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US 8,139,119 B2Granted
Video still camera
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsChisato Yoshida, Sachi Kaho, Yuu Hirono, Hiroyuki Suzuki
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Abstract
A digital still camera has a cylindrical image pick up portion with a lens, a strobe unit, and a display. The image pick up unit is cylindrical and is rotatably held at each end, so that the lens and strobe unit move in concert. The image pick up unit can be rotated to face the rear of the camera, where the display is located, so that the user can do self-images.
Claims9
A camera for infrared image transfer comprising:
- an image pickup portion having a lens unit;
- a shutter button;
- a recording unit;
- a display portion having a display unit for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup portion;
- an infrared ray data transmitter being configured to transmit an image picked up by said image pickup portion to another apparatus
- through a transparent window formed on said camera that is arranged on a side which is different from a side where said display unit is arranged;
- and
- wherein when an image of an object observed by the lens unit is displayed on the image display unit, activation of the shutter button (a) records a still image of the object in the recording unit and (b) displays the still image on the display unit;
- and
- wherein when the still image is displayed on the image display unit a user can select the displayed still image for transmission by said infrared ray data transmitter to said another apparatus, and
- wherein said infrared ray data transmitter is also configured to receive a captured image from an infrared ray data transmitter of an image pickup apparatus via the window.
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A camera for infrared image transfer comprising:
- an image pickup means for capturing an image with a lens;
- a shutter button;
- a recording unit;
- a display means for displaying an image picked up by said image pickup means;
- and
- a data transmission means for transmitting an image picked up by said image pickup portion to another apparatus as infrared ray data, data transmission means being arranged to transmit the image through a transparent window formed on said camera,
- wherein said data transmission means is arranged on a side which is different from a side where said display means is arranged;
- and
- wherein when an image of an object observed by the lens unit is displayed on the image display unit, activation of the shutter button (a) records a still image of the object in the recording unit and (b) displays the still image on the display unit;
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- wherein when the still image is displayed on the image display unit a user can select the displayed still image for transmission by said infrared ray data transmitter to said another apparatus,
- and wherein said data transmission means further comprises data reception means for receiving a captured image as infrared data via the window from an infrared ray data transmitter of an image pickup apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.