JP2003153069A - Camera system and camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set photographing conditions according to locations without exterting labor. SOLUTION: Transceivers 10A and 10B always continue to transmit position data through antennas 12A and 12B. The position data are once stored in a memory 30 by a CPU 28 in an interface card 16. The CPU 28 reads current date and time from a time detection circuit 24, reads weather the data from a weather detection circuit 26, and temporarily stores the data at the memory 30. In the memory 30, the table of a photographing position, data and time, and photographing setting conditions to weather conditions is stored. The inputted photographing position, current date/time, and photographing setting conditions according to weather conditions are outputted to the CPU 28. The CPU 28 transfers the photographing setting data, obtained by referring to the table of the memory 30 or the like to the CPU 32. The CPU 32 controls a zoom control circuit 34, a diaphragm control circuit 36, a shutter control circuit 38, and a strobe control circuit 40, in accordance with the photographing setting data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera system and a camera having a wireless photographing guide function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a video camera which receives a radio wave from an external wireless communication device located near a subject, estimates the distance to the subject from the intensity of the radio wave, and automatically controls the zoom magnification ( JP-A-11-41507). With such a configuration, the manual zoom operation by the photographer is not necessary.

[0003]

However, in the conventional configuration, the subject must always carry the external wireless communication device, which is very troublesome for the user. If you do not use a camera with a setting function, users who are not skilled in camera shooting will try to shoot at an unreasonable angle mainly due to the setting error of the lens angle of view, and as a result only a well-made image with a weak impression will be produced. I couldn't leave.

Further, in the conventional camera device, the shooting setting depends on the dimming function in the camera device. This feature
This is a very important function in that it leaves a video that does not have a simple shooting setting error, but it can only shoot videos intended for everyone, and does not fully respond to the desire of users who want to shoot eye-catching videos. .

In view of the above problems, the present invention enables automatic control of photographing settings according to place, time, weather, etc. so that even a beginner camera photographer can record an impressive image. The present invention is intended to present a camera system and a camera that have been created.

[0006]

A camera system according to the present invention includes one or more wireless transmission means for wirelessly transmitting position information of each person, an imaging means, and wireless reception capable of receiving position information from the wireless transmission means. And a portable camera including a photographing condition setting unit that sets the photographing condition of the image pickup unit according to the received position information.

The camera system according to the present invention also includes a plurality of first wireless communication means installed in different places, and a management device for managing the one or more wireless communication means.
The imaging condition of the imaging unit is set according to the imaging unit, the second wireless communication unit that communicates with the management device via the plurality of wireless communication units, and the imaging condition information received from the first wireless communication unit. It is characterized by comprising a portable camera having a photographing condition setting means.

A camera according to the present invention includes an image pickup unit, a wireless receiving unit capable of receiving the image pickup condition information, and an image pickup condition setting for setting the image pickup condition of the image pickup unit according to the image pickup condition information received by the wireless reception unit. And means.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. 10A, 10B are transceivers, 12A,
12B is an antenna connected to the transceivers 10A and 10B,
Reference numeral 14 is a terminal having a camera photographing function.

The terminal 14 is an interface card 1
6 and a camera 18. Interface card 16
Is a transceiver 20, an antenna 22, a time detection circuit 24,
The weather detection circuit 26, the CPU 28, and the memory 30 are provided. The camera 18 uses the CPU 2 as a shooting setting control circuit.
8, a CPU 32 for exchanging data with the camera 8, a zoom control circuit 34, an aperture control circuit 36, a shutter control circuit 38, and a strobe control circuit 40.

In this specification, for easy understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, the operation will be described assuming that the embodiment is arranged in a theme park as shown in FIG. In a theme park, generally, the locations suitable for camera shooting are limited, so assume the location where the system setting person is likely to shoot in advance, and place a transmitter of shooting data at that location. Install as shown in 2. In other words, when the system user comes to the position of the locomotive (shooting location A) and desires to shoot, he / she uses a lens angle of view, a lens diaphragm,
Download shooting data (or position data) such as shutter speed and flash emission conditions. The camera settings based on the downloaded shooting data are automatically set in the camera, and shooting is performed using the settings. The system setting person also installs the transmitter / receiver at other supposed shooting points (shooting place B and shooting place C). As the shooting setting data, the setting data recommended by the camera shooting specialist according to the shooting location, season, time, weather, etc. is downloaded (or converted from the position data to the setting data inside the camera). It is possible to leave a work that goes beyond the work by the passive dimming programmable setting.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the transceivers 10A and 10B installed in the theme park are equipped with an antenna 12
The position data is continuously transmitted through A and 12B. In FIG. 1, circles centering on the antennas 12A and 12B indicate areas in which communication is possible from the antennas 12A and 12B, respectively. In FIG. 1, two transceivers 10A and 10B are shown for the sake of easy understanding, but it is clear that more transceivers can be installed under the condition that the communication areas do not overlap. .

