JP2000171882A - Camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To measure the number of steps and to magnetically record it on the film by incorporating a step number measuring device for measuring the number of steps. SOLUTION: The step number measuring device 8 for measuring the number of steps is incorporated in the camera with a data recording function having a magnetic recording circuit for storing information. In the device 8 of the camera with the data recording function incorporating the step number measuring device, a vibration sensing part 8a always senses the walking of a human being by vibration regardless of the on/off state of the power source of the camera or the display state of a display part 7, and the number of steps is counted by a counter part 8b. A signal counted by the counter part 8b and transmitted to a CPU is displayed on the display part 7 as the number of steps. Next, the display changeover switch 4a of a data input circuit 4 is operated to invert date information and magnetically record it on the film as the display of information on the number of steps. By incorporating the device 8 for measuring the number of steps, it is unnecessary to carry both a pedometer and the camera so as to improve portability.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a built-in camera having a data recording function used for photographing, a built-in angular acceleration sensor as a camera shake correcting means, and a built-in step number measuring device for detecting vibrations caused by human walking. Provided with a camera having a data recording function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various apparatuses for image blur correction have been disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-66448 in which a camera shake is detected by a vibration detecting means. Based on the detection result, the image blur correction device is driven and suppressed, image blur on the image forming surface is suppressed, and camera shake correction is performed.

Further, many cameras are provided with a mechanism for printing date information and time information directly on a frame of a photographic film when the photographic film is exposed during photographing. In a camera proposed in recent years, in addition to such date information and time information, information such as a message and a title is recorded on a photographic film. The user can select and set a desired photo title from a plurality of pre-registered photo title information, and a function of magnetically recording the code information of the photo title below the film frame. Are known.

[0004]

Generally, a camera is
It is very common to take many snapshots at travel destinations and photo sessions. For this reason, the order was lost while viewing many photos, and it was troublesome to check the negatives to see the order in which they were taken. In addition, as information at the time of organizing photos, it has been troublesome to check on a map to confirm the distance from the shooting location to the next shooting location.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a camera having a data recording function, in which an angular acceleration sensor as a camera shake correction means is incorporated, and the number of steps can be measured by detecting a vibration caused by walking of a person, and magnetic recording on a film can be performed. An object of the present invention is to provide a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step counting device.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application provides a recording means for recording information on a recording medium, a display means for displaying information, and a storage for information. A camera with a data recording function having a storage means and having a built-in step count measuring device for measuring the number of steps.

[0007] With this configuration, the distance between photographed frames can be determined, and it is not necessary to carry both the pedometer and the camera, which is convenient for carrying.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, the camera with a data recording function with a built-in step counting device can set a stride.

With this configuration, a camera corresponding to the user can be set.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the second aspect, a distance is calculated based on the set value of the stride and the number of steps.

With this configuration, the current number of steps and the distance can be clearly understood.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, the display means displays a date, a number of steps, and a distance. 2. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera records the number of steps or distance information of the number-of-steps measuring device displayed by the display means on the recording medium.

With these configurations, the date and the number of steps and distance in the shooting section can be clearly understood.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, the camera uses the number of steps of the first predetermined frame and the number of steps of the second predetermined frame stored by the storage means to determine a shooting frame. The number of steps between them is calculated.

With this configuration, the number of steps between photographed frames can be determined from the stored first predetermined frame and the stored second predetermined frame, so that it is easy to calculate the number of steps without troublesome calculation. You can see the number of steps.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, the camera has display switching means for displaying a date, a number of steps, and a distance.

With this configuration, the date or the number of steps and the distance can be easily confirmed.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, when the power of the camera is not turned on, the step number and the distance are displayed on the display means, and the power of the camera is turned on. Is displayed on the display means.

According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent a step number title from being inputted by mistake at the time of photographing.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, the step counting device of the camera is an angular acceleration sensor.

