JP2641176B2 - Method and apparatus for displaying imprint data of camera - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying imprint data of a camera, and more particularly to a display method and an apparatus for imprinting character information arbitrarily created by a photographer on a film.

[Prior art] Conventionally, a camera captures shooting information such as date on a film. In recent years, not only date, date and time, but also "MerryX'mas" and "New Year" For example, a fixed ready-made caption stored in advance can be printed. Therefore, it is possible to record various kinds of information on photographing in a photograph without the trouble of writing by the photographer himself.

However, in the conventional caption printing mode, there is a limitation that only a few, for example, five fixed words set in the camera can be printed.

So conventionally, the photographer himself made an arbitrary character string,
It has been proposed that this be imprinted on a film, whereby a character string of arbitrary information can be selected to some extent.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional operation of imprinting an arbitrary character string, since the characters to be changed (candidates) are displayed one by one, it takes time to set the character string. There was a problem.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, in the character string "Ensoku", the second display portion 1b from the left of the display 1 is displayed.
When the character "n" is to be set, the selection candidate characters are sequentially displayed one by one on the display portion 1b. For example, kana characters are cyclically displayed one by one in the order of "Aioka Okikukeko ..." on the display portion 1b, and the character "n" at the end of the character string is selected.

Therefore, for example, when setting all 10 characters, the above operation must be repeated for each of the display portions 1a to 1j in order until a desired character is displayed. It will take considerable time.

Further, conventionally, the type of characters that can be printed is limited in consideration of the complexity of the operation as described above or, for example, katakana or numbers, and there is a problem that there is no flexibility in creating a printed character string.

Therefore, the present applicant has proposed that a plurality of candidate characters are displayed as one character group at a time when creating an arbitrary character, and therefore, an arbitrary character string can be efficiently selected by character group display. A display method and device for setting are required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a method and an apparatus for displaying imprint data of a camera which can efficiently and easily select and set an arbitrary character string from a displayed character group. It is in.

[Means for Solving the Problems] To achieve the above object, the invention according to the first aspect is directed to a camera for displaying selected character information on a display device in order to imprint photographing information on a film. In the imprint data display method, in the input standby state for inputting an arbitrary character string, the previously stored shooting information is displayed as a character string to be changed, and the one character portion to be sequentially set is blinked. A display mode, and an input candidate display mode in which input candidate characters are displayed for each predetermined character group by key operation from the change target display mode, and the candidate character displayed in the input candidate display mode is operated with a confirmation key. Then, the display returns to the change target display mode, and one character on the right side of the previous blinking character is blinked and displayed.

Further, in the invention according to the second aspect, when the rightmost character of the character string in the change target display mode is selected from input candidate characters and determined by operating the enter key, the rightmost end is lit and displayed in the change target display mode. It is characterized by the following.

Furthermore, the invention according to the third aspect is characterized in that, when the rightmost character in the character string in the input candidate display mode is selected from the input candidate characters and confirmed by operating the enter key, the transition to another imprinting mode is performed. The modified character string is stored as setting information.

Note that the characters include symbols for forming a character string.

According to the configuration of the first aspect, in the input candidate display mode, for example, when one character is selected from the displayed candidate characters of ten characters and the confirmation key is pressed, the change target is automatically set. The mode shifts to the display mode, and the next position to the right of the position where the previous blinking display was performed is blinkingly displayed, so that the operation of immediately setting the next character can be continued.

Further, according to the configuration of the second aspect, when the rightmost end is determined, the position is illuminated and displayed in the display mode to be changed, so that all the character string setting can be performed without shifting the blinking display to the original leftmost end. Can be displayed for a while.

Further, according to the configuration of the third aspect, when the rightmost end is determined and its position is illuminated and displayed, pressing the mode switching key switches the mode to another mode, for example, the off mode. The character string set this time is stored as the final one. Therefore, when the mode switching key is later used to enter a standby state for imprinting an arbitrary character string, the above setting information is displayed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams of a method of displaying imprint data of the camera of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 shows an operation procedure of character display. The configuration of the imprint data display device of the camera will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic configuration of the back side of the camera.
A display 1 having an indicator 4 is provided on a back cover 3 of a camera body 2. The display 1 can display 10 characters in the embodiment, and the indicator 4 includes the character (including a symbol) currently displayed, the type of input candidate character to be displayed, and the type of the imprinting mode. In the figure, CAP indicates a caption mode, and PRI indicates an imprinting standby state.

Various operation keys are arranged on the back cover 3. When sequentially described, for example, a date and time imprinting mode, a date and time imprinting mode, a ready-made caption imprinting mode, a free imprinting mode, and an off mode are set. Mode switching key (M key) 6 for selection, selection key (S key) 7, input setting key (L key) 8 for shifting from the standby mode to the input standby mode (change target table mode) in the free mode. , UP key 9a, DOWN key 9b, left shift key 10a, right shift key 10b, confirmation key (E key) 1 for confirming characters
1 is provided. Then, from the L key 8 to the E key 11
The keys used in the free imprint mode up to
The cover 12 is closed by a magnet 13.

