JP2001013576A - Title recorder for camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly select a desired title without executing troublesome operation by most preferentially selecting title information having selection preferential date information corresponding to a date from a calendar time means. SOLUTION: By depressing a title printing button 15, the title is displayed at the title display part of an LCD panel 12. The title displayed first at this time is decided based on a date displayed at a date and time display part, that means, the date recognized by the calendar time function of a CPU. When the date is the 2nd of May, for example, the so-called Golden Week from April 29 through may 5 which includes several public holidays is preferentially displayed. When the displayed title is the title desired to be recorded, a photographing action is executed if a release button 11 is depressed in just the state. Then, the title is recorded on the magnetic recording layer of a film at the winding-up time of the film. The display of the title is switched every time when a title selection button 16 is depressed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a title recording device for a camera.

[0002]

[Prior art and its problems] New system (Advanced Pho
When printing from a corresponding film cartridge, a camera (hereinafter referred to as an “APS camera”), based on data recorded on a magnetic recording layer corresponding to a photographed image of a film, It is possible to print a title (character string) representing an event such as New Year, the New Year, the coming-of-age ceremony, and Christmas. The title is recorded on the magnetic recording layer of the film at the time of shooting by the photographer instructing title printing at the time of shooting and selecting a title to be printed from a plurality of titles stored in the camera in advance. In general, selection of a title at the time of shooting is performed by sequentially displaying titles stored in advance in a title display window by a button operation and continuing the operation until a desired title is displayed. However, in this configuration, since the display order of the titles is based on the order stored in the camera in advance, depending on the title, it is necessary to perform button operations many times to select the title each time printing is instructed. It took time to do so, and the operation was troublesome.

Not only APS cameras, but also other types of cameras having a function of recording and printing any titles as described above (35 mm version, Brownie version silver halide film cameras, digital still cameras, video cameras, etc.) Cameras) have similar problems.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera having a title recording device which can quickly select a desired title without troublesome operation when selecting a title.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a calendar clock means, a storage means for storing a plurality of title information, a selection means for selecting any one of the plurality of title information, In a camera having a switching unit for switching between a state of recording on a recording medium and a state of not recording, at least one of the plurality of title information is stored in the storage unit with corresponding selection priority date information added thereto. And when switching to a state in which the title information is recorded on the image recording medium, the title information having the selected priority date information, which corresponds to the date from the calendar clock means, among the plurality of title information is the most recent. It is characterized in that it is preferentially selected.

[0006] The storage means stores a first title information group having selection priority date information and a second title information group having no selection priority date information, and stores the title information in an image recording medium. When switching, among the plurality of title information, the title information in the first title information group,
A configuration in which title information in the second title information group is preferentially selected over the title information in the second title information group, or title information in the second title information group is prioritized over title information in the first title information group Can be selected.

It is preferable that the title information in the second title information group has a configuration in which selection priority date information can be arbitrarily added. In this case, when switching to a state in which the title information is recorded on the image recording medium, the title information in the second title information group among the title information having the selection priority date information corresponding to the date from the calendar clock means, It is preferable to select the title information preferentially over the title information in the first title information group.

It is preferable to provide a display means for displaying the selected title information in accordance with the selection setting of the title information.

Further, a silver halide film having a magnetic recording layer can be used as the image recording medium. A photographed image is recorded as an optical image on the silver halide film, and the selected title information is recorded on the magnetic recording layer. Magnetic recording can be performed. Regardless of the presence or absence of a magnetic recording layer, a silver halide film may be configured to optically record both a captured image and selected title information.

Alternatively, an electric memory, a magnetic recording medium, or a magneto-optical recording medium can be used as the image recording medium, and the electric memory, the magnetic recording medium, or the magneto-optical recording medium is The captured image and the selected title information may be recorded electrically, magnetically, or magneto-optically, respectively.

