CN2712004Y - Multi-purpose digital video camera device - Google Patents

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CN2712004Y
CN2712004Y CN 03236225 CN03236225U CN2712004Y CN 2712004 Y CN2712004 Y CN 2712004Y CN 03236225 CN03236225 CN 03236225 CN 03236225 U CN03236225 U CN 03236225U CN 2712004 Y CN2712004 Y CN 2712004Y
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张韵东
张辉
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The utility model discloses a multipurpose digital camera shooting device. It comprises a storage module which can be used to store the data information transmitted by a camera module or an interface module and can be used as a storing section of a mobile storing device when the multipurpose digital camera shooting device is connected with a computer, and a mode converting switch or a mode selecting procedure module included in a control module which can select the various purposes of use when the multipurpose digital camera shooting device is connected with a computer. The utility model provides a multipurpose digital camera shooting device which can be used as an independent mobile storing device and an independent computer camera as well. Furthermore, the multipurpose digital camera shooting device can be used as an independent static-state digital camera, which is convenient for the users and greatly decreases the unnecessary waste.

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The multipurpose digital camera
Technical field
The utility model relates to digital camera, particularly relates to a kind of multiduty digital camera, and it selects to can be used as flash memory device when joining with a computer or computer camera uses.
Background technology
Along with the continuous development of digital vedio recording technology, various digital vedio recording products have begun to enter in a large number huge numbers of families.Digital camera can convert the scenery that photographs to number format by inter-process and deposit in storage chip and needn't use film, and it can also be directly connected on computer, television set or the printer, even under certain condition, digital camera can also directly be linked on mobile telephone or the handheld computer.With respect to traditional camera, the advantage of digital camera is apparent, and therefore, it more and more is subjected to liking of people.
Corresponding to digital camera, computer camera based on same image taking technology has also produced great impact power in the multimedia application field, and it can connect functions such as machine realization video telephone, Web conference, dynamic video E-mail, computer shooting, picture editor, card making in conjunction with related software.
In addition, development along with data storage technology, the based semiconductor storage medium, such as flash memory (Flash Memory), the mobile storage means of art designs, fast, low in energy consumption with its writing speed, can plug at any time, removable, can store jumbo file and data, and do not need excellent performance such as specific mechanical device drives and become the main flow of mobile storage product day by day, as various plug type portable hard drives.Chinese patent application 02114882.1 " supporting the semiconductor memory method and the device of multiple interfaces " also discloses a kind of semiconductor memory method and device of supporting multiple interfaces, is used for data handling system.This semiconductor storage is equipped with the semiconductor storage medium module therein, and the interface module of the serial of controller module and at least two various criterions of support, parallel or wireless communication interface; By the interface of described various criterion, connect at least one data handling system to set up between described storage device and the described data handling system information exchanging channel based on serial, parallel or wireless communication interface with respective standard interface; Described storage device is by described interchange channel and described data handling system swap data.Described device provides the possibility of swap data file easily for the data handling system with distinct interface.Accompanying drawing 1 is its structured flowchart.
But, the function of above-mentioned these devices only is confined to use as a simple peripheral hardware storage device, perhaps simple digital camera uses, do not realize the combination of various functions, when need realizing different functions, the user just need different devices to finish respectively, this is not only very inconvenient, and has caused the waste on the cost.
Though occurred double mode digital camera in the prior art, it both can be used as digital camera and had taken the open air picture recording of taking pictures to, caught splendid moment and fragment, also can be used as computer camera, connected machine and realized dynamic camera function.But with computer camera and two kinds of purposes of plug type flash memory device carry out in conjunction with even and then with digital camera and above-mentioned two kinds of functions further combined with digital vedio recording still never occurred.
The utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of multipurpose digital camera that has improved, and itself and a computer can be used as flash memory device when joining or computer camera uses, and the user can select according to the needs of oneself.
