JP2006086872A - Video camera unit and monitoring device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video camera unit capable of surely photographing an object whose behavior is unknown by the use of an infrared emitting function used for nocturnal shots, and to provide a monitoring device using the same. <P>SOLUTION: The monitoring device 40A is equipped with the photographing lens 11 of a video camera unit 1A, an infrared emitting unit 23A, a remote-controlled light receiving unit 24A, and a mirror 50 located in front of the remote-controlled light receiving unit 24A. A monitoring infrared ray Lc different in properties from a dark space irradiating infrared ray La is emitted from the infrared emitting unit 23A which is originally used for emitting the dark space irradiating infrared ray La and projected toward the mirror 50, the monitoring infrared ray Lc reflected from the mirror 50 is received by the remote-controlled light receiving unit 24A, the monitoring device detects that the remote-controlled light receiving 24A is screened out by a certain screening object T so as not to sense the monitoring infrared ray Lc and drives recording media so as to record the screening object T. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a video camera device having a monitoring function for monitoring a subject that is difficult to predict when it appears, such as a bird or a butterfly, and a monitoring device using the video camera device.

  First, the current video camera apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings.

  13 is an external perspective view of the video camera device of the prior art as viewed from the photographing lens side, FIG. 14 is an external perspective view of the video camera device of FIG. 13 opened from the viewfinder, and FIG. 15 is FIG. FIG. 16 shows a front window portion of the video camera device shown in FIG. 13 and an electronic circuit board incorporated in the inside thereof, and FIG. FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram of a circuit portion facing the window, FIG. 17 is a plan view of a night shot switch provided in the video camera device shown in FIG. 13, and FIG. It is a block diagram of the configuration of the shown video camera apparatus.

  13 and 14, reference numeral 1 generally indicates a conventional video camera apparatus. As an example of the video camera device 1, there is a “digital video camera / recorder, DRC-HC40 type” currently sold by the present applicant.

  Such a video camera apparatus 1 includes a main body 10, a photographing lens 11 that is disposed and incorporated in an upper front portion of the main body 10, a viewfinder 12 that is disposed and incorporated behind the main body 10, and one side surface of the main body 10. A liquid crystal monitor 13 that can be freely opened and closed, a microphone 14 that is disposed on the front surface of the main body 10 below the photographic lens 11, and that is built inside, and that transmits and receives infrared rays formed below the microphone 14. The window 15, the night shot switch 16 disposed above the side surface of the main body 10, the simple button 17 provided on the side surface of the main body 10 immediately above the liquid crystal monitor 13, and the back of the main body 10 at the lower right of the viewfinder 12. The power switch 18 and the recording start / stop button 19a (FIG. 14) provided on the Attached thereto a power supply mounting portion 20 are attached battery B, record start-stop button 19b being further arranged to the frame portion of the liquid crystal monitor 13, and a like photo button 21 (FIG. 14).

  The screen 13a of the liquid crystal monitor 13 is formed with a touch panel switch structure that is an electronic structure switch means that can perform a photographing operation simply by touching each icon displayed on the screen 13a. When the simple button 17 is pressed, for example, The dial 131 on which various large operation items 132 as shown in FIG. 15 are mounted is projected, and the large operation item 132 desired by the user is largely centered by pressing the upward arrow Ra or the downward arrow Rb. Can be displayed. In the example shown in the figure, a “picture application (abbreviation of application)” 132a is selected and displayed in large size. Various fine operation items 133 are displayed in the empty space below. When this “picture application” 132a is selected, a fader 133a, an overlap 133b, and a digital effect 133c are displayed.

  In order to select such a large operation item 132, the lower right “OK” button 134 may be touched. To delete the large operation item 132 from the screen 13a, the upper right “X” button 135 is simply touched. be able to.

  Accordingly, when the “OK” button 134 is touched when the “picture application” 132a is displayed, the screen 13a of the liquid crystal monitor 13 is changed as shown in FIG. 15B, and each fine operation item is displayed on the screen 13a. 13, that is, a fader 133 a, an overlap 133 b, and a digital effect 133 c, and a desired button, for example, a “digital effect 133 c” button is touched, a “still”, “flash” ”,“ Lumi key ”,“ Trail ”,“ Slow shutter ”,“ Old movie ”, etc. can be selected and set, and various effects can be added to the photographed image.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 18, a simple button 17, a power switch 18, recording start / stop buttons 19a and 19b, a photo button 21 and the like are connected to the inside of the main body 10 through a human interface. A main control block 25 equipped with a computer and software, which operates or controls various blocks by a remote control light receiving unit 24 which outputs a predetermined signal in response to a remote control infrared ray Lb from the remote control transmitter 30, a photographing lens 11 is an optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 that converts an image from 11 into an electric signal by a solid-state imaging device such as a CCD, a control block 27 that controls the photographing lens 11 and the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26, and the sound of the microphone 14 is electric From the processing block 28 for converting to a signal and the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 The video electrical signal and the sound electrical signal from the processing block 28 are combined and processed into a video tape that is an external recording medium, a DVD Ma, or a digital video signal in a format that can be recorded on a solid-state memory Mb that is an external recording medium. Or a video / sound recording / playback processing block 29 having a function of playing back a digital video signal recorded on the video tape, DVDMa, or solid-state memory Mb, and a cable from the video / sound recording / playback processing block 29 The input / output processing block 31 of cables and the like for projecting on the liquid crystal monitor 13 or an external monitor (not shown) through the like.

