JP2000330185A - Camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a user possible to optionally set the priority order of printing plural pieces of information on a print. SOLUTION: The camera is provided with a recording means for recording position information and title information on a photographed image on a film, operating means 114 and 115 for setting the priority order at printing the position information and the title information on the print, and a recording control means for controlling the recording means so as to record the priority order of printing in accordance with the order set by the operating means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera capable of recording the priority of printing information on a print.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a camera for recording both photographing position information and date and time has been proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-64169. Similarly, a camera that records measurement information together with image information on an image as character information and on a data recording device separately provided as data has been proposed in JP-A-8-190145.

[0003]

However, none of the above-mentioned prior arts describes the order in which a plurality of recording data is recorded, that is, the priority order with respect to other recording information.

(Object of the Invention) A first object of the present invention is to provide a camera in which a user can arbitrarily set a priority order of printing a plurality of pieces of information on a print. .

A second object of the present invention is to provide a camera capable of automatically setting the priority of printing a plurality of information on a print in accordance with the situation.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a camera capable of printing important information out of a plurality of pieces of information on a print.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a camera capable of simplifying the recording operation when the same printing priority is given to one film.

[0008]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera having recording means for recording position information and title information relating to a photographed image on a film. A camera having operating means for setting a priority when printing the position information and title information, and recording control means for causing the recording means to record the printing priority in accordance with the order set by the operating means. Is what you do.

Further, in order to achieve the second object,
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera having recording means for recording a plurality of pieces of information on a photographed image on a film,
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera having a recording control unit that causes the recording unit to record a priority order of printing the plurality of pieces of information on a print in accordance with the contents of the plurality of pieces of information to be recorded.

In order to achieve the third object,
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera according to the second aspect, wherein the recording control means functions only when the maximum number of printable characters is exceeded on a print.

Further, in order to achieve the fourth object,
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the camera according to the first or second aspect, wherein information relating to a photographed image is recorded in each frame, and the priority of printing is recorded in a film leader.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a camera according to a first embodiment of the present invention, in which a back cover is removed. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a camera body, 2 denotes a cartridge chamber, 3 denotes a fork, and 4 denotes a spool. The chamber 5 is a film take-up spool. Reference numeral 6 denotes an aperture of the camera, at which the film is exposed. Reference numeral 7 denotes a photoreflector disposed at the upper left as viewed from the back of the camera as shown in FIG. 1, that is, between the photographing frame and the next frame, and detects a film perforation. Reference numeral 8 denotes a photo reflector mainly used for detecting a film feeding speed, and similarly detects film perforation. Reference numeral 9 denotes a magnetic head for recording or reproducing information by being pressed against the magnetic layer of the film. Reference numeral 10 denotes a finder, and 11 denotes a release button. The switch 52 is turned on in a first stroke, and the switch 53 is turned on in a second stroke.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the camera.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 50 denotes a control circuit comprising a microprocessor for controlling various circuits of the camera.
Functions necessary for the program operation, such as ROM and RAM, are built in. 51 is a REW (rewind) button for rewinding on the way, and 52 is the first stroke of the release button.
N is a switch for starting photometry and ranging, 53 is a release switch that is turned on by the second stroke of the release button, 5
4 is a photometric circuit for measuring the luminance of the subject, 55 is a distance measuring circuit for measuring the distance to the subject, and 56 is a focus adjustment of a photographic lens (not shown) based on the distance measuring information obtained by the distance measuring circuit 55. This is an AF driving circuit to be performed. Reference numeral 57 denotes a shutter control circuit for controlling opening and closing of a shutter, and 58, a motor drive circuit for driving a film feed motor 59, which is configured so that the film is wound up by forward rotation and rewinded by reverse rotation. 61 is a timer.

Reference numeral 62 denotes a magnetic recording / reproducing circuit for recording and reproducing information on and from a film. Reference numeral 64 denotes a bar code reading unit for reading the number of films recorded in a bar code on the bar code disk 63 on the cartridge and the use state of the film. Reference numeral 65 denotes a display circuit for displaying a shutter speed, an aperture value, and the like. 70 is a title input unit for inputting a title of each frame, 71 is a position information input unit for inputting position information at the time of shooting, and is a known GP.
It is composed of an S receiving unit and the like. Reference numeral 72 denotes a priority order determination switch, and reference numeral 73 denotes a selection switch. The print priority is determined by operating these switches and a dial (not shown).

FIGS. 3 to 5 are flow charts showing the operation of the control circuit 50 when the control circuit 50 is constituted by a microprocessor, and shows the flow from the loading of the cartridge to the removal of the cartridge.

When the cartridge is loaded in step # 101, in the next step # 102,
The film feed motor 59 is driven in the film rewind direction to rotate the spool in the cartridge. In the following step # 103, the number of recordable images recorded on the bar code disk (DD) 63 on the cartridge, information on the use state of the cartridge, and the like are read. In step # 104, the film feed motor 59 is read.
Stop driving. Next, steps # 105 and # 1
At step 06, the number of recordable images of the cartridge and the usage state (VEI) of the cartridge are stored. Then, in the next step # 107, the use state of the currently loaded cartridge is determined based on the cartridge use state information stored in step # 106. If the cartridge is a photographed cartridge or a developed cartridge, although not shown in this flow, the display circuit 65 displays a warning by blinking the cartridge mark, etc., and winds up the film. The operation ends without any processing.