For satisfying above-mentioned purpose, the utility model proposes the implementation of a digital camera, it is characterized in that comprising:
A photographing module is used to obtain the target image line correlation of going forward side by side and handles;
A memory module, it can be used for storing the data message that photographing module or interface module transmit, when this multipurpose digital camera links to each other with computer, as the storage area of flash memory device;
A mode conversion switch, its this device with can select various uses when computer links to each other;
A control module wherein includes the control section of each pattern of changing corresponding to mode conversion switch, and affiliated control section controllable interface protocol module is finished with computer and carried out being connected of various patterns;
An interface module comprises one or more interfaces, is used for carrying out the transmission and the exchange of data with other data run terminals under the control of this multipurpose digital camera control module, and it comprises a USB interface at least.
According to the utility model, when described device is connected with computer, the purposes that the user can need by the mode conversion switch selection before connection, promptly select is to use or use as a plug type flash memory device as computer camera, after multipurpose digital camera described in the utility model then and computer are pegged graft, in the control module corresponding control section control interface module according to the user select to finish with the identification of computer be connected, carry out function corresponding at last.
For satisfying above-mentioned purpose, the utility model also can propose the implementation of such digital camera, it is characterized in that comprising:
A photographing module is used to obtain the target image line correlation of going forward side by side and handles;
A memory module, it can be used for storing the data message that photographing module or interface module transmit, when this multipurpose digital camera links to each other with computer, as the storage area of flash memory device;
A control module wherein includes a model select program module, after camera head described in the utility model and computer are pegged graft, starts this program module under the control of control section, and the user can carry out selection on the purposes by certain mode; In addition, also include the control section corresponding to above-mentioned model select program function in the described control module, affiliated control section can come the control interface protocol module to finish and computer being connected with selected pattern to the selection result of above-mentioned model select program according to the user;
An interface module comprises one or more interfaces, is used for carrying out the transmission and the exchange of data with other data run terminals under the control of this multipurpose digital camera control module, and it comprises a USB interface at least.
According to the utility model, when described device need use as a computer camera or a plug type flash memory device, it is connected with computer, after the connection, control module starts model select program wherein, this application program can allow the user carry out selection on the purposes by certain mode, for example: jump out a dialog box, to select this device be as flash memory device to the user or computer camera uses by this dialog box, then, in the control module corresponding control section control interface module according to user's selection result come the control interface protocol module finish with the identification of computer be connected, carry out function corresponding at last.
In addition, above-mentioned multipurpose digital camera can further include an independently power module, and is independently-powered to be used for this multipurpose digital camera is carried out, and realizes that static state takes pictures so that it can be used as an independent digital camera.
The interface that comprises in the described interface module can be wired communication interface or wireless communication interface etc., can include but not limited to as lower interface: general-purpose serial bus USB interface, UART interface, infrared interface IRDA or even blue tooth interface that is provided with according to Bluetooth specification or the wireless connections interface between some other small type mobile devices etc.
The storage area that wherein is used as flash memory device in the memory module can be removable storage card, also can be built-in storage device.
The contrast prior art, advantage of the present utility model is:
The multipurpose digital camera that the utility model provides, can be used as an independent flash memory device uses, also can be used as an independent computer camera uses, it further has, can be used as an independently static digital camera uses, not only make things convenient for the user, and reduced unnecessary waste to a great extent.
Above-mentioned and other purpose of the present utility model, feature and advantage are from below in conjunction with accompanying drawing be not will become more obvious the specific descriptions of certain embodiments.
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Fig. 1 is a kind of structured flowchart that utilizes the external memory device of flash memory in the prior art;
Fig. 2 is the structured flowchart of device embodiment one described in the utility model;
Fig. 3 is the structured flowchart of device embodiment two described in the utility model;
Fig. 4 is the structured flowchart of device embodiment three described in the utility model;
Fig. 5 is the structured flowchart of device embodiment four described in the utility model;
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of user when device embodiment four described in the utility model being connected use with computer.
Fig. 7 is that device embodiment four described in the utility model is connected the selection dialog box schematic diagram that ejects when using with computer;
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In the following description, known function or structure will no longer describe in detail, to avoid there be unnecessary obscuring with content of the present utility model.
