Patent ID: 6717619
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A prompter system, comprising:a mount plate which is attached on a panhead; a television camera being detachably mounted on the mount plate; a prompter body; a display device which displays a script image for a person to whom the television camera is trained; a half mirror which is arranged to be inclined with respect to the display device and is positioned on an optical axis of a lens; a vertical position adjustment device through which the prompter body is connected to the mount plate; and a tapered coupling device which comprises a tapered coupling piece attached to the mount plate and another tapered coupling piece attached to the prompter body, the tapered coupling piece and the another tapered coupling piece both being of a shape with a width that becomes narrower towards the bottom thereof; wherein the prompter body is detachably mounted on the mount plate in front of the television camera with the tapered coupling device; the prompter body and the camera are independently attached to and detached from the panhead via the mount plate; and a vertical position of the prompter body with respect to a taking lens of the television camera is adjustable with the vertical position adjustment device, wherein the vertical position adjustment device adjusts the prompter body in the vertical position by rotating a bolt inserted into a hole of the tapered coupling device.