Abstract: A background display device for a virtual image recording studio comprises at least one panel having a plurality of picture elements, wherein each picture element has a respective light source unit that comprises a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source. The background display device has a control device that is configured to individually control the light sources and to generate a respective light source unit emission spectrum of the light source unit by mixing the respective emission spectra of the light sources. The panel furthermore comprises a plurality of correction light sources and the control device is configured to adapt the respective light source unit emission spectrum to a corrected emission spectrum, which is approximated to a predefined or predefinable emission spectrum, by controlling the correction light sources.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a distributed monitoring system for film recordings comprising a transmission module and a display module, wherein the transmission module and the display module are connected to one another via a data network, wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit image data and preferably also audio data via the data network to the display module, wherein the transmission module additionally transmits metadata to the display module, wherein the display module is configured to display the image data and the metadata, and the display module has an image processing unit that is configured to carry out a modification to the image data before the image data are displayed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular electronic camera, and in particular a distributed electronic camera, comprising an image acquisition module comprising an image sensor and an image processing unit coupled to the image sensor, an operating module for controlling and/or configuring the camera, and a display module for displaying camera images acquired by the image sensor, wherein the image acquisition module, the operating module and the display module are camera modules. The camera in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the image acquisition module, the operating module and the display module are connected to one another by means of a data network, with the data network having a distribution unit that is configured to receive data via the data network from the camera modules and to forward data from one of the camera modules to at least one of the other camera modules.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of connecting camera modules to a camera, in which the camera is connected to a first camera module via a data interface, the first camera module transmits a device profile via the data interface to the camera, wherein the device profile comprises a device class of the first camera module and information about the functional scope of the first camera module, the camera is connected to a second camera module via the data interface, the second camera module transmits a device profile via the data interface to the camera, wherein the device profile comprises a device class of the second camera module and information about the functional scope of the second camera module, the camera adapts its operating parameters to the first and second camera module based on the device profiles in order to integrate the first and second camera module into the operation of the camera.

Abstract: In a method of displaying a representation of a virtual background by means of a background display device for a recording by a camera in a virtual image recording studio, the display of the representation of the virtual background takes place in accordance with a time control. The camera further records the display of the representation of the virtual background in accordance with a sequence of exposure times and the time control of the display of the representation of the virtual background and the sequence of exposure times are synchronized with one another.

Abstract: A background display device for a virtual image recording studio is configured to display, behind a real subject, a representation of a virtual background for a camera recording and comprises an active illumination apparatus that comprises at least one panel having a plurality of picture elements in an at least two-dimensional arrangement; a control device; and a controllable lens arrangement. The control device is configured to control the active illumination apparatus to display the representation of the virtual background, and is configured to change a beam characteristic of at least some of the plurality of picture elements by controlling the lens arrangement.

Abstract: A background display device for a virtual image recording studio for displaying a representation of a virtual background behind a real subject comprises a control device that comprises a single first control unit and least one second control unit. The first control unit is configured to generate the virtual background, to determine a projection of the virtual background onto the active illumination apparatus, and to transmit at least one section of the determined projection to the at least one second control unit. The at least one second control unit is configured to control the active illumination apparatus to display the at least one section of the determined projection of the virtual background.

Abstract: A background display device for a virtual image recording studio is configured to display, behind a real subject, a representation of a virtual background for a recording by an associated camera and has at least one panel, which has a plurality of actively illuminating picture elements in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to control the picture elements to alternately display at least a part of the representation of the virtual background and a reference image that does not represent the virtual background, wherein the control circuit has a reference image memory in which the reference image can be stored.

Abstract: A background display device for a virtual image recording studio that is configured to display, behind a real subject, a representation of a virtual background for a camera recording comprises at least one panel having a plurality of actively illuminating picture elements. The picture elements form a two-dimensional arrangement that extends along a first direction of extent and a second direction of extent oriented perpendicular thereto, wherein a respective spacing, measured along the second direction of extent, of the picture elements from a first reference line that extends rectilinearly along the first direction of extent varies irregularly along the first direction of extent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a digital motion picture camera including at least one optoelectronic sensor device for the recording of motion pictures. The sensor device has, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements for the generation of a respective received signal in dependence on a light exposure. The camera further has a control device for the controlling of the read-out of the received signals of the sensor elements as well as a digitizing device for the digitizing of the received signals. The camera moreover has an optical viewfinder for the visual observation of the motion pictures to be recorded and a beam deflection device which is interposed in front of the sensor device and by which the reception beam path can be split at least into one recording beam path for the sensor device and one viewfinder beam path for the optical viewfinder.

