JP2003338953A - Camera capable of displaying photographed image and photographing information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera capable of satisfying the requirements that a user customizes by enabling the arrangement of the display desired by the user. <P>SOLUTION: A camera has a display part, capable of displaying photographed image and photographing information at the time of reproducing an image. The camera can selects a display item form a plurality of display items, with respect to a fixed display position. Furthermore, the camera can selects the display position from a plurality of display positions, with respect to a fixed display item. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

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 displaying photographed images and photographed information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, shooting information is displayed on a shot image,
A camera capable of displaying shooting information at an arbitrary position is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-187292.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the photographing information is not displayed at a display position different from that of the photographed image, and the display position is such that the photographing information is superposed on the photographed image. It was something to display.

An object of the invention according to the present application is to enable the user to set the position of photographing information to be displayed outside the photographed image.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the first invention according to the present application has a display section capable of displaying a captured image and image information during image reproduction. Since a display item can be selected from a plurality of display items for a fixed display position, it is possible to create a screen having a necessary and easy-to-see configuration for the user.

Further, according to the second invention of the present application, there is provided a display unit capable of displaying a photographed image and image information at the time of reproducing an image, and a plurality of fixed display items are displayed. Since the display position can be selected from the display positions, it is possible to create a screen having a configuration that is necessary and easy for the user to see.

[0007]

1 is a control block diagram of a camera according to the present application.

In the figure, reference numeral 50 is a control circuit including a microprocessor for controlling various circuits of the camera,
Functions such as ROM and RAM necessary for program operation are built in. 51 is a photometric circuit for measuring the brightness of the subject, 5
Reference numeral 2 is a distance measuring circuit for measuring the distance to the object, 53 is an AF drive circuit for adjusting the focus of the photographing lens based on the distance measuring information obtained by the distance measuring circuit 52, and 54 is a diaphragm control. A diaphragm control circuit, 55 is a shutter control circuit for controlling shutter opening / closing, 56 is an image sensor, 57 is a signal processing unit, 58 is a recording circuit, 59 is display control for displaying a captured image, information at the time of capturing, and the like. The display unit controls 60 display units. Reference numeral 61 is a communication control unit for performing communication with the outside, and exchanges data via the terminal of 62. 6
3 is a metering / distance measurement start switch that is turned on by the first stroke of the release button, and 64 is O by the second stroke of the release button.
A release switch that turns on N is a switch that is turned on when the release button is pressed halfway and fully. 65, 66
Is a display content selection unit.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the control circuit 50 when it is configured by a microprocessor, and shows the flow from the start of photographing to the display of a photographed image.

In STEP 210, it is confirmed whether or not the display mode is set, and if it is set, in STEP 220, the presence or absence of image display is selected, in STEP 230, the presence or absence of information display is selected, and in STEP 240, Select the display pattern. In STEP 250, it is determined whether or not the image of the photographed frame is to be reproduced.
Proceed to 600. The shooting information here may be information at the time of shooting such as a shutter speed and an aperture value, histogram information of an image, and the like.

STEP 300 and the subsequent steps are a photographing sequence. First, in STEP 300, it is determined whether or not the photometry / distance measurement start switch 63 (SW1) has been pressed. Then, the photometry circuit 51 performs photometry, the result is AD-converted, and in STEP 320, the shutter opening time,
Determine the aperture control value.

Then, in the next STEP 330, distance measurement is performed by the distance measurement circuit 52, and STE is determined by this result.
At P340, the AF driving circuit 53 is driven to focus the photographing lens.

Next, in STEP 350, it is determined whether or not the exposure start switch 64 (SW2) is pressed,
If not pressed, the process returns to STEP 210 and the same operation is repeated.

If it is pressed, the process proceeds to STEP 360,
Set the shooting data. What is performed here is an operation of temporarily preparing information to be recorded in a RAM in the microprocessor 50, such as a shutter speed, an aperture value, and the number of frames. Then, in STEP 370, the shutter control circuit 55 and the aperture control circuit 54 are operated to perform the exposure on the film. When the film exposure is completed, STEP38
The process proceeds to 0 and the data prepared in STEP 360 is stored. When the storage of the shooting data is completed, the process proceeds to STEP 390 to perform image processing. In the next STEP 400,
It is determined whether or not the image is reproduced with respect to the imaged frame. If not, the process returns to STEP 210 to continue the image capturing. On the other hand, if it is to be performed, the process proceeds to STEP 600 to start image reproduction. In STEP 610, it is determined whether or not the captured image is displayed, and in STEP 620, it is determined whether or not the captured information is displayed.
In STEP 630, the display pattern is determined by the selection means of 65 and 66, and in the case of the display pattern 1, S
Image display at display position A and display position B on TEP640
On the other hand, in the case of display pattern 2,
At STEP 650, information is displayed at display position A and an image is displayed at display position B.

If only the photographed image is to be obtained, STEP66
When displaying an image at 0 and displaying only information,
After making a determination in STEP670, STEP680
At, information is displayed.

With the above, a series of photographing sequences is completed.

A display example in the above example is shown in Example 1 of FIG.

In the above-mentioned conventional example, two display items are assigned to two display positions, but the same applies to three or more display items and display positions.

In the above embodiment, the display position can be selected. However, the display item may be selected for the display position without being limited to this.

An example of this is shown in FIG.
Since 0 and STEP 650 are different, description of other parts will be omitted.

In the case of the display pattern 1, STEP64
At 0 ', the image display is performed at the display position A and the information display is performed at the display position B. On the other hand, in the case of display pattern 2, STE
In P650 ′, image display is performed at display position B and information display is performed at display position A.

Further, the selection of the display item and the display position may be set so that the arbitrary item is displayed at the arbitrary position. A display example in this case is shown in Example 2 of FIG.

In this case, in order to specify items and positions, necessary data are exchanged via the communication units 61 and 62.

The comparison between the claims and the embodiments will be described. The display portions of claims 1 and 2 are 59, 6 respectively.
Equivalent to 0.

The selection means are 65, 66 and the control circuit 5.
0 operation, STEP630-STEP65 of FIG.
Equivalent to 0.

[0026]

As described above, the first aspect of the present application
According to the invention, a display unit capable of displaying a captured image and image information at the time of image reproduction is provided, and a display item is selected from a plurality of display items at a fixed display position. Since it is made selectable, it is possible to create a screen with a necessary and easy-to-see configuration for the user.

According to the second invention of the present application,
It has a display unit that can display captured images and image information when playing back images, and made it possible to select a display position from multiple display positions for fixed display items. Therefore, it is possible to create a screen having a configuration that is necessary and easy for the user to see.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a camera.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of a control circuit 50.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing another operation of the control circuit 50.

FIG. 4 is a display example.

[Explanation of symbols]

60 Display 65, 66 Display content selection section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display unit capable of displaying a captured image and image information when an image is reproduced, and a display item is selected from a plurality of display items for a fixed display position. Possible camera. 2. A display unit capable of displaying a captured image and image information during image reproduction, and a display position is selected from a plurality of display positions for a fixed display item. Possible camera. 3. A camera having a display unit capable of displaying a captured image and image information when an image is reproduced, and capable of selecting an item to be displayed from among a plurality of captured information.