JP2005223709A - Electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electronic equipment which generates a display picture in which the type and the state of a recording medium to be operated, are discriminated at a glance. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic equipment is provided with; a plurality of recording/reproducing parts 109 and 110 to which a plurality of recording mediums such as a memory card 111 and a tape 112 can be loaded; an operation part 113 for selecting a recording medium where photographic data or reproduction data should be recorded/reproduced; and a picture synthesis part 105 which generates background pictures different by recording mediums to be accessed and uses a photographic picture or a reproduced picture and a background picture to generate a display picture. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic apparatus capable of recording or reproducing image data or the like on a mounted recording medium.

In recent years, a camera-integrated digital VTR is generally provided with a memory card in addition to a magnetic tape as a recording medium for recording a captured image (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Such a camera-integrated digital VTR has a configuration in which an operation mode is determined according to a selection operation by a user, and a recording / reproducing operation is performed using any one of a plurality of recording media such as a magnetic tape and a memory card. The thing that has become mainstream. Also, magnetic tape, which is a recording medium used in a camera-integrated digital VTR, has an erroneous erasure prevention claw, and some memory cards have an erroneous erasure prevention switch.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-4409

  However, in the conventional technology, even if the operation mode is set by user settings, if you focus on the LCD monitor and focus on the LCD monitor, you may forget what the current operation mode was, or misunderstand I sometimes did. In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult to determine from which recording medium the currently displayed image is reproduced and from which recording medium it is recorded only by looking at the display screen. As a result, erroneous reproduction may occur in which a reproduction operation is performed on an unintended recording medium during reproduction. Furthermore, there is a possibility that the photographed image may be recorded on an unintended recording medium at the time of photographing, and valuable storage data may be overwritten depending on the erroneous erasure prevention claw or switch state of the wrong recording medium. there were.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the prior art, and its main purpose is to provide an electronic device that generates a display image that can identify at a glance the type and state of a recording medium to be operated. It is to provide.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an electronic apparatus capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from a plurality of recording media, a plurality of recording / reproducing means to which the plurality of recording media can be mounted, and a plurality of recording / reproducing means. A selection unit that selects a recording medium that transmits and receives the data via any one of the above, a background image generation unit that outputs a different background image for each recording medium selected by the selection unit, and an output from the background image generation unit And display image generation means for generating a display image using the background image.

  According to the present invention, the user can intuitively identify the selected recording medium without displaying a character such as an icon or a character by changing the background image of the display output according to the recording medium to be accessed. Is possible.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a camera-integrated recording / reproducing apparatus (video camera) which is an example of an electronic apparatus according to the present invention. Reference numeral 101 denotes an image pickup unit including a lens group and a CCD or CMOS as an image receiving element, 102 denotes a camera signal processing unit that converts an input signal from the image pickup unit 101 into image data, and 103 denotes a microcomputer that controls the entire video camera. A calculation unit (CPU), 104 is a liquid crystal panel display (LCD), and 105 is provided with a function of generating OSD data and a background image, and a composition unit that multiplexes image data and menu display or background image to form a display image. 106, an external input / output unit (external I / O) for inputting and outputting image data by connecting to an external device such as an external monitor (not shown), 107 an image memory for temporarily storing image data, A compression / decompression unit 108 compresses uncompressed image data according to a predetermined compression format, and decompresses compressed image data according to the compression format. 09 is Card I / O which is an interface with the memory card 111, 110 is Tape I / O which is an interface of the tape 112, 111 is a memory card which records compressed moving image data and still image data, and 112 is compressed. A tape 113 for recording the moving image data and still image data 113 is an operation unit for the user to input various instructions. Note that the memory card 111 and the tape 112 are configured to be attachable / detachable to / from the video camera main body via a Card I / O 109 and a Tape I / O 110, respectively. The above is the configuration of the video camera in FIG.

  Next, the operation of the video camera in FIG. 1 will be described.

  Various operations such as operation mode designation, recording medium to be accessed, recording / playback operation start / stop instruction, data selection, and the like are performed from the operation unit 113, and each operation control is performed by the CPU 103.

