Video recording apparatus
AssigneeDisposable Video Camcorders Limited
InventorColin Mitchell
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Abstract
A low cost video recording apparatus for one time recording on a recording medium, comprises a casing (15) which houses a video cassette tape, a lens (1), a microphone (16), a colour CMOS sensor, a signal processing module, a write head and a drive unit, in operational relation to each other. Also provided is a view finder (21) and an operating switch (22). The casing (15) has formed thereon a tear strip (20) used for opening the casing once recording has been completed. Removal of the cassette tape also involves disabling of tape guide components. Since one time recording only is possible with no playback or rewind, the life requirements for the various components can be considerably reduced.
Claims10
A video recording apparatus comprising:
- a lens (or means for mounting a lens);
- light sensing means (or means for mounting light sensing means), for sensing an optical image focused by said lens (or a lens when mounted by said mounting means), and producing corresponding electrical output signals,
- signal processing means, for processing said electrical output signals into information in a suitable format;
- recording medium mounting means for mounting a removable recording medium;
- write means for recording said processed information onto a removable recording medium;
- a casing for housing said components in operational relation to each other such that in use images from external objects are recorded by a recording medium mounted by said recording medium mounting means;
- and means for limiting the useful life of one or more of said components other than the recording medium to that necessary to partially or fully fill said recording medium with information, or to that necessary to maintain the integrity of said video recording apparatus until the recording medium is to be removed.
A video recording apparatus comprising:
- a lens (or means for mounting a lens);
- light sensing means (or means for mounting light sensing means), for sensing an optical image focused by said lens (or a lens when mounted by said mounting means), and producing corresponding electrical output signals;
- signal processing means, for processing said electrical output signals into information in a suitable format;
- a removable video cassette tape recording medium for storing said processed information thereon;
- a video head unit for recording said processed information onto said removable video cassette tape recording medium;
- drive means for driving said video cassette tape recording medium to enable said storing of information;
- a casing for housing said components in operational relation to each other such that images from external objects are recorded by said video cassette tape recording medium with operation of said drive means;
- and means for limiting the useful life of one or more of said components other than the recording medium to that necessary to partially or fully fill said recording medium with information, or to that necessary to maintain the integrity of said video recording apparatus until the recording medium is to be removed.
A video recording apparatus comprising:
- a lens (or means for mounting a lens);
- light sensing means (or means for mounting light sensing means), for sensing an optical image focused by said lens (or a lens when mounted by said mounting means), and producing corresponding electrical output signals,
- signal processing means, for processing said electrical output signals into information in a suitable format;
- a removable recording medium for storing said processed information thereon;
- write means for recording said processed information onto said removable recording medium;
- drive means for driving said recording medium to enable said storing of information;
- a casing for housing said components in operational relation to each other such that images from external objects are recorded by a recording medium with operation of said drive means;
- and means for limiting the useful life of one or more of said components other than the recording medium to that necessary to partially or fully fill said recording medium with information, or to that necessary to maintain the integrity of said video recording apparatus until the recording medium is to be removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.