Patent ID: 8334987

Claim:
A printer contained inside a video camera having a picture display device, the printer for printing motion pictures displayed on said picture display device of the video camera, comprising: a control device controlling said printer; a memory device for storing a selected portion of the motion picture as a still picture to be printed, the motion picture displayed on the display device being in a through state mode, the through state mode is not a record mode nor a playback/reproduction mode and in the through state mode motion pictures of an object are directly displayed on said picture display device; and a print operation button, provided on the video camera and connected to said control device, (a) for operating said printer when not in the through state mode and (b) for selecting and storing the selected portion of the motion picture when in the through state mode, wherein said print operation button is a pushbutton switch which has two modes including a first mode for selection and storage of a portion of the motion picture in the memory device when in the through state mode and a second mode for operating said printer to print the portion of the motion picture stored in the memory device when not in the through state mode; and wherein when said print operation button is in said first mode, said control device instructs the memory device to select the portion of the motion pictures displayed on said picture display device as a selected motion print picture, to store said selected motion print picture in said memory device and to display the selected motion print picture on said display device; and when said print operation button is in said second mode, said control device instructs the printer to start printing said selected motion print picture from the memory device and said display device does not display a picture.