Embodiment one:
As shown in Figure 2, this multipurpose digital camera is realized by following scheme:
A photographing module 2 is used to obtain the target image line correlation of going forward side by side and handles;
A mode conversion switch 9, its this device with can select various uses when computer links to each other;
A control module 1, control and coordinate the work of each unit and the normal operation of whole device, the control section 1a that wherein includes each pattern of being changed corresponding to mode conversion switch 9, described control section 1a controllable interface protocol module is finished with computer and is carried out being connected of various patterns;
A memory module 3 is used to store the data message that photographing module 2 or interface module 4 transmit, when this multipurpose digital camera when computer links to each other, as the storage area of flash memory device;
An interface module 4 can comprise one or more interfaces, is used for carrying out the transmission and the exchange of data with other data run terminals under 1 control of this multipurpose digital camera control module, and it comprises a USB interface at least.
Comprise camera lens 21, imageing sensor 22, analog part 23, A/D (analog to digital converter) 24, DSP (Digital Signal Processing) 25, memory 26 and compression processing unit 27 in the photographing module 2.After the instruction of controlled module 1, imageing sensor 22 is caught the target image light signal with camera lens 21 and is converted to the signal of telecommunication, and be sent to analog part 23 and handle, analog part 23 comprises signal processing circuits such as sampling hold circuit, Y/C separating circuit and gain adjustment circuit, carry out correlated double sampling (CDS) and handle and be separated into the adjustment of the signal level of the look separating treatment of each chrominance signal of R, G, B and each chrominance signal in this analog part 23, promptly pre-white balance is handled.After being converted to digital signal by A/D converter 24, the signal of analog part 23 output carries out Digital Signal Processing by DSP 25 again.Comprise brightness and aberration generative circuit among the DSP25, the gamma-corrected circuit, the acutance correction circuit, contrast correction circuit and white-balance correction circuit etc., image is handled, the view data that obtains is transformed to luminance signal (Y-signal) and color difference signal (CrCb signal), after carrying out the processing of appointments such as various corrections simultaneously, store in the memory 26, after the data of storage are handled according to the compression of JPEG (JointPhotographic Expert Group) form or other true-to-shapes in compression processing unit 27 in the memory 26, under the control of control module 1, record in the storage area 32 in the memory module 3 or and be sent to the processing that computer carries out the later stage by interface module 4 through memory interface 31, show or storage.
Comprise CPU and peripheral circuit thereof in the control module 1, needed program is controlled in the action of digital camera of having packed into, the work of control and coordination each several part and the normal operation of whole device, the control section 1a that wherein includes each pattern of being changed corresponding to mode conversion switch 9, described control section 1a controllable interface protocol module is finished with computer and is carried out being connected of various patterns;
This multipurpose digital camera is when independently using as a static digital camera, and control module 1 is carried out the general utility functions of static digital camera, controls the focusing of this multipurpose digital camera, the processes such as shooting, processing and storage of image; It is in the use that links to each other with computer, control module 1 not only control interface module 4 is finished with computer and is carried out software dialogue and identification, also control this multipurpose digital camera and carry out the seizure and the processing of sound attitude image, perhaps control as data write process etc. in the memory module 3 of the storage area of flash memory device as a computer camera.
Mode conversion switch 9 is electrically connected with control module 1, and the user can select by 9 pairs of different uses of mode conversion switch before multipurpose camera head described in the utility model and computer are linked to each other.
Interface module 4 comprises interface 44 and interface protocol module 45, and interface protocol module 45 comport interface 44 are according to corresponding interface agreement operate as normal.When interface 44 with after the data-interface of computer or mobile communication terminal links to each other, start-up routine in the trigger control module 1, control module 1 control interface protocol module 45 and interface 44 are finished and being connected of computer or mobile communication terminal data interface, and explanation, conversion, control and coffret agreement, finish the initialization of docking port.
