Single-unit video camera-recorder with selectively illuminated function keys
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Nakanishi, Yukihiro Kato
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Abstract
A single unit video camera-recorder operable either in camera or video mode comprises a mode switch for setting the camera or video mode of the single-unit video camera-recorder, function keys for instructing functions of the single-unit video camera-recorder, a light source for illuminating the function keys, and a controller for controlling the light to illuminate the function keys only when the single-unit video camera-recorder is set either in the camera or video mode.
Claims5
A single-unit video camera recorder operable either in a camera or a video mode, comprising:
- a mode switch for setting said single-unit video camera-recorder in a selected one of said camera mode and said video mode;
- a set of function keys for instructing functions of said single-unit video camera-recorder only in a first one of said camera mode and said video mode;
- a light source for illuminating said function keys;
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- a controller for controlling said light source to illuminate said set of function keys only when said mode switch has switched said single-unit video camera-recorder to said first one of said camera mode and said video mode.
A single-unit video camera-recorder operable either in a camera mode or a video mode, comprising:
- a mode switch for setting said single-unit video camera-recorder in a selected one of said camera mode and said video mode;
- a set of video mode function keys for instructing functions of said single-unit video camera-recorder only in said video mode;
- a light source for illuminating said video mode function keys;
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- a controller for controlling said light source to illuminate said set of video mode function keys only when said mode switch has switched said single-unit video camera-recorder to said video mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.