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 14 is roughly divided into two blocks, that is, an interface card 16 and a camera 18. In reality, however, an interface card slot is prepared in the camera, and this interface card is provided. The simplest configuration is to insert the interface card into the slot. As an interface card, in recent years, after inserting the interface card into the card slot of the PHS and downloading the data in an integrated state with the PHS, that is, in a state separate from the camera, the interface card storing the data is used as an interface for the camera. The same applies to the configuration of inserting into the card slot.

In FIG. 1, a user carries a terminal device 18,
The situation where the shooting location A is approached is shown. The transceiver 10A is
The transmitter / receiver 20 of the terminal 18 receives the data for identifying the position of the terminal 18 through the antenna 22. The position data is temporarily stored in the memory 30 by the CPU 28 in the interface card 16. At the same time, the CPU 28 reads the current date and time (month, day, and time) from the time detection circuit 24, reads weather data from the weather detection circuit 26, and temporarily stores it in the memory 30. The memory 30 stores, as a table, shooting setting conditions such as a lens angle of view, a lens aperture, a shutter speed, and a flash emission condition for the shooting position, date and time, and weather conditions. And CP for shooting settings according to weather conditions
Output to U28.

The time detection circuit 24 is composed of a clock counter that outputs the current date and time. When the CPU 28 has such a timer function, its built-in timer may be used.

The weather detecting circuit 26 comprises a circuit for detecting weather data such as atmospheric pressure, humidity and temperature. At present, a method for accurately measuring the weather condition mechanically has not been established, so a circuit that allows the user to input weather conditions, cloud conditions, air conditions such as fog, etc. from a keyboard or the like may be adopted.

The CPU 28 transfers the photographing setting data obtained by referring to the table of the memory 30 to the CPU 32. The CPU 32 controls the zoom control circuit 34, the aperture control circuit 36, the shutter control circuit 38, and the strobe control circuit 40 according to the shooting setting data.

Specifically, the lens field angle read out from the table of the memory 30 is set in the zoom control circuit 34, and the zoom control circuit 34 zooms the taking lens (not shown) according to the set value. To control. Memory 3
The lens aperture value read from the table of 0 is set in the aperture control circuit 36, and the aperture control circuit 36 controls the aperture of the taking lens according to the set value. The shutter speed read from the table of the memory 30 is set in the shutter control circuit 38, and the shutter control circuit 38 controls the shutter speed according to the set value. The strobe emission conditions read from the table of the memory 30 are set in the strobe control circuit 40, and the strobe control circuit 40
The flash emission is controlled according to the set value.

As described above, this embodiment is based on the transceiver 10A.
Based on the position information transmitted from the camera, the table of the memory 30 is referred to retrieve the shooting setting data in consideration of the time and weather recommended by the camera shooting expert, and the camera shooting is controlled by this shooting setting data. As a result, the photographer can take more impressive shots with little effort.

This is not limited to the shooting location A where the transceiver 10A is installed. When the user carrying the terminal device 14 moves to the shooting location B, the position data from the transceiver 10B is received and the camera shooting setting according to the shooting location B is performed. Similarly, if the user moves to the shooting location C, the camera shooting setting according to the shooting location C is performed.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 110 is a transceiver, 112 is an antenna connected to the transceiver 110, and 114 is a terminal having a camera photographing function. The transceiver 110 is actually installed at a plurality of remote locations.

The terminal 114 comprises an interface card 116 and a camera 118. The interface card 116 is similar to the interface card 16 in that the transceiver 120, the antenna 122, the time detection circuit 124,
A weather detection circuit 126, a CPU 128 and a memory 130 are provided. The camera 118 includes a CPU 132 that exchanges data with the CPU 128, a shooting setting control circuit 134, a warning circuit 136, a speaker 138, and an LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor 140.