  An electronic circuit board 22 as shown in FIG. 16A is arranged facing the window 15 in the main body 10 in which the window 15 is formed, and has an elliptical shape corresponding to the window 15. An infrared light emitting unit 23 and a remote control (hereinafter simply referred to as “remote controller”) light receiving unit 20 are formed in the enclosed interior. FIG. 16B shows the positional relationship between the infrared light emitting unit 23 and the remote control light receiving unit 24 facing the window 15 (FIG. 13) opened in the main body 10 which is an exterior.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the night shot switch 16 is a slide switch. When the night shot switch 16 is slid to the “on” position in a state where the power switch 18 is pressed and the video camera device 1 is turned on. The infrared filter (not shown) interposed between the normal photographing lens 11 and the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 is removed, and the main control block 25 senses that the video camera device 1 is switched to the night shot mode. Then, the infrared light emitting unit 23 is operated, and a specific pulse of infrared La is emitted from the window unit 15 from the infrared light emitting unit 23.

  This night shot function is used to irradiate a subject by emitting the dark part irradiation infrared light La and emit the reflected dark part reflected from the subject when the brightness of the subject is insufficient such as at night. This is a function that enables photographing in the dark using the infrared ray La for the purpose.

  Accordingly, when the night shot switch 16 is slid to the “ON” position with the power switch 18 turned on, the video camera device 1 is set to “NIGHT SHOT MODE” and displayed on the screen 13 a of the liquid crystal monitor 13. . Next, when the recording start / stop button 19a or 19b is pressed, the dark portion irradiation infrared ray La is emitted from the window portion 15, and the dark portion irradiation infrared ray La irradiates a dark subject and is disposed behind the photographing lens 11. The digital video signal photoelectrically converted by the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 of a certain solid-state imaging device can be recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape, a DVD 27, or a solid-state memory medium 28.

  The remote control light receiving unit 24 receives the infrared ray Lb for remote control having a specific pulse different from the infrared ray La emitted from the remote control transmitter 30 (FIG. 18) where the operator remotely operates the video camera device 1 at hand. The signals are converted into signals, and operations such as recording, reproduction, fast forward, rewind, and stop are performed under the control of the main control block 25.

  Although this video camera apparatus 1 has various other functions, they are not directly related to the present invention, and will be omitted.

  When the video camera device 1 having the imaging function as described above is used to photograph a subject such as a bird or a butterfly that does not appear when it appears, the recording start / stop button 19a or 19b is set as described above. It is necessary to operate the main control block 25 and the like, drive the video tape or the DVD 27, and operate the video camera device 1 in the constant recording mode.

  In this case, the video tape or DVD 27 is consumed more and more even if the target subject is not photographed. Even if the videotape or DVD 27 has been consumed to the end, it is unclear whether or not the subject has been photographed. Therefore, it is necessary to reproduce and view the videotape or DVD 27 used for the photographing. It takes a lot of time.

  In addition, the recording time of the video tape or the DVD 27 is limited, and the power consumption increases. Therefore, there is a problem that the video camera device 1 cannot be operated for a long time and the operator is worried. .

  The present invention is intended to solve these problems, and obtains a video camera device that can also be used as an infrared light emitting element for night shots and that can reliably shoot a subject that is unclear when it appears, and a monitoring device using the video camera device. For the purpose.

  Therefore, the video camera device of the present invention includes an infrared light emitting means that emits dark part irradiation infrared light and monitoring infrared light having a property different from that of the dark part irradiation infrared light, an infrared light receiving means that can receive the monitoring infrared light, The infrared light receiving means has a monitoring function comprising a recording means for detecting that the monitoring infrared light is no longer sensed and driving a recording medium.

