JPH1124153A - Display controller for camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a desired composition for photographing. SOLUTION: In a ROM 22, previously set compositions for photographing are stored to correspond to selecting keys 32-35. A display control means 23 is provided with a composition selecting control part, 41 and a composition preparing control part 42, and controls the display contents of a display part 2. The composition selecting control part 41 selects from a ROM 22 the compositions corresponding to the depressed selecting keys 32-35, when the selecting keys 32-35 are depressed. The display control means 23 displays the selected composition on the display part 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a display control device for a camera which can display a composition to be photographed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a camera owner takes a picture by himself, the composition is set, such as the upper body or the whole body, according to the number of subjects, the shooting location and the shooting purpose,
I was shooting.

[0003]

However, in the case where a photographer including the camera owner himself / herself wants to take a photograph at a sightseeing spot or the like, the photographer is requested to take a photograph by a passerby. Even when the desired composition is explained verbally, the resulting photograph often does not match the intention of the person himself, and a precious commemorative photo is not obtained,
The film was wasted.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a camera display control device capable of displaying a desired composition in photographing when requesting photographing to another person.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a display means for displaying information relating to photographing, a storage means for storing a preset composition, and the composition stored in the storage means are displayed on the display means. Display control means (claim 1).

According to this configuration, a predetermined composition is stored, and the composition is displayed on the display means, so that a desired composition is clearly transmitted even when requesting another person to take a photograph.

The display control device for a camera according to claim 1, further comprising a selection means, wherein the storage means stores a plurality of compositions, and wherein the selection means selects one of the plurality of stored compositions. For selecting one composition, the display control means causes the selected composition to be displayed on the display means (claim 2).

According to this configuration, a plurality of compositions set in advance are stored, one composition is selected from the plurality of stored compositions, and the selected composition is displayed on the display means. The desired composition is clearly communicated to others.

A display control device for a camera according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a composition creating control means for creating a composition, and a created composition storing means for storing the created composition. The composition stored in the created composition storage means is displayed on the display means.

[0010] According to this configuration, a composition is created, the created composition is stored in the created composition storage means, and the composition stored in the created composition storage means is displayed on the display means. Any composition created according to the shooting situation will be clearly transmitted to others.

[0011]

FIG. 2 is a rear view of an embodiment of a camera to which a display control device for a camera according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. This camera 1
As shown in FIG. 2, an optical finder F disposed at the upper left, a display unit 2 disposed substantially at the center, and an operation unit 3 disposed to the right and above the display unit 2 And

The operation unit 3 includes a disc-shaped direction instruction key 31.
, Selection keys 32, 33, 34, 35, a composition creation mode key 36, and a line input key 37. The keys 31 to 37 will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 3, the display section 2 is composed of a liquid crystal display device composed of a dot matrix, and turns on and off dots at intersections by drive signals input from the display drive circuit 20 to the vertical and horizontal axes. Thus, characters, pictures, and the like are displayed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an embodiment of a camera to which a display control device for a camera according to the present invention is applied. The camera includes a display unit 2, a display drive circuit 20, an operation unit 3, and photometric means for performing photometry.
(AE) 4, a distance measuring means (AF) 5 for performing distance measurement, a switch 6 which is turned on by half-pressing a shutter release button (not shown), and a shutter release button which is turned on from the on state of the switch 6. A release switch 7 that is turned on when pressed further deeply, a shutter drive circuit 9 that drives a lens shutter 8 having both an aperture function and a shutter function at a predetermined timing, a flash light emission circuit 11 that emits a flash lamp 10, a photographing lens A focusing motor 13 for driving the group 12 and a control unit 14 for controlling the above components are provided.

The direction instruction key 31 of the operation unit 3 sends a signal corresponding to the pressed position of the disk-shaped switch to the control unit 14.
To be sent. For example, when the upper end of the direction instruction key 31 is pressed, a signal indicating an upward direction is sent to the control unit 14 when the lower right end is pressed. When the selection keys 32 to 35, the composition creation mode key 36, and the line input key 37 are pressed, an ON signal to that effect is sent to the control unit 14.

The control unit 14 includes a CPU and the like.
M21, ROM 22, display control means 23, exposure calculation means 24, shutter control means 25, flash control means 26, and focus control means 27 are provided.