In the second embodiment, the functions described below are added to the functions of the first embodiment. The function added in the second embodiment is that when the user carrying the terminal 114 moves into the position data receiving range of any of the transceivers 110, the user has entered the area with the camera 114. It is a function to notify to. The additional functions will be mainly described.

Also in the second embodiment, the transceiver 120 receives the position data of the transceiver 110 through the antenna 122. This position data is stored in the interface card 11
The data is temporarily stored in the memory 130 by the CPU 128 in the CPU 6. At the same time, the CPU 128 reads the current date and time (month, day, and time) from the time detection circuit 124, reads weather data from the weather detection circuit 126, and temporarily stores it in the memory 130. The memory 130 stores, as a table, shooting setting conditions including a lens angle of view, a lens aperture, a shutter speed, and a stroboscopic light emission condition with respect to a shooting position, date and time, and weather conditions. Also, the shooting setting conditions according to the weather conditions and a warning signal described later are output to the CPU 128.

The CPU 128 transfers the photographing setting data and the warning signal obtained by referring to the table of the memory 130 to the CPU 132. The CPU 132 controls the shooting setting control circuit 134 according to the shooting setting data.
The shooting setting control circuit 134 is composed of a zoom control circuit 34, an aperture control circuit 36, a shutter control circuit 38, and a strobe control circuit 40. According to the shooting setting data, the zooming, aperture, and shutter speeds are the same as in the first embodiment. And control the strobe.

The CPU 132 applies the warning signal from the CPU 128 to the warning circuit 136. There are various ways to warn the user of entry into a particular area. For example, the warning circuit 136 causes the speaker to output a voice message indicating entry to the shooting location A, and at the same time, the LCD monitor 1
The various characters are also displayed on the screen of 40. The LCD monitor 140 may further display a recommended photographed image recommended by a camera photographer according to the photographing place, season, time, weather and the like.

If the system is to be simply constructed, the speaker 138 and the LCD monitor 140 do not output a message for specifying the location, but simply display the approach to any shooting location by a light emitting element such as an LED. But good.
In that case, the LED should be part of the warning circuit and the speaker 13
8 and the LCD monitor 140 can be omitted.

The output of the warning circuit 136 may be connected to the power supply control circuit of the terminal 114 so that power is normally supplied only to the interface 116 and the CPU 132, and power is supplied to other parts as the transceiver 110 is approached. Good.
By doing so, it is not necessary to constantly turn on the power of the terminal and consume a large amount of power in the entire terminal, and it is not necessary to continue monitoring whether or not it is a shooting location, so that the power consumption of the terminal 114 is suppressed. be able to.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 210 is a transceiver, 212 is an antenna connected to the transceiver 210, and 214 is a terminal having a camera photographing function. The transceiver 210 is actually installed at a plurality of remote locations.

The terminal 214 comprises an interface card 216 and a camera 218. The interface card 216 includes a transceiver 220, an antenna 222, a time detection circuit 224, a weather detection circuit 226, a CPU 228, a switch 229, and a memory 230. Camera 21
8 is a CPU 23 that exchanges data with the CPU 228.
2. Shooting setting control circuit 234, warning circuit 236, speaker 238 and LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor 240
It is equipped with.

In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the first and second embodiments are provided.
A function is further added to the function provided in the embodiment.
The additional function is a function of turning on / off the wireless photographing guide function as needed according to the intention of the user carrying the terminal device 214.

In the third embodiment, first, the CPU 228 detects the state of the switch 229. When the switch 229 is located at a position where the shooting guide is unnecessary, power is supplied only to the CPU 228 and the switch 229 in the interface card 216, and the position data reception operation is not performed. When the switch 229 is in the position where the shooting guide is required, power is supplied to all blocks of the interface card 216,
The position data from the transceiver 210 is received, the photographing conditions are set, and a warning is output, as in the first and second embodiments.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the user is relieved of the trouble of being warned from the terminal 214 at each photographing location, and at the same time, the power consumption of the terminal 214 is reduced as in the second embodiment. Can be suppressed.