  Further, the video camera apparatus of the present invention records a video signal of a moving image or a still image of a subject photographed via a photographing lens on the recording medium by driving the driving means and driving the recording medium, Alternatively, a recording / reproducing unit capable of reproducing a video signal of a moving image or a still image recorded on the recording medium, an infrared ray for irradiating the subject when the subject is insufficient in brightness, and the infrared ray for irradiating the subject Infrared light emitting means that emits and emits infrared light for dark part and infrared light for monitoring different from remote control infrared light, and the subject is irradiated with infrared light for dark part irradiation emitted from the infrared light emitting means. Dark part photographing means capable of recording a moving image of a subject or a video signal of a still image on the recording medium through the reflected infrared light for dark part irradiation as a medium; Infrared light receiving means for receiving the remote control infrared light and the monitoring infrared light having different properties from the dark part irradiation infrared light for controlling the recording / reproducing means, and the like, and main control means for controlling the respective means, When the recording / reproducing means is set to the monitoring mode under the control of the main control means, the infrared light emitting means emits and emits the monitoring infrared light, and the infrared light receiving means is ready to receive the monitoring infrared light. When the monitoring infrared ray is cut off, the cut-off state is detected, and the recording / reproducing means operates under the control of the main control means.

  The means for setting the monitoring mode may be an electronic structure switch means or a mechanical structure switch means.

  Therefore, according to the video camera device of the present invention, the video camera device of the present invention can be used as a monitoring device by incorporating a monitoring function in addition to the original photographing function.

  Further, the monitoring device of the present invention is composed of a video camera device and a mirror, and the video camera device has a driving means for driving a recording medium, and a driving lens for driving the driving means to attach a photographing lens to the recording medium. Recording / playback means capable of recording a video signal of a moving image or still image of a subject photographed via the recording medium, or reproducing a video signal of a moving image or still image recorded on the recording medium, and brightness of the subject Infrared light emitting means for emitting and emitting dark part irradiating infrared light for irradiating the subject in the case of a shortage, and infrared light for monitoring different from the infrared light for remote control and remote control infrared light, and the infrared light emitting means The object is irradiated with the emitted infrared light for dark part irradiation, and the recording medium is irradiated with the infrared light for dark part irradiation reflected from the object. A dark part photographing unit capable of recording a moving image of a moving object or a video signal of a still image, and the remote control infrared ray and the monitoring infrared ray, which control the recording / reproducing unit and the like, have different properties from the dark part irradiation infrared ray. And a main control means for controlling the respective means, and the mirror is disposed in front of the photographing lens, the infrared light emitting means, and the infrared light receiving means, and the infrared light emission to the mirror. When the monitoring infrared light is intercepted by some blocking object, the monitoring infrared light is always emitted from the means, reflected, and the reflected monitoring infrared light is received by the infrared light receiving means. The blocking state is detected by operating the driving unit and the recording / reproducing unit under the control of the main control unit by detecting the blocking state. Characterized in that it comprises a monitoring function for recording on a recording medium.

  The means for setting the monitoring mode may be an electronic structure switch means or a mechanical structure switch means.

  Therefore, according to the monitoring apparatus of the present invention, the infrared rays for monitoring are generated from the originally provided infrared light emitting means for night shot, the infrared rays for monitoring are reflected by the mirror disposed in the front, and the remote control light receiving means originally provided. By detecting the presence or absence of reflection monitoring infrared rays, it is possible to monitor a blocking object that is a subject.

Therefore, according to the video camera device of the present invention,
1) Infrared light emitting means for emitting dark part irradiation infrared rays and monitoring infrared rays can be shared.

Moreover, according to the monitoring apparatus of the present invention,
1) It is possible to efficiently capture a subject that is unknown when it appears day or night. 2) It is possible to reduce power consumption. 3) It is possible to reduce the work of whether or not the subject is recorded on a recording medium. Many excellent effects are obtained.

  Infrared light emitting means that emits and emits infrared light for illuminating dark areas originally provided in video camera devices is also used as infrared light emitting means for emitting and emitting monitoring infrared rays, and a mirror is disposed in front of the video camera device. The video camera device is set to a monitoring mode so that the infrared ray for monitoring emitted from the infrared light emitting means is reflected, and the reflected infrared light for monitoring can be constantly received by the infrared light receiving means by the video camera device, When the monitoring infrared ray is blocked by any blocking object, the infrared light receiving means instantly detects the blocking, switches the video camera device to a recording mode, and records the blocking object on a recording medium. It is configured and realized.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the video camera apparatus of the present invention and a monitoring apparatus using the same will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a video camera apparatus and a monitoring apparatus using the same according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the video camera apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a screen projected on the liquid crystal monitor shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a plan view of a night shot switch provided in the video camera device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 1A shows a front window portion of the video camera device and an electronic circuit board incorporated therein, FIG. 1A is a plan view of the electronic circuit board, and FIG. 2B is a conceptual diagram of a circuit portion facing the window portion. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the video camera apparatus shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing a state in which the monitoring apparatus of the present invention detects a blocking object, and FIG. 8 is a monitoring mode of the monitoring apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a plan view of an operation lever of the video camera apparatus shown in FIG. 9, FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a selection / decision dial, and FIG. 12 is a liquid crystal monitor. This is the “Picture App” screen selected with the selection / decision dial displayed on the screen.

