Digital camera and recording medium

Details Digital camera and recording medium Digital camera and recording medium

1998-12-10

2004-05-11

Christensen, Andrew (Department: 2615)

Television

Special applications

Microscope

C348S080000, C348S223100, C396S225000, C396S530000, C396S531000, C396S532000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06734895

ABSTRACT:

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The disclosure of the following priority application is herein incorporated by reference:
Japanese Patent Application No. 9-342397 filed Dec. 12, 1997.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a digital camera and to a recording medium, and more particularly to a digital camera and recording medium that are mounted on and used with a microscope.
2. Description of the Related Art
A digital camera shoots an object image using an imaging element such as a CCD (charge coupled device) or the like. After converting the image data resulting from this shooting operation into digital format, it is recorded to a recording medium such as a memory card. An image corresponding to the recorded data is displayed on a monitor connected externally to the digital camera, or is displayed on a monitor such as a liquid crystal display or the like housed in the digital camera.
Furthermore, there are also shooting lenses that are attachable to, or on which a microscope can be mounted.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
When a shooting mode changeover switch
24
is operated by a user and a mode of a digital camera is changed over to a microscope shooting mode, a controlling circuit
14
recognizes that a microscope is mounted on a lens mounting part of the camera main body instead of a lens
1
, controls various settings of the digital camera, and can perform an appropriate microscope shooting.


REFERENCES:
patent: 3987463 (1976-10-01), Nishikawa et al.
patent: 4021825 (1977-05-01), McCann et al.
patent: 4279487 (1981-07-01), Baker et al.
patent: 4837595 (1989-06-01), Leiter et al.
patent: 4924249 (1990-05-01), Aihara et al.
patent: 5022744 (1991-06-01), Leiter
patent: 5060005 (1991-10-01), Itoh et al.
patent: 5239171 (1993-08-01), Takabayashi et al.
patent: 5359379 (1994-10-01), Kohno et al.
patent: 5608451 (1997-03-01), Konno et al.
patent: 5631699 (1997-05-01), Saito
patent: 5640223 (1997-06-01), Taniguchi et al.
patent: 5732294 (1998-03-01), Kawamura et al.
patent: 5822632 (1998-10-01), Miyazawa et al.
patent: 5877811 (1999-03-01), Iijima et al.
patent: 6005964 (1999-12-01), Reid et al.
patent: 6104430 (2000-08-01), Fukuoka
patent: 6151161 (2000-11-01), Mayer et al.
patent: 6445410 (2002-09-01), Kawano
patent: 6456319 (2002-09-01), Hirasawa et al.
patent: 06292208 (1994-10-01), None

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Digital camera and recording medium does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Digital camera and recording medium, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Digital camera and recording medium will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3261334