Abstract: A videocamera is disposed diagonally to the front of a display and the image of a subject is reflected toward the videocamera by a half-transparent mirror placed in front of the screen of the display. The half-transparent mirror has in its front inclined strip-like micro reflective surfaces and inclined strip-like micro transparent surfaces which emit therethrough incident light from the display screen. The angle between each micro transparent surface and a strip-like micro area formed on the back of the half-transparent mirror in opposing relation to the micro transparent surface is determined so that the half-transparent mirror has a light collecting or condensing effect.

Abstract: A device for transcribing, into electronic form, markings drawn on a whiteboard or blackboard. An electronic camera such as an ordinary video camera is mounted on a computer-controlled pan/tilt head in the ceiling or to the side of the board. Images are captured by directing the camera successively at small regions of the board, then processing these snapshots electronically, leading to a complete, undistorted, high-resolution image of the entire board.

Abstract: A color projection video system utilizing only a single light valve. A white light source is separated into red, green and blue bands. Scanning optics in the form of three prisms coaxially mounted for rotation cause the RGB bands to be sequentially scanned across a light valve, such as a transmission LCD panel. Prior to each color passing over a given row of panels on the light valve, that row will be addressed, by the display electronics with the appropriate color content of that portion of the image which is being displayed. The image is projected by a projection lens onto a viewing surface, such as a screen. The sequence of light bands occurs so quickly as to give the viewer an appearance of simultaneous full color.

Abstract: A video camera capable of photographing in a moving image mode and a still image mode comprises a mechanical shutter provided near the front surface of an image pickup device and a detector provided with an image pickup signal according to the state of the mechanical shutter. A controller receives an output of the detector. The controller includes a filter and a filter controller for controlling the time constant of the filter. The time constant of the filter is decreased by the filter controller when a control signal for the video camera is generated.

Abstract: A system architecture is provided that includes an image sensor unit operable in a single channel mode and a dual channel mode. The image sensor unit includes an electronic image sensor comprising a row and column array of pixel elements, wherein the rows of the array having a line length of N pixels. First and second digital signal processing units for processing image data generated by the image sensor unit into color component image data are provided, wherein each of said first and second digital signal processing units has a line length processing capacity less than N pixels.

Abstract: A HDTV system compatible with NTSC is accomplished by employing two channels for transmitting data. Since the channel I has low spatial definition+high time definition and the channel II has high spatial definition+low time definition, associating the channel I with the channel II produces high spatial definition+high time definition.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a photodiode array having a number of photodiodes arranged in a linear line. Each of the photodiodes is connected to each of analog switches which are sequentially turned-on by a drive pulse. Each analog switch includes a parallel connection of a P-channel MOS-FET and an N-channel MOS-FET having the same gate capacitance. The drive pulse is applied to a gate of the P-channel MOS-FET through one inverter and to a gate of the N-channel MOS-FET through two inverters being connected in a cascade fashion. A delay time of the one inverter and a total delay time of the two inverters are set to be equal to each other, and therefore, the two MOS-FETs are simultaneously turned-on or -off in response to the same drive pulse.

Abstract: In a combination of an electronic device and a memory cartridge loaded in the device, a direct check is performed to determine if the device and memory cartridge are properly coupled. To this end, the electronic device writes a predetermined code in a predetermined area of a memory within the memory cartridge and subsequently reads the code out of the memory. Whether or not the coupling between the device and cartridge is normal is judged by comparing the written code and the read code. Alternatively the memory cartridge is provided with checking code generating means. A checking code generated by the generating means when the memory cartridge is loaded in the electronic device is checked on the electronic device side to judge whether the coupling is normal. An example of the electronic device is an electronic still video camera in which photography is enabled only when it is judged that the coupling between the camera and the memory cartridge is normal.

Abstract: A video signal processing apparatus which includes a clock signal generator for generating a clock signal in synchronism with a color synchronizing signal contained in an incoming video signal. This clock signal has a frequency equal to a multiple of the frequency of the color synchronizing signal. An analog-to-digital converter operates in response to the clock signal to sample and convert an incoming composite video signal into a digital video signal. An address setting circuit is provided for generating an address signal synchronized with horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals.

Abstract: An image pickup device for temporarily storing photoelectrically converted signals of a photoelectric conversion unit in a memory device in the unit of a line and transferring the signals stored in the memory unit in succession to an output signal line, in which the memory unit is composed of a frame memory capable of storing all the photoelectrically converted signals of the photoelectric conversion unit.