  Note that the same components as those in the conventional video camera apparatus 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals for description.

  First, a video camera apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention and a monitoring apparatus using the same will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1A denotes the video camera apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention, and reference numeral 40 denotes the monitoring apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention using the video camera apparatus of the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring device 40A includes a video camera device 1A and a mirror 50.

  First, the video camera device 1A will be described. This video camera device 1A is provided with a main body 10, a photographing lens 11 disposed and incorporated in front of the upper portion of the main body 10, and a rear portion and incorporated in the same manner as the conventional video camera device 1. A viewfinder 12, a liquid crystal monitor 13 attached to one side of the main body 10 so as to be freely opened and closed, a microphone 14 disposed on the front surface of the main body 10 below the photographing lens 11, and a lower part of the microphone 14. A window portion 15 for transmitting and receiving infrared rays, a night shot switch 16 disposed above the side surface of the main body 10, a simple button 17 provided on the side surface of the main body 10 immediately above the liquid crystal monitor 13, and a viewfinder 12, a power switch 18 and a recording start / stop button 19a (FIG. 2) provided on the back of the main body 10 at the lower right of The power supply mounting portion 20 mounted immediately below the viewfinder 12, the battery B mounted thereon, the recording start / stop button 19b disposed on the frame portion of the liquid crystal monitor 13, the photo button 21 (FIG. 2), etc. It has.

  The screen 13a of the liquid crystal monitor 13 is formed with a touch panel switch structure in which a shooting operation can be performed simply by touching each icon displayed on the screen 13a. When the simple button 17 is pressed, for example, as shown in FIG. A dial 131 on which icons of various large operation items 132 are mounted is projected, and by pressing the upward arrow Ra or the downward arrow Rb, the icon of the large operation item 132 desired by the user is largely displayed at the center. Can be displayed. In the illustrated example, the icon of “Picture application (abbreviation of application)” 132a is selected and displayed in large size. Various fine operation items 133 included in the “picture application” 132a are displayed in the empty space below the space. When this “picture application” 132a is selected, a fader 133a, an overlap 133b, a digital effect 133c, and a monitoring mode 133d, which is a major feature of the present invention, are displayed.

  In order to select such a large operation item 132, the lower right “OK” button 134 may be touched. To delete the large operation item 132 from the screen 13a, the upper right “X” button 135 is simply touched. be able to.

  Accordingly, if the “OK” button 134 is touched when the “picture application” 132 is displayed, the screen 13a of the liquid crystal monitor 13 is changed as shown in FIG. 3B, and each fine operation item is displayed on the screen 13a. 13, that is, the fader 133a, the overlap 133b, the digital effect 133c, and the monitor mode 133d icons are projected with quadrilateral buttons, and a desired button, for example, the “digital effect 133c” button is touched. , “Still”, “Flash”, “Lumi key”, “Trail”, “Slow shutter”, “Old movie”, etc. can be selected and set, and various effects can be added to the shot image .

  When the “monitoring mode 133d” button is touched, the video camera apparatus 1A enters the monitoring mode, which is one of the main features of the present invention. The setting and operation of this monitoring mode will be described later.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the various touch panel switches such as the simple button 17, the power switch 18, the recording start / stop buttons 19 a and 19 b, the photo button 21, and the “monitoring mode 133 d” button are provided inside the main body 10. Are connected by a human interface, and operate by these operations, or respond to an input signal from the remote control transmitter 30 and control various blocks by a remote control light receiving unit 24 that outputs a predetermined signal. And a main control block 25 equipped with software, an optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 for converting an image from the photographing lens 11 into an electric signal by a solid-state imaging device such as a CCD, an imaging lens 11 and an optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 Control block 27 for controlling the sound, the sound of the microphone 14 is converted into an electrical signal Video tape or DVDMa as an external recording medium or solid-state memory as an external recording medium by synthesizing the video electrical signal from the processing block 28, the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 and the sound electrical signal from the processing block 28 A video / sound recording / playback processing block having a function of processing and recording a digital video signal in a format recordable in Mb, or playing back the digital video signal recorded in the videotape, DVDMa, or solid-state memory Mb. 29, and a video input / output processing block 31 for projecting the video / sound recording / playback processing block 29 to the liquid crystal monitor 13 or an external monitor (not shown) via a cable or the like.