According to the utility model, when described device is connected with computer, the purposes that the user can need by mode conversion switch 9 selections before connection, promptly select is to use or use as a plug type flash memory device as computer camera, after multipurpose digital camera described in the utility model then and computer are pegged graft, in the control module 1 corresponding control section 1a control interface module 4 according to the user select to finish with the identification of computer be connected, carry out function corresponding at last.
The working power of this multipurpose digital camera can be the external power source that transmits by interface module, also can increase an extra internal electric source module separately.
In addition, in this embodiment, this multipurpose digital camera also further comprises a state indicating module 6, in order to the operating state of device is indicated, for example, a LED lamp.
This multipurpose digital camera also can further comprise the write-protect function, as increases a write-protect switch (not shown), is used for preventing that data from writing memory module and going, and these all can be realized.
Embodiment two:
As shown in Figure 3, based on embodiment one, this multipurpose digital camera further comprises an independently power module 5, to be used for carrying out independently-powered to this multipurpose digital camera;
This multipurpose digital camera further comprises a keyboard portion 7, is used for sending instruction by peripheral operation to control module, and it can be one or more buttons;
This multipurpose digital camera further comprises a LCD module 8, is used to show the image file that photographing module 2 photographs or is stored in image file in the memory module 3;
The interface module 4 of this multipurpose digital camera comprises a usb interface module 41, a UART interface module 42 and an IRDA infrared interface 43, can finish and being connected of computer by usb interface module 41;
Can finish and being connected of mobile communication phone by UART interface module 42, can finish with the data of computer, mobile communication phone, PDA (personal digital assistant) even other digital cameras by IRDA infrared interface 43 and be connected.At this moment, the device described in the utility model back-up disk that more can be further used as communication terminals such as mobile phone, palmtop PC uses.
Based on present embodiment, this multipurpose digital camera can be used as an independent digital camera fully to carry out target image and takes, and through usb interface module 41 and the selection realization that reaches flash memory device and computer camera after the computer realization data are connected.
Embodiment three:
As shown in Figure 4, this multipurpose digital camera is realized by following scheme:
A photographing module 2 is used to obtain the target image line correlation of going forward side by side and handles;
A memory module 3, it can be used for storing the data message that photographing module 2 or interface module 4 transmit, when this multipurpose digital camera links to each other with computer, as the storage area of flash memory device;
An interface module 4 comprises one or more interfaces, is used for carrying out the transmission and the exchange of data with other data run terminals under 1 control of this multipurpose digital camera control module, and it comprises a USB interface at least;
A control module 1, wherein include a model select program module 1b, after camera head described in the utility model and computer are pegged graft, under the control of control module, start this model select program module 1b, the user can carry out selection on the purposes by certain mode; In addition, also include the control section corresponding to above-mentioned model select program function in the described control module 1, affiliated control section can come the control interface protocol module to finish and computer being connected with selected pattern to the selection result of above-mentioned model select program according to the user.
Equally, embodiment four also is to have increased to be used for this multipurpose digital camera is carried out independently-powered power module 5 with respect to embodiment three, be used for sending the keyboard portion 7 of instruction and being used to show the image file that photographing module 2 photographs or being stored in the LCD module 8 etc. of the image file in the memory module 3 to control module by peripheral operation, its interface module 4 also can comprise a usb interface module 41, a UART interface module 42 and an IRDA infrared interface 43, can finish and being connected of computer by usb interface module 41;
According to the utility model, when described device need use as a computer camera or a plug type flash memory device, it is connected with computer by usb interface module 41, Fig. 6 is the flow chart of user when device embodiment four described in the utility model being connected use with computer, when camera head described in the utility model with USB interface insert in the computer socket groove after, computer can carry out detection and Identification to the new equipment that connects, the model select program module 1b that control module 1 starts wherein, this application program can allow the user carry out selection on the purposes by certain mode, for example: jump out a dialog box, to select this device be as flash memory device to the user or computer camera uses by this dialog box, and Fig. 7 is that device embodiment four described in the utility model is connected the selection dialog box schematic diagram that ejects when using with computer; Then, result's next (as flash memory device) that corresponding control section control interface module 4 in the control module 1 is selected according to the user discerns with computer and is connected, at this time can to detect the new equipment that has inserted be a flash memory device to computer, this computer-chronograph is just sought and is started driver corresponding to flash memory device, after identification is finished, can see the running mark that a new portable hard drive occurred on its display, the user this moment just can be at the storage and the read operation of this new enterprising line data of portable hard drive.