Abstract: An electronic motion picture camera for recording a sequence of images includes a sensor device having a two-dimensional arrangement of sensor elements that generate electrical signals in dependence on an exposure to light. A first group of the sensor elements forms a recording region of the sensor device and generates recording signals, and a second group of the sensor elements forms a monitoring region of the sensor device and generates monitoring signals, wherein the monitoring region surrounds the recording region. A memory device stores the recording signals, but not the monitoring signals. A display device displays the recording signals, the monitoring signals and a frame signal representing a border between the recording region and the monitoring region of the sensor device, and the border between the recording region and the monitoring region is kept fixed during the recording of the sequence of images.

Abstract: A stereoscopic objective for a camera includes a first receiving optics which directs a first beam path along a first optical axis, further a second receiving optics which directs a second beam path along a second optical axis, wherein the first optical axis and the second optical axis extend in parallel to one another or intersect one another. The object moreover includes a combination section which combines the first beam path and the second beam path and an output optics which directs the combined first and second beam paths along a common optical axis, wherein the first bream path and the second beam path spatially coincide within the second beam path.

Abstract: An electronic motion picture camera for recording a sequence of images includes a sensor device having a two-dimensional arrangement of sensor elements that generate electrical signals in dependence on an exposure to light. A first group of the sensor elements forms a recording region of the sensor device and generates recording signals, and a second group of the sensor elements forms a monitoring region of the sensor device and generates monitoring signals, wherein the monitoring region surrounds the recording region. A memory device stores the recording signals, but not the monitoring signals. A display device displays the recording signals, the monitoring signals and a frame signal representing a border between the recording region and the monitoring region of the sensor device, and the border between the recording region and the monitoring region is kept fixed during the recording of the sequence of images.

Abstract: The invention relates to a digital motion picture camera comprising at least one optoelectronic sensor device for the recording of motion pictures. The sensor device has, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements for the production of a respective received signal in dependence on a light exposure. The camera further has a control device for the controlling of the read-out of the received signals of the sensor elements as well as a digitizing device for the digitizing of the received signals. A part of the sensor elements is associated with a central areal region of the sensor device for the production of received recording signals and another part of the sensor elements is associated with a frame-shaped areal region of the sensor device for the production of received monitoring signals, said frame-shaped areal region surrounding the central areal region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a digital motion picture camera comprising at least one optoelectronic sensor device for the recording of motion pictures. The sensor device has, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements for the generation of a respective received signal in dependence on a light exposure. The camera further has a control device for the controlling of the read-out of the received signals of the sensor elements as well as a digitizing device for the digitizing of the received signals. The camera moreover has an optical viewfinder for the visual observation of the motion pictures to be recorded and a beam deflection device which is interposed in front of the sensor device and by means of which the reception beam path can be split at least into one recording beam path for the sensor device and one viewfinder beam path for the optical viewfinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a digital motion picture camera including at least one optoelectronic sensor device for the recording of motion pictures. The sensor device has, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements for the generation of a respective received signal in dependence on a light exposure. The camera further has a control device for the controlling of the read-out of the received signals of the sensor elements as well as a digitizing device for the digitizing of the received signals. The camera moreover has an optical viewfinder for the visual observation of the motion pictures to be recorded and a beam deflection device which is interposed in front of the sensor device and by which the reception beam path can be split at least into one recording beam path for the sensor device and one viewfinder beam path for the optical viewfinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a digital motion picture camera comprising at least one optoelectronic sensor device for the recording of motion pictures. The sensor device has, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements for the production of a respective received signal in dependence on a light exposure. The camera further has a control device for the controlling of the read-out of the received signals of the sensor elements as well as a digitizing device for the digitizing of the received signals. A part of the sensor elements is associated with a central areal region of the sensor device for the production of received recording signals and another part of the sensor elements is associated with a frame-shaped areal region of the sensor device for the production of received monitoring signals, said frame-shaped areal region surrounding the central areal region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a digital motion picture camera comprising at least one optoelectronic sensor device for the recording of motion pictures. The sensor device has, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements for the generation of a respective received signal in dependence on a light exposure. The camera further has a control device for the controlling of the read-out of the received signals of the sensor elements as well as a digitizing device for the digitizing of the received signals. The camera moreover has an optical viewfinder for the visual observation of the motion pictures to be recorded and a beam deflection device which is interposed in front of the sensor device and by means of which the reception beam path can be split at least into one recording beam path for the sensor device and one viewfinder beam path for the optical viewfinder.