[0011]

1 to 10 show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an APS camera. FIG. 1 is a rear view of the APS camera 10 according to the first embodiment. The APS camera 10 has a release button 1
1. L for displaying various information of the camera in a substantially central portion of the rear portion.
A CD panel (display means) 12, a self-timer button 13 for setting a self-timer mode on the left side of the CD panel, a date button 14 for changing the date / time setting, etc.
A title print button 15 for selecting whether or not to record a title (title information), and a title selection button 16 for selecting a title to be recorded from a plurality of titles are provided.

FIG. 2 shows all display elements of the LCD panel 12 in a lighting state. The LCD panel 12 has a self-timer mark 2 for displaying a self-timer mode.
1, a remote control mark 22 for displaying a remote control mode, a distant view mark 23 for displaying a distant view shooting mode, a strobe light emission / prohibition mark 24 for indicating strobe light emission or inhibition,
A red-eye reduction mark 25 for displaying the red-eye reduction mode, a film counter 26 for displaying the number of film shots, a battery remaining amount display mark 27, a date / time display section 28 for displaying the current date or time, and a title to be recorded. It has a title display section 29 to be displayed.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control circuit of the APS camera 10. As shown in FIG. The control circuit includes a CPU 30 for controlling the entire APS camera 10.
A memory (storage means) 43 is connected to 30 as a storage element, and as switches, a release switch 31 directly connected to the release button 11, a date switch 32 directly connected to the date button 14, and a title directly connected to the title print button 15. A print switch 33 and a title selection switch 34 directly connected to the title selection button 16 are connected. The CPU 30 includes, as a circuit system, a motor driving circuit 37 connected to a film feed motor 38 and a film sensor 39, a magnetic head driving circuit 40 for driving and controlling a magnetic head 41, and an LCD for controlling display of the LCD panel 12. The control circuit 52 is connected. Magnetic head 41
Contacts the magnetic recording layer 51 of the APS film (silver film having a magnetic recording layer) 50 and magnetically records various information such as titles when the film is wound up. Further, the CPU 30 is connected with an AF distance measuring unit 35 and an AE light measuring unit 36 which are directly connected to the automatic focusing mechanism and the automatic exposure mechanism, respectively. The CPU 30 has a calendar clock function (calendar clock means), and the display of the date or time on the date / time display section 28 is performed based on the calendar clock function. The image captured by the imaging lens 53 is recorded as an optical image in a predetermined area of the APS film 50.

Each time the title print button 15 is pressed, the title print is switched between ON and OFF. When title selection button 16 is pressed while title printing is ON,
Each time the button is pressed, the title is sequentially displayed on the title display section 29 of the LCD panel 12. As titles to be displayed, ten kinds of titles shown in the title column of FIG. 3 are prepared, and the dates (selected priority date information) shown in the display priority date column correspond to each other, and are stored in the memory 43 together with the title numbers. ing. No date is set for a title whose display priority date is blank, and the display priority of the title is defined lower than the title for which the display priority date is set.

To print a title, the user presses the title print button 15 to turn on the title print, and causes the title display section 29 of the LCD panel 12 to display the title. The title displayed first at this time is the date displayed on the date / time display unit 28, that is, the CPU 30
Is determined based on the date recognized by the calendar clock function. Specifically, if the date when the title printing is turned on is a day corresponding to any of the display priority dates shown in FIG. 3, the title corresponding to the display priority date is displayed first. For example, when the date when the title printing is turned on is May 2, No. 4 (Golden Week) in FIG.
Is displayed with priority. If the displayed title is a title to be recorded, if the release button 11 is pressed as it is, a shooting operation is performed and the film is recorded on the magnetic recording layer of the film when the film is wound up thereafter.

If the date when the title print is turned on does not correspond to any of the display priority dates, the title (No. 1) in FIG. 3 is displayed. If there is another title to be printed, it is set by pressing the title selection button 16. When the title selection button 16 is pressed, the title display switches in the ascending order of No. 2, No. 3... In FIG. 3 each time the button is pressed. As described above, if the date when the title print is turned on is a day corresponding to the display priority date, the title corresponding to that day is displayed first. A title that is likely to be selected is preferentially displayed in accordance with the date on which the title is to be printed, so that the trouble of selecting and switching from another title can be omitted.