In the above, the S key 7 selects various character strings (imprint data) such as "MerryX'mas" and "New Year" in the caption imprint mode, and is provided as a character type transition key in the free imprint mode. , UP key 9a,
The DOWN key 9b is a group transition key for sequentially transiting a character group in the same character type.

FIG. 6 shows a circuit block of the display device shown in FIG. 5. The switch group 20 including the keys 6 to 11 is connected to a display circuit 22 having a memory 21. This display circuit 22 performs a display process of a character string in various modes including a caption imprint mode and a free imprint mode, and the memory 21 stores the various captions in the caption imprint mode, An arbitrary character string (imprint data) set in the free imprint mode is stored.

A lamp 23 for imprinting a character string on the film is connected to the display circuit 22, and a CPU (central processing unit) 24 for controlling the operation of the entire camera is connected. When the battery 25 is inserted into a predetermined position of the camera and the switch 26 is turned on, the camera enters an operation state.

That is, in the free imprint mode, an arbitrary character string is set and displayed on the display 1 in FIG.
This character string is stored in the memory 21 in the free imprint standby state. Then, when the shutter of the camera is released, the CPU 24 outputs an imaging command signal to the display circuit 22, and the display circuit 22 outputs a lamp lighting signal to the lamp 23.
Output to Therefore, at the time of photographing, the lamp 23 is turned on at the same time as the exposure is performed via the photographing lens, and an arbitrary character string displayed on the display 1 is printed on the film.

Next, a method of displaying imprint data in the free imprint mode will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, the free image transfer standby state 100 in which the image can be imprinted on the film by the imprint instruction signal of FIG.
It is displayed by the operation of the M key 6 in the figure, and as shown in the display 30 therein, ten characters can be displayed on the display. In the embodiment, for example, “♪ FUJI □ FI □□” (□ is a blank) is a character string previously set for film imprinting. From this state, the character string “♪ FUJI □□” is displayed. The case of setting "FILM" will be described.

First, the input setting key (L
By pressing the key (8), it is possible to shift to the input standby state 200, and the display mode is changed to the change target display mode 200a, and as shown in the display 31, the first character portion on the left side of the display 1 blinks. Is done.

Since this blinking display is performed to indicate a place where a new character is set, if the right shift key 10b is pressed eight times, the ninth character portion to be changed blinks as shown in the figure. Can be.

As shown in the operation procedure of the data display in FIG. 3, the left and right shift keys 10a,
The blinking position can be changed by pressing the 10b,
As a result, it is possible to set the character change location.

Next, when the S key 7, which is a character type transition key, is pressed in the change target display mode 200a, the mode shifts to the input candidate display mode 200b, and as shown in the display 32 of FIG. For example, “Aioka Okikukeko” is displayed as a group on the display 1.

In the present invention, input candidate characters are basically displayed for each of a predetermined number of character groups. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of candidate characters are classified into 11 groups. That is, in FIG. 6A, six groups of 10 characters each of katakana are classified from the first character group to the sixth character group, and in FIG.
The group is stored in the seventh character group to the ninth character group, the numeral is classified into the tenth character group in FIG. (C), and the mark is classified into the eleventh character group in FIG. In the embodiment, ten candidate characters are displayed at a time to increase the efficiency of character selection. However, the number of display characters can be appropriately set according to the maximum display character of the display 1 to be attached. is there.

The key operation for displaying the candidate characters is performed by the third operation.
As shown in the figure. That is, in the present invention, the character groups shown in FIG. 4 are not sequentially displayed, but are changed (jumped) for each character type. As shown in FIG. Jump from letters to English letters, English letters to numeric characters, numeric letters to marks, and marks to katakana characters.

Then, after selecting the type of candidate character, UP, DOWN
Using the keys 9a and 9b, a required character group in the same character type is selected. For example, when the katakana of the first character group in FIG. 4 is displayed, the katakana of the second character group is displayed by pressing the UP key 9a, and the katakana of the sixth character group is displayed by pressing the DOWN key 9b. Katakana will be displayed. In order to select one character from the character group after the character group is displayed, the left and right shift keys 10a and 10b may be pressed and operated. Any character can be selected from 10 characters.

In addition, the above-mentioned selected character is determined by an enter key (E key).
By pressing 11, the character is confirmed, and when one character is confirmed, the display can return to the change target display mode 200a.

In the case of Fig. 1, we want to set the letter "L".
Press the S key from the katakana display state shown in 32 to display 33
Is displayed, and the UP key 9a is pressed to display the eighth character group as shown on the display 34. Next, if the right shift key 10b is pressed once, the display 35
The blinking display moves to the position of "L" as shown in FIG. 7, and if the E key 11 is pressed and operated here, the ninth character is fixed as shown in the display.

Next, in the change target display mode 200a, as shown in the figure, the next tenth position is blinked and displayed, thereby indicating the change target position of the next character.

Here, when the setting is to be terminated in the state of the display 36, the state can be shifted to the free imprint standby state 100 shown in the display 37 by pressing the L key 8, and if the shutter is released in this state, the display 37 The character string is imprinted on the film.