Assuming the rental camera system rented out in a closed area such as a theme park in each of the above-described embodiments, the following inconveniences are expected. That is, in the case where transmitters / receivers for transmitting photographing data are installed in various places in the theme park, the photographing data can be easily downloaded when a terminal having the same function as the above-mentioned embodiment is brought in from the outside. It will be available. In order to deal with this problem, the rental camera to be rented out in the theme park may be configured so that the switch 229 can be opened only with a certain key.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of the fourth embodiment to which such a function is added. 310A, 310
B and 310C are transceivers, 312A, 312B and 312
C is an antenna connected to each of the transceivers 310A, 310B, and 310C, and 314 is a terminal having a camera photographing function. Transceivers 310A, 310B, 310C
Are, in fact, located in multiple remote locations.

The terminal 314 comprises an interface card 316 and a camera 318. The interface card 316 includes a transceiver 320, an antenna 322, a time detection circuit 324, a weather detection circuit 326, a CPU 328, and a memory 330. The camera 318 is the CPU 32
8, a CPU 332 that exchanges data with the camera 8, a shooting setting control circuit 334, a warning circuit 336, a speaker 338, and an LC.
A D (liquid crystal display) monitor 340 is provided.

Reference numeral 342 denotes an MPU of the parent network, 344
Is a memory connected to the MPU 342. MPU342
Is a wireless or wired transceiver 310A, 310B, 31
Connect with 0C.

The operation of the fourth embodiment is as follows:
The operation is almost the same as that of the embodiment, and new functions are added to the first, second, and third embodiments. With this additional function, before the terminal 314 downloads the location data, the location data transmitting side can check the ID of the terminal 314 and download the location data only to the terminal using the registered ID. To

This function will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 332 of the terminal device 314 is the CPU 3 of the interface card 316 within a limited range such as a theme park.
28, the transceiver 320 and the antenna 322, and the transceivers 310A, 310B, 310 on the parent network side.
It continues to issue a network connection establishment request signal to C. When the terminal 314 enters a certain shooting location, for example, within the transmission area of the transceiver 310A, the above-mentioned network connection establishment request signal is transmitted to the antenna 312A and the transceiver 31.
It is input to the MPU 342 of the parent network via 0A.

Upon confirming the network connection establishment request signal, the MPU 342 immediately outputs a network connection establishment confirmation notification signal to the transceiver 310A. Transceiver 3
10A transmits the network connection establishment confirmation notification signal to the terminal 314 via the antenna 312A. In the terminal 314, the network connection establishment confirmation notification signal from the transceiver 310A is transmitted to the antenna 322 and the transceiver 3
Input to CPU 328 via 20.

The MPU 342 transmits a network ID request signal following the network connection establishment confirmation notification signal to the terminal device 314 similarly via the transceiver 310A, and in response to this, the CPU 328 causes the memory 330 to transmit its own I signal.
D is read out, an ID response signal is generated, and the transceiver 32
0, antenna 322, antenna 312A and transceiver 3
The network ID is transmitted to the MPU 342 via 10A. From the ID response signal, the MPU 342 determines whether the terminal 314
Of the IDs are extracted and compared with the ID group registered in the memory 344 in advance. The MPU 342 causes the transceiver 310A to output the position data when the ID of the terminal 314 is included in the ID group, and otherwise prohibits the transceiver 310A from transmitting the position data.

The position data output from the transceiver 310A is input to the CPU 328 via the antenna 312A, the antenna 322 and the transceiver 320. Terminal 314
Uses the position data input to the CPU 328 to execute the shooting setting operation and the warning operation as in the first, second and third embodiments.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to limit the devices that receive the position data providing service. Therefore, it is possible to charge for the provided service. Furthermore, by connecting the transceivers at many points that can provide shooting data via a network,
Similar to the merits of the second and third embodiments, the merits of this embodiment can be enjoyed at many points.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of the fifth embodiment of the present invention. 410A, 410B, 410C are transceivers, 412A, 412B, 412C are antennas connected to the transceivers 410A, 410B, 410C, respectively.
Reference numeral 414 is a terminal having a camera photographing function. The transceivers 410A, 410B, and 410C are actually installed at a plurality of remote locations.

The terminal 414 comprises an interface card 416 and a camera 418. The interface card 416 includes a transceiver 420, an antenna 422, a CPU
428 and a memory 430. The camera 418
A CPU 432 that exchanges data with the CPU 428, a shooting setting control circuit 434, a warning circuit 436, and a speaker 43.
8 and an LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor 440.

