JPH11317921A - Digital camera system and digital camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dissolve the noncoincidence of use languages due to the noncoincidence of the type of software on a computer-side and that of a digital camera-side by discriminating the type of software introduced to a computer and changing a processing in a digital camera, based on the discriminated result. SOLUTION: At a mode for transferring a picture, a digital camera 1 calls a personal computer 1000. When the personal computer 1000 is connected, the personal computer 1000 starts a communication processing and transmits data on an operating system OS to the digital camera 1. The digital camera 1 checks whether language data is received or not. When data cannot be received, the warning display of effect that data cannot be transferred is given to a display part. Then, the digital camera 1 checks whether the discriminated type of OS is similar to that of the digital camera 1 or not. When they are different from each other, the character form of a photographing date recorded in a memory card is charged and is transferred to the personal computer 100.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital camera that photoelectrically converts a still subject light image into an image signal, and then performs image processing or the like as necessary to record the image signal on a recording medium. The present invention relates to a digital camera system including a connected computer, for example, a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a personal computer), and a digital camera.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, in a digital camera, a photographed image is displayed on a display unit, and character information such as photographing conditions and playback conditions is also displayed on the display unit. Further, these photographed images and character information are recorded on a recording medium loaded in a digital camera.

On the other hand, there has been proposed a digital camera system in which a digital camera and a personal computer are connected to each other and images taken by the digital camera are taken into the personal computer. In this case, the character information is transmitted to the personal computer together with the photographed image.

[0004]

By the way, when an image taken by a digital camera and character information related to the image information are taken into a personal computer, the photographing inside the digital camera,
It is assumed that the processing software for display, operation, and recording is, for example, for Japan, while the operating system of the personal computer is for the United States. in this case,
Images transferred from digital cameras can be handled in common, but character information is transferred in Japanese, so it may not be possible to display character information along with the image on the PC screen, or it may not be displayed properly. there were. Therefore, it is necessary to perform an operation such as converting the once-acquired Japanese character information into English using another dedicated software on a personal computer, and the processing is troublesome.

When a digital camera is connected to a personal computer for photographing, the character information displayed on the digital camera for Japan is displayed in English, while the character information displayed on the personal computer for the United States is displayed in English. In particular, it has become confusing to the operation especially for beginners.

[0006] Also, the language of the digital camera software,
If the language used in the region where the shooting or playback is performed is different, the text information is created based on the language of the digital camera software, so the operator may not understand the text information displayed on the display Yes, inconvenience is expected.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has been developed in the case where the types of software on the computer and the digital camera do not match. A first problem is to provide a digital camera system that can solve this problem.

Alternatively, for example, when the language of the software of the digital camera is different from the language used in the region where the shooting or reproduction operation is performed, the recording and reproduction of character information and the like are performed in the language used in the region. A second object is to provide a digital camera capable of performing such operations.

[0009]

A first object of the present invention is to provide a digital camera system comprising a digital camera and a computer to which the digital camera can be connected, wherein the type of software installed in the computer is determined. The digital camera system is characterized in that the digital camera system comprises: a discriminating means for discriminating; and a changing means for changing a process in the digital camera based on a discrimination result of the discriminating means.

According to this digital camera system, the processing of the digital camera is switched according to the type of software installed in the computer to which the digital camera is connected. Since the processing on the camera side is performed, it is not necessary to perform the processing for adapting to the software on the computer side on the computer side. In addition, when photographing is performed by connecting the digital camera to a computer, the character information and the like displayed on the display unit of the digital camera are in a mode adapted to the software of the computer, and the operation is easy.

In this case, if the language of the software installed in the computer is determined and the processing in the digital camera is changed so as to conform to the software,
The processing on the digital camera side is performed in a mode suitable for the language handled on the computer side.

If the processing in the digital camera is to change the character information to another language, the character information in a form suitable for the software on the computer side is displayed on the computer or displayed on the digital camera. .

The second object is to provide a digital camera having means for displaying or recording information related to photographing together with or separately from the photographed image, and an input means for inputting regional information. And a changing unit for changing a display mode or a recording mode of the information on the photographing based on the input area information.

According to this digital camera, the display mode or the recording mode of the information related to shooting is changed based on the area information, so that the mode most suitable for the area where the shooting or reproduction operation is performed, for example, the language used in that area Can display or record information related to shooting.

