Patent ID: 6476869
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A system for transmitting an image signal to another device comprising:a) an image pickup lens system disposed in a camera; b) image sensing means for converting an image formed on an image pickup plane by said image pickup lens system to an image signal; c) memory means disposed in the camera for storing information relative to a characteristic of said image pickup lens system of said camera; d) data combining means for combining the image signal and the information on the basis of a predetermined format adaptive to the recording and correcting operation of the image signal; e) transmitting means for transmitting an output signal of said data combining means; f) decoding means disposed in said another device for decoding a transmitted signal by said transmitting means to separate the image signal and the information; and g) correcting means disposed in a reproducing device in said another device, said correcting means being arranged to correct the image signal according to the information transmitted by said data combining means.