  An electronic circuit board 22A as shown in FIG. 5A is arranged facing the window 15 in the main body 10 in which the window 15 is formed, and has an elliptical shape corresponding to the window 15. An infrared light emitting unit 23A and a remote control light receiving unit 24A are formed in the enclosed interior. FIG. 5B shows the positional relationship between the infrared light emitting unit 23A and the remote control light receiving unit 24A facing the window 15 (FIG. 1) opened in the main body 10 which is an exterior. Then, a light shielding plate 15a formed of ABS resin or the like is interposed between the two so as to prevent interference between a monitoring infrared ray Lc from an infrared light emitting unit 23A described later and a reflection monitoring infrared ray Lc incident on the remote control light receiving unit 24A. Has been made.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the night shot switch 16 is a slide switch. When the night shot switch 16 is slid to the “on” position in a state where the power switch 18 is pressed to turn on the video camera device 1 </ b> A. Usually, an infrared filter (not shown) interposed between the taking lens 11 and the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 is removed, and the main control block 25A senses that the video camera device 1A has switched to the night shot mode. Then, the infrared light emitting unit 23A is operated.

  The video camera apparatus 1A according to the present invention has the structure described above. Next, the operation of the video camera device 1A will be described.

  First, when the subject is photographed in the normal photographing mode using the video camera apparatus 1A of the present invention, first, the power switch 18 is turned on, and the recording start / stop button 19a or 19b is pressed, thereby the desired subject. Can be recorded and recorded on a videotape or DVDMa.

  When the subject is photographed as a still image using the video camera apparatus 1A of the present invention, if the photo button 21 is pressed with the power switch 18 turned on, the still image of the subject is recorded in the solid-state memory Mb. can do.

  Furthermore, when shooting a dark subject as a moving image or a still image using the video camera device 1A of the present invention, the video camera device is slid when the night shot switch 16 is slid to the “on” position with the power switch 18 turned on. 1A is set to “Night Shot Mode”, and when a recording start / stop button 19a or 19b is pressed, infrared light La (not shown) is emitted from the window 15 and a dark subject is irradiated with the dark irradiation infrared La. The digital video signal of the photographed image can be recorded on a magnetic tape or DVDMa, and a still image can be recorded in the solid-state memory Mb by pressing the photo button 21.

  Furthermore, when the operator operates the remote control transmitter 30 (FIG. 18) at hand, the remote control infrared Lb having a specific pulse different from the dark portion irradiation infrared La emitted from the remote control transmitter 30 is remote controlled. It can be received by the light receiving unit 24A, and the video camera device 1A can perform operations such as recording, reproduction, fast forward, rewind, and stop under the control of the main control block 25A.

  Although this video camera apparatus 1 has various other functions, they are not directly related to the present invention, and will be omitted.

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8, the operation and operation for shooting a subject whose unknown time will appear will be described.

  First, as shown in FIG. 1, a monitoring device 40A of the present invention is configured by disposing a mirror 50 at a predetermined distance in front of the photographing lens 11 and the window portion 15 of the video camera device 1A.

  Next, the power switch 18 is turned on and the simple button 17 is pressed. When the simple button 17 is pressed, for example, a dial 131 on which various large operation items 132 as shown in FIG. 3A are mounted is projected, and the user presses the upward arrow Ra or the downward arrow Rb to allow the user to press the simple button 17. The desired large operation item 132 can be displayed largely in the center. In the example shown in the figure, the “picture application” 132a is selected and displayed in large size. Various fine operation items 133 are displayed in the empty space below. When the “picture application” 132a is selected, a fader 133a, an overlap 133b, a digital effect 133c, and a monitoring mode 133d are displayed.

  Next, when the “picture application” 132a is displayed, the “OK” button 134 at the lower right of the screen 13a is touched. Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, the screen 13a of the liquid crystal monitor 13 is changed, and the fine operation items 13, that is, the fader 133a, the overlap 133b, the digital effect 133c, and the monitor mode 133d are displayed on the screen 13a. It is projected at.

  Next, when the user touches the button of the monitoring mode 133d (FIG. 8, step S1), the main control block 25A is activated to control the infrared light emitting unit 23A and the remote control light receiving unit 24A, and the light emitting diode of the infrared light emitting unit 23A. Emitted from the window portion 15 toward the mirror 50 (step S2), and the remote control light receiving portion 24A. Is in a state of receiving the reflection monitoring infrared ray Lc reflected by the mirror 50 (step S3).