However, as shown in FIG. 2, when the S key 7 is pressed in the display 36, the character type previously displayed (FIG. 1) is stored in the embodiment. Move to mode 200b and display English characters. After this, the first
In the same manner as in the case of the figure, the UP key 9a is used to change the display 42, and the right shift key 10a is used to select "M" as the display 43. When the E key 11 is pressed here, as shown in the display 44, "♪" is displayed.
FUJI FILM "will be set.

In this case, in the present invention, as indicated by the display 44, the blinking display is stopped and the lighting display is performed. That is, according to the above, when one character is determined, the blinking display shifts to the next position in the change target mode 200a, in this case, to the leftmost end, but the setting of the character string is temporarily ended. It is determined that this has been done, and this end state is displayed.

Then, when the L key 8 is pressed, the display shifts to a free imprint standby state 100 of the display 45, and in this state, imprinting on the film is enabled. Also, as shown in FIG. 3, when the M key 6 is pressed in the state of the display 44, the state shifts to the imprinting off mode (state where nothing is performed) 300 of the display 46 and the state where no imprinting is performed. However, when the rightmost end is determined, the set character string is stored. Accordingly, when the M key 6 is pressed in the imprinting off mode 300, the display shifts to the display 45 and the set character string is displayed.

That is, when the character other than the rightmost end is fixed and the M key 6 is pressed while the display is blinking in the change target mode 200b, the change set halfway is invalidated, and the change is initially performed in the change target display mode 200a. The display state is returned to the previous storage state and the mode is shifted to the imprinting off mode 300. However, when the rightmost end is determined, the L key 8 shifts to the imprint standby state 100.
The character string is finally determined without pressing. Therefore, the final character string is stored in the memory 21 shown in FIG. 6 only when the rightmost end is determined by the determination key 11 and thereafter when the L key 8 is operated and also when the M key 6 is operated. , So that the setting efficiency can be improved.

Although the embodiment has been described in the free imprint mode, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is applicable to a case where an arbitrary character string is displayed in another mode, for example, when an arbitrary character is set and imprinted on a part. Can also be applied.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the input candidate display character is determined, the mode returns to the change target mode and the right side of the character is blinked. , The operation of setting the next character can be continued immediately, and an arbitrary character string can be efficiently and easily selected and set.

According to the configuration of the second aspect, when the rightmost end is determined, the position is illuminated and displayed in the change target display mode, so that the blinking display is not shifted to the leftmost end, and all the character strings are displayed. It can be displayed that the setting has been completed.

Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, when the rightmost end is determined and its position is lit and displayed, and then the mode switching key is pressed, the set character string is stored as the final character string. When the last character is determined, an arbitrary character string can be set without pressing the input setting key for shifting to the imprint standby state, and arbitrary character information can be created efficiently and easily. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams showing a method of displaying imprint data of a camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation procedure in character display of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the arrangement of characters, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of a display and operation keys of the imprint data display device of the camera according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration of the device, FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a setting state of imprint data in a conventional display. 1 ... display, 3 ... back cover, 4 ... indicator, 6 ... mode switching key (M key), 7 ... S key (character type transition key), 8 ... input setting key (L key), 9 UP / DOWN key, 10 left / right key, 11 enter key (E key), 21 memory, 22 display circuit, 23 lamp, 24 CPU, 100 free photo Standby mode, 200: input standby mode, 200a: change target display mode, 200b: input candidate display mode, 300: imprint off mode.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Haruo Onozuka 1-324 Uetakecho, Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture Fuji Photo Optical Machine Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-63-92937 (JP, A) Hei 1-259338 (JP, A) Japanese Utility Model Hei 1-149637 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 57-51935 (JP, U) Japanese Patent Publication Sho 62-51456 (JP, B2)

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method for displaying a selected character information on a display device in order to imprint photographing information on a film. Is displayed as a character string to be changed, and is set to be sequentially set.
A change target display mode for blinking a character portion, and an input candidate display mode for displaying input candidate characters for each predetermined character group by key operation from the change target display mode,
When the candidate character displayed in the input candidate display mode is determined by operating a determination key, the display returns to the change target display mode, and one character to the right of the last blinking character is displayed in a blinking manner. Data display method. 2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying the selected character information on a display in order to print the photographing information on a film. Is displayed as a character string to be changed, and is set to be sequentially set.
A change target display mode for blinking a character portion, and an input candidate display mode for displaying input candidate characters for each predetermined character group by key operation from the change target display mode,
When the rightmost end of the character string in the change target display mode is selected from the input candidate characters and confirmed by operating the enter key, the rightmost end is illuminated and displayed in the change target display mode. Method. 3. In an imprint data display device of a camera for displaying selected character information on a display in order to imprint photographing information on a film, in an input standby state for inputting an arbitrary character string, Is displayed as a character string to be changed, and is set to be sequentially set.
A change target display mode for blinking a character portion, and an input candidate display mode for displaying input candidate characters for each predetermined character group by key operation from the change target display mode,
After selecting the rightmost character of the character string in the input candidate display mode from the input candidate characters and finalizing the character by operating the enter key, when transitioning to another imprinting mode, the changed character string is stored as setting information. A projection data display device for a camera, characterized in that: