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Image recording apparatus for generating a still image from a video signal
Assignee: Nippon Avionics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-06-10
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Granted: 1988-06-21
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Expires: 2005-06-10
Abstract
Abstract In an image recording apparatus, an input video signal is digitized at a plurality of voltage levels, digitized video signals are rate-converted, and digitized still images corresponding to the respective voltage levels are sequentially displayed on a television monitor and are printed together on a film.
Inventors
- 👤 Junji Takahashi
- 👤 Kazuaki Wakatsuki
- 👤 Hiroaki Tateiri
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 16:09
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/32443; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00281; H04N1/00283; H04N1/32491; H04N1/40; H04N1/407; H04N1/4072; H04N1/46; H04N1/50; H04N1/506; H04N1/508; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3285; H04N2201/329; H04N2201/3292
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
130 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: (a) means for successively digitizing an input video signal according to a predetermined set of successive discretely changing reference voltages representing successive gray levels of said input video signal; (b) memory means for storing results produced by said digitizing means at the rate at which the results are produced; and (c) means for reading out the results stored in said memory means and displaying the read-out results on a display means in such a manner that the results of successively digitizing said input video signal are successively displayed on said display means and integrated, through an optical system, on a photosensitive material to record an image which closely matches the appearance of an image produced by displaying the input video signal on a television monitor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
130 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: (a) means for successively digitizing an input video signal according to a predetermined set of successive discretely changing reference voltages representing successive gray levels of said input video signal; (b) memory means for storing results produced by said digitizing means at the rate at which the results are produced; and (c) means for reading out the results stored in said memory means and displaying the read-out results on a display means in such a manner that the results of successively digitizing said input video signal are successively displayed on said display means and integrated, through an optical system, on a photosensitive material to record an image which closely matches the appearance of an image produced by displaying the input video signal on a television monitor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory means includes line memories.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said optical system includes a lens.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
95 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: said input video signal comprises a plurality of color component signals; said digitizing means comprises a voltage comparator for digitizing said input video signal and a switch for supplying a selected one of said color component signals to said voltage comparator to be digitized; said optical system comprises a plurality of color filters and means for disposing a selected one of said color filters in front of said display means; and wherein said apparatus further comprises: means for simultaneously controlling said switch and said color filter disposing means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising clock generator means for receiving a synchronizing signal contained in the input video signal and for generating clock signals which are supplied to said memory means and a synchronizing signal which is supplied to said display means, wherein the synchronizing signal supplied to said display means has a lower frequency than the synchronizing signal contained in the input video signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of said successive discretely changing reference voltages corresponds to the number of said successive gray levels of said input video signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, where said reference voltages are weighted to correct for the gammas of the display means and the photosensitive material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input video signal comprises a non-interlaced video signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input video signal comprises an interlaced video signal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rate at which the results are read out of said memory means is not more than half of the rate at which the results are stored in said memory means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display means comprises a scanning light source.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the read-out results are displayed on said display means by interlace scanning.
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