  In the tape recording mode for accessing the tape 112, the subject image captured from the imaging unit 101 is held in the image memory 107 via the camera signal processing unit 102, and the data compressed by the compression / decompression unit 108 is Tape I / O 110. To tape 112.

  In the card recording mode for accessing the memory card 111, imaging and signal processing similar to those in the tape recording mode are performed and recording is performed from the card I / O 109 to the memory card 111.

  In both the tape recording mode and the card recording mode, the captured image can be monitored on the LCD 104, and the captured image is output from the external I / O 106 in real time.

  On the other hand, in the tape playback mode for accessing the tape 112, the image data compressed from the tape 112 via the Tape I / O 110 is read into the image memory 107, decompressed by the compression / decompression unit 108, and the reproduced image is monitored by the LCD 104. The reproduced image is output from the external I / O 106.

  In the card playback mode for accessing the memory card 111, compressed image data is read from the card 111 via the Card I / O 109, and playback processing similar to that in the tape playback mode is performed, and the playback image is monitored on the LCD 104. The reproduced image is output from the external I / O 106.

  Here, the processing for displaying the playback image on the LCD 104 in the tape playback mode and the card playback mode is as follows. The compressed reproduction data written in the image memory 107 is decompressed by the compression / decompression unit 108, synthesized with a predetermined background image generated by the synthesis unit 105, and then displayed on the LCD 104. Note that the reproduced image output from the external I / O 106 may be output as it is without being combined with a predetermined background image. Note that background images having different background colors depending on the recording medium to be accessed are generated in the combining unit 105.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the display form of the LCD at this time. In the tape playback mode, the blue background image is always displayed. For example, the display screen at the start of the tape playback mode or immediately after the mode transition is only from the blue background image or from the OSD image such as the blue background image and the menu. Composed. When the tape reproduction operation is executed from this state, the display image is displayed with the reproduction image reproduced from the tape and the blue background image multiplexed as shown in the figure. As a result, the user can intuitively recognize that the user is currently in the tape playback mode from blue.

  In addition, a gray background image is always displayed in the card playback mode. For example, the display screen at the time of activation in the card playback mode or immediately after the mode transition is only the gray background image or the OSD image such as the gray background image and the menu. Consists of only. When the card playback operation is executed from this state, the display screen displays the playback image played back from the card and the gray background image multiplexed as shown in the figure. Accordingly, the user can intuitively recognize that the current card playback mode is in gray.

  Next, the flow of such an operation performed under the control of the CPU 103 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart in the case of changing the background image displayed on the LCD 104 in accordance with the recording medium accessed in FIG.

  First, it is determined whether the recording medium to be accessed is a tape (step S301). If the determination in step S301 is Yes, that is, the tape playback mode for accessing the tape, the background color is set to "blue" (step S302). If the determination in step S301 is No, that is, if the card playback mode accesses the memory card, the background color is set to "gray" (step S303). When the processing in step S302 and step S303 is executed, the synthesizing unit 105 synthesizes the set background color and the reproduced image decompressed by the compression / decompression unit 108, and displays and outputs them from the LCD 104 (step S304). Next, it is determined whether the recording medium to be accessed is changed from the recording medium determined in step S301 (step S305). If Yes, the process returns to step S301 and repeats. If No, the process returns to step S304 and repeats. The above is the description of the flowchart of FIG.

  In the above description, the configuration for synthesizing the background image in the tape playback mode and the card playback mode has been described. However, the same configuration can be realized in the tape recording mode and the card recording mode, so that the description will be continued. .

  The processing for displaying the photographed image on the LCD 104 in the tape recording mode and the card recording mode is as follows. The photographed image data written in the image memory 107 is combined with a predetermined background image by the combining unit 105 and then displayed on the LCD 104. Note that the photographed image output from the external I / O 106 may be output as it is without being combined with a predetermined background image.

