CN100401738C - Camera apparatus, camera control method, and recording medium having camera control method recorded therein - Google Patents
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An image pickup device such as CCD of a camera is substituted for a photo detector of infrared light emitted from an infrared remote control unit. When infrared light is detected based on an image signal output from the image pickup device, a transmitting position of infrared light in the object is detected. The camera executes such operations that transmitting positions detected are set as a focus detecting range in focus control, an exposure detecting range in exposure control, and a color evaluation range in white balance control.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to dispose the camera and the camera control method of image pickup device.
Background technology
So far, in camera, by this camera, the Imagery Data Recording of the object that will be picked up by CCD is in recording medium, as graphic image data, by utilizing image pickup device such as CCD can detect the fact of the infrared light that sends from infrared remote control unit, CCD has been substituted the photoelectric detector (seeing [0011] Duan Zhidi [0013] section of Japanese patent application KOKAL publication number No.6-22194) of the infrared remote control unit that is used for infrared light.The advantage of this device is can eliminate to be installed in the light receiving unit that is used for infrared remote control unit on this device main body.
Yet in above-mentioned camera, based on existing the infrared light that detects, remote control unit only to make camera carry out scheduled operation in CCD, although consequently can eliminate photoelectric detector, camera does not strengthen user's availability.
Summary of the invention
Camera according to the present invention comprises:
Image pickup device, its with the optical imagery photoelectricity of target be converted to picture signal, the frame period that the image pickup frame period of this image pickup device equals to be scheduled to;
Record cell, record is from the described picture signal of described image pickup device output;
First detector based on the described picture signal from described image pickup device output, detects the light of predetermined wavelength in the described optical imagery that is included in described target;
Determining unit, be used for determining the described image pickup frame period whether be included in from the cycle synchronisation of the optical signalling of the described picture signal of described image pickup device output;
Lock unit, be used for determining the described image pickup frame period during, make the cycle synchronisation of described image pickup frame period and described optical signalling by the phase place that moves the described image pickup frame period not with the cycle synchronisation of described optical signalling when described determining unit; And
Controller when described first detector detects light time of described predetermined wavelength, is carried out the expectant control operation.
Capture control method according to the present invention comprises:
Utilize image pickup device with the optical imagery photoelectricity of target be converted to picture signal, the frame period that the image pickup frame period of this image pickup device equals to be scheduled to;
Write down described picture signal;
Based on described picture signal, detect the light of predetermined wavelength in the described optical imagery that is included in described target;
Determine the described image pickup frame period whether with the cycle synchronisation that is included in the optical signalling from the described picture signal of described image pickup device output;
Determine the described image pickup frame period during when described determining unit, make the cycle synchronisation of described image pickup frame period and described optical signalling by the phase place that moves the described image pickup frame period not with the cycle synchronisation of described optical signalling; And
When described first detector detects light time of described predetermined wavelength, carry out the expectant control operation.
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The accompanying drawing that is included in the specification and constitutes the part of specification illustrates currently preferred embodiment of the present invention, and in conjunction with above-mentioned general introduction that provides and detailed description of preferred embodiment given below, is used for explaining principle of the present invention, wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates the block diagram of the digital camera of embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram that expression is stored in the data content of the command list in the onboard flash memory;
Fig. 3 is that expression is by remote control unit, according to the flow chart of the control procedure of the DSP/CPU3 in image pickup mode;
Fig. 4 is the flow chart that is illustrated in the content of the process that is used for detecting piece;
Fig. 5 is the sequential chart that is illustrated in the operation of the process that is used for detecting piece;
Fig. 6 illustrates the figure of piece of the target of the brightness that is used for detecting picked-up picture image;
Fig. 7 illustrates the key diagram that the district specifies the content of AF operation;
Fig. 8 is illustrated in the key diagram of the content that is used for A weighting E operation in the same district not;
Fig. 9 illustrates the key diagram that the content of AWB operation is specified in the zone.