In this case, it is preferable that the input of the area information is performed by receiving the position data from the satellite navigation system, because the area information can be automatically input.

Note that the information relating to photographing includes photographing conditions,
It refers to playback conditions, a shooting date displayed with the image, and other information other than the shot image.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show a digital camera applied to a digital camera system according to an embodiment of the present invention, or a digital camera according to an embodiment of the present invention. is there.

The digital camera 1 comprises a box-shaped camera body 2 and a rectangular parallelepiped imaging unit 3. The imaging unit 3 is detachably attached to the right side of the camera body 2 when viewed from the front (the front side in FIG. 1), and is rotatably mounted in a plane parallel to the right side.

The image pickup unit 3 includes a photographing lens having a macro zoom and a CCD (Charge Coupled D).
device), which converts an optical image of a subject into an image composed of charge signals photoelectrically converted by each pixel of the CCD and captures the image. On the other hand, the camera body 2 is, for example, an LCD (Li
It has a display unit 10 made of a liquid crystal display (Quid Crystal Display), a mounting unit 17 for a memory card 8, and a connection terminal 13 to which a personal computer is externally connected. Thereafter, processing such as display on the LCD display unit 10, recording on the memory card 8, and transfer to a personal computer is performed.

A macro zoom lens 301 is provided inside the image pickup section 3, and an image pickup circuit having a CCD color area sensor 303 is provided at an appropriate position behind the macro zoom lens 301. In addition, a dimming circuit 304 including a dimming sensor 305 that receives the reflected light of the flash light from the subject is provided at an appropriate position in the imaging unit 3.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the front surface of the camera body 2, a grip 4 is provided at an appropriate position at the left end, and a built-in flash 5 is provided at an appropriate upper portion at the right end. As shown in FIG. 2, on the upper surface of the camera body 2, switches 6 and 7 for frame advance when reproducing a recorded image are provided substantially at the center. The switch 6 is a switch (hereinafter, referred to as an Up key) for advancing the recorded image in the direction in which the frame number increases (the direction of the photographing order). (Hereinafter referred to as Down key). Further, an erasure switch D for erasing an image recorded on the memory card 8 is provided on the left side of the Down key 7 when viewed from the rear side (the front side in FIG. 1).
A shutter button 9 is provided to the right of the p key 6. Further, a satellite navigation system (GPS; Global Pos) is provided between the Down key 7 and the erase switch D.
A receiving unit (GPS receiving unit) 16 for receiving position data from the Ionizing System is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the rear side of the camera body 2, a monitor for displaying a photographed image (corresponding to a view finder) and an LCD for reproducing and displaying a recorded image are provided at substantially the center of the left end. The display unit 10 is provided.
A compression rate setting switch 12 composed of a slide switch for switching and setting a compression rate K of image data recorded on the memory card 8 is provided below the display unit 10. A connection terminal 13 to which a personal computer is externally connected is provided on a side surface of the camera body 2 on the side of the imaging unit 3, and a power switch PS is provided on an upper rear surface.

The digital camera 1 has a flash mode (hereinafter, flash is sometimes referred to as FL) flash mode, an "automatic flash mode" in which the built-in flash 5 is automatically flashed in accordance with the subject brightness. A "forcible light emission mode" for forcibly emitting light from the built-in flash 5 and a "light emission prohibition mode" for inhibiting light emission from the built-in flash 5 are provided irrespective of the above. FL mode setting key 11
Each time is pressed, each mode of "automatic light emission", "forced light emission" and "light emission inhibition" is cyclically switched, and any one of the modes is selectively set. In the digital camera 1, two compression ratios K of 1/8 and 1/20 can be selected and set. For example, when the compression ratio setting switch 12 is slid to the right, the compression ratio K = 1/8 is set. Slide to the left, the compression ratio K = 1/20 is set. In the present embodiment, two types of compression ratios K can be selected and set, but three or more types of compression ratios K
May be selectively set.

Further, a photographing / playback mode setting switch 14 for switching between a "photographing mode" and a "playback mode" is provided at the upper right end of the rear surface of the camera body 2.
The photographing mode is a mode for photographing, and the reproducing mode is a mode for displaying a photographed image recorded on the memory card 8 on the display unit 1.
This is a mode for reproducing and displaying 0. The shooting / playback mode setting switch 14 also includes a two-contact slide switch. For example, sliding to the right sets the playback mode, and sliding to the left sets the shooting mode.