  FIG. 4 shows the display states in the tape recording mode and the card recording mode. In the tape recording mode, a blue background image is always displayed, and the photographed image and the blue background image are multiplexed and displayed on the display screen as shown in the figure. Thus, the user can intuitively recognize from the blue color that the tape recording mode is currently in effect. Similarly, in the card recording mode, a gray background image is always displayed, and the photographed image and the gray background image are multiplexed and displayed on the display screen as shown in the figure. Accordingly, the user can intuitively recognize that the user is currently in the card recording mode from gray.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the background image is always combined with the display image and output. However, the combining process may be performed only when the background image is required, such as error display or multiple index display.

  In this embodiment, the tape recording / reproducing mode and the card recording / reproducing mode have been described. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, a plurality of the same type of recordings as shown in FIG. It can also be used to identify media.

  FIG. 7 shows a configuration of the video camera of FIG. 1, in place of the memory card 111, the card I / O 109, the tape 112, and the tape I / O 110, a card I / O (a) 114, a memory card 115, and a card I / O ( b) A modified example including 116 and a memory card 117. Thus, even when a plurality of recording media of the same type are provided, the user can identify the recording medium to be accessed by synthesizing the background image as described above and changing the color of each recording medium. Easy to do.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, two types of recording media (tape and card) have been described. However, in an electronic device that can access three or more types of recording media by adding a new recording medium such as a disk or a built-in flash memory, The color of the background image may be changed according to the type of recording medium.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can easily identify the recording medium to be accessed simply by looking at the display screen.

<Second Embodiment>
Subsequently, as a second embodiment of the present invention, a configuration for changing the color of the background image included in the display image in accordance with the status such as erroneous erasure prevention protection of the recording medium attached to the video camera of FIG. 1 will be described. To do. FIG. 6 is an image diagram in the case where the color of the background image of the image displayed on the LCD 104 is changed in accordance with the protect (erroneous erasure prevention knob) state of a memory card which is one of the recording media as an example. Note that background images having different background colors according to the protection state are generated in the combining unit 105 and combined with the captured image or the reproduced image by the combining unit 105.

  Taking the card recording mode as an example, in FIG. 6, when the protection state of the memory card 111 is invalid (write permission), a background image (background color: gray) indicating the protection invalid state, the imaging unit 101, and The synthesized image obtained from the camera signal processing unit 102 is synthesized by the synthesis unit 105 and displayed on the LCD 104. On the other hand, when the protected state of the memory card 111 is valid (write-inhibited), a background image (background color: red) indicating the protected valid state and a captured image obtained from the imaging unit 101 and the camera signal processing unit 102 are displayed. Are combined by the combining unit 105 and displayed on the LCD 104.

  When the card playback mode is taken as an example, in FIG. 6, when the protection state of the memory card 111 is invalid (write permission), a background image (background color: gray) indicating the protection invalid state and the memory card are displayed. A reproduction image read out from the image data 111 and decompressed via the card I / O 109 and the compression / decompression unit 108 is synthesized by the synthesis unit 105 and displayed on the LCD 104. On the other hand, when the protected state of the memory card 111 is valid (write-inhibited), a background image (background color: red) indicating the protected valid state, the card I / O 109 and the compression / decompression unit read from the memory card 111 are read. The reconstructed image obtained by decompressing via 108 is synthesized by the synthesis unit 105 and displayed on the LCD 104.

  Next, the flow of such an operation performed under the control of the CPU 103 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for changing the background image displayed on the LCD 104 in accordance with the protect status of the recording medium described in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, it is first determined whether or not the status of the recording medium is protected based on the position of the erroneous erasure prevention knob of the recording medium to be accessed (step S501). If the determination in step S501 is Yes, that is, if it is protected, the background color is set to "red" (step S502). If the determination in step S501 is No, that is, if it is not protected, the background color is set to "gray" (step S503). When the processing in step S502 and step S503 is executed, the combining unit 105 combines the set background color and the captured image or the reproduced image, and displays and outputs the combined image from the LCD 104 (step S504). Next, it is determined whether the recording medium to be accessed is changed from the recording medium determined in step S501 (step S505). If Yes, the process returns to step S501 and repeats. If No, the process returns to step S504 and repeats. The above is the description of the flowchart of FIG.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can identify the status of the recording medium only by looking at the display screen.