Embodiment
Embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings hereinafter.The present invention relates to comprise general function, such as AF (automatic focus), AE (automatic exposure control) and AWB (Automatic white balance control) and be configured to the user's of the infrared remote control unit by being connected to apparatus main body straighforward operation, can pick up the digital photographic arrangement of target.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of expression according to the electrical structure of digital camera 1 of the present invention.Digital camera 1 has CCD (image pickup device) 2 and DSP/CPU3.The target of the optical system imaging of CCD2 opto-electronic conversion by comprising condenser lens, zoom lens or the like (not shown) is so that according to the optical imagery of target, output analog image pickoff signals.Optical system comprises the blue tinted glass infrared cutoff filter that is used for by the infrared light of about 750nm to 950nm, and the infrared light of this scope influences the image that is picked up unfriendly.
Except that each parts of DSP/CPU3 control digital camera 1, DSP/CPU3 still has multiple Digital Signal Processing function, comprises according to Joint Photographic Experts Group the single-chip microcomputer of compression/expansion of image data.DSP/CPU3 is connected to the TG (timing generator) 4 that is used for driven CCD 2.The element circuit (CDS/AGC/AD) 5 of input from the image pickup signal of CCD2 output is connected on the TG4.Element circuit 5 comprises the CDS circuit, is used for according to relevant double sampling, from from removing denoising the output signal of CCD2; Automatic gain controller (AGC) is used to amplify the image pickup signal that removes denoising; And A/D converter (AD), be used for converting enlarged image pickoff signals to digital signal.Output signal from CCD2 is converted into digital signal by element circuit 5, and final signal is transported to DSP/CPU3.
Display unit 6, key inputting device 7 and lens driving unit 5 all are connected on the DSP/CPU3.In addition, DRAM10, onboard flash memory 11 and card 12 all are connected to DSP/CPU3 by address data bus 9.Card 12 is connected on the storage card 13 that is removably mounted in the draw-in groove that limits on the camera main-body (not shown).
Display unit 6 comprises color LCD and driver thereof, and in the image pickup standby mode, and the graph image of the target that will be picked up by CCD2 is shown as consecutive image, and in reproduction mode, its shows the document image of reading and expanding from storage card 13 simultaneously.Key inputting device 7 comprises a plurality of operation keyss, such as shutter key, power key, mode selecting key and crosswise key, and key inputting device 7 response users' key operation, key input signal is outputed to DSP/CPU3.One or more chimes of dooms are sent in the instruction of alarm unit 14 response DSP/CPU3.
In onboard flash memory 11, the control program of each parts that are used to make DSP/CPU3 control digital camera 1 and the various data that are used to operate DPS/CPU3 have been stored.When according to control program, during operation DSP/CPU3, it serves as first detector, second detector, controller, designating unit and recognition unit.In onboard flash memory 11, the data of formation command list T have as shown in Figure 2 been stored.Command list T is that expression is included in the value (code value) of the specific code data from the remote control unit signal that above-mentioned infrared remote control unit transmits and the table of the order that is used to operate represented thus.
Hereinafter, in the digital camera 1 that will be described in constitutes as mentioned above, determine the operation in the situation of remote control image pickup mode by the user.
The remote control image pickup mode is described at first, hereinafter.The remote control image pickup mode is of various modes who before had been defined as image pickup mode.In the remote control image pickup mode, when the user operates predetermined button in the infrared remote control unit, in the zone of the target of will pick up, each position of response infrared remote control unit, in the pattern of polytype (being three types in the present invention), pick up figure selectively.In the present embodiment, infrared remote control unit transmits signal, and the code data that is used to detect that wherein will have predetermined bit width and repeat the ON-OFF state is increased to the head of the code data that is used for order.In this case, each bit wide of the part of the code data that will be used to detect is arranged to the length corresponding to the twice of the drive cycle (frame period) of the CCD2 under the situation that is used for the processing that piece detects of being longer than that (see figure 5) below will mention, and infrared remote control unit sends by above-mentioned blue tinted glass infrared cutoff filter, has the infrared light of the wavelength of about 950nm to 1050nm.