  In the main control block 25A, it is determined whether or not the infrared ray received by the remote control light receiving unit 24A is receiving infrared rays having the same property as the monitoring infrared ray Lc (step S4). The fact that no light is received is displayed on the screen 13a of the liquid crystal monitor 13 or the viewfinder 12 to prompt reconfirmation (step S5). When the remote control light receiving unit 24A receives the monitoring infrared ray Lc, it displays whether or not to enter the recording standby mode (step S6), and when not entering the recording standby mode, returns to the initial screen 13a (step S7). ). When entering the recording standby mode, the main control block 25A puts the video / sound recording / playback processing block 29 in the recording standby state, and a butterfly or a small bird is placed between the infrared light emitting unit 23A and the mirror 50 as shown in FIG. When such a blocking object T enters and the monitoring infrared ray Lc is cut off, the remote control light receiving unit 24A does not receive the reflection monitoring infrared ray Lc reflected by the mirror 50, so that the main control block 25A is cut off. Is immediately detected, the video and sound recording / reproducing processing block 29 in the standby state is operated, and the video of the blocking object T taken from the photographing lens 11 and the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 is converted into the video and sound recording / reproducing processing block 29. The recording medium is driven and the blocking object is recorded on the video tape or DVD 27, and in the still image mode. Video tape, or DVDMa, or is recorded in a solid memory media 28.

  In the monitoring device 40A having the configuration and operation as described above, the monitoring infrared ray Lc is originally generated by sharing the light emitting element of the infrared light emitting unit 23A for emitting the dark portion irradiation infrared ray. It is used to monitor the subject that is unknown when it appears day and night, and when the monitoring infrared ray Lc is cut off, the subject that is the blocking object T is recorded on the recording medium without consuming the recording medium. Can do.

  Next, a video camera device according to a second embodiment of the present invention and a monitoring device using the same will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In FIG. 9, reference numeral 1B indicates a video camera apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and reference numeral 40B indicates a monitoring apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Only the main points of the video camera device 1B different from the video camera device 1A of the first embodiment will be described. The major difference is that the video camera device 1B does not employ a touch panel switch structure for performing various settings, but is operated by an operation lever, a dial, a push button, etc., which are mechanical structure switch means. .

  First, the video camera device 1B will be described. This video camera apparatus 1B is opened and closed on one side of a main body 60, a photographing lens 61 that is disposed and incorporated in an upper front of the main body 60, a viewfinder 62 that is disposed behind the main body 60, and the main body 60. A liquid crystal monitor 63 that is freely attached, a microphone 64 that is disposed on the upper surface of the main body 60 behind the photographing lens 61, and that is formed under the photographing lens 61, and a window portion that transmits and receives infrared rays. (Not shown), a night shot switch (not shown, similar to that shown in FIG. 4) disposed on one side of the main body 60, and an operation attached to the back of the main body 60 below the viewfinder 62 A lever 65 (FIG. 10) and a menu button 66 disposed below the lever 65 are provided. Various operation buttons 67 are provided above the side surface of the main body 60. Is formed, the battery B is mounted a power source on its side downward. Further, a selection / determination dial 68 as shown in FIG. 11 is disposed at a portion indicated by an arrow A in FIG.

  In the main body 60, an electronic circuit block, a video tape driving device, a DVD driving device, and / or a solid-state memory driving device as shown in FIG. 6 are accommodated. However, in the electronic circuit block of the video camera apparatus 1B, it is assumed that an operation lever 65, a menu button 66, and a recording start / stop button 70 are connected to the main control block 25A via a human interface instead of the simple button 17.

  As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 11, the operation lever 65 can be rotated clockwise and counterclockwise about the rotation center C, and the “memory” position, the “camera” position, the “off” position, and “video”. This is a power switch that can be switched to the position and the “monitoring” position that is a feature of the present invention. A lock button 69 is formed on the lever portion. In addition, a circular recording start / stop button 70 is disposed at the center of rotation C, and this recording start / stop button 70 is pressed when the operation lever 64 is in the “camera” position, so that FIG. And the control block 27 such as a lens, the photographing lens 61 (11), and the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 are also actuated, and the video camera apparatus 1B photographs the subject, and the liquid crystal monitor 63 Start recording while projecting the subject. That is, the operation lever 65 corresponds to the simple button 17, the power switch 18, the recording start / stop buttons 19a, 19b, etc. in the video camera apparatus 1A of the first embodiment. Further, a protrusion 65a is formed at the rear end of the operation lever 65, and the operation lever 65 is rotated to the “memory” position by engaging with the lock pin 71 disposed on the outer peripheral body 60. It is configured not to be able to.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the menu button 66 is a push button embedded in the main body 60. The menu button 66 rotates the operation lever 65 to the “camera” position while pressing the lock button 69. The large operation item 132 can be displayed on the screen 63a of the liquid crystal monitor 63 by pressing.