If the cartridge has not been exposed in step # 107, the process proceeds to step # 111 where the film feed motor 59 is rotated forward to start winding the film. And the next step # 1
In 12, it is detected from the output of the photoreflector 8 whether or not the leading end of the film sent from the cartridge has passed the position of the photoreflector 8, and further, after the leading end of the film has passed, the photoreflector 7 It is determined whether or not the perforation of the film has been detected, and if the detection has been performed, the process proceeds to step # 113.
Here, the driving of the film feeding motor 59 is stopped,
The operation proceeds to the operation after step # 114.

If it is determined in step # 107 that the cartridge is halfway exposed, the process proceeds to step # 108, where the film feed motor 59 is rotated forward to start winding the film. Then, step # 10
In 9, it is detected from the output of the photoreflector 8 whether or not the tip of the film sent from the cartridge has passed the position of the photoreflector 8, and further, whether or not the perforation of the film has been detected by the photoreflector 7. Is continued until a frame on which magnetic recording is not performed is detected by the output of the magnetic recording / reproducing circuit 62. If the frame is detected, the process proceeds to step # 110, and the motor is stopped.

In the next step # 114 in FIG.
It is determined whether or not the priority order determination switch 72 is pressed. If it is not pressed, the process proceeds to step # 116 and thereafter, and if it is pressed, the process proceeds to step # 115.
The priority is selected by the selection switch 73 and a dial (not shown). This will be touched on later.

Step # 116 and subsequent steps are a photographing sequence.

First, in step # 116, REW
It is detected whether or not the button 51 has been pressed. If the button 51 has been pressed, the process proceeds to the midway rewind sequence from step # 135 in FIG. If it has not been pressed, it is determined in step # 117 whether or not the photometry / distance measurement start switch 52 (SW1) has been pressed. If not, the process returns to step # 114, and the same operation is performed. repeat. If the switch 53 is depressed, the process proceeds to step # 118, where photometry is performed by the photometry circuit 54, and the next step # 119 is performed.
, Shutter opening time (TV), aperture control value (AV)
To determine. Then, in the next step # 120,
The distance is measured by the distance measuring circuit 55, and based on the result, in step # 121, the AF driving circuit 56 is driven to focus the photographing lens.

Next, in step # 122, it is determined whether or not the exposure start switch 53 (SW2) is pressed. If not, the process returns to step # 114.
The same operation is repeated. If the switch 53 is pressed, the flow advances to step # 123 to operate the shutter control circuit 57 and an aperture control circuit (not shown) to expose the film. When the film exposure is completed, the process proceeds to step # 124, where positional information is obtained from the positional information input unit 71.
In step # 125, title information is obtained from the title input unit 70. Then step # 12
Then, the film feed motor 59 is rotated forward to start film winding.

In step # 127, the start timing of magnetic recording is determined by the signal of the photoreflector 8, and in the next step # 128, the position information and title information are recorded on the film by the magnetic head 9 via the magnetic recording / reproducing circuit 62. While recording various information including
The perforation is detected by the photo reflector 7, and in the next step # 129, when the feeding of one frame is completed, the process proceeds to step # 130 in FIG. Then, in this step # 130, the magnetic recording operation is terminated. In the next step # 131, the drive of the film feeding motor 59 is stopped, and the film winding is terminated. In the following step # 132, the number of frames is reduced. Increase one count. In step # 133, it is determined whether or not the number of frames exceeds the number of recordable images stored in step # 105, and if not, step # 1 in FIG.
Return to 14 and continue shooting.

On the other hand, if the number exceeds the allowable number, the flow proceeds to step # 134 in FIG. 4, the film feeding motor 59 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the feeding in the film rewind direction is started. In the next step # 136, every time a perforation is detected, the number of frames is counted down by one, and the same operation is repeated until the number of frames becomes zero. Proceeding to step # 137, the print priority information set in step # 115 of FIG. 4 is recorded as the leader section information, and then a predetermined time is waited for waiting for the film to be wound into the cartridge. The film is rewound.

Then, in step # 138, the setting of the use state display of the cartridge is performed by the bar code reading section 6.
By detecting the signal of No. 4, control is performed such that the position indicates "exposed", and the film feeding motor 59 is stopped.

In step # 135, the RE
When the W button 51 is pressed, the operation of starting rewinding halfway and recording the leader section is the same as described above.
After controlling so as to be in the position of “during exposure” in 138,
Proceed to step # 140. And this step # 1
At 40, the film rewinding is terminated. Then, at step # 141, a series of photographing sequence is terminated after the cartridge is removed.

The operations in steps # 114 and # 115 are as follows.
It is as follows.

