1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a circuit to enable a user to select a desired one of still image recording for recording a still image or moving image recording for recording moving images;
an image capturing lens device to capture a desired image or images;
a circuit to receive the captured image or images and to form a raw digital signal therefrom;
a circuit to perform one or more processing operations on the raw digital signal in accordance with a number of parameters to form a processed signal;
a circuit to compress the processed signal in accordance with a predetermined compression standard; and
a circuit to determine whether a selection for the still image recording has been provided after selecting the moving image recording and while moving image processing pertaining thereto is being performed.
2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a memory to store data representative of the raw digital signal and to supply the same to the processing operations circuit.
3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, in which the one or more processing operations include a white balance processing operation.
4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, in which the one or more processing operations include an image size processing operation.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A transmitter for use in a vehicle, comprising:
a battery;
a transmission device powered by the battery, wherein the transmission device has an associated nominal voltage;
an energy storage device that selectively supplies power to the transmission device; and
a processor in communication with the battery, the transmission device, and the energy storage device, wherein the processor causes the battery to charge the energy storage device when the processor predicts that a battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage required to operate the transmission device such that energy from the battery and the energy storage device are combined to power the transmission device to provide at least the nominal voltage required to operate the transmission device.
2. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the battery is a lithium battery.
3. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the transmission device is a phase locked loop device.
4. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the energy storage device is a capacitor.
5. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein the processor predicts that the battery voltage will fan below the nominal voltage if the battery voltage falls below a voltage threshold.
6. The transmitter of claim 5, wherein the voltage threshold is equal to the nominal value.
7. The transmitter of claim 5, wherein the voltage threshold is greater than the nominal value.
8. The transmitter of claim 1, further comprising a temperature sensor in communication with the processor.
9. The transmitter of claim 8, wherein the temperature sensor is in communication with a temperature sensor portion of the processor.
10. The transmitter of claim 8, wherein the processor predicts that the battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage if a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor falls below a temperature threshold.
11. The transmitter of claim 8, wherein the processor predicts that the battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage if a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor falls below a temperature threshold and if the battery voltage falls below a voltage threshold.
12. The transmitter of claim 8, wherein the processor predicts that the battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage if a value based on the temperature and the battery voltage fall below a threshold calculated as a function of the temperature and the battery voltage.
13. A method of transmitting a signal via a transmission device having an associated nominal voltage and being powered at least in part by a battery, comprising:
predicting if a battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage during operation of the transmission device;
charging an energy storage device with energy from the battery responsive to the predicting step indicating that the battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage during operation of the transmission device; and
supplementing power from the battery with power from the energy storage device during transmission of the signal by the transmission device.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the supplementing step comprises releasing energy from the energy storage device.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the predicting step predicts that the battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage if the battery voltage falls below a voltage threshold.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the voltage threshold is equal to the nominal value.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the threshold is greater than the nominal value.
18. The method of claim 13, wherein the predicting step predicts that the battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage if a sensed temperature falls below a temperature threshold.
19. The method of claim 13, wherein the predicting step predicts that the battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage if a sensed temperature sensed falls below a temperature threshold and if the battery voltage falls below a voltage threshold.
20. The method of claim 13, wherein the processor predicts that the battery voltage will fall below the nominal voltage if a value based on a sensed temperature and the battery voltage fall below a threshold calculated as a function of the sensed temperature and the battery voltage.