  As shown in FIG. 11A, the selection / determination dial 68 can be rotated in the direction of the arrow Ra, and the large operation item 132 as shown in FIG. 12 can be selected by this rotation. The item 132 can be determined by pressing toward the center of the selection / determination dial 68 as shown by an arrow Rb in FIG. 11B. In the case shown in the figure, the state of selecting and determining the “picture application” 132a is shown, and the fine operation items 133, that is, the fader 133a, the overlap 133b, the digital effect 133c, and the monitor are displayed on the screen 63a of the liquid crystal monitor 63 The mode 133d (not necessary for the video camera apparatus 1B of the second embodiment) is displayed.

  The window part is the same as the window part 15 of the first embodiment, and the electronic circuit board 22A shown in FIG. 5 is disposed inside the window part so as to face the window part. Similarly, the infrared light emitting unit 23A and the remote control light receiving unit 23A are formed, and the light shielding plate 15a is interposed therebetween.

  Thus, the video camera apparatus 1B is configured. The monitoring device 40B of the present invention is configured by disposing a mirror 50 at a predetermined position in front of the photographing lens 61 and the window of the video camera device 1B.

  In order to monitor and photograph a subject whose time of appearance is unknown using such a monitoring device 40B, first, the operating lever 64 is rotated from the “OFF” position state shown in FIG. 10 to the “Monitoring” position. When the infrared filter (not shown) interposed between the photographing lens 61 and the optical-electrical signal conversion block 26 is removed and then the recording start / stop button 70 is pressed, the infrared light emitting unit 23A transmits the infrared light for dark portion irradiation. Are set so that the monitoring infrared rays Lc having different properties are emitted from the window toward the mirror 50, and the reflected infrared rays Lc reflected by the mirror 50 are incident on the remote control light receiving portion 24A.

  When the monitoring infrared ray Lc is blocked by the blocking object T, the video camera apparatus 1B starts the same operation as the video camera apparatus 1A, and the blocking object T is recorded on the recording medium. Since this monitoring mode is the same as the operation similar to that of the video camera apparatus 1A, the description thereof is omitted.

  In the video camera device 1B of the second embodiment, the “monitoring” position is provided in the portion of the operation lever 65 that is the power source, and the video camera device 1B is set to the monitoring mode, but the “monitoring” position is not provided. As shown in FIG. 12, the menu button 66 is provided, and after the operation lever 65 is rotated to the “camera” position, the menu button 66 is pressed to display the large operation item 132, as shown in FIG. Rotate the dial 131 to the “picture application” 132a, align the arrows, and press to display the fine operation item 133. Further, rotate the dial 131 to the monitoring mode 133d and press the dial 131. By deciding, the video camera device can be set to the monitoring mode, and the subject that is unknown when it appears is monitored and shot. It is possible.

  The video camera apparatus of the present invention and the monitoring apparatus using the same can be used not only by electronic equipment manufacturers but also by educational material makers, security equipment makers, and construction makers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is an external appearance perspective view of the video camera apparatus of 1st Example of this invention, and the monitoring apparatus using the same. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the video camera device shown in FIG. 1 with the liquid crystal monitor opened and seen from the viewfinder. It is a top view of the screen projected on the liquid crystal monitor shown in FIG. It is a top view of the night shot switch provided in the video camera apparatus shown in FIG. The front window part of the video camera apparatus shown in FIG. 1 and the electronic circuit board built in the inside are shown, The figure A is a top view of an electronic circuit board, The figure B is the circuit which faces a window part It is a conceptual diagram of a part. FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram of the video camera device shown in FIG. 1. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the state which the monitoring apparatus of this invention detected the obstruction | occlusion object. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the monitoring mode of the monitoring apparatus of this invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the video camera apparatus and monitoring apparatus of 2nd Example of this invention. FIG. 10 is a plan view of an operation lever of the video camera device shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a selection / decision dial. This is the “Picture App” screen selected with the selection / determination dial displayed on the LCD monitor screen. It is the external appearance perspective view seen from the photographic lens side of the video camera apparatus of a prior art. It is the external appearance perspective view which opened the liquid crystal monitor of the video camera apparatus of FIG. 13, and was seen from the viewfinder. It is a top view of the screen projected on the liquid crystal monitor shown in FIG. The front window part of the video camera apparatus shown in FIG. 13 and the electronic circuit board incorporated in the inside are shown, The figure A is a top view of an electronic circuit board, The figure B is the circuit which faces a window part It is a conceptual diagram of a part. It is a top view of the night shot switch provided in the video camera apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is a configuration block diagram of the video camera device shown in FIG. 13.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1A ... Video camera apparatus of 1st Example of this invention, 1B ... Video camera apparatus of 2nd Example of this invention, 10 ... Main body, 11 ... Shooting lens, 12 ... Viewfinder, 13 ... Liquid crystal monitor, 13a ... Liquid crystal Monitor 13 screen, 131 ... dial, 132 ... large operation item, 132 a ... "Picture app", 133 ... fine operation item, 133 d ... monitoring mode, 14 ... microphone, 15 ... window, 15a ... light shielding plate, 16 ... night shot Switch 17, simple button 18, power switch 19 a, 19 b recording start / stop button 20 power supply mounting portion 21 photo button 22 A electronic circuit board 23 A infrared light emitting unit 24 A remote control light receiving unit 25A ... main control block, 26 ... optical-electrical signal conversion block, 27 ... control block, 28 ... processing block DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 29 ... Video and sound recording / reproducing processing block, 31 ... Input / output processing block of cables, 40A ... Monitoring apparatus of 1st Example of this invention, 40B ... Monitoring apparatus of 2nd Example of this invention, 50 ... Mirror, 60 ... Main body, 65 ... Operating lever, 66 ... Menu button, 67 ... Operating button, 68 ... Selection / decision dial, 70 ... Recording start / stop button, B ... Battery, La ... Infrared for dark area irradiation, Lb ... Infrared for remote control, Lc: Infrared light for monitoring, Ma: Video tape or DVD, Mb: Solid memory, T: Blocking object