Reference numeral 442 is an MPU of the parent network, 444
Is a memory connected to the MPU 442. MPU442
Is a wireless or wired transceiver 410A, 410B, 41
Connect with 0C. Reference numeral 446 is a time detection circuit that outputs the current date and time to the MPU 442, and 448 is a weather detection circuit that outputs information on the current weather to the MPU 442.

In the first to fourth embodiments, the position data is transmitted from the parent network to the terminals 14, 114, 214, 314 having the camera photographing function 401, and the terminal 14,
The position data received by 114, 214, 314 is converted into shooting setting data, and the shooting setting data is used as the camera shooting setting data of the terminal. However, in the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the parent network generates shooting setting data in consideration of the current time, weather and position data,
It is transmitted to the terminal 414.

That is, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, after the series of ID authentication operation sequence shown in FIG. 6 between the MPU 442 of the parent network and the CPU 428 in the interface card 416 of the terminal 414, the parent network The MPU 442 uses the current time data from the time detection circuit 446, the weather data from the weather detection circuit 448, and the position data of a transmitter / receiver (for example, the transmitter / receiver 410A) wirelessly connected to the terminal 414 as keys to store the current data from the memory 444. The shooting setting data that matches the date and time and the weather is read. The memory 444 includes transmitters / receivers 4 installed at various locations.
10A, 410B, 410C position, time and weather conditions are stored as a lookup table of the lens angle of view, lens aperture, shutter speed, and flash emission conditions, and search conditions sent from the MPU 442 (shooting position, date and time, and weather conditions). MP the shooting setting conditions that match the (conditions)
Reply to U442. The MPU 442 causes the transceiver 410A to transmit the shooting setting conditions to the CPU 428 of the interface card 416 of the terminal 414.

The time detection circuit 446 is the time detection circuit 24.
In the same manner as above, it is composed of a clock counter that outputs the current date and time data. When the MPU 442 has a built-in timer having the same function, the timer may be used instead. The weather detection circuit 448 detects atmospheric pressure, humidity, temperature, and the like similarly to the weather detection circuit 26, but the system administrator or the like inputs weather conditions such as weather, cloud amount, and air condition such as fog from the keyboard. It may be a circuit.

The terminal 414 uses the received shooting setting data to execute the shooting setting operation and the warning operation similar to those of the first to fourth embodiments.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, in the memory 430,
Since it is not necessary to store the shooting setting information for the position, the date and time, and the weather conditions, the configuration of the terminal 414 can be simplified, and the power consumption can be reduced, and the size and cost can be reduced. And
A rational system configuration can be achieved by arranging a data table, which has a large amount of data such as shooting setting data for each location and time, in the parent network, which may have a large-scale configuration.

The control communication device outside the portable camera, the communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera, and the portable camera body controlled by the device setting at the time of shooting the camera transmitted from the communication card. By configuring, the device settings such as lens angle of view, shutter speed, lens aperture, and flash firing can be controlled from outside the portable camera.

Means for transmitting position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera from the control communication device outside the portable camera to a communication card which can be structurally integrated with the mobile camera;
In the communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera, a huge camera can be provided by including means for converting the received position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera into the device setting at the time of shooting the camera. It is not necessary to wirelessly send the device setting data at the time of shooting, and the communication between the control communication device outside the portable camera and the communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera is simplified.

When converting the received positional information of the control communication device outside the portable camera into the device setting at the time of camera photographing, in the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera,
Further, the communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera includes a time detection means and a weather detection means. From the time detection value and the weather detection value and the position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera, By including the means for converting to the device setting at the time of shooting the camera, it is possible to set the camera as a professional photographer according to the season, time and weather of the shooting place.

When the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera receives the position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera from the control communication device outside the portable camera, the communication card and the structure are integrated. In a communication card that can be integrated as a unit, the received position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera is converted into the device setting when shooting with the camera, and the device setting is transmitted from the communication card to the portable camera body. At times, by configuring the portable camera body to include means for warning the user, it is possible for the system side to notify even if the user is unconscious of shooting. .