Hereinafter, will pass through the flow chart of the control procedure of DSP/CPU3 as shown in Figure 3, be described in the concrete operations in the remote control image pickup mode according to expression.When definite remote control image pickup mode, DSP/CPU3 is fixed to 1/2 frame with the time for exposure among the CCD2, so as in predetermined drive cycle (frame period) beginning continuous exposure (step SA1), then, this process is carried out piece and is detected and handle (step SA2).Fig. 4 is that piece detect to be handled the flow chart of (step SA2), and Fig. 5 is illustrated in wherein that infrared remote control unit transmitted with infrared signal during the cycle of the code data that is used to detect, the sequential chart of the operation of digital camera 1, and the cycle of infrared signal and frame period are synchronous.Detect in the processing at piece, as mentioned above, allow CCD2 in the frame period, by 1/2 frame period exposure (step SB1).The time for exposure of CCD2 is latter half of corresponding to the frame period.To be stored in (step SB2) in the buffer corresponding to the brightness data of every kind of color of the graph image of the quantity of a frame that obtains as the exposure result.Then, the graph image zone is divided into several detects pieces (0,0) to (7,7), these detect pieces is to obtain by divide this zone equably in as shown in Figure 6 directions X and Y direction, and continues following step.In this case, the quantity of these pieces and shape can be different from above-mentioned described quantity and shape.
A piece (0,0) is arranged to object block (step SB3), then, determines in piece, whether to have to have the predetermined luminance or the pixel of high brightness more.Under situation about existing, determine infrared light luminous (at step SB4 for being), and in the numeric data code that is used for before having kept is accumulated in buffering area in each detection piece of RAM10, numeric data code " 1 " (step SB5) is set.Under non-existent situation, determine that infrared light extinguishes (being not) in step SB4, and code data " 0 " (step SB6) is set.On all residue detection pieces of the target that conduct will be handled, carry out this processing (, being not among the step SB10) at step SB7 to SB9.When finishing the processing that relates to last detection piece (in step SB7 and SB8 for not, and in step SB9 for being), process turns back to step SB1 so, allows CCD2 to expose in next time for exposure, and repeats the processing that begins from step SB2.Therefore, response sequentially be accumulated in DRAM10 corresponding to the quantity data of time for exposure each detect in the above-mentioned buffering area of piece.
As mentioned above, the bit wide of the signal of that will send from infrared remote control unit, that be used to detect code data is arranged to be longer than 2 times the length in the frame period (infrared signal of Fig. 5) of CCD2.Therefore, during repeating the cycle of above-mentioned processing, be accumulated in each detect code data in piece become with respect under the synchronous situation of signal period of infrared light and frame period, once luminous two luminous (" 11 ") of infrared light.On the contrary, when differing from one another when step, numeric data code becomes once luminous, three luminous position (" 111 ") (numeric data code among Fig. 5) with respect to infrared light.
Therefore, determine during repeating said process, in the time of in code data being accumulated in each detection piece, represent whether the bitmap of above-mentioned asynchronous mode appears on the code data that detects piece (step SB8).Under situation about occurring (step SB8 is for being), resetting at this moment is used for the frame counter of driven CCD 2, and with 1/2 frame for its phototiming so that make the single cycle synchronisation (step SB11) of this timing and infrared light.The timing of the frame counter that will reset is " frame time-time for exposure " of the count value of the frame counter count value that reaches 1/2 frame.After this, resetting is accumulated in each and detects all code datas (step SB12) in piece, and process turns back to step SB1, so that from beginning the repetition said process, and code data is accumulated in each again detects in piece.
On the other hand, whether definite these code datas that conform to detection are accumulated in any one that detects piece and repeat said process simultaneously.When determining (step SB7 is for being), at that time, enabler flags is set to detection piece (step SB13) as target.To detect the delivering position that piece (the detection piece of (3,5) in the embodiment of Fig. 6) is arranged to infrared light.Therefore, the end block testing process, with and process turn back to main routine among Fig. 3.