With this configuration, the angular acceleration sensor of the camera shake correction means can be used for counting the number of steps.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment according to the present invention for magnetically recording the number of steps of step information on a film will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of an example of a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step counting device. Reference numeral 9 denotes a camera body, 14 denotes a main switch for turning on / off the camera, 13 denotes a finder eyepiece, 12 denotes a release button, 11 denotes a photographing lens, and 10 denotes a strobe light emitting unit. The camera with a data recording function with a built-in step count measuring device is provided with a display unit 7 for displaying step count information and other date information and a switch for performing various settings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a camera with a data recording function built in the step counting device. Reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that is built in the camera body and controls a sequence of displaying various information, a sequence of a data storage device such as magnetic recording on film, and a sequence of the entire camera. Reference numeral 2 denotes a data storage device for storing programs, parameters, various information, and the like for controlling the sequence of the camera, and stores a date / step number information storage area for storing a date or step number information at the time of photographing; It has a date step count information storage area and the like for storage. Reference numeral 3 denotes a clock circuit having time, date, calendar functions, and the like.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a data input circuit provided with various setting switches. Reference numeral 4a denotes a display changeover switch for switching between date information display and step count information display. When the display section 7 displays date information, 4b denotes an adjusted date. Set / reset switch to set / reset. 4d is a date select switch for selecting the year, hour and minute to be adjusted. 4e is a date switch for changing a date display pattern. 4f is a flash switch for changing the flash setting. 4g is a remote control switch when the remote control is used. Also,
When the display unit 7 displays the step count information, 4b is a set / reset switch for setting / resetting the stride setting. 4c is a stride switch for determining the stride.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a magnetic recording circuit for magnetically recording set date information, step number information, and the like on a film. Reference numeral 6 denotes a camera operation control circuit that controls camera operations (winding and rewinding of a film, shutter, lens driving, and the like). Although an actual operation control circuit differs for each function, in the present invention, for convenience of explanation, the operation control circuits are combined into one and detailed description of each control circuit is omitted. 7 is a display unit, for example,
It consists of a liquid crystal display device and the like. 8 is a step number measuring device, and as shown in FIG. 1, 8a is an angular acceleration sensor of a vibration sensing unit.
Is a pitch vibration gyro, and is a yaw vibration gyro, and detects vibrations caused by walking of a person. 8b is a step counter circuit, which counts the vibration detected by the vibration detecting unit as the number of steps.

FIG. 3 is a basic operation flowchart for magnetically recording the step number information and date information of the camera with the data recording function built in the step number measuring device on the film. Hereinafter, description will be given along a flowchart. The step count measuring device 8 of the camera with the data recording function with the built-in step count measuring device has the camera ON / OFF state or the camera display unit 7.
Regardless of the display state of, the vibration sensing unit 8a constantly detects the walking of a person by vibration, and the counter circuit 8b functions by counting the number of steps. Hereinafter, FIGS. 3, 6, 7, 10
In the flowcharts in the above, each process is abbreviated as “S”. First, in step S101, if the main switch 14 of the camera is OFF and the power is not turned on, step S1 is executed.
Proceed to 20. In step S120, the step number measuring device 8 detects the vibration by the vibration detecting unit 8a due to the walking of the person, and the counter circuit 8
The number of steps is counted by b, and the signal sent to the CPU 1 is displayed on the camera display unit 7 as the number of steps.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of the present step number information display on the display unit 7 of the camera. Reference numeral 7d denotes a step number display unit displaying "125" steps, and reference numeral 7a denotes a photographic film number counter. (Here, as an example, the next photographic film number is displayed as the sixth one), 7b is a battery remaining amount mark, 7c
Indicates a film mark indicating whether a film is loaded or unloaded in the camera (if no film is loaded, no film mark is displayed).

Next, when the main switch 14 of the camera is turned on and the power is turned on in S101, the process proceeds to S102. In S102, the flag A of the date and step count information is initialized, and “flag A = 0” is set. In S103, the clock circuit 3 displays the current date information on the display unit 7 of the camera via the CPU1.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the current date information on the display unit 7 of the camera. For example, the date is
Is displayed on the date display section 7e as "98.7.3". Next, when the step count information is magnetically recorded on the film in S104, the display changeover switch 4a of the data input circuit 4 is operated, and the process proceeds to S121. In S121, the initially set “flag A = 0” is automatically inverted, and the “flag A
= 1 ”. In S105, if“ flag A = 1 ”, S
The process proceeds to step 122, and unless “flag A = 1”, the process proceeds to S106. Here, since “flag A = 1”, the process proceeds to S122, and the camera display unit 7 displays the step count information as shown in FIG. If the date information is magnetically recorded on the film in S104, the display changeover switch 4a of the data input circuit 4 is not operated, and the "flag A = 0" remains. In S105,
Since “flag A = 0”, the process proceeds to S106, and the camera display unit 7 displays date information as shown in FIG.

