Patent ID: 6442336
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A portable video unit comprising:(a) a hand-held, box-like housing supporting: (i) a camera having an output for electrical video picture signals representative of image phenomena occurring outside said housing, (ii) a video recorder and reproduction device electrically coupleable to the output of the camera and having an output for picture signals reproduced from a record member supported in said housing, (iii) a video-signal display unit including a display screen viewable from the exterior of said housing, and (iv) a printer electrically coupled to the video recorder and reproduction device; (b) a manually operated selection switch having two positions, wherein, without operating any other switch, in the first position, the video-signal display unit is coupled to the output of said camera and in the second position, the video-signal display unit is coupled to the output of said video recorder and reproduction device; and (c) a manually operated printing trigger that, when in a predetermined position, causes the printer to output a hard copy of the image displayed on the screen.