Digital moving and still picture capture adaptor for moving picture video camera

摘要

An adaptor (300) for a moving picture video camera (10; 20) is provided with an input (301; 303) for receiving a moving picture video signal from a moving picture video camera (10; 20). The adaptor (300) also includes a compressor (330) connected to the input (301; 303) to extract a selected picture from the moving picture video signal and to compress the extracted picture. A bidirectional serial interface (340) is connected to the compressor (330) to serially receive data from an external source (120) and to output the compressed extracted picture generated in the compressor (330). An adaptor (300) is also provided for receiving an analog video signal, compressing it and outputting a digital compressed video signal.