IMPROVED DYNAMIC RANGE VIDEO CAMERA, RECORDING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING METHOD

摘要

The invention provides for capturing and displaying video images by (1) creating a video signal (1) comprising a succession of video fields or frame s (4a, 4b) containing optical image video data representing the captured optic al image (4) with a plurality of first video fields or frames (4d) representing the optical image at a first exposure level and a plurality of second video fields or frames (4c) representing the optical image at a second exposure level different from the first exposure level, with the first fields or fram es being interspersed among said second fields or frames, and (2) utilizing tha t video signal to (a) generate a video display (7) of the image represented by said first video fields or frames (4a) or the image represented by said seco nd video fields frames (4b), or (b) concurrently generate a first video display of the image represented by said first video fields or frames and a second video display of the image represented by said second video fields or frames .