Patent ID: 7271831

Claim:
An image processing system comprising: receiving means for receiving signals and user operation instructions transmitted from an image pickup means mounted to an image pickup means housing, and wherein the user operation instructions are sequentially inputted thereto; and processing means, mounted to a processing means housing that is different from said image pickup means housing, for processing and compressing the transmitted image signals in accordance with the transmitted user operation instructions, said image pickup means includes switching means for switching an image pickup between a moving image and a still image, and notification means for notifying said processing means of a state of said switching means; wherein said processing means includes a first compression means for executing compression for a moving image, a second compression means for executing compression for a still image, and selection means for selecting said first or second compression means in accordance with the notified state of said switching means; wherein said processing means includes means for setting a white balance of the image signals to a value shifted for the still image, if said switching means is in an on-state, wherein said second compression means compresses the image signals whose set value is shifted for the still image; said notification means notifies a state of said switching means by multiplexing a signal representative of the state with the image signal; and the image signals processed by said processing means are displayed on different windows respectively.