Subsequently, allow CCD2 in main routine,, in addition, begin to gather code data, confirm detection signal (brightness) (step SA3) simultaneously according to the detection piece of in the piece testing process, determining with the frame period exposure.Continue this process till obtaining to have the data of the bit wide of pre-determining.After obtaining to pre-determine the data of bit wide, that is, be used for the code data (step SA4 is for being) of order, in command list T, confirm the code data (step SA5) that conforms to the code value that is obtained, in addition, affirmation is corresponding to the content (step SA6) of the order of the code data that conforms to.After this, following process is carried out in the command operation that response is confirmed.
When the operational order of being confirmed is zone when specifying AF, cover in the piece testing process, be set to infrared light delivering position the detection piece and on every side the regional A1 of eight pieces be arranged to focal zone in the auto focus control, (step SA7) as shown in Figure 7.Then, allow alarm unit 14 to send predetermined chimes of doom and begin image pickup to notify the user.In addition, control AF, AE and AWB respectively,, carry out image pickup, and compression is as the view data that the result obtained of image pickup, so that it is stored in (step SA10 to SA13) in the storage card 13 by CCD2.
When the operational order of confirming in step SA6 is when being used for the A weighting E in single zone, be arranged to the high order district A2 of octuple weighting respectively with detecting piece and eight pieces on every side thereof, with 40 (maximums around it, be 33 in the present embodiment then) piece be arranged to four extraordinarily power in time the district A3, and other pieces are arranged to unweighted low order district A4, as the weighting district in the automatic exposure control, (step SA8) as shown in Figure 8.After this, the processing among the implementation step SA10 to SA13 is so that storing image data.
When the operational order of confirming in step SA6 was zone appointment AWB, 40 (maximum is 33 in this example) piece was arranged to the color identification district in the Automatic white balance control around eight pieces of vicinity of above-mentioned on every side detection piece, as shown in Figure 9.After this, the processing of execution in step SA10 to SA13 is so that storing image data.
In above-mentioned remote control image pickup mode, when realizing with infrared remote control unit that by the user image pick-up operation in the AF pattern is specified in the zone, can be under high precision focusing situation, carry out this image pick-up operation, wherein the user as near the main target the receiving position that is positioned at infrared light keeps the vernier focusing point.In addition, when execution is used for the image pick-up operation of each regional A weighting E pattern, can under high precision focusing situation, carry out this image pickup, wherein around the user, realize correct exposure.When the image pick-up operation in the realization zone appointment AWB pattern, on the basis in the zone on every side of only getting rid of the user, adjust under the situation of white balance, can realize this image pickup, with activation under the situation of the high precision white balance of the influence of color of guaranteeing to be subjected to user's clothes or the like sharply, the carries out image pick-up operation.Therefore, according to the present invention, can not only remove the photoelectric detector that is used for infrared signal, and can increase user's availability.
Describe image pick-up operation in the present embodiment and followed the above-mentioned different control this structure of (be used for the A weighting E in single zone, the regional AF of appointment and zone and specify AWB), wherein, make it become possibility by using the infrared remote control unit in the digital camera 1.It can constitute and be used for the operation different with image pickup, and its mode makes that according to the operation of infrared remote control unit, the delivering position (being target) of the infrared light in the optical imagery that response is picked up can carry out other operation.On the other hand, comprise at digital camera 1 under the situation of the function that is used to pick up moving image,, can carry out the motion relevant with moving image by the operation infrared remote control unit.
In addition, receive and identify by using CCD2 although present embodiment is configured to a plurality of code datas, it also can be arranged to only receive a code data.
In addition, it can be arranged to only to confirm to receive infrared light whether and allow affirmation about the position of the starting point that transmits, and on the remote signal that will receive and transmit, do not carry code data, and when receiving infrared light, carry out scheduled operation with infrared light.Yet in this case, owing to be easy to be subjected to influence by from the light except that infrared remote control unit (noise), the reception light of appearance is easy to detect mistakenly.Therefore, preferably,, on remote signal, carry code data, and, carry out scheduled operation only when can receiving code during data as in the present embodiment.
In addition, preferably, as in the present embodiment, when carrying code data on remote signal, the signal period of the infrared light in the phototiming of CCD2 and the receiving code data is synchronous.More particularly, when synchronized with each other and code data is carried on the remote signal when two components, can further reduce the incidence of error detection.This is extremely effective under the especially wide situation of the bit width of code data.
