Digital still video camera using semiconductor memory card

Author

Izawa, F. ; Yamaguchi, S. ; Nakagawa, M. ; Yamauchi, A. ; Sasaki, M. ; Umeda, M. ; Uetani, Y. ; Tagami, Y.

Author_Institution

Toshiba Corp., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

36

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

A newly developed compact camera which can take digital still pictures by using a semiconductor IC memory card is described. The developed prototype is suitable for consumer use because of its easy operation and fully automatic functions. High-quality frame images are obtained with degradation-free data compression LSIs. The camera makes it possible to store 13 high-quality still pictures in a 20-Mb SRAM card by using a frame imaging frame interline transfer CCD and a data compression technique for ADPCM (adaptive differential pulse-code modulation)

Keywords

EPROM; data compression; integrated memory circuits; random-access storage; video cameras; 20 Mbit; ADPCM; EEPROM card; IC memory card; SRAM card; adaptive differential pulse-code modulation; compact camera; degradation-free data compression; digital still pictures; frame imaging frame interline transfer CCD; semiconductor memory card; video camera; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Data compression; Degradation; Digital cameras; Digital integrated circuits; Prototypes; Pulse modulation; Random access memory; Semiconductor memory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.46603

Filename

46603