By pressing the priority determination switch 72, a mode is established in which the priority is switched and determined. Initially, the set order is displayed as a default. The default is "1: title, 2: place name information". If the user wants to switch this, he or she dials it. After the selection by the dial, by pressing the selection switch 73, the first order is determined, and the mode shifts to a mode for determining the second order.

In this example, for simplicity, only two items are used. Therefore, the mode for determining the second rank is not necessary.
The second ranking is determined in the same manner, and so on, until the last ranking.

It goes without saying that other items (for example, photographing data such as shutter speed and aperture value) may be included in the selectable items.

(Second Embodiment) FIGS. 6 to 8 are flowcharts showing the operation of a camera according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIGS.
Regarding the same operations as those in FIG. 5, in the 200s of the step numbers, the signs of the first digit and the tenth digit are the same, and the description thereof will be omitted, and only different points will be described here.

The difference from FIG. 3 to FIG. 5 is that the setting of the printing priority is determined not based on the input but on the basis of the information content, and is automatically set.

Therefore, steps # 114 and # 114 shown in FIG.
Step # 115 is omitted, and step # 2 shown in FIG.
50 have been added.

In this example, when a title having high validity is selected as the title, "1: title,
The priority order is recorded in the order of “2: place name”, and when other titles are selected, “1:
An example is considered in which the priorities are recorded so that the order is “place name, 2: title”. The determination as to whether the validity of the title is high is made, for example, by comparing the content of the title with the date and determining that they match (the content of the title is “Christmas” and the date is December 25). Day)
May be determined to be highly effective.

Further, the combination of the place name information and the title may be stored in advance, and only when a specific combination can be recognized, recording may be performed in a reverse order to the normal order.

The above priority is applied to one film.
By recording the print priority information in the leader section so that the order occupies the majority, the print priority for one film can be designated. The print priority may be recorded for each frame.

In the second embodiment, the priority determining switch 72 and the selection switch 7 shown in FIG.
Needless to say, 3 becomes unnecessary.

The change operation may be performed only when the number of characters to be recorded is read and the number of printable characters is exceeded. For example, if the maximum number of characters that can be printed is 15 characters, and if the title is 7 characters and the place name information is 7 characters, both can be printed. If the character and the place name information are 10 characters, it is not possible to print both, so it is conceivable that the priority setting operation can be performed only in that case.

In this way, printing is performed on the print at the developing station in accordance with the determined print priority. For example, a code corresponding to “Tanoshina” as the title,
When the place name information is recognized as “Kyoto”, the title information is set first, and the place name information is set second,
"Tanoshina Kyoto" is the first place name information,
If the title information is set second,
"Kyoto Tanoshiina".

Finally, a comparison between each claim of the present invention and each embodiment will be described. The recording means in claim 1 corresponds to the magnetic recording / reproducing circuit 62 and the magnetic head 9.
In the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 to 5, step # 128
To # 130. The setting means for setting the priority of printing corresponds to the priority setting switch 72 and the selection switch 73, and corresponds to the operations of steps # 114 and # 115 in the flowcharts of FIGS. The recording control means corresponds to step # 137 in the flowcharts of FIGS.

The recording means according to claim 2 corresponds to the magnetic recording / reproducing circuit 62 and the magnetic head 9, and FIGS.
In the flowchart of FIG.
Operation. Further, the recording control means is provided in each of FIGS.
Corresponds to step # 250.

[0044]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a camera in which a user can arbitrarily set the priority of printing a plurality of information on a print. Things.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the priority order of printing a plurality of information on a print is determined according to the situation.
It is possible to provide a camera that can be automatically set.

The present invention according to claim 3 can provide a camera capable of printing important information out of a plurality of pieces of information on a print.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a camera capable of simplifying a recording operation when the same printing priority is given to one film.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a camera according to each embodiment of the present invention with a back cover removed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the camera in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation of the control circuit of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the operation in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the operation in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation of a control circuit in a camera according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the operation in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the operation in FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 Magnetic head 50 Control circuit 51 RWD button 62 Magnetic recording / reproducing circuit 72 Priority determination switch 73 Selection switch

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A camera having recording means for recording position information and title information relating to a photographed image on a film, an operation means for setting a priority when printing the position information and title information on a print, and the operation Recording control means for causing the recording means to record the priority of printing in accordance with the order set by the means. 2. A camera having a recording means for recording a plurality of pieces of information relating to a photographed image on a film, wherein priority of printing the plurality of pieces of information on a print is determined in accordance with the contents of the plurality of pieces of information to be recorded. A camera comprising recording control means for causing the recording means to record. 3. The camera according to claim 2, wherein the recording control unit functions only when the number of characters to be printed on the print exceeds a maximum number of characters. 4. The camera according to claim 2, wherein said recording control means determines a priority order of printing the plurality of information based on current date information. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of pieces of information are position information and title information relating to a captured image.
The described camera. 6. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the information about the photographed image is recorded in each frame, and the priority of the printing is recorded in a leader section of the film.