Patent ID: 6262767
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A still video camera which receives a command signal from a remote controller through a radio communication, so that at least an image pickup operation of said camera can be controlled in accordance with said command signal, the camera comprising:an image pickup device;a recording medium provided in said camera on which image data of an object image picked-up by said image pickup device is recorded;a recording device provided in said camera that records said image data on said recording medium;a signal receiver provided in said camera that receives said command signal from said remote controller;a signal transmitter provided in said camera that radio-transmits said image data to said remote controller; anda remote controller mounting portion to which said remote controller can be detachably attached, the remote controller having a second recording medium,wherein said image data can be radio-transmitted to said remote controller to be recorded on said second recording medium, when said remote controller is attached to said remote controller mounting portion as well as when said remote controller is detached from said remote controller mounting portion.