IMAGE RECORDING&sol REPRODUCING DEVICE

Title:

IMAGE RECORDING&sol REPRODUCING DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/017645

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

An image recording&sol reproducing device such as a video camera, which is improved in the operability of various operation switches to be adaptable to application modes, which has an image display unit (3) supported openably and turnably with respect to an imaging lens (4)−housing body unit (2), and which comprises an operation key (15) and a control switch (14) having a cross−shaped intersection and a plurality of contacts disposed at respective ends in association with the ends and the center of the operation key and being designed to close a contact corresponding to an arbitrary portion when the arbitrary portion is pressed out of the ends and the center of the operation key, wherein the control switch has a direction−selecting switch having its specific direction in the display screen of the image display unit assigned to one of the directions in which four ends of the operation key are positioned, and the direction−selecting switch is used to change a direction in the display screen of the image display unit assigned to one of the four ends of the operation key according to the turning and the resultant direction of the image display unit.

Inventors:

MORIKAWA MASAYOSHI (JP)
YAMAOKA MASATO (JP)
KATO SHOGO (JP)
SHIOYAMA YOSHINORI (JP)
EBINE NOBUHITO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2002/007619

Publication Date:

February 27, 2003

Filing Date:

July 26, 2002

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

SONY CORP (JP)
MORIKAWA MASAYOSHI (JP)
YAMAOKA MASATO (JP)
KATO SHOGO (JP)
SHIOYAMA YOSHINORI (JP)
EBINE NOBUHITO (JP)

International Classes:

H04N5/225; H04N5/232; (IPC1-7): H04N5/225

Foreign References:

JP2000295509A	2000-10-20
JP2000217024A	2000-08-04
JP2000075363A	2000-03-14
JP2000069330A	2000-03-03
JPH11331662A	1999-11-30
JPH11331647A	1999-11-30
JP2002040540A	2002-02-06

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