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Recording apparatus comprising a camera and a cassette which includes a separate memory for storing camera parameters
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1997-02-28
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Granted: 1998-12-01
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Expires: 2017-02-28
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed herein is an image recording apparatus for recording an image signal outputted from an image sensing device on a recording medium held in a cassette. The image recording apparatus comprises a reading device for reading information about control of the image sensing device from incident data stored in a memory device installed in the cassette, a supplying device for generating data for setting the image sensing device from the information read by the reading device and supplying the data to the image sensing device, a generating device for generating information about the control of the image sensing device based on data for setting the image sensing device and a writing device for writing the generated information into the memory device installed in the cassette. Since the generating device and the writing device are provided, the image recording apparatus can provide satisfactory ease of operation. Further, since camera setting data can be stored for each cassette, an image-sensing condition at the time that the contents of each cassette have been recorded, can be immediately set to a camera.
Inventors
- 👤 Ken Iizuka
- 👤 Masaki Oguro
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 11:17
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B23/00; G11B23/02; G11B23/04; G11B23/041; G11B23/042; G11B20/00; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/11; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G11B27/30; G11B27/3027; G11B27/3036; G11B27/32; G11B27/327; G11B27/328; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/21; H04N1/2104; H04N1/2112; H04N23/00; H04N23/60; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; H04N5/77; H04N5/772; H04N5/91; H04N5/92; H04N5/9201; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/60; G11B2220/65; G11B2220/652; G11B2220/655; G11B2220/90; H04N2101/00; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S358/00; Y10S358/906
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
232 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: image sensing means having a camera with a plurality of setable parameters pertaining to the operation of said camera for providing an image signal; means for receiving a cassette removably installed in the apparatus and containing a recording medium and a memory device apart from said recording medium; means for setting said parameters of said camera of said image sensing means; means for generating information indicative of the set parameters of said camera; recording and reproducing means for recording said image signal from said image sensing means on and from, respectively, said recording medium in the installed cassette; means apart from said recording and reproducing means for writing in said memory device of the installed cassette said information indicative of the set parameters of said camera when the image signal was recorded on said recording medium; reading means also apart from said recording and reproducing means for reading said information indicative of the set parameters of said camera from said memory device in said cassette when the latter is again installed in the apparatus; and means for generating data from the information read from said memory device in said cassette by said reading means and for supplying the data to the setting means so as to automatically set said parameters of said camera in accordance with said data when said cassette is again installed in the apparatus.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
232 words
An image recording apparatus comprising: image sensing means having a camera with a plurality of setable parameters pertaining to the operation of said camera for providing an image signal; means for receiving a cassette removably installed in the apparatus and containing a recording medium and a memory device apart from said recording medium; means for setting said parameters of said camera of said image sensing means; means for generating information indicative of the set parameters of said camera; recording and reproducing means for recording said image signal from said image sensing means on and from, respectively, said recording medium in the installed cassette; means apart from said recording and reproducing means for writing in said memory device of the installed cassette said information indicative of the set parameters of said camera when the image signal was recorded on said recording medium; reading means also apart from said recording and reproducing means for reading said information indicative of the set parameters of said camera from said memory device in said cassette when the latter is again installed in the apparatus; and means for generating data from the information read from said memory device in said cassette by said reading means and for supplying the data to the setting means so as to automatically set said parameters of said camera in accordance with said data when said cassette is again installed in the apparatus.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said information indicative of the set parameters of said camera is included in incident data which is constructed with an event comprised of a header pack and a pack subsequent to the header pack as a unit, and said reading means identifies an event with said information recorded therein, based on data of the header pack in said event.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the header pack and the pack subsequent to the header pack has a data structure having a fixed length.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
95 words
The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said image sensing means includes an optical system for focusing light from a subject, an image sensing element for receiving the focused light from said optical system and converting said light to an electrical signal, and a signal processing circuit for wave-shaping said electrical signal outputted from said image sensing element, and wherein the setting means controls said optical system, said image sensing element and said signal processing circuit in response to said data from the means for generating data and for supplying the data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said optical system includes a lens and an iris and said setting means controls the iris in response to said data from the means for generating data and for supplying the data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
The image recording system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said setting means includes a focus control circuit and a zoom control circuit and controls said focus control circuit and said zoom control circuit in response to said data from said means for generating data and for supplying the data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
61 words
The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein said setting means further includes a shutter control circuit, a white balance control circuit and a gamma correction circuit and controls said shutter control circuit, said white balance control circuit and said gamma correction circuit in response to said data from said means for generating data and for supplying the data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The image recording apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein said memory device installed in the cassette is an IC chip.
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