On the bottom of the camera body 2, a battery loading chamber 1 is provided.
8 and a card loading chamber 17 for loading the memory card 8 are provided. The loading openings of both loading chambers 17 and 18 are closed by a clamshell type lid 15. The digital camera 1 according to the present embodiment uses a power supply battery E, which is formed by connecting four AA batteries in series, as a drive source.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the digital camera 1.

In the image pickup section 3, the CCD 303
Converts the light image of the subject formed by the macro zoom lens 301 into image signals of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) color components (from a signal train of pixel signals received by each pixel). ) And output. The timing generator 314 generates various timing pulses for controlling driving of the CCD 303.

The exposure control in the image pickup unit 3 is performed by adjusting the exposure amount of the CCD 303, that is, the charge accumulation time of the CCD 303 corresponding to the shutter speed, since the stop is a fixed stop. If an appropriate shutter speed cannot be set when the subject brightness is low, the CCD 3
By performing the level adjustment of the image signal output from the device 03, the improper exposure due to the insufficient exposure is corrected. That is, when the luminance is low, the exposure control is performed by combining the shutter speed and the gain adjustment. The level adjustment of the image signal is performed in the gain adjustment of the AGC circuit in the signal processing circuit 313.

The timing generator 314 generates a drive control signal for the CCD 303 based on the reference clock transmitted from the timing control circuit 202.
The timing generator 314 generates clock signals such as integration start / end (exposure start / end) timing signals and light-receiving signal readout control signals (horizontal synchronization signal, vertical synchronization signal, transfer signal, etc.) for each pixel. Output to the CCD 303.

The signal processing circuit 313 performs predetermined analog signal processing on an image signal (analog signal) output from the CCD 303. The signal processing circuit 313
It has a DS (correlated double sampling) circuit and an AGC (auto gain control) circuit. The CDS circuit reduces the noise of the image signal, and the level of the image signal is adjusted by adjusting the gain of the AGC circuit.

The light control circuit 304 controls the light emission amount of the built-in flash 5 during flash photography to a predetermined light emission amount set by the overall control unit 211. In flash photography, the reflected light of flash light from the subject is received by the light control sensor 305 at the same time as the start of exposure, and when the amount of received light reaches a predetermined light emission amount, the light control circuit 3
An emission stop signal is output from 04 to the flash control circuit 214 via the overall control unit 211. The flash control circuit 214 forcibly stops the light emission of the built-in flash 5 in response to the light emission stop signal, whereby the light emission amount of the built-in flash 5 is controlled to a predetermined light emission amount.

In the camera body 2, the A / D converter 205 converts each pixel signal of the image signal into a 10-bit digital signal. The A / D converter 205 is
A / D input from an A / D clock generation circuit (not shown)
Each pixel signal (analog signal) is converted into a 10-bit digital signal based on a clock for D conversion.

In the camera body 2, a timing control circuit 202 for generating a reference clock, a timing generator 314, and a clock for the A / D converter 205 is provided. The timing control circuit 202 is controlled by the overall control unit 211.

The black level correction circuit 206 corrects the black level of the pixel signal (hereinafter referred to as pixel data) A / D converted by the A / D converter 205 to a reference black level. A white balance circuit (hereinafter, referred to as a WB circuit) 207 performs level conversion of pixel data of each of R, G, and B color components so that the white balance is adjusted after the γ correction. WB circuit 207
Converts the level of the pixel data of each of the R, G, and B color components using the level conversion table input from the overall control unit 211. The conversion coefficient (gradient of the characteristic) of each color component in the level conversion table is set by the overall control unit 211 for each captured image.

The gamma correction circuit 208 corrects gamma characteristics of pixel data. The γ correction circuit 208 has, for example, six types of γ correction tables having different γ characteristics, and performs γ correction of pixel data using a predetermined γ correction table according to a shooting scene or shooting conditions.

The image memory 209 is a memory for storing pixel data output from the gamma correction circuit 208. The image memory 209 has a storage capacity for one frame. That is, in the image memory 209, the CCD 303
In the case of having pixels in rows and m columns, it has a storage capacity for pixel data of n × m pixels, and each pixel data is stored in a corresponding pixel position.

The VRAM 210 is a buffer memory for image data reproduced and displayed on the display unit 10. VRAM2
Reference numeral 10 has a storage capacity of image data corresponding to the number of pixels of the display unit 10.

