JPH05161049A - Electronic still camera device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the recording, reproduction and comparison of video images with one electronic still camera. CONSTITUTION:A video reproduction device 1 having a display device 3 oh which a video image of a recording medium 5 is displayed is integrated removably to a still camera 11, and the video image of the recording medium 5 and the current video image through an image pickup lens of the still camera 11 are displayed respectively and simultaneously onto the display device 3. Then a touch panel 12 enabling hand-written input is arranged to the position of the still camera 11 corresponding to the display device 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic still camera device which records, reproduces and compares images by one unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electronic still camera converts an optical image into an electric signal and records it on a magnetic disk, and has an advantage that a film is unnecessary. However, in the past, electronic still cameras, like ordinary cameras,
It is considered to be used only for recording video, and it is not possible to use only the electronic still camera to play back the video or compare the played back video with the current subject. It was not easy to play and compare these.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an electronic still camera device that enables recording, reproduction, and comparison of images with one electronic still camera. Aim to get.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An electronic still camera device of the present invention has a display for displaying an image, a video reproducing device for mounting a recording medium on which an image is recorded, and reproducing the contents of the recording medium on the display. And a still camera having a conversion circuit for converting a subject passed through the photographing lens into a video image signal, a video recording circuit for recording the subject, and a still camera, and displaying the image on the still camera by associating the display with the touch panel. The playback device is detachably incorporated, and the image of the recording medium and the image of the subject through the shooting lens are simultaneously displayed on the display of the image playback device, and handwriting input is added to the screen where the subject is displayed from the touch panel of the still camera. It is what makes them.

[0005]

In the present invention, the image reproducing device and the still camera can be used independently, and the image reproducing device is incorporated in the still camera to display the image of the recording medium and the image of the current subject on the display. You can compare them.

In addition, the date and time of photographing, the place, and other items can be manually input from the touch panel on the image passing through the photographing lens.

[0007]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic still camera device showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a video reproduction device, 2 is an IC card insertion slot, 3 is a liquid crystal display, 4 is an operation button of the video reproduction device 1, and 5 is an IC card on which a video is recorded. Further, 11 is a still camera, 12 is a transparent touch panel on the upper surface of the still camera, 13 is a video reproduction device mounting portion incorporating the video reproduction device 1, 14 is a shutter, 15 is a viewfinder viewing window, 2
0 is a touch pen.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic still camera device showing an embodiment of the present invention. According to this, the video reproducing apparatus 1 comprises the IC card reproducing circuit 6, the liquid crystal display 3, the display control circuit 7 and the operation button 4, and the still camera 11 has the taking lens 16, the photoelectric conversion circuit 17, the touch panel 12 and the touch panel. Control circuit 1
8, a video recording circuit 19 and a shutter 14.

Next, the operation of this electronic still camera device will be described. First, the IC card insertion slot 2 of the video reproduction device 1
Then, the already recorded IC card 5 is inserted. The inserted IC card 5 is converted into a video signal by the IC card reproduction circuit 6, and this video signal is sent to the liquid crystal display 3 controlled by the display control circuit 7 to display the content. Note that the operation buttons 4 include, for example, page fast-forward, page normal-forward, page-forward stop, and display screen setting operation buttons, so that a page with desired contents can be viewed. Here, the setting of the display screen is to use the screen of the liquid crystal display 3 as two independent screens.

The still camera 11 can record an image. When a subject is set through the viewfinder viewing window 15, the light passing through the taking lens 16 is converted into an electric signal by the photoelectric conversion circuit 17. This electric signal is the video recording circuit 19
Then, when the shutter 14 is operated, the image is recorded on the IC card or the like in the video recording circuit 19. The still camera 11 is provided with a touch panel 12, and the touch pen 20 can be used to input information such as a shooting date and time and a location to the video recording circuit from the touch panel 12.

Next, the still camera 11 is connected to the video reproducing apparatus 1
The operation of wearing the will be described. When the video reproducing device 1 is mounted on the video reproducing device mounting portion 13 of the still camera 11,
The photoelectric conversion circuit 17 and the liquid crystal display 3 are electrically connected. At this time, the liquid crystal display 3 of the video reproducing device 1 is displayed below the touch panel 12 of the still camera 11,
It is located in parallel. Further, since the operation button 4 is located outside the still camera 11, the operation such as inserting the IC card 5 into the video reproducing apparatus 1 can be performed even after the mounting.

In the electronic still camera device configured as described above, the subject that has passed through the taking lens 16 can be displayed on the liquid crystal display 3, which allows the current subject to be viewed via the touch panel 12. ..

Also, the display screen is divided into two display screens by operating the operation buttons 4, and the image from the IC card 5 is displayed on one screen and the image of the current subject through the taking lens 16 is displayed on the other screen. Is displayed, when you take a picture of an animal or plant, take the IC card 5 that was recorded in advance and compare it with the animal or plant that was the subject on the spot, You can take advantage of the fact that you can actually record.

Although the recording medium is an IC card in the above embodiment, any other recording medium may be used as long as it is small enough to be used in an electronic still camera device.

[0015]

According to the electronic still camera device of the present invention, the image reproducing device is incorporated in the still cameras which can be used independently, and the image of the recording medium and the image of the subject are simultaneously displayed on the display of the image reproducing device. As a result, one electronic still camera device can record, reproduce, and compare images.

Further, the date and time, place, and other items can be manually input from the touch panel to the image that has passed through the taking lens, which has the effect of further expanding the range of use of the electronic still camera device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Video Playback Device 3 Liquid Crystal Display 4 Operation Button 5 IC Card 6 IC Card Playback Circuit 11 Still Camera 12 Touch Panel 16 Photographic Lens 17 Photoelectric Conversion Circuit 19 Video Recording Circuit

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Masayuki Miyata 4-1 Daikanyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Daikanyama Mansion 1103 Inside Land Mac Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kenichi Tohma 4-1 Daikanyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Daikanyama Mansion 1103 In Land Mac Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tetsuya Fujita 4-1 Daikanyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Daikanyama Mansion 1103 In Land Mac Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A video reproducing apparatus for mounting a recording medium having an image recorded thereon and displaying the content of the recording medium on the display, and a subject passing through a photographing lens into a video image signal. A still picture camera having a conversion circuit for converting, a video recording circuit for recording the subject, and a touch panel, and a display and a touch panel are associated with each other so that a video reproducing device is detachably incorporated into the still camera, and a video of a recording medium is recorded. An electronic still camera device characterized in that an image of a subject that has passed through a taking lens is simultaneously displayed on a display of an image reproducing device, and handwriting input is added to the screen on which the subject is displayed from a touch panel of the still camera.