Hereinafter, will the modification of aforesaid embodiment be described.In the above-described embodiments, according to sizable of piece testing process setting shown in Figure 6, carried out the detection of the delivering position that is used for infrared light by before.Yet,, can detect the delivering position of infrared light by single pixel or a plurality of pixel.
In addition, at this delivering position of certain hour continuous detecting infrared light in the cycle, event memory sequentially, and the certain hour cycle after, on the basis of the variation in a plurality of delivering positions of during the above-mentioned cycle, storing, determine the specific region.For example, make the zone (circle, rectangle or the like) that comprises all a plurality of delivering positions become the specific region.Then, only with this specific region as its target after, allow to carry out and to follow the image pick-up operation that AF handles, AE handles and AWB handles.Type about processing of the AF in the image pick-up operation or the like, they can be set in advance by the user, maybe can be with detect accumulate above-mentioned code data concurrently during, the processing of the accumulation code data that obtains corresponding to the configuration of the detection by realizing delivering position continuously.
According to aforesaid this modification, when image pick-up operation, can freely specify the target area that is used for AF processing or the like by the user, so that further strengthen its availability.
Except that foregoing description, can realize described operation hereinafter.As mentioned above, in certain hour detection of the delivering position of execution infrared light continuously in the cycle, event memory sequentially, after this, during the certain hour cycle, on the basis of the variation of a plurality of delivering positions of having stored, identification is as the moving picture of the infrared remote control unit in the source that is used to transmit infrared light.With the moving picture of identification must be the moving picture that can be easy to discern, for example, they can be move both vertically, horizontal movement and be used for the figure of the motion of picture great circle.Recognition methods is arbitrarily, and for example, it can be on the coordinate corresponding to the detection pixel cell in the memory, a plurality of delivering positions that draw, and the mode of its distribution map being carried out Figure recognition.
In addition, memory command table, the moving picture that its expression will identification and be used for image recognition order that AF handles or the like.When the identification moving picture, at first, the zone that mobile infrared remote control unit is contiguous, for example at any time, it with the delivering position part or all a certain zone of the zone at center and the delivering position that detected, in other words, part or all the zone that comprises the movement locus of infrared remote control unit is set to the specific region.Then, only with respect to aforesaid this zone, carry out the image pick-up operation of following corresponding to the processing of above-mentioned moving image as target.
According to above-mentioned modification, for example, by moving horizontally infrared remote control unit, realize the image pick-up operation of following AF handle of main target for user itself, and by vertical moving infrared control unit, the image pick-up operation of following AWB to handle wherein, makes user itself and becomes color identification district (or the zone except that the color identification district) on every side.Therefore, further increase the availability that comprises the digital camera that disposes as mentioned above.With first embodiment similarly be,, and, start aforesaid operations, can prevent the faulty operation that causes owing to the error detection remote signal only when can receiving code during data if on remote signal, carry specific code data.
In the foregoing description, the present invention can be applicable to digital camera 1.Yet except that digital camera, the present invention can be applied to film camera, have the cellular phone of camera, have camera PDA, have personal computer of camera or the like.In addition, the present invention can also be applied to comprise image pickup device, such as the silver salt camera of CCD and cmos sensor.In addition, when only modification or update package are contained in the program that has now in digital camera or the like, can realize and the present embodiment identical operations.
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1. camera comprises:
Image pickup device, its with the optical imagery photoelectricity of target be converted to picture signal, the frame period that the image pickup frame period of this image pickup device equals to be scheduled to;
Record cell, record is from the described picture signal of described image pickup device output;
First detector based on the described picture signal from described image pickup device output, detects the light of predetermined wavelength in the described optical imagery that is included in described target;
Determining unit, be used for determining the described image pickup frame period whether be included in from the cycle synchronisation of the optical signalling of the described picture signal of described image pickup device output;
Lock unit, be used for determining the described image pickup frame period during, make the cycle synchronisation of described image pickup frame period and described optical signalling by the phase place that moves the described image pickup frame period not with the cycle synchronisation of described optical signalling when described determining unit; And
Controller when described first detector detects light time of described predetermined wavelength, is carried out the expectant control operation.