In the shooting standby state, each pixel data of the image picked up by the image pickup unit 3 every 1/30 (second) is
After being subjected to predetermined signal processing by the A / D converters 205 to γ correction circuit 208, the signals are stored in the image memory 209, transferred to the VRAM 210 via the overall control unit 211, and displayed on the display unit 10. . Thus, the photographer can visually recognize the subject image from the image displayed on the display unit 10. In the reproduction mode, the image read from the memory card 8 is subjected to predetermined signal processing by the overall control unit 211, and then transferred to the VRAM 210.
It is reproduced and displayed on the display unit 10.

The card I / F 212 is an interface for writing image data to the memory card 8 and reading image data. Also, the communication I / F 21
Reference numeral 3 denotes an interface compliant with, for example, the IEEE 1394 standard for connecting the digital camera 1 so as to be able to communicate with the outside.

The flash control circuit 214 is a circuit for controlling light emission of the built-in flash 5. The flash control circuit 214 controls the presence / absence of light emission of the built-in flash 5, the amount of light emission, the light emission timing, and the like based on the control signal of the overall control unit 211. Is controlled.

The RTC 219 is a clock circuit for managing the shooting date and time, and is driven by another power source (not shown).

The operation unit 250 is an input / output device for the overall control unit 211, and includes the Up key 6, Down key 7, shutter button 9, FL mode setting key 11, compression ratio setting switch 12, photographing / A reproduction mode setting switch 14 and the like are included.

The position data receiving circuit 315 includes the GPS
This is a circuit that processes the position data received by the receiving unit 16, and the latitude and longitude of the shooting location and the reproduction location are determined based on the received data. On the other hand, FIG.
As shown in the figure, a data table relating to the display form of the latitude, longitude, country name, language, and shooting date is recorded in advance.
Then, the latitude and longitude determined based on the data received by the position data receiving circuit 315 are compared with the latitude and longitude recorded in the ROM 316, and the shooting location (shooting country)
And the playback location (playback country) are specified, and furthermore, the language and the display format of the shooting date are specified.

The overall control unit 211 is composed of a microcomputer, and controls the driving of each member in the image pickup unit 3 and the camera main unit 2 in an organic manner to control the photographing operation of the digital camera 1 overall. is there. In addition, as described later, when connected to a personal computer, it executes predetermined processing or controls data transmission and reception.

In the photographing mode, when photographing is instructed by the shutter button 9 in the photographing mode, the overall control section 211 displays the thumbnail image of the image taken into the image memory 209 after the photographing instruction and the compression ratio set by the compression ratio setting switch 12. A compressed image compressed by the JPEG method using K is generated, and tag information (frame number, exposure value, shutter speed, compression ratio K, shooting date, flash on / off data at shooting, scene information, image ) Are stored in the memory card 8 together with the information such as the judgment result of the above).

As shown in FIG. 6, the memory card 8
Forty frames of images can be stored at a compression ratio of 1/20, and the above-described tag portion and high-resolution image data (640 × 480) compressed in JPEG format are stored for each frame 81 to 85.
Pixel) and image data (80 × 60 pixels) for thumbnail display. For each frame, for example, EXI
It can be handled as an F format image file.

FIG. 7 shows a digital camera system using the digital camera 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This digital camera system includes a personal computer 1000. A keyboard K having a return key Enter and an escape key ESC is provided on the main body of the personal computer 1000.
Printer Pri and Digital Camera 1 are USB
It is connected via a cable L. In addition, personal computer 1
000 can be activated via a USB interface. The keyboard K also serves as a USB interface hub. In addition, personal computer 10
A hard disk HD as a recording medium is built in the hard disk HD.
000 operating systems and applications are installed. Also, this personal computer 100
At 0, a floppy disk FD and a magneto-optical disk MO as removable recording media can be used, and a floppy disk drive and a magneto-optical disk drive are provided, respectively. A digital camera connection application (driver software) is installed in the hard disk HD of the personal computer 1000 in advance. In FIG. 7, 10
Reference numeral 01 denotes a screen on the display device of the personal computer 1000.

In the digital camera system shown in FIG. 7, a process for transferring an image photographed by a digital camera and information on photographing to the personal computer 1000 is as follows.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this example, a case will be described as an example in which the information on imaging is an imaging date. Also, in FIG.
C ". Steps are abbreviated as “S”.