A communication card that can be structurally integrated with a portable camera by providing selection means capable of selectively setting start and stop of the communication function in the communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. However, when the position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera is received from the control communication device outside the portable camera, the portable type received in the communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera is received. It is possible to use by including the position information of the control communication device outside the camera into the device setting at the time of shooting the camera, and including the selection means capable of selectively transmitting or not transmitting the device setting from the communication card to the portable camera body. Can choose whether to use the above function or not,
It is possible to reduce the power consumption of the system.

Setting means for permitting communication with a specific communication card is provided between the control communication device outside the portable camera and the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. By including selection means capable of selectively setting transmission of position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera from the control communication device to a specific communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. The system administrator can freely select whether or not to allow the user to use the above function. As a result, it becomes possible to provide services limited to specific persons.

A plurality of network-connected control communication devices outside the portable camera are arranged, and between the control communication device outside the portable camera and the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. By providing a means for collectively processing the setting means for permitting communication with a specific communication card by a central processing unit (MPU) that monitors a plurality of network-connected control communication devices outside the portable camera. Since a plurality of data providing devices can be organically combined, the system provider can provide a larger-scale system as a service.

A means for transmitting the device setting at the time of photographing the camera at the position of the control communication device outside the portable camera from the control communication device outside the portable camera to the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. By providing the device, a large amount of device setting data at the time of photographing the camera can be stored in the central large capacity memory, and the memory capacity arranged in the communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera can be reduced.

A plurality of control communication devices outside the portable camera connected to the network are arranged, and a time detecting means and a weather detecting means are included in the network connected to the network. And a communication card that includes means for converting the position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera to the device setting at the time of photographing the camera, and is structurally integrated with the portable camera from the control communication device outside the portable camera. A central processing unit (MPU) that monitors a plurality of network-connected control communication devices outside the portable camera when transmitting the device settings at the time of camera photographing at the position of the control communication device outside the portable camera By means of this, a means for collectively converting to the device settings at the time of camera shooting is provided based on the time detection value, the weather detection value, and the position information of the control communication device outside the portable camera. By Rukoto, the season of the shooting location, made it possible to professional photography houses of camera settings in accordance with the time and weather.

When the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera receives from the control communication device outside the portable camera the device setting at the time of photographing the camera at the position of the control communication device outside the portable camera. When a communication card that can be structurally integrated with a portable camera is transmitted to the portable camera body, a means is provided in the portable camera body to warn the user so that the user can take a picture. It is now possible for the system to notify you even if you are unconscious.

A communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera by providing a selection means capable of selectively setting start and stop of the communication function in the communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. However, when receiving the device setting at the time of shooting the camera at the position of the control communication device outside the portable camera from the control communication device outside the portable camera, a communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera is provided. By providing a selection means capable of selectively setting whether or not to transmit the device setting at the time of camera photographing at the position of the control communication device outside the portable camera received from the communication card to the portable camera body,
The user can freely select whether to use the above function or not, and it is possible to reduce the power consumption of the system.

Setting means for permitting communication with a specific communication card is provided between the control communication device outside the portable camera and the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. From the control communication device of the above, select to transmit the received device setting at the time of shooting the camera at the position of the control communication device outside the portable camera to only the specific communication card that can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. By providing the settable selection means, the system administrator can freely select whether or not to allow the user to use the above-mentioned function. As a result, it becomes possible to provide services limited to specific persons.

A plurality of network-connected control communication devices outside the portable camera are arranged, and between the control communication device outside the portable camera and the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera. By providing a means for collectively processing the setting means for permitting communication with a specific communication card by a central processing unit (MPU) that monitors a plurality of network-connected control communication devices outside the portable camera. , Since multiple data providing devices can be organically combined, the system provider can provide a larger system as a service.

The device set values at the time of photographing by the camera include, for example, the lens angle of view, the shutter speed, the lens diaphragm, and the stroboscopic light emission condition.

As a means for alerting the user from the inside of the portable camera body when transmitting from the communication card which can be structurally integrated with the portable camera to the portable camera body, a voice or a message indicating the purpose of entering the photographing place is used. By providing a means to output images, or a means to output the recommended photographed image itself recommended by a camera photographer according to the photographing location, season, time, weather, etc. as a monitor image, a guide function for camera photographing Becomes more flexible.

[0068]

As can be easily understood from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to control the appropriate apparatus setting at the time of photographing according to the time and the weather without causing the user to trouble. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram when the present embodiment is installed in a theme park.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a connection procedure between a parent network and a terminal 314.