The title selection processing of the title recording apparatus of the present invention is executed by the CPU 30 and the control program as follows. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the control program. Variables i and j in the flowchart are numerical values corresponding to the title numbers in FIG. When the title print button 15 is pressed and the title print switch 33 is turned on, the variables i, j and k are initialized (i
= 0, j = 0, k = 0) (S101), and it is checked whether or not the display priority date corresponding to the date at the time of operation is in the memory 43 (S102). If there is a corresponding display priority date (S102:
Ali), the variable i is set to the title number corresponding to the display priority date, the variable j is set to the variable i, and the variable k is set to 1 (S10).
3) The i-th title is displayed (S105). By this processing, the title corresponding to the shooting date is displayed first.

If there is no display priority date corresponding to the date of the operation in the memory 43 (S102: No), the variable i is set to 1 and the first (No. 1 in FIG. 3) title is displayed. (S
104, S105).

When neither the title selection button 16 nor the release button 11 is pressed, the display does not change until they are pressed (S106: NO, S107: NO, S105), and when the release button 11 is pressed and the release switch 31 is turned on ( S106: NO, S
107: YES), the recording process of the title displayed together with the release process is performed (S107: YES, S108).

To set a title other than the displayed title, the user presses the title selection button 16 to change the title. When the title selection button 16 is pressed, the title selection switch 34
Is turned on, it is checked whether the variable j is 0 (S10
6: YES, S109). If the variable j is 0 (S109: YES), j
Is not the same as the initial value, there is no display priority date corresponding to the shooting date, and 1 is added to the variable i to display the next title (S110). Since the variable i corresponds to the title number, the maximum value is 10, so if i is 11 (S111: YES), i is reset to 1 and the routine returns (S112). If i is not 11, the process returns (S111: NO).

If the variable j is not 0 (S109: NO), S10
Since j is set to a numerical value other than 0 in step 3, it means that there is a display priority date corresponding to the shooting date, and the process proceeds to S113 (S109: NO) to check whether the variable k is 1. . If the variable k = 1, the variable i is set to 1 and the variable k is set to 0 (S113:
YES, S114). That is, the setting for displaying the first title (No. 1 in FIG. 3) is performed. Subsequently, it is checked whether i = j (S115). If i = j (S115: YE
S), the case where the first title (No. 1 in FIG. 3) is displayed first, and 1 is added to i to prevent the same title from being displayed again until all title items have been cycled, and S105 And the next title (in this case, the second title) is displayed (S116). If not i = j, the process directly returns to S105 and displays the first title (S115: NO). After the title corresponding to the display priority date is displayed and the title selection button 16 is pressed, the variable k is set to 0 in S114. Thereafter, when the title selection button 16 is further pressed, the process proceeds to S117 because the variable k is not 1 (S113: NO). Then, 1 is added to i for the next title display (S117). Next, it is checked whether i = j. If i = j is not satisfied (S118: NO), the process proceeds to S120. i =
If it is j, 1 is further added to i to prevent the same title from being displayed again (S118: YES, S119). Subsequently, it is checked whether i = 11, and if 11, i = j,
It sets k = 1 and returns (S120: YES, S121). 11
If not, return and repeat the process (S120: NO).

That is, according to the above flow, if there is no display priority date corresponding to the shooting date, the display order when the title selection buttons 16 are sequentially pressed is No. 1 in FIG.
The title of No. 1 is displayed next to No. 10 in the order of No. 10 to No. 10, and is repeated thereafter. Also, if there is a display priority date corresponding to the shooting date, the title corresponding to the display priority date is displayed first, and then displayed in ascending order from No. 1, skipping the title corresponding to the display priority date. Up to No. 10. Subsequent to No. 10, a title corresponding to the display priority date is displayed, and is repeated thereafter.

As described above, the case where the display priority order of the title for which the display priority time is not set is specified lower than the title for which the display priority time is set. Next, a case will be described in which the display priority order of a title for which a display priority time is not set is specified higher than a title for which a display priority time is set.