Next, in step S107, when photographing is performed by pressing the release button 12 of the camera, the flow proceeds to S108, and when the release button 12 of the camera is not pressed, the flow returns to S104.
When taking a picture in S108, the release button is a two-stage switch, and the first-stage switch and the second-stage switch are sequentially turned on by a stroke of pressing the release button. First, a first-stage switch (hereinafter, this operation is referred to as a switch 1) measures the distance and photometry of the subject from a not-shown distance measurement and photometry sensor to the camera body 9. Further, by the second-stage switch (hereinafter, this operation is referred to as switch 2),
A shutter (not shown) is released from the camera body 9 to take a picture.

Next, in step S109, if the step count information display is "flag A = 1", the flow advances to step S123 to store the step count information at the time of shooting in the step count information storage area of the data storage device 2. Next, in S109, if the date information display is "flag A = 0",
Proceeding to 110, the date information at the time of shooting is stored in the date information storage area of the data storage device 2. In step S111, the step count information or date information output to the magnetic recording circuit 5 is converted into a recording signal. After the shutter is released by the operation of the switch 2 in step S108, the shooting end frame is wound up and magnetically recorded on the film by the head. You. Next, in S112, if the main switch 14 of the camera is OFF and the power is not turned on, the process returns to S101. If the main switch 14 of the camera is ON and the power is on, the process returns to S104.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention for magnetically recording the number of steps and the distance of the number of steps information on a film will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 6 is a basic operation flowchart for calculating a distance by setting a stride in the number of steps information of a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step number measuring device, and magnetically recording the number of steps and the distance on a film. The basic operation for magnetically recording the film on the film is the same as the basic operation flowchart for magnetically recording the step count information and the date information on the film in FIG. 3, and therefore the description thereof is omitted, and the second embodiment is omitted. The following mainly describes S222 and S230.

Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S205, if the step count information display is “flag A = 1”, the process proceeds to step S222. In step S222, when no step is set, only the step number information is displayed in step S223. Also,
When setting the stride length in S222, the stride length switch 4c of the data input circuit 4 is operated to proceed to the stride length setting routine in S230.

FIG. 7 is a basic flowchart of the step setting operation. The step setting routine will be described below with reference to the flowchart. FIG. 8 is an example diagram showing the current step count information on the camera display section 7 and “step length = 0 cm” before setting the step length. FIG. 8d shows “125” steps on the step number display section, and FIG. Is a stride display section, 7g is a stride counter, "0"
Is displayed.

In FIG. 7, in step S301, by operating the step length switch 4c of the data input circuit 4,
In step S302, as shown in FIG.
cm "is displayed on the stride display section 7f. When setting the stride, the stride is set using the set / reset switch 4b for setting the stride of the data input circuit 4 and the stride switch 4c. When the user operates the button 4c again, the number of the counter is sequentially displayed from 0 to 9 in S304 (displayed in the order of 0, 1, 2, to 8, 9). When the operation (S305) is performed, the counter stops counting, in which case the maximum stride length can be set up to 90 cm, and then the stride length is set by operating the set / reset switch 4b from S306. If the setting of the stride is OK, the process proceeds to S308, and if NG, the setting / setting is performed again.
If the reset switch is operated, the process proceeds to S304, and the stride setting can be performed again.

FIG. 9 is a diagram after the current step number information and the step length are set on the display unit 7 of the camera.
In S308, the CPU 1 calculates the distance by multiplying the display step number “125” steps of the camera display unit 7 of FIG.
In step 223, in this case, "62.5m" is displayed on the step number information and the distance display section 7h of the display section 7 of the camera as shown in FIG. In step S212, the number of steps “125” and the distance “62.5 m” of the step number information output to the magnetic recording circuit 5 are converted into a recording signal, and after the shutter is released by the switch 2 operation in step S208, the shooting end frame is determined. It is wound up and magnetically recorded on the film by the head.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention for magnetically recording the number of steps of the information on the number of steps between photographed frames on a film will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 10 is a basic operation flowchart for magnetically recording the information on the number of steps between photographed frames on a film from the information on the number of steps at the time of photographing with a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step number measuring device. The basic operation for magnetically recording the film on the film is the same as the basic operation flowchart for magnetically recording the step count information and the date information of FIG. 3 on the film, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted. S423 and S424 according to the embodiment will be mainly described.
Hereinafter, description will be given along the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram in which the display unit 7 of the camera displays the current step number information at the time of photographing and the step number information between photographed frames. Reference numeral 7d denotes a step number display unit of the current step number information.
7i is displayed as "5" steps, and 7i is displayed as "25" steps in a step number information display section between photographed frames.