A mode for transferring an image is set (this can be set on either the digital camera side or the personal computer side).
Then, in S1, the digital camera 1 calls the personal computer 1000. When the personal computer 1000 is connected, the personal computer 1000 starts communication processing in S1000, and proceeds to S100
1. Operating system (hereinafter referred to as "OS")
Is transmitted to the digital camera 1 (specifically, language data).

The digital camera 1 checks whether or not the OS language data has been received in S2. If the data cannot be received (NO in S2), the personal computer 1000 is not connected or is operating for other processing. As
In S3, a warning display indicating that transfer is not possible is displayed on the display unit 10.

When the OS language data is received in S2 (YES in S2), the digital camera 1 determines the type (language) of the OS from the data transmitted from the personal computer 1000 in S4.

Next, in step S5, the digital camera 1 checks whether or not the type of the determined OS is the same as the type of the digital camera 1, in other words, whether or not the language used is the same. (NO in S5), memory card 8 in S6
After changing the character format of the shooting date recorded in
In step S7, the photographed image and the photographing date data are
Transfer to On the other hand, if the type of the OS is the same (YES in S5), the character format of the shooting date is not changed and S
Step 7, the shooting date data and the image data are transferred to the personal computer 10
Transfer to 00.

The transferred data is transferred to the personal computer 1
000 side, received in S1002, displayed on the screen 1001 in S1003, or
Etc. are recorded.

After that, the personal computer 1000 updates its own status (status) in S1004, and sends a status indicating that the display and recording are completed to the digital camera 1 in S1005. The digital camera waits for the reception of the status from the personal computer 1000 in S8, and upon receiving (YES in S8), transfers the other image data and the like as necessary, assuming that the transfer of one frame has been completed.

FIG. 10 shows a display example of the image and the photographing date on the personal computer 1000 side. Here, the digital camera 1 is intended for Japan, that is, the language of the software of the digital camera is Japanese. On the other hand, the connected PC 1
000 is for Japan (when the OS language of the personal computer is Japanese), the digital camera 1 and the personal computer 1000 have the same OS type, so the shooting date (date recorded by the digital camera) is 1998 If it is January 31, the date is displayed in the order of year, month, and day as shown in FIG.
On the other hand, when the OS language of the personal computer 1000 is English, the digital camera 1 changes the character format to month (English), day, and year as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

In the processing shown in FIG. 8, the case where the information on the photographing is the photographing date has been described as an example.
It is needless to say that characters and other data other than the photographing date may be used.

Next, the process of converting the language used for character information in the digital camera 1 based on the shooting location or the playback location will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the power of the digital camera 1 is turned on in S11, the GPS receiver 16 is operated in S12,
Receive location data provided by a satellite navigation system. Next, in S13, the latitude and longitude of the shooting place or the reproduction place are obtained based on the received data.
A shooting location (country) or a playback location (playback country) is determined based on the table in FIG.

Next, in S14, it is determined whether the mode is the photographing mode or the reproducing mode. In the case of the shooting mode (S15), S16
Then, it is determined whether the software of the digital camera 1 is for the shooting location, that is, whether the languages match. If it is not for the shooting location (NO in S16), the language used for the characters is changed in S17. FIG. 11 shows a display example of characters displayed on the display unit 10. The display examples are for the shooting mode, and the same applies to the display of other modes (flash mode, compression ratio, etc.). If the digital camera 1 is for Japan and the shooting location is also in Japan, FIG.
The shooting mode is displayed in Japanese as shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the digital camera is for Japan and the shooting location is, for example, the United States, it is displayed in English as shown in FIG.

Next, in S18, it is determined whether or not a release has been performed. If the release is performed after the photographer selects an arbitrary mode (YES in S18), the image is captured in S19.
In S20, signal processing is performed, and in S21, image data and information on photographing (character converted or unconverted) are recorded in the memory card 8, and an image is displayed on the display unit 10 in S22. In this case, the data of the shooting date described in FIG. 10 is also recorded in a character form corresponding to the language of the shooting location.

On the other hand, in the case of the reproduction mode of S23, S2
After reading out the image data recorded on the memory card 8 and the information on the photographing in step S4, it is determined in step S25 whether the information on the photographing is in the same language as the reproduction place (country). If different (NO in S25), the information is changed to match the language used in the area in S26, and then an image is displayed in S27, and information about shooting is displayed in display unit 10 in S28. For example, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), when the photographing data relating to the photographing date recorded in Japanese in order of year, month and day is reproduced in, for example, the United States, FIG.
As shown in (b), after changing the order of month, day, and year,
Display with the image.

