Video camera system having remote commander

Patent 6556240 Issued on April 29, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 13, 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

Assignee

Sony Corporation

Application

No. 059670 filed on 04/13/1998

US Classes:

348/211.99, Remote control348/211.13, Monitor (including for controlling camera)348/211.14, Camera located remotely from image processor (i.e., camera head)348/333.01, With electronic viewfinder or display monitor348/375For specified accessory

Examiners

Primary: Garber, Wendy R.
Assistant: Nguyen, Hoang

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, Frommer; William S., Simon; Darren M.

Foreign Patent References

0 396 488 EP. 11/13/1990
0 526 064 EP. 02/13/1993
0 746 152 EP. 12/13/1996
0 748 132 EP. 12/13/1996
2 286 312 GB. 08/13/1995
WO 96 26600 WO. 08/13/1996
WO 97/27527 WO. 07/13/1997

International Classes

H04N 005/232
H04N 005/222
H04N 005/225

Foreign Application Priority Data

1997-04-24 JP

Abstract

An image pickup system that is small in scale, handy to maneuver, easy to operate and advanced in editing capabilities is disclosed. A commander device is used both as a remote commander and as a microphone in operating a video camera for image pickup. Wearing a headset on the head, a user looks at images appearing on a headset display to monitor and verify recorded images without recourse to a view finder of the video came. Function of the components making up the system are changed by operation of a mode switch attached to the video camera.

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