Image input apparatus and method
First Claim
1. An image processing system comprising:
- receiving means for receiving signals and user operation instructions transmitted from an image pickup means mounted to an image pickup means housing, and wherein the user operation instructions are sequentially inputted thereto; and
processing means, mounted to a processing means housing that is different from said image pickup means housing, for processing and compressing the transmitted image signals in accordance with the transmitted user operation instructions, said image pickup means includes switching means for switching an image pickup between a moving image and a still image, and notification means for notifying said processing means of a state of said switching means;
wherein said processing means includes a first compression means for executing compression for a moving image, a second compression means for executing compression for a still image, and selection means for selecting said first or second compression means in accordance with the notified state of said switching means;
wherein said processing means includes means for setting a white balance of the image signals to a value shifted for the still image, if said switching means is in an on-state, wherein said second compression means compresses the image signals whose set value is shifted for the still image;
said notification means notifies a state of said switching means by multiplexing a signal representative of the state with the image signal; and
the image signals processed by said processing means are displayed on different windows respectively.
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Abstract
An image input apparatus is provided which is capable of taking a still image with high quality and with easy operations. The image input apparatus disclosed herein has a video camera and an expansion board mounted on a personal computer. The video camera has a lens, a shutter release switch, an image pickup device, a VIDS circuit, and the like. The expansion board connected via a camera cable to the video camera has a VIDS circuit, an A/D converter, a synchronous signal generator, and the like. As the shutter release switch of the video camera is depressed, the expansion board is controlled to read still image data and compress it. As the shutter release switch is released, it is controlled to resume the initial operations of reading moving image data and compressing it.
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7 Claims
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1. An image processing system comprising:
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receiving means for receiving signals and user operation instructions transmitted from an image pickup means mounted to an image pickup means housing, and wherein the user operation instructions are sequentially inputted thereto; and processing means, mounted to a processing means housing that is different from said image pickup means housing, for processing and compressing the transmitted image signals in accordance with the transmitted user operation instructions, said image pickup means includes switching means for switching an image pickup between a moving image and a still image, and notification means for notifying said processing means of a state of said switching means; wherein said processing means includes a first compression means for executing compression for a moving image, a second compression means for executing compression for a still image, and selection means for selecting said first or second compression means in accordance with the notified state of said switching means; wherein said processing means includes means for setting a white balance of the image signals to a value shifted for the still image, if said switching means is in an on-state, wherein said second compression means compresses the image signals whose set value is shifted for the still image; said notification means notifies a state of said switching means by multiplexing a signal representative of the state with the image signal; and the image signals processed by said processing means are displayed on different windows respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image input method comprising the steps of:
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sequentially inputting user instructions to an image input means using a switching means of said image input means; transmitting image data and inputted user instructions from the image input means; receiving the transmitted image data and user instructions by processing means mounted to a housing different from the image input means; compressing the image data received by said processing means in accordance with the received user instructions, wherein said received user instructions notify said processing means of an on/off state of said switching means for switching the input image between a moving image and a still image; selecting a first compression means for compression of the moving image or a second compression means for compression of the still image, in accordance with the notified on/off state of the switching means; setting a white balance of the image signals to a value shifted for the still image, if the switching means is in an on-state, wherein said second compression means compresses the image signals whose set value is shifted for the still image; and displaying images processed by the first and second compression means on different windows respectively.
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