When title printing is turned on on a day other than the day corresponding to the display priority date (for example, May 20), the title for which the display priority date is set may be the title to be finally selected. Is low. Therefore, when the title printing is turned on on such a day, it is preferable that the title for which the display priority date is not set is displayed first. Therefore, as a modification of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the display priority of the titles for which the display priority date is not set is specified higher than the titles for which the display priority date is set, thereby displaying the title. On days other than the day corresponding to the priority date, a title for which a display priority date has not been set can be displayed first. With this display priority, a desired title used regardless of the date can be selected earlier.

When the display priority is set as shown in FIG. 6, the flow of title selection is as shown in FIG. FIG.
5 is different from the flow of FIG. 5 only in the presence or absence of the steps of S115 and S116, and the other steps are the same as those of the flow of FIG. 5. Therefore, the same steps are denoted by the same step numbers and description thereof is omitted. In the display priority order shown in FIG. 6, since the display priority date is not set for the No. 1 title, the title is not selected in the step of S102, so that the process does not proceed to the steps after S113. Therefore, the steps of S115 and S116, which are executed only when there is a possibility that the No. 1 title is preferentially displayed, become unnecessary.

The display priority order shown in FIG. 6 is also effective when a title selection operation is performed on a day corresponding to the display priority date and a title other than the title corresponding to the display priority date is to be selected. . For example, when the title printing is turned ON on July 20, which is the day corresponding to the display priority date,
"Natsuyasumi" is displayed first, but "Natsuyasumi"
Is not the desired title, and other titles are selected, the other titles (Nos. 6 to 9 in FIG. 6) for which the display priority date is set may be the titles to be finally selected. Low. According to the display priority of FIG.
The title (No. 1 to 5 in FIG. 6) for which the display priority date is not set is displayed next to “Natsuya Sumi”, so that a desired title used regardless of the date can be selected more quickly.

FIGS. 8 to 10 show a second embodiment of a camera title recording apparatus to which the present invention is applied. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the second embodiment has a date setting function that allows the photographer to arbitrarily add a display priority date to a specific title. Other configurations are
Since they are substantially the same as the first embodiment, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only the differences from the first embodiment will be described.

FIG. 8 shows an APS camera 1 according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a rear view of the image display apparatus, which is different from the first embodiment in that a title date setting button 17 is provided. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control circuit of the APS camera 10 ′.
Unlike the first embodiment, the title date setting button 1
7 has a title date setting switch 42 directly connected thereto.
In the first embodiment, a memory 4 in which a title is stored in advance
In the second embodiment, the display priority date is set in addition to the title (first title information group) stored with the display priority date added thereto in advance. In this configuration, the photographer sets a date for an untitled title (second title information group) and stores the display priority date in the memory 43 together with the corresponding title. Accordingly, an electrically rewritable storage element (for example, a non-volatile storage element such as an EEPROM) or the like is used as the memory 43 in the second embodiment.

By pressing the title date setting button 17 and the date button 14, a date is set for a title for which a display priority date has not been set (a title whose display priority date is blank in FIGS. 3 and 6). I do. For example, when the display priority date of “Tanjobi” is set to March 23, the following operation is performed. (1) First, the title date setting button 17 is pressed. In the date input mode, "1 Gatsu 1 Nichi" is displayed on the date / time display section 28 of the LCD panel 12, and "1 Gatsu" blinks. (It becomes the "month" input mode.) (2) Press the date button 14 twice. The display of the date / time display section 28 is "3 Gatsu 1 Nichi". (Press twice to change from 1 to 3). (3) Press the title date setting button 17. The value of “month” is determined, and “1 Nichi” blinks. ("Day" input mode is set.) (4) Press the date button 14 22 times. LCD panel 1
The display of 2 is "3 Gatsu 23 Nichi". (By pressing the button 22 times, the number is changed from 1 Nichi to 23 Nichi.)
Is determined. Enters the title input mode and the LCD
“Akemasuteomedeto” is displayed on the title display section 29 of the panel 12 and flashes. (It becomes the title selection mode.) (6) Press the title selection button 16 five times. The display of the title display section 29 is "Tanjobi". (7) By pressing the title date setting button 17, the corresponding title is determined. This completes the setting.