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10A, 10B: Transceiver 12A, 12B: Antenna 14: Terminal 16: Interface card 18: Camera 20: Transceiver 22: Antenna 24: Time detection circuit 26: Weather detection circuit 28: CPU 30: Memory 32: CPU 34: Zoom control circuit 36: Aperture control circuit 38: Shutter control circuit 40: Strobe control circuit 110: Transceiver 112: Antenna 114: Terminal 116: Interface card 118: Camera 120: Transceiver 122: Antenna 124: Time detection circuit 126: Weather detection circuit 128: CPU 130: Memory 132: CPU 134: Shooting setting control circuit 136: Warning circuit 138: speaker 140: LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor 210: Transceiver 212: Antenna 214: Terminal 216: Interface card 218: Camera 220: Transceiver 222: Antenna 224: Time detection circuit 226: Weather detection circuit 228: CPU 229: Switch 230: Memory 232: CPU 234: Shooting setting control circuit 236: Warning circuit 238: speaker 240: LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor 310A, 310B, 310C: Transceiver 312A, 312B, 312C: Antenna 314: Terminal 316: Interface card 318: camera 320: Transceiver 322: Antenna 324: Time detection circuit 326: Weather detection circuit 328: CPU 330: Memory 332: CPU 334: Shooting setting control circuit 336: Warning circuit 338: speaker 340: LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor 342: MPU 344: Memory 410A, 410B, 410C: Transceiver 412A, 412B, 412C: Antenna 414: Terminal 416: Interface card 418: camera 420: Transceiver 422: Antenna 428: CPU 430: Memory 432: CPU 434: Shooting setting control circuit 436: Warning circuit 438: Speaker 440: LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor 442: MPU 444: Memory 446: Time detection circuit 448: Weather detection circuit

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. One or more wireless transmission means for wirelessly transmitting position information of each person, an imaging means, a wireless reception means capable of receiving position information from the wireless transmission means, and the imaging according to the received position information. A camera system comprising: a portable camera having a photographing condition setting means for setting photographing conditions of the means. 2. The portable camera comprises detection means for detecting the present time and weather, and the photographing condition setting means,
The camera system according to claim 1, further comprising: photographing condition determining means for determining a photographing condition to be set based on the position information and the detection information of the detecting means. 3. The camera system according to claim 1, wherein the portable camera further comprises notifying means for notifying a user that the portable camera has entered the wireless transmission area of one of the wireless transmission means. 4. A plurality of first wireless communication means installed in different places, a management device for managing the one or more wireless communication means, an image pickup means, and the management via the plurality of wireless communication means. And a portable camera including a second wireless communication unit that communicates with the device, and a shooting condition setting unit that sets the shooting condition of the imaging unit according to the shooting condition information received from the first wireless communication unit. A camera system characterized by. 5. The camera according to claim 4, wherein the management device permits the first wireless communication means to transmit the shooting condition information to the portable camera only for a predetermined portable camera. system. 6. The camera system according to claim 4, wherein the shooting condition information is information indicating an installation position of the first wireless communication unit wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication unit. 7. The shooting condition determination for determining the shooting condition setting information by the management device based on the detection means for detecting the current time and the weather, the detection information of the detection means, and the installation position of the first wireless communication means. The shooting condition information is determined by the shooting condition determining unit based on the installation position of the first wireless communication unit wirelessly connected to the first wireless communication unit and the detection information of the detection unit. The camera system according to claim 6, which is information indicating 8. The portable camera according to claim 1, further comprising:
5. The camera system according to claim 4, further comprising notifying means for notifying a user that the user has entered the wireless communication area of the wireless communication means. 9. An imaging device, a wireless receiving device capable of receiving the imaging condition information, and an imaging condition setting device for setting the imaging condition of the imaging device according to the imaging condition information received by the wireless receiving device. A camera characterized by that. 10. A photographing condition determination means for determining photographing conditions to be set based on the position information and the detection information of the detecting means, the photographing condition setting means further comprising detecting means for detecting the present time and the weather. Camera according to claim 9, comprising means. 11. The camera according to claim 9, further comprising notifying means for notifying a user that the user has entered a predetermined area according to the radio wave reception level of the radio receiving means. 12. The camera according to claim 9, wherein the shooting condition information is position information.