2. camera as claimed in claim 1 further comprises:
Designating unit based on the variation of the described delivering position that is detected by described first detector, is specified the arbitrary region of described destination object; And
Wherein, described controller is with respect to the zone by described designating unit appointment, executive control operation.
3. camera as claimed in claim 1 further comprises:
Recognition unit based on the variation of the described delivering position that is detected by described first detector, is discerned the moving picture of the transfer source of described light signal, and
Wherein, described controller is based on the described moving picture by described recognition unit identification, executive control operation.
4. camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the focus detection scope.
5. camera as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the focus detection scope.
6. camera as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the focus detection scope.
7. camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the exposure tests scope.
8. camera as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the exposure tests scope.
9. camera as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the exposure tests scope.
10. camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the color identification scope.
11. camera as claimed in claim 2, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the color identification scope.
12. camera as claimed in claim 3, wherein, described controller is carried out the operation that is used to be provided with the color identification scope.
13. camera as claimed in claim 1 further comprises:
Second detector, the described picture signal based on from described image pickup device output detects the specific code data that transmits by described light signal; And
Wherein, described controller is carried out described control operation based on the described specific code data that is detected by described second detector.
14. camera as claimed in claim 1 further comprises:
Second detector, based on the described picture signal from described image pickup device output, difference is by one in a plurality of specific code data of described light signal transmission; And
Wherein, described controller is carried out described control operation based on the described specific code data by described second detector identification.
15. camera as claimed in claim 2 further comprises:
Second detector, based on the described picture signal from described image pickup device output, difference is by one in a plurality of specific code data of described light signal transmission; And
Wherein, described controller is carried out described control operation based on the described specific code data by described second detector identification.
16. camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein
Described first detector detects the delivering position of described light; And
Described controller is carried out described expectant control operation in response to the delivering position of the light that described first detector detects.
17. camera as claimed in claim 16 further comprises:
Second detector is used to detect polytype code data, and these code datas send by the described optical signalling of periodically exporting from described image pickup device; And
Described polytype code data that wherein said controller detects according to described second detector is carried out described expectant control operation.
18. as claim 13 or 17 described cameras, wherein said first detector detected described light before described second detector detects described code data.
19. a camera control method comprises:
Utilize image pickup device with the optical imagery photoelectricity of target be converted to picture signal, the frame period that the image pickup frame period of this image pickup device equals to be scheduled to;
Write down described picture signal;
Based on described picture signal, detect the light of predetermined wavelength in the described optical imagery that is included in described target;
Determine the described image pickup frame period whether with the cycle synchronisation that is included in the optical signalling from the described picture signal of described image pickup device output;
Determine the described image pickup frame period during when described determining unit, make the cycle synchronisation of described image pickup frame period and described optical signalling by the phase place that moves the described image pickup frame period not with the cycle synchronisation of described optical signalling; And
When described first detector detects light time of described predetermined wavelength, carry out the expectant control operation.
20. camera control method as claimed in claim 19, wherein
Described first detector detects the delivering position of described light; And
Described controller is carried out described expectant control operation in response to the delivering position of the light that described first detector detects.
21. camera control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprises:
Based on the variation of the delivering position that is detected, specify the arbitrary region of described target image; And
Wherein, described control operation comprises the control operation with respect to described specific region.
22. camera control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprises:
Based on the variation of the delivering position that is detected, discern the moving picture of the transfer source of described light signal; And
Wherein, described control operation comprises the control operation based on the moving picture of being discerned.
23. camera control method as claimed in claim 20 further comprises:
Detect polytype code data by second detector, these code datas send by the described optical signalling of periodically exporting from described image pickup device; And
Described polytype code data that wherein said controller detects according to described second detector is carried out described expectant control operation.
24. camera control method as claimed in claim 23, wherein said first detector detected described light before described second detector detects described code data.
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