The processing for setting the display priority date is as follows.
It is executed by the PU 30 and the control program. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the control program. In the flowchart, the variable a indicates the month (the moon), the variable b indicates the day (Nichi), and c indicates the title number. When the title date setting button 17 is pressed, the title date setting switch 42 is pressed.
Is turned on, the variables a to c are initialized (both are set to 1),
The date / time display section 29 of the LCD panel 12 displays “a
Nichi "(in the initial stage," 1 Gatsu 1 Nichi ")
“A gatsu” is blinked (S201, 202). When both the title date setting button 17 and the date button 14 are not pressed, the display does not change (S203: NO, S204: NO, S202).
If the date button 14 is pressed without the title date setting button 17 being pressed (S203: NO, S204: YES), 1 is added to the variable a, and if it is less than 12, the numerical value is displayed (S2).
05, S206: NO, S202). Since the variable a represents the month, the variable a
Is greater than 12, a = 1 is reset and the process returns to S202 (S206: YES, S207).

Subsequently, when the title date setting button 17 is pressed (S203: YES), "a gatsu b nichi" (a has been set) is displayed on the date / time display section 29, and "b nichi" flashes. (S208). When both the title date setting button 17 and the date button 14 are not pressed, the display does not change (S209: NO, S210: NO, S208), and when the date button 14 is pressed without the title date setting button 17 being pressed ( (S209: NO, S210: YES), 1 is added to the variable b, and if the numerical value is less than the numerical value of the last day of the set “a month”, the numerical value is displayed (S211 and S212: NO). If the variable b exceeds the numerical value of the last day of the set “a month”, b is reset to 1 and the process returns to S208 (S212: YES, S213).

Further, when the title date setting button 17 is pressed (S209: YES), the title having the title number c is displayed on the title display section 29 of the LCD panel 12 (in the initial state, c = 1, so Masiteome de Toe ")
Is blinked (S214). If the title date setting button 17 is pressed in this state, the setting is completed (S215: YES,
S216). When both the title date setting button 17 and the title selection button 16 are not pressed, the display does not change (S215: NO, S217: NO, S214), and when the title date setting button 17 is not pressed, the title selection button 16 is pressed. (S215: NO, S217: YES), 1 is added to the variable c,
If it is less than 10, the title corresponding to the numerical value is displayed (S218, S219: NO). If the variable c exceeds 10, c = 1
And the process returns to S214 (S219: YES, S220).

The display priority date set in this way is stored in the memory 43 together with the corresponding title, and the title is displayed by the same processing as the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, as in the first embodiment. . in this case,
Since the display priority date may be set for the title of No. 1, the flow of FIG. 7 cannot be used. The display priority date once set can be changed to another date or deleted by rewriting the data stored in the memory 43.

In the second embodiment, the date at the time of the printing operation, that is, the date recognized by the calendar clock function of the CPU 30 is either a display priority date prepared in advance or a display priority date set by the date setting function. In the case of overlapping, the title corresponding to the display priority date set by the date setting function is preferentially displayed. Specifically, for example, in S102 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, there is a display priority date corresponding to the date at the time of operation, and the display priority date and the display priority date and date setting stored in the memory 43 in advance. If the display priority date set by the function overlaps with the display priority date, in S103, the variable i is selected to select the title number of the title corresponding to the display priority date set by the date setting function.

