which controller should be initiated by an operation of said manual switch. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electronic still video camera having an electro-developing recording medium, comprising:
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a photographing optical system that forms an optical image as a still image on said electro-developing recording medium to record and develop said optical image therein; a first controller that controls said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium; an image-erasing device that erases said recorded optical image from said electro-developing recording medium; a second controller that controls said erasing of said recorded optical image from said electro-developing recording medium; a manual switch that selectively initiates one of said first controller and said second controller when said manual switch is operated, whereby a corresponding one of said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium and said erasing of said recorded optical image from said electro-developing recording medium is made possible; and a selector that selects which controller should be initiated by an operation of said manual switch. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An electronic still video camera having an electro-developing recording medium, comprising:
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a photographing optical system that forms an optical image as a still image on said electro-developing recording medium to record and develop said optical image therein; a first controller that controls said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium; an image-sensing device that optically senses and obtains image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium; a second controller that controls said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium; an image-erasing device that erases said recorded optical image from said electro-developing recording medium; a third controller that controls said erasing of said recorded optical image from said electro-developing recording medium; a manual switch that selectively initiates one of said first controller, said second controller, and said third controller when said manual switch is operated, whereby a corresponding one of said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium, said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium and said erasing of said recorded optical image from said electro-developing recording medium is made possible; and a selector that selects which one of said first controller, said second controller and said third controller should be initiated by an operation of said manual switch. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An electronic still video camera having an electro-developing recording medium, comprising:
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a photographing optical system that forms an optical image as a still image on said electro-developing recording medium to record and develop said optical image therein; a first controller that controls of said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium; an image-sensing device that optically senses and obtains image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium; a second controller that controls said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium; a transferring device that transfers said image data to an external device; a third controller that controls said transfer of said image data to said external device; a detector that detects a connection between said camera and said external device for the transfer of the image data to said external device; a manual switch that selectively initiates at least one of a first sequential operation and a second sequential operation when said manual switch is operated, said first sequential operation including said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium, said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium and said transfer of said image data to said external device, said second sequential operation including said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium and said transfer of said image data to said external device; a selector that selects which sequential operation should be selected; a first disabler that disables said formation of said optical image on said electro-developing recording medium, said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium and said transfer of said image data to said external device when detecting that said connection between said camera and said external device by said detector is irregular, regardless of a selected initiation of said first sequential operation by said selector; and a second disabler that disables said sensing of said image data from said recorded optical image of said electro-developing recording medium and said transfer of said image data to said external device when detecting that said connection between said camera and said external device by said detector is irregular, regardless of a selected initiation of said second sequential operation by said selector. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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