Claims (7)

An infrared light emitting means for emitting an infrared ray for infrared irradiation and a monitoring infrared ray having a different property from the infrared ray for dark portion irradiation;
An infrared receiving means capable of receiving the infrared rays for monitoring;
A video camera device comprising a monitoring function comprising recording means for detecting that the infrared light receiving means no longer senses the monitoring infrared light and driving a recording medium. Driving means for driving the recording medium;
The driving means is driven to record the moving image or still image video signal of the subject photographed through the photographing lens on the recording medium, or to reproduce the moving image or still image video signal recorded on the recording medium. Recording and reproducing means capable of
Infrared light emitting means for emitting and emitting a dark portion irradiation infrared ray that irradiates the subject when the subject is insufficient in brightness and a monitoring infrared ray having a property different from that of the dark portion irradiation infrared ray and the remote control infrared ray ,
The subject is irradiated with dark part irradiation infrared light emitted from the infrared light emitting means, and the moving image or still image video signal of the subject is recorded on the recording medium through the dark part irradiation infrared light reflected from the subject. Dark part photography means that can be,
Infrared light receiving means for receiving the remote control infrared light and the monitoring infrared light having different properties from the dark part irradiation infrared light for controlling the recording / reproducing means,
Comprising main control means for controlling each means,
When the recording / reproducing means is in a monitoring mode under the control of the main control means,
The infrared light emitting means emits and emits the monitoring infrared;
The infrared light receiving means can receive the monitoring infrared light,
A video camera apparatus, wherein when the monitoring infrared ray is cut off, the recording / reproducing unit operates under the control of the main control unit by detecting the cut-off state.   3. The video camera apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the means for setting the monitoring mode is an electronic structure switching means.   3. The video camera apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the means for setting the monitoring mode is a mechanical structure switch means. It consists of a video camera device and a mirror.
The video camera device is
Driving means for driving the recording medium;
The driving means is driven to record the moving image or still image video signal of the subject photographed through the photographing lens on the recording medium, or to reproduce the moving image or still image video signal recorded on the recording medium. Recording and reproducing means capable of
Infrared light emitting means for emitting and emitting a dark portion irradiation infrared ray that irradiates the subject when the subject is insufficient in brightness and a monitoring infrared ray having a property different from that of the dark portion irradiation infrared ray and the remote control infrared ray ,
The subject is irradiated with dark part irradiation infrared light emitted from the infrared light emitting means, and the moving image or still image video signal of the subject is recorded on the recording medium through the dark part irradiation infrared light reflected from the subject. Dark part photography means that can be,
Infrared light receiving means for controlling the recording / reproducing means, etc., for receiving the infrared light for remote control and the infrared light for monitoring different in nature from the infrared light for dark portion irradiation,
Comprising main control means for controlling each means,
The mirror is disposed in front of the photographing lens, the infrared light emitting means, and the infrared light receiving means,
The monitoring infrared light is always emitted and reflected from the infrared light emitting means to the mirror, and the reflected infrared light for monitoring is received in the monitoring mode in which the infrared light receiving means can receive the monitoring infrared light. A monitoring function for detecting the shut-off state and operating the drive means and the recording / reproducing means under the control of the main control means to record the shut-off object on the recording medium when shut off; A monitoring device.   6. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the means for setting the monitoring mode is an electronic structure switching means. 6. The monitoring apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the means for setting the monitoring mode is a mechanical structure switching means.

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