The RAM 21 is for temporarily storing data. A control program describing a control procedure is stored in the ROM 22, and a preset composition for photographing is stored in association with the selection keys 32-35.

The exposure calculating means 24 calculates the amount of aperture of the lens shutter 8 and the shutter speed based on the brightness of the subject detected by the photometric value of the photometric means 4. When the release switch 7 is turned on, the shutter control unit 25 controls the driving of the lens shutter 8 via the shutter drive circuit 9 based on the calculation result by the exposure calculation unit 24.

The flash control means 26 causes the flash lamp 10 to emit light via the flash light emitting circuit 11 based on the photometric value of the photometric means 4. The focus control unit 27 moves the photographing lens group 12 via the focusing motor 13 based on the distance measurement value of the distance measurement unit 5.

The display control means 23 comprises a composition selection control section 41
And a composition creation control unit 42, which controls the display content of the display unit 2 via the display drive circuit 20, and normally displays information about shooting such as the number of films, date and shooting mode.

The composition selection control unit 41 includes selection keys 32 to 3
When 5 is pressed, the composition corresponding to the selected key 32 to 35 pressed based on the ON signal is selected from the ROM 22, and the display control means 23 causes the display unit 2 to display the selected composition. For example, in FIG. 2, the upper bodies of two persons are displayed.

Returning to FIG. 1, when the composition corresponding to the selection key 32 is displayed on the display unit 2, a different selection key, for example, the selection key 3
When 3 is pressed, the composition corresponding to the selection key 33 is displayed.

On the other hand, when the composition key corresponding to the selection key 32 is displayed on the display unit 2 and the selection key 32 is pressed, the display content on the display unit 2 returns to the information on the photographing.

The composition creating control section 42 shifts to the composition creating mode when an ON signal of the composition creating mode key 36 is input. The direction indicating key 31 and the line input key 3
Based on the signal from 7, the control of arbitrary composition creation is controlled.
When the composition creation is completed and any of the selection keys 32 to 35 is pressed, the composition creation control unit 42 stores the created composition in the RAM 21 in association with the pressed selection key.

The composition creating control section 42 terminates the composition creating mode when the composition creating mode key 36 is pressed in the composition creating mode.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a composition stored in the ROM 22. FIG. 4A shows a composition for photographing the upper body of one person.
(B) shows a composition for photographing the whole body of one person, (c) shows a composition for placing a person at an end, and (d) shows a composition for photographing a group photo.

In this embodiment, for example, the selection key 3
4 is the composition shown in FIG. 4A, the selection key 33 is the composition shown in FIG. 4B, the selection key 34 is the composition shown in FIG. 4C, the selection key 35 is the composition shown in FIG. ROM corresponding to each
22.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the composition creating operation in the composition creating mode. When the composition creation mode key 36 is pressed, the mode shifts to the composition creation mode, and as shown in FIG.
A cursor 51 is displayed on the display unit 2 and the direction instruction key 31 is displayed.
The cursor 51 moves in the direction in which is pressed.

Here, when the line input key 37 is pressed, a curve is drawn and input along the moving path of the cursor 51. When the line input key 37 is pressed again, the drawing input is temporarily ended, and the next drawing is performed. The cursor 51 is moved to the input position. By operating the direction indicating key 31 and the line input key 37, characters are also input as shown in FIG.

Then, the composition is completed and the selection key 3
When any one of 2 to 35 is pressed, the composition is stored in the RAM 21 in association with the pressed selection key, and when the composition creation mode key 36 is pressed, the composition creation mode ends.

The RA associated with the selection keys 32-35
The composition in M21 is selected in preference to the composition stored in ROM22. When the same selection key is pressed once, R
The composition in the AM 21 may be selected, and when pressed again, the composition in the ROM 22 is selected, and when the button is further pressed, the information on the photographing may be returned.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the ROM
By selecting a desired composition from the plurality of compositions stored in the storage unit 22 and displaying the selected composition on the display unit 2, even when the camera owner requests another person to take a picture, the desired picture composition can be clearly and reliably determined. Can be transmitted to

At present, most commonly used cameras are provided with an autofocus function and a zoom mechanism, so that a photograph according to the intention of the owner can be taken as long as the composition is adjusted.

