JP2005020484A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the narration and performance match the time by enabling a person to be an object to determine the lapse of time up to an end when photographed by a video camera in a mode (time-limited mode) in which automatic recording can be performed only for a determined period of time. <P>SOLUTION: The color or blinking of a recording lamp (tally) is changed between a mode in which recording is possible until a recording medium becomes full and the mode (time-limited mode) in which automatic recording is possible only for the determined period of time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that converts an image from a camera into an electrical signal and records it on a recording medium.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As an apparatus for recording a moving image, a digital video camera (hereinafter referred to as DVC) using a magnetic tape, an optical disk, a flash memory, or the like as a recording medium is known. In addition, digital still cameras (hereinafter referred to as digital cameras) that have appeared for recording still images have recently become increasingly available for recording moving images. In the past, the use of video on these devices was only recorded on a recording medium, but it is also common to create short-time video files (video clips) and distribute them remotely by e-mail or the like. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
[0003]
As a recording mode for DVC and digital cameras, the recording mode can be used until the capacity of the recording medium is full, and the recording is limited to a time such as 20 seconds or 30 seconds for automatic delivery. An apparatus capable of selecting a possible mode is also conceivable.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-176619 A
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when shooting with a video camera, it is difficult to determine whether the subject person is recording without restriction or time-limited recording. is there.
[0006]
(the purpose)
The object of the present invention is to make it possible to know at a glance whether the subject is a subject whether the recording is unlimited or the recording is limited in time when shooting with a video camera. The purpose is to make the time to completion easy to understand.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a recording apparatus for recording an image from a camera on a recording medium, a first recording mode for continuing recording until the remaining amount of the recording medium runs out or a stop instruction is given; A recording unit capable of selecting a second recording mode for recording until a predetermined time, and a recording state in which the lighting mode is changed according to the first or second recording mode selected by the recording unit. A recording lamp for displaying is provided.
[0008]
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a recording apparatus for recording an image from a camera on a recording medium, the recording is continued until the display means for displaying the image and the recording medium runs out or there is an instruction to stop. Recording means capable of selecting a first recording mode and a second recording mode for recording until a predetermined time, and when the second recording mode is selected by the recording means, the display means Control means for performing countdown display of recording time and controlling the display means to hide the countdown display when the first recording mode is selected.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(Example 1)
FIG. 1 shows a recording apparatus embodying the present invention, and is a block diagram at the time of recording by a video camera as an example.
[0010]
1 is a lens group, 2 is a CCD that converts light into an electrical signal, 3 is a camera signal processing circuit that produces a luminance signal and a color signal from the electrical signal obtained from the CCD 2, and 4 is a recording medium that receives a signal from the camera signal processing circuit 5 is a recording medium such as a magnetic tape, disk or semiconductor memory, 6 is a viewfinder for displaying and monitoring images, 7 is a display panel for monitoring images, and 8 is a display panel for monitoring images. A direction detector that detects the direction in which the panel 7 is facing, 9 is an OSD (On Screen Display) circuit that creates characters to be superimposed on the image, 10 and 11 are adders that superimpose signals from the OSD circuit 9 on the image, 12 is a trigger switch for instructing REC / REC PAUSE, 13 is a recording mode switch for the user to set the recording mode, Recording lamp indicating that is being currently recorded on the object side, 15 is a system controller, which controls the entire recording apparatus.
[0011]
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the recording apparatus of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the display surface of the panel can be rotated in the front (subject) direction and the rear (photographer) direction. The photographing lamp is installed toward the subject.
[0012]
The operation of the first embodiment of the system will be described with reference to the configuration of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the flowchart of FIG.
[0013]
It is determined whether the recording mode is selected as an unrestricted mode (so-called normal shooting mode) in which recording can be performed until the stop button is pressed or the capacity of the recording medium is full, or a time limit mode for creating a movie clip. (STEP 1).
[0014]
If it is the unlimited mode, the REC PAUSE operation is entered (STEP 2) and held until the trigger switch 12 is pressed (STEP 3).
[0015]
When the photographer turns on the trigger switch 12 to start recording (STEP 3), the REC operation is started (STEP 4).
[0016]
When the REC operation is started, the recording lamp 14 blinks with, for example, red light in order to inform the subject that recording is in progress (STEP 5).
[0017]
Next, when the photographer ends recording or turns on the trigger switch 12 to pause (STEP 6), the REC PAUSE operation starts again (STEP 2). If the time limit mode is selected (STEP 1), the REC PAUSE operation is entered (STEP 8), and the operation is held until the trigger switch 12 is pressed (STEP 8). When the photographer turns on the trigger switch 12 to start recording (STEP 8), the REC operation is started (STEP 9).
[0018]
When the REC operation is started, the recording lamp 14 blinks with, for example, blue light in order to notify the subject side that recording in the time limit mode is in progress (STEP 10).
[0019]
Next, when the photographer ends the recording or turns on the trigger switch 12 to pause (STEP 11), the REC PAUSE operation starts again (STEP 7). Even if the trigger switch 12 is not pressed, if the time limit can be recorded after entering the REC operation (STEP 12), the REC PAUSE operation is entered again (STEP 7). The person on the subject side can determine in which mode the recording is performed by the color of the recording lamp 14 and can take a picture according to the mode.
[0020]
(Example 2)
The operation of the second embodiment of the system will be described with reference to the configuration of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the flowchart of FIG.
[0021]
When the unrestricted mode is selected, the flow is the same as that in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.
[0022]
In the flowchart of FIG. 4, when the time limit mode is selected (STEP 21), the REC PAUSE operation is entered (STEP 22), and the operation is held until the trigger switch 12 is pressed (STEP 23).
[0023]
When the photographer turns on the trigger switch 12 to start recording (STEP 23), the REC operation starts (STEP 24).
[0024]
When entering the REC operation, a preset time, for example, 20 seconds is counted, and the time (T) until the end of recording is measured (STEP 25).
[0025]
Further, the recording lamp blinks at intervals corresponding to the time (T) until the end of recording (STEP 26). FIG. 5 shows an example in which the blinking cycle is made faster.
[0026]
When the photographer ends recording or turns on the trigger switch 12 to pause (STEP 27), the REC PAUSE operation starts again (STEP 22). Even if the trigger switch 12 is not pressed, if the time limit can be recorded after entering the REC operation (STEP 28), the REC PAUSE operation is entered again (STEP 22). The person who becomes the subject can know the passage of time until the end by looking at the blinking cycle, and can make the narration and performance according to the time.
[0027]
In addition, the configuration of the second embodiment can be easily combined with the first embodiment. That is, it is possible to simultaneously change the color of the recording lamp and change the blinking interval.
[0028]
Example 3
The operation of the third embodiment of the system will be described with reference to the configuration of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the flowchart of FIG.
[0029]
When the unrestricted mode is selected, the flow is the same as that in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.
[0030]
In the flowchart of FIG. 6, when the time limit mode is selected (STEP 31), the REC PAUSE operation is entered (STEP 32), and is held until the trigger switch 12 is pressed (STEP 33).
[0031]
When the photographer turns on the trigger switch 12 to start recording (STEP 33), the REC operation is started (STEP 34).
[0032]
When entering the REC operation, a preset time, for example, 20 seconds is counted, and the time (T) until the end of recording is measured (STEP 35).
[0033]
When the direction detector 8 detects whether the panel 7 faces the photographer side or the subject side, and the panel 7 faces the photographer side (STEP 36), the time until the end of recording by the OSD circuit 9 The numerical value of (T) (countdown display) is made in a small size, synthesized with the image by the adder 10 and the adder 11, and displayed on the finder 6 and the panel 7 (STEP 37). When the panel faces the subject side (STEP 36), the OSD circuit 9 makes a large value (countdown display) of the time (T) until the end of recording (STEP 38), and the adder 10 and adder 11 compose the image. Then, the synthesized signal is inverted upside down and displayed on the finder 6 and the panel 7 (STEP 39).
[0034]
When the photographer ends recording or turns on the trigger switch 12 to pause (STEP 40), the REC PAUSE operation starts again (STEP 32). Even if the trigger switch 12 is not pressed, if the time limit can be recorded after entering the REC operation (STEP 41), the REC PAUSE operation is entered again (STEP 32). If the panel is directed to the subject side, the person who becomes the subject can see the time lapse until the end by looking at the countdown time greatly displayed on the panel 7, and the narration and performance can be made according to the recording time. .
[0035]
Further, the configuration of the third embodiment can be easily combined with the first and / or the second embodiment. That is, it is possible to simultaneously change the color and / or blinking interval of the recording lamp and the countdown display mode.
[0036]
In the above description, an example in which the recording medium is one type has been described. However, as another embodiment, there are a plurality of recording media, and the selection of the recording medium as shown in FIG. The present invention is also effective when is selected.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the flashing mode of the recording lamp that indicates that recording is in progress is changed according to the recording mode. It is possible to determine whether the image is recorded in such a mode, and it is possible to take a picture according to the mode. In addition, according to the present invention, by performing the countdown display according to the recording mode, the person who becomes the subject can take an optimum shooting according to the recording mode and the remaining time.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a recording apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a recording apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing blinking of a recording lamp according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart according to another embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Lens group 2 CCD
3 Camera signal processing circuit 4 Recorder processing circuit 5 Recording medium 6 Finder 7 Panel 8 Direction detector 9 OSD circuit 10 Adder 11 Adder 12 Trigger switch 13 Recording mode switch 14 Recording lamp 15 System controller