The third embodiment is an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a camera using a silver halide film (image recording medium) such as a 35 mm film. In a third embodiment,
The first and second embodiments have a means for optically imprinting the title in the photographing screen of the film at the time of exposure after release or after the exposure, or along the vicinity of the photographing screen in the case of brownie film. And substantially different. Therefore, only the differences from the first and second embodiments will be described. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control system of the camera according to the third embodiment. The same elements as those in the first and second embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals. The title is imprinted
When the shutter is released, the imprint control circuit 44
This is a well-known method of controlling the LED 45 to emit light from a segment of the LED 45 corresponding to the title character and exposing the film from the back side of the film. The camera of the third embodiment is
As in the second embodiment (FIG. 8), a date / time display unit,
A title display unit, a title print button, a title selection button, and a title date setting button are provided, and title print instruction and selection are performed in the same manner as in the first and second embodiments.

The fourth embodiment is an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a digital still camera (still image camera having an image sensor). As in the third embodiment, the title is printed in the shooting screen. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control system of the camera according to the fourth embodiment. The same elements as those in the first to third embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals. Hereinafter, only different points from the first and second embodiments will be described.
The digital still camera according to the fourth embodiment converts a photographed image (still image) formed on the image sensor 55 located on the focal plane of the image pickup lens 53 into electrical image data, displays the image data on a liquid crystal monitor, and displays the image on the LCD monitor. The title is displayed inside the selected title, and the selected title is recorded on the image recording medium together with the image data. As this image recording medium, a flash memory (electrical memory) 54, a magnetic disk (magnetic storage medium), a magneto-optical disk (MO-optical recording medium) such as an MO or a DVD-RAM, or the like can be used.
Shows a case where the flash memory 54 is used as an image recording medium. In the fourth embodiment, when the title print switch 33 is turned on, the image processing circuit 46 processes the title character to be displayed, and displays the title at a predetermined position in the liquid crystal monitor 47. LCD monitor 4 for title selection
7 in order. In the camera according to the fourth embodiment, the liquid crystal monitor 47 also serves as a date / time display section and a title display section. Also, as in the second embodiment (FIG. 8), a title print button, a title selection button, and a title A date setting button is provided, and designation and selection of title printing are performed in the same manner as in the first and second embodiments.

The fifth embodiment is an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a video camera (a moving image camera having an image sensor). FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a main part of the control system of the camera according to the fifth embodiment. The same elements as those in the first to fourth embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals. This embodiment is third,
This is a configuration in which a title is printed in a shooting screen as in the fourth embodiment. Further, similarly to the fourth embodiment, a captured image (moving image) formed on the image sensor 55 located on the focal plane of the image pickup lens 53 is converted into electrical image data, displayed on the video display monitor 49, and selected. The title thus recorded is recorded on the image recording medium together with the image data. As this image recording medium, besides a magnetic tape (magnetic storage means), a flash memory (electrical memory), a magneto-optical disk (MO-optical recording medium) such as an MO, a DVD-RAM, or the like can be used. 13 shows the case where the magnetic tape 56 is used as an image recording medium, and the image data and the selected title are recorded on the magnetic tape 56 via the magnetic head drive circuit 40 and the magnetic head 41. This video camera has a recording button (not shown) instead of the release button, and the recording button is directly connected to the recording switch 48. When the title print switch 33 is turned on, the image processing circuit 46 processes the title character to be displayed, and displays the title at a predetermined position in the video display monitor 49. Selection of a title is performed by sequentially displaying the title on the video display monitor 49. In the camera according to the fifth embodiment, the video display monitor 49 also functions as a date / time display section and a title display section. As in the second embodiment (FIG. 8), a title print button and a title selection button are provided. And a title date setting button. Instructions and selection of title printing are performed in the same manner as in the first and second embodiments.