Further, by creating an arbitrary composition according to the shooting situation, it is possible to accurately convey the shooting intention to another person.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can adopt the following modifications (1) to (4). (1) The composition may be created by an external device. FIG. 6 shows a personal computer 61 as an external device.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration in which a personal computer 61 and a camera 1 are connected by a communication cable 62.

In this embodiment, the control unit 14 includes a communication control unit 28 and a conversion unit 29, as indicated by a dashed line in FIG.
Is provided. The communication control means 28 receives composition data created by the personal computer 61.

The conversion means 29 stores data generated by the personal computer 61, for example, 64 data in the case of the VGA standard.
0 × 480 dots, 800 × 600 dots if SVGA standard,
Data such as 1024 × 768 dots is converted into data suitable for the screen display of the display unit 2, that is, the dot matrix screen display shown in FIG.

At this time, the data may be stored in the RAM 21 in association with one of the selection keys 32 to 35.

For drawing in the personal computer 61, known drawing software using input devices such as a tablet (not shown), a mouse 63 and a keyboard 64 can be used.

(2) As shown by a dashed line in FIG. 1, the display control means 23 of the control unit 14 may include a person position control unit 43. The person position control unit 43 moves a person image having a composition displayed on the display unit 2 in accordance with a signal from the direction instruction key 31.
When the upper end of 1 is pressed, the human image moves upward, and when the right end is pressed, the human image moves rightward.

According to this embodiment, the composition can be finely adjusted, whereby it is possible to cope with any photographing situation.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), when a composition includes a person image and a background object, they are individually stored in the ROM 22, and the display control means 23 At the time of display, both may be combined. As a result, only the person image can be moved.

In this embodiment, the composition of the state after the human image has moved may be stored in the RAM 21.

(3) The display unit 2 may be divided into, for example, four screens, and the compositions shown in FIGS. 4A to 4D may be simultaneously displayed. In this embodiment, the composition selection control unit 41 (FIG. 1)
A mark such as a cursor 51 shown in FIG. 5 may be displayed at the screen position where the desired composition is displayed, or the desired composition may be described orally.

(4) When the line input key 37 is pressed when the composition mode is not set, the display control means 23
The landscape orientation shown in (a) to (d) may be displayed in the portrait orientation.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the preset composition is stored and the stored composition is displayed on the display means, the composition intended by the user can be clearly transmitted even when requesting the photographing to another person.

Further, a plurality of preset compositions are stored, and one composition is selected from the plurality of stored compositions.
By displaying the selected composition on the display means, the desired composition can be clearly transmitted to another person.

Also, a composition is created, the created composition is stored in the created composition storage means, and the stored composition is displayed on the display means, whereby an arbitrary composition is created according to the situation of photographing. Thus, a desired composition according to the shooting situation can be clearly transmitted to another person.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an embodiment of a camera to which a display control device for a camera according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of an embodiment of a camera to which the display control device for a camera according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a display unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a composition example stored in a ROM;
(A) shows a composition for photographing the upper body of one person, (b) shows a composition for photographing the whole body of one person, (c) shows a composition for placing a person at an end, and (d) shows a composition for photographing a group photo. ing.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a composition creation operation in a composition creation mode.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration when a personal computer is used as an external device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 display unit 3 operation unit 14 control unit 20 display drive circuit 21 RAM 22 ROM 23 display control unit 28 communication control unit 29 conversion unit 31 direction instruction key 32 to 35 selection key 36 composition creation mode key 37 line input key 41 composition selection control Unit 42 composition creation control unit 43 person position control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] A display unit for displaying information relating to photographing; a storage unit for storing a preset composition; and a display control unit for displaying the composition stored in the storage unit on the display unit. A display control device for a camera. 2. The display control device for a camera according to claim 1, further comprising a selection unit, wherein the storage unit stores a plurality of compositions, and wherein the selection unit selects one of the plurality of stored compositions. A display control device for a camera, wherein the display control means selects one composition, and the display control means causes the display means to display the selected composition. 3. The display control device for a camera according to claim 1, further comprising: a composition creating control unit for creating a composition; and a created composition storing unit for storing the created composition. A display control device for a camera, wherein a composition stored in a created composition storage means is displayed on the display means.