In step S423 in FIG. 10, the current step count information at the time of shooting is transferred to the step count information output storage area of the data storage device 2 in order to output the current step count information to the magnetic recording circuit 5. In step S424, if the CPU 1 stores, for example, the number of steps of the previous shooting as “100” steps from the number-of-steps information storage area of the data storage device 2 at the time of shooting,
The step number information “25” steps between photographed frames is subtracted from the step number information “125 steps” at the time of the current photographing in FIG.
Is displayed on the step number information display section 7i between the photographed frames as shown in FIG. In step S412, the current step number information “125” steps and the step number information “25” steps between the photographed frames output to the magnetic recording circuit 5 are converted into recording signals, and the shutter is released by the switch 2 operation in step S408. Later, the shooting end frame is wound up and magnetically recorded on the film by the head.

[0042]

As described above, the present invention provides a camera having a built-in step counting device.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the number of steps is measured in a camera having a data recording function having recording means for recording information on a recording medium, display means for displaying information, and storage means for storing information. With the built-in step number measuring device, it is not necessary to carry both the pedometer and the camera, and it is convenient to carry.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, the camera with the data recording function with a built-in step count measuring device can set a stride, so that a camera corresponding to a user can be set.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the second aspect, the distance is calculated based on the set value of the stride and the number of steps, so that the current number of steps and the distance can be clearly understood.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, the display means displays the date, the number of steps, and the distance so that the date, the number of steps, and the distance can be known.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, the camera records an image by recording the number of steps or distance information of the number-of-steps measuring device displayed by the display means on the recording medium. You can clearly see the number of steps and distance in the section.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect of the present invention, the camera determines an interval between photographed frames based on the number of steps of the first predetermined frame and the number of steps of the second predetermined frame stored by the storage means. By calculating the number of steps, the number of steps between pieces can be easily known without the trouble of calculating the steps by themselves.

The camera according to the present invention has a display switching means for displaying the date, the number of steps and the distance, so that the date or the number of steps and the distance can be easily confirmed.

In the camera according to the present invention, when the power of the camera is not turned on, the number of steps and the distance are displayed on the display means. It is possible to prevent a wrong step number title from being input.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since the step number measuring device of the camera is an angular acceleration sensor, the angular acceleration sensor of the camera shake correction means can be used for counting the number of steps.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step counting device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step counting device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a basic operation flowchart for magnetically recording step number information and date information of a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step number measuring device according to the first embodiment on a film.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a current step count information display on a display unit 7 of the camera according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an example of a display of current date information on a display unit 7 of the camera according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a basic operation flowchart for magnetically recording the number of steps and the distance, which is the number of steps of a camera with a data recording function with a built-in step counting device according to the second embodiment, on a film.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a basic stride setting operation of a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step counting device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of display before setting a stride on a display unit of the camera according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of display after setting a stride on a display unit 7 of the camera according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a basic operation flowchart for magnetically recording, on a film, information on the number of steps between photographed frames of a camera having a data recording function with a built-in step number measuring device according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a view showing an example of displaying information on the number of steps between photographed frames on the display unit 7 of the camera according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 CPU (central processing unit) 2 data storage device 3 clock circuit 4 data input circuit 4a display changeover switch 4b set / reset switch 4c stride length switch 4d select switch 4e date switch 4f strobe switch 4g remote control switch 5 magnetic recording circuit 6 camera operation Control circuit 7 Display section 7a Photograph film number counter 7b Battery remaining mark 7c Film mark 7d Step count display section 7e Date display section 7f Step length display section 7g Step counter 7h Distance display section 7i Step count display section 8 Step measurement device 8a Vibration Sensing unit 8a Pitch vibration gyro 8a Yaw vibration gyro 8b Counter

Claims (9)

[Claims] Recording means for recording information on a recording medium;
A camera with a data recording function having a display means for displaying information and a storage means for storing information, the camera having a built-in step count measuring device for measuring the number of steps. 2. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera with a data recording function with a built-in step count measuring device can set a stride length. 3. The camera according to claim 2, wherein a distance is calculated based on the set value of the stride and the number of steps. 4. The camera according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays a date, the number of steps, and a distance. 5. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera records the number of steps or distance information of the number-of-steps measuring device displayed by the display means on the recording medium. 6. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera calculates the number of steps between photographed frames from the stored number of steps of the first predetermined frame and the number of steps of the second predetermined frame. A camera characterized by the following. 7. The camera according to claim 1, wherein said camera has display switching means for displaying a date, a number of steps, and a distance. 8. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the step number and the distance are displayed by the display means when the camera is not turned on, and the date is displayed by the display means when the camera is turned on. A camera characterized by displaying. 9. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the step counting device of the camera is an angular acceleration sensor.