  In the first and second embodiments of the present invention, it has been described that the background image is combined by the combining unit 105 with respect to the image displayed and output on the LCD 104. However, either or both of the LCD 104 and the external I / O 106 are used. You may make it output by performing a synthetic | combination process only to one side.

  In the first and second embodiments of the present invention, the background image to be displayed has been described using a specific color. However, the color may be arbitrarily set by the user.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited only to the apparatus and method for realizing the above-described embodiment, and software for realizing the above-described embodiment on a computer (CPU or MPU) in the system or apparatus. A case in which the above-described embodiment is realized by supplying a software program code and causing the computer of the system or apparatus to operate the various devices according to the program code is also included in the scope of the present invention.

  In this case, the program code of the software itself realizes the function of the above embodiment, and the program code itself and means for supplying the program code to the computer, specifically, the program code Is included in the scope of the present invention.

  As a storage medium for storing such a program code, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, DVD, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, or the like may be used. it can.

  The computer controls various devices according to only the supplied program code so that the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, and the OS (operating system) on which the program code is running on the computer is also provided. Such program code is also included in the scope of the present invention even when the above embodiment is realized in cooperation with a system) or other application software.

  Further, after the supplied program code is stored in the memory of the function expansion board of the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program code is stored in the function expansion board or function storage unit based on the instruction of the program code. The case where the above-described embodiment is realized by performing a part or all of the actual processing and the processing is included in the scope of the present invention.

It is a block block diagram of the video camera which is embodiment of this invention. In the video camera which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, it is an image figure in the case of changing a background color according to the recording medium accessed at the time of reproduction | regeneration mode. 6 is a flowchart when the background color is changed according to a recording medium to be accessed in the video camera according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the video camera which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, it is an image figure in the case of changing a background color according to the recording medium accessed at the time of a recording mode. 6 is a flowchart for changing a background color according to the status of a recording medium to be accessed in a video camera according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the video camera which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention, it is an image figure in the case of changing a background color according to the protection state of a recording medium. It is the block block diagram which showed the modification of the video camera which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Claims (10)

In electronic devices that can send and receive data to multiple recording media,
A plurality of recording / reproducing means capable of mounting the plurality of recording media;
Selecting means for selecting a recording medium for transmitting and receiving the data via any of the plurality of recording / reproducing means;
Background image generation means for outputting a different background image for each recording medium selected by the selection means;
An electronic apparatus comprising: a display image generation unit that generates a display image using the background image output from the background image generation unit.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the background image generation unit outputs a background image having a different color for each recording medium selected by the selection unit.   Reproduction instruction means for selecting desired image data from the plurality of recording media and instructing reproduction, wherein the recording / reproduction means reproduces the image data instructed by the reproduction instruction means and outputs a reproduction image, The display image generation unit generates the display image by multiplexing the reproduction image output from the recording / reproduction unit and the background image output from the background image generation unit. Electronics.   Image data input means, wherein the recording / playback means operates to record the input image data input from the input means on the recording medium selected by the selection means in a compressed and encoded state, and the display image The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit generates a display image by multiplexing the input image input from the input unit and the background image output from the background image generation unit.   An image pickup means for picking up an image; and a display means for displaying a picked-up image picked up by the image pickup means, wherein the input means inputs image pickup data picked up by the image pickup means, and the recording / playback means is the selection And the display image generation means multiplexes the captured image and the background image output from the background image generation means, while recording the imaged data on the recording medium selected by the means in a compressed and encoded state. The electronic apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a display image is generated and displayed on the display unit.   6. The background image generation unit outputs a background image displayed in the vicinity of another image in which a color is different for each recording medium selected by the selection unit. An electronic device according to any one of the above. In electronic devices that can send and receive data to and from recording media,
Recording / reproducing means to which the recording medium can be mounted;
Status detecting means for detecting the status of the recording medium mounted on the recording / reproducing means;
Background image generation means for outputting a different background image according to the status detected by the status detection means;
An electronic apparatus comprising: a display image generation unit that generates a display image using the background image output from the background image generation unit.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the background image generation unit outputs a background image having a different color according to the status.   The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the status detection unit detects a recording availability state of the recording medium.   8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the status detection unit detects a state of a recording prohibition switch of the recording medium.

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