Video tape recorder with a monitor-equipped built-in camera

Patent 6226448 Issued on May 1, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

May 1, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 386862 filed on 02/10/1995

US Classes:

386/118, Housing or mounting348/207.99, CAMERA, SYSTEM AND DETAIL348/373, Support or housing348/376, Portable or hand-held358/906HAND-HELD CAMERA WITH RECORDER IN A SINGLE UNIT

Examiners

Primary: Tran, Thai

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

Foreign Patent References

3918279 DE. 06/13/1989
0203783 EP. 05/13/1986
0444584 EP. 02/13/1991
61-71572 JP. 04/13/1986
61-150474 JP. 07/13/1986
63-327169 JP. 02/13/1988
63-65981 JP. 04/13/1988
1018375 JP. 01/13/1989
1106581 JP. 04/13/1989
1289379 JP. 11/13/1989

International Class

H04N 005/225

Foreign Application Priority Data

1992-07-30 JP

Abstract

A VTR with a monitor-equipped built-in camera includes a monitor/VTR portion and a camera portion. The monitor/VTR portion is integrally formed of a VTR portion holding a removable tape cassette and a monitor portion including a liquid crystal display device. A rotary mechanism attaches the camera portion to the monitor/VTR portion in a relatively rotatable manner. Furthermore, the monitor/VTR portion has a VTR driving substrate for driving the VTR portion, and a monitor driving substrate for driving the monitor portion. The VTR driving substrate and the monitor driving substrate are integrally sandwiched between the monitor portion and the VTR portion.