Patent ID: 6377302
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus comprising;video signal producing means including a body on which an optical system is mounted to face toward a subject, image pickup signal generating means provided in said body for generating an image pickup signal in response to a subject image obtained through the optical system and image pickup signal processing means provided in the said body for producing a video signal on the basis of the image pickup signal obtained from said image pickup signal generating means, first posture detecting means for producing a first posture signal representing a posture of said body constituting said video signal producing means, picture displaying means for displaying the video signal obtained from said video signal producing means, second posture detecting means for producing a second posture signal representing a posture of said picture displaying means, video signal compensating means for compensating the video signal obtained from said video signal producing means with the first and second posture signals to produce a compensated video signal, and video signal supplying means operative to supply said picture displaying means with the compensated video signal obtained from said video signal compensating means.