Claims (8)

In a recording apparatus for recording an image from a camera on a recording medium, a first recording mode for continuing recording until the remaining amount of the recording medium runs out or a stop instruction is issued, and a first recording mode for recording until a predetermined time. Recording means capable of selecting two recording modes;
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording lamp for displaying a recording state in which the lighting mode is changed according to the first or second recording mode selected by the recording means. 2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dot color of the recording lamp is changed according to the first or second recording mode selected by the recording means. 2. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when said second recording mode is selected by said recording means, said recording lamp changes the blinking interval according to the remaining time until the end of recording. The recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recording lamp shortens the blinking interval as the remaining time until the end of recording decreases. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that controls the recording unit and a lighting state of the recording lamp. In a recording device for recording an image from a camera on a recording medium,
Display means for displaying the image;
A recording unit capable of selecting a first recording mode for continuing recording until the remaining amount of the recording medium runs out or a stop instruction is given, and a second recording mode for recording until a predetermined time;
When the second recording mode is selected by the recording means, the display means counts down the recording time, and when the first recording mode is selected, the display means hides the countdown display. A recording apparatus comprising control means for controlling the recording apparatus. 7. The display device according to claim 6, further comprising detection means for detecting whether a display surface of the display means faces a photographer side or a subject side, and is displayed on the display means according to a result of the detection means. A recording apparatus characterized by changing a size of a countdown display. 8. The recording lamp according to claim 6, further comprising a recording lamp for displaying a recording state for changing a lighting mode according to the first or second recording mode selected by the recording means. Recording device.

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