[0038]

According to the present invention, in a camera having a title recording device, a desired title can be quickly selected without troublesome operation when selecting a title.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of an APS camera according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an LCD panel of the camera.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a stored title and a display priority date.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a main part of a control circuit of the APS camera according to the first embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a title selection process with a flowchart.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between a stored title and a display priority date.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a title selection process with a flowchart.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the APS camera according to the second embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a main part of a control circuit of an APS camera according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a date setting process with a flowchart.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control circuit of a camera according to a third embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control circuit of a camera according to a fourth embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control circuit of a camera according to a fifth embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 10 'APS camera 11 Release button 12 LCD panel 13 Self-timer button 14 Date button 15 Title print button 16 Title selection button 17 Title date setting button 21 Self-timer mark 22 Remote control mark 23 Faraway mark 24 Strobe flash / prohibit mark 25 Red eye reduction Mark 26 Film counter 27 Battery remaining display 28 Date / time display 29 Title display 30 CPU 31 Release switch 32 Date switch 33 Title print switch 34 Title selection switch 40 Magnetic head drive circuit 41 Magnetic head 42 Title date setting switch 43 Memory (storage means) 44 Imprint control circuit 45 LED 46 Image processing circuit 47 LCD monitor 48 Recording switch 49 Video display monitor Reference Signs List 50 APS film 51 Magnetic recording layer 52 LCD control circuit 53 Imaging lens 54 Flash memory 55 Image sensor 56 Magnetic tape

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masahiro Inazuka 2-36-9 Maeno-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo Asahi Gaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 2H023 HA04 2H103 AA28 AA31 BA05 BA06 BA07 BA33 BA44 BB04 BB22 CA12 ZA03 ZA31 ZA44 ZA51

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A calendar clock means, a storage means for storing a plurality of title information, a selection means for selecting any one title information from the plurality of title information,
A camera having switching means for switching between a state in which the selected title information is recorded on an image recording medium and a state in which the selected title information is not recorded, wherein at least one of the plurality of title information is added with corresponding selection priority date information, Being stored in storage means; and, when switching to the state of recording the title information on the image recording medium, the selected priority date information corresponding to a date from the calendar clock means among the plurality of title information. Selecting the title information with the highest priority. 2. The storage means stores a first title information group having selection priority date information and a second title information group having no selection priority date information, and stores the title information in the image recording medium. When switching to the state of recording the title information, the title information in the first title information group is selected with higher priority than the title information in the second title information group among the plurality of title information. Camera title recording device as described. 3. The storage means stores a first title information group having selection priority date information and a second title information group having no selection priority date information, and stores the title information in the image recording medium. When switching to a state of recording the title information, the title information in the second title information group is selected with higher priority than the title information in the first title information group among the plurality of title information. Camera title recording device as described. 4. The storage means stores a first title information group having selection priority date information and a second title information group without selection priority date information, respectively. 2. The title recording device for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the selection priority date information can be arbitrarily added to the title information. 5. When switching to a state in which the title information is recorded on the image recording medium, the second title information of the title information having the selected priority date information corresponding to the date from the calendar clock means. 5. The title recording device for a camera according to claim 4, wherein title information in the group is preferentially selected over title information in the first title information group. 6. When switching to a state in which the title information is recorded on the image recording medium, the title information in the second title information group among the plurality of title information is changed to the title information in the first title information group. 5. The title recording device for a camera according to claim 4, wherein the selection is made prior to the title information. 7. The title recording device for a camera according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying title information to be selected in accordance with the selection setting of the title information. 8. The image recording medium is a silver halide film having a magnetic recording layer, on which a photographed image is recorded as an optical image, and selected title information is recorded on the magnetic recording layer. 8. The title recording device for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the recording is performed magnetically. 9. The image recording medium is a silver halide film, and a photographed image is recorded as an optical image on the silver halide film, and selected title information is optically recorded. Camera title recording device as described. 10. The title recording of a camera according to claim 1, wherein the image recording medium is an electric memory, and both the photographed image and the selected title information are electrically recorded in the electric memory. apparatus. 11. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the image recording medium is a magnetic recording medium, and both the photographed image and the selected title information are magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording medium. Title recording device. 12. The camera according to claim 1, wherein the image recording medium is a magneto-optical recording medium, and both the photographed image and the selected title information are magneto-optically recorded on the magneto-optical recording medium. Title recorder. 13. The photographed image is a still image.
13. A title recording device for a camera according to any one of claims 12 to 12. 14. The photographed image is a moving image.
13. A title recording device for a camera according to any one of claims 12 to 12.