Patent ID: 6978085
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising: image pickup means for picking up an image of an object: first compression encoding means for compression-encoding image data output from said image pickup means, with a first compression method; second compression encoding means for compression-encoding the image data output from said image pickup means, with a second compression method; radio transmission means for modulating first image data compression-encoded by said first compression encoding means and transmitting the first image data through a radio transmission path to a display apparatus which displays an image picked-up by said image pickup means, the display apparatus being detachably mounted on said image pickup apparatus; and control means for controlling said first compression encoding means so as to output the first image data to said radio transmission means in a case where the display apparatus is not connected electrically and mechanically to said image pickup apparatus.