When character data is converted during reproduction, the original data in the memory card 8 may be rewritten.

In the above description, the digital camera 1
Has been described in the case where data is transferred from the computer to the personal computer 1000 for playback, and the case where the digital camera alone is taken without connecting to the personal computer. Display unit 10 of the digital camera based on the data of
May be changed and displayed in the same manner as in the case shown in FIGS. 9 and 11.

Further, the determination of the area is not limited to the determination based on the reception of the position data from the satellite navigation system, but may be the determination by receiving a radio wave such as a PHS.

[0066]

According to the digital camera system of the first aspect, the processing of the digital camera can be performed in accordance with the type of software on the computer side. Even if the type is different, it is not necessary for the computer to perform processing for adapting the data transferred from the digital camera to the software on the computer. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately install special software for the computer, and the existing software may be used, so that the use range of the digital camera system can be further expanded.

In addition, when a digital camera is connected to a computer for photographing, the character information and the like displayed on the display unit of the digital camera are adapted to the software of the computer, so that the digital camera and the computer can be used. Are displayed in the same manner, thereby facilitating operability.

According to the digital camera system of the present invention, the language of the software installed in the computer is determined and the processing in the digital camera is changed so as to conform to the software. The information on the digital camera side can be handled in a mode adapted to the language handled by the system, so that the operator of the system can operate the computer and the digital camera without any discomfort, and the operability is further improved.

According to the digital camera system of the present invention, the character information is changed to the form suitable for the software on the computer side, and the processing by the digital camera is performed. Can be unified, and the operability is further improved.

According to the digital camera of the present invention, the display mode or the recording mode of the information related to shooting is changed based on the area information, so that the mode most suitable for the area where shooting or reproduction is to be performed. , For example, it will be possible to display or record information about shooting in the local language used,
Handling for shooting and playback can be made extremely easy, and it becomes a convenient digital camera.

According to the digital camera of the fifth aspect, since the input of the area information is performed by receiving the position data from the satellite navigation system, the area information can be automatically input. The display mode or the recording mode of the information related to shooting is automatically changed based on the area information, so that the digital camera becomes more and more convenient to use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a digital camera applied to a digital camera system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the digital camera.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view showing the digital camera.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the digital camera.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data table of a ROM of the digital camera.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data array of a memory card of the digital camera.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of an entire system using the digital camera.

8 is a flowchart showing a data transfer process from a digital camera to a personal computer in the system of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a process of converting a language used for characters by the digital camera shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 based on local data of a shooting location or a playback location.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of character display during image reproduction;
(A) is a diagram when the language of the computer software is Japanese, or when the digital camera alone reproduces an image and the reproduction place is Japan, (b) is a diagram where the language of the computer software is FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a case where English is used or a case where a digital camera alone reproduces an image and a reproduction place is the United States.

FIGS. 11A and 11B are diagrams illustrating an example of character display at the time of shooting; FIG.
If the language of the computer software is Japanese,
Alternatively, FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating a case where the shooting location is in Japan when an image is shot by a digital camera alone, and FIG. 8B illustrates a case where the language of the computer software is English or when an image is shot by the digital camera alone It is a figure in case a photography place is the United States.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Digital camera 10 ... Display part 16 ... GPS receiving part 211 ... General control part 213 ... Communication interface 315 ... Regional data receiving circuit 316 ... ROM 1000 ... Computer HD ... Hard disk (recording medium)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A digital camera system comprising a digital camera and a computer to which the digital camera can be connected, wherein the determination means determines the type of software installed in the computer, and the determination means determines Changing means for changing processing in the digital camera based on the result. 2. The digital camera system according to claim 1, wherein the software type is a language type. 3. The digital camera system according to claim 1, wherein the processing in the digital camera is a change of character information to another language. 4. A digital camera having means for displaying or recording information related to photographing together with or separately from a photographed image, comprising: input means for inputting regional information; And a change unit for changing a display mode or a recording mode of the information regarding the photographing. 5. The digital camera according to claim 4, wherein the input of the regional information is performed by receiving position data from a satellite navigation system.