Device described in the utility model can be separately as a digital camera, also can be separately as a removable memory disc or computer camera, more can be further used as the back-up disk of communication terminals such as mobile phone, palmtop PC, its advantage is apparent, and prolongable purposes is very extensive.
Multiduty digital camera described in the utility model, be not restricted to listed utilization in specification and the execution mode, it can be applied to the field of various suitable the utility model fully, for those skilled in the art, can easily realize additional advantage and make amendment, therefore under the situation of the spirit and scope of the universal that does not deviate from claim and equivalency range and limited, the examples shown that the utility model is not limited to specific details, representational equipment and illustrates here and describe.

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1, a kind of multipurpose digital camera is characterized in that comprising:
A photographing module is used to obtain the target image line correlation of going forward side by side and handles;
A memory module, it can be used for storing the data message that photographing module or interface module transmit, when this multipurpose digital camera links to each other with computer, as the storage area of flash memory device;
A mode conversion switch, its this device with can select various uses when computer links to each other;
A control module wherein includes CPU and peripheral circuit thereof, and needed program is controlled in the action of the digital camera of having packed into, control and the work of coordination each several part and the normal operation of whole device;
An interface module comprises one or more interfaces, is used for carrying out the transmission and the exchange of data with other data run terminals under the control of this multipurpose digital camera control module, and it comprises a USB interface at least.
2, multipurpose digital camera according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the control section that includes each pattern of changing corresponding to mode conversion switch in the described control module.
3, a kind of multipurpose digital camera is characterized in that comprising:
A photographing module is used to obtain the target image line correlation of going forward side by side and handles;
A memory module, it can be used for storing the data message that photographing module or interface module transmit, when this multipurpose digital camera links to each other with computer, as the storage area of flash memory device;
A control module wherein includes a model select program module, after camera head of the present invention and computer are pegged graft, starts this program module under the control of control section, and the user can carry out selection on the purposes by certain mode;
An interface module comprises one or more interfaces, is used for carrying out the transmission and the exchange of data with other data run terminals under the control of this multipurpose digital camera control module, and it comprises a USB interface at least.
4, multipurpose digital camera according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, described user carries out the mode that purposes selects: man-machine dialog interface can be jumped out one and carries out the dialog box that purposes is selected for the user before finishing the grafting initialization, and the user can to select this device be as flash memory device or computer camera uses by this dialog box.
5, according to arbitrary described multipurpose digital camera in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that, the interface that comprises in the described interface module is wired communication interface or wireless communication interface etc., can include but not limited to as lower interface: general-purpose serial bus USB interface, UART interface, infrared interface IRDA or even blue tooth interface that is provided with according to Bluetooth specification or the wireless connections interface between some other small type mobile devices etc.
6, according to arbitrary described multipurpose digital camera in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that, described multipurpose digital camera can further include an independently power module, to be used for carrying out independently-powered to this multipurpose digital camera.
According to arbitrary described multipurpose digital camera in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that 7, the storage area that is used as flash memory device in the described memory module is removable storage card or built-in storage device.
According to arbitrary described multipurpose digital camera in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that 8, described device also further comprises a state indicating module in order to the operating state of device is indicated.
According to arbitrary described multipurpose digital camera in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that 9, described multipurpose digital camera comprises further that also one is used for preventing that data from writing the write-protect switch that memory module is gone.
10, according to arbitrary described multipurpose digital camera in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that described multipurpose digital camera also further comprises a keyboard portion, be used for sending instruction to control module by peripheral operation.
11, according to arbitrary described multipurpose digital camera in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that, described multipurpose digital camera further comprises a LCD module, is used to show the image file that photographing module photographs or is stored in the interior image file information of memory module.
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