JP2606672Y2 - Camera device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera device in which a camera and a liquid crystal display element for monitoring are integrated. 2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional camera-integrated display device, for example, a movie with a liquid crystal TV, a content recorded by a VTR is immediately reproduced on the spot, and a monitor liquid crystal television (hereinafter referred to as a monitor TV) is used. It can be observed or an image from a camera can be directly displayed on a monitor TV for observation. [0003] For this reason, a movie with a liquid crystal TV is widely used, for example, it can be used for research on forms in various sports, and checking of dressing and makeup. The advantage of using a movie with a liquid crystal TV for checking dressing and makeup in this way is that, since the screen is reduced, the user can visually recognize himself / herself more than if he / she sees it in a mirror. [0004] However, the liquid crystal display element has an angle at which the image can be easily viewed, and if the image pickup direction of the camera is fixed, the image pickup direction is set to a desired one, and It was difficult to make an image easily viewable on a liquid crystal display device. Also, when photographing oneself for researching forms in various sports, checking dressing and makeup, etc., rather than photographing with the camera body by hand, the photographer places the camera on a desk or the like. It is desirable to do. When taking a picture of your own face with the camera on a desk, take a picture of the face from a low position near the desk,
A problem arises in which a face with a downward bulge is photographed or an image in which the nostrils are emphasized. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make it easy to see an image on a liquid crystal display element in a desired photographing direction,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a camera device capable of obtaining a good image when placed on a desk or the like and photographed by the operator himself. This invention has a top surface and a bottom surface, and first and second side surfaces facing each other so as to connect the top surface and the bottom surface, and the top surface is substantially U-shaped. The main body, which is cut out in a shape and can be placed by the bottom surface, and is supported by a shaft in the notch on the upper surface of the main body so that the lens portion of the camera portion rotates in the first and second side directions. And a liquid crystal display unit disposed on the first side surface of the main body and displaying an image taken by the camera unit. Since the lens section of the camera section can be rotated, it is possible to achieve both viewing the image on the liquid crystal display section from an easy-to-view angle and setting the desired shooting direction. Further, when photographing the operator himself, the apparatus is placed so that the bottom surface is in close contact with the desk, and the lens unit of the camera unit is rotated so as to face the operator himself. Since the camera section is arranged in the cutout on the upper surface, the camera position at the time of shooting is not too low, and a good face image can be obtained. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
This invention is applied to a display device including a TR and a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, LCD). This camera-integrated display device has a camera unit 1
LCD 2 as an image display element, and image display circuit 3
, A VTR unit 4 and a main body 5 as a cabinet. The camera unit 1 captures a subject and converts it into a color image signal S1 and outputs it to an image display circuit 3 to display the subject as an image P on the LCD 2, or the VTR unit 4 outputs the color image signal S1 together with an audio signal. To be recorded on a VTR tape (not shown). The camera unit 1 is attached to a horizontal support shaft 6 at an upper end portion.
A camera 8 which is rotatable in the circumferential direction (in the direction of arrow C) and has a lens housing 7 and is mounted on the horizontal support shaft 6 coaxially with the camera 8 so that the camera 8 can be moved in the circumferential direction (in the direction of arrow C). (In the direction C). The LCD 2 displays an arbitrary image P by driving the pixels E. The LCD 2 is disposed on a side surface 10 on the front side of the main body 5, and includes therein row electrodes X of m rows.
And n columns of column electrodes Y. In displaying the image P, the i-th row electrode X _i and the j-th column electrode Y _j
, A driving signal SM supplied from the image display circuit 3 is applied to drive the pixel E _ij at the intersection. The image display circuit 3 (see FIG. 2) is provided with a drive signal SM and three primary color signals (described later) based on a color video signal S1 supplied from the camera unit 1, VTR unit 4, or a TV tuner unit (not shown). Is formed and applied to the LCD 2 to form an image P
Is displayed. The image display circuit 3 includes a signal processing circuit 11, a synchronization control circuit 12, an LCD drive control circuit 13, a column electrode selection drive circuit 14, and a row electrode selection drive circuit 15. Signal processing circuit 11
Are the camera unit 1, VTR unit 4, input from the terminal 16,
Alternatively, a color video signal S from a TV tuner or the like (not shown)
1 to perform processing such as YC separation, color demodulation, matrix calculation, etc., and supply a horizontal synchronization signal SH and a vertical synchronization signal SV included in the color video signal S1 to the synchronization control circuit 12, and 13, the color video signal S1 is separated and supplied to red (R), blue (B), and green (G) primary color signals. The synchronization control circuit 12 supplies a timing signal ST to the LCD drive control circuit 13 based on the horizontal / vertical synchronization signals SH and SV from the signal processing circuit 11, and supplies a column and row electrode selection drive circuit 14, Horizontal for each of the 15
Clock signal CL synchronized with vertical synchronization signals SH and SV
H and CLV are supplied. The LCD drive control circuit 13 generates a primary color signal R.
G and B, an inverted signal * R * G * B (* means inversion) is formed, and these primary color signals R * G
-Voltages V1 and V formed from B and * R * G * B
2 and V3 are applied to the column electrode selection drive circuit 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the column electrode selection drive circuit 14 is provided with a counter 17 for receiving the clock signal CLH from the synchronization control circuit 12 and counting the clock signal CLH. This counter 17 is a so-called up / up counter capable of performing a counting operation in an addition direction (up) or a subtraction direction (down).
This is a down counter. To switch the counting direction of the counter 17, a counter changeover switch 18 is provided. The counter changeover switch 18 has terminals 19, 20, 21
An H level voltage is applied to one terminal 20, and the other terminal 21 is grounded to be at an L level. The counter 17 forms an up counter by connecting the terminals 19 and 20 (that is, H level), and forms a down counter by connecting the terminals 19 and 21 (that is, L level). The binary signal output from the counter 17 is supplied to the BCD decoder 22,
The decoder 22 generates a column electrode selection signal Sr.
Further, the column electrode selection drive circuit 14 includes a column electrode selection signal Sr
And a driving circuit 23 for selecting a corresponding column electrode Y based on the driving signal SM and applying a driving signal SM to the column electrode Y. The row electrode selection drive circuit 15 has a configuration similar to that of the column electrode selection drive circuit 14, and includes a counter 24 for counting the clock signal CLV from the synchronization control circuit 12, and a binary signal output from the counter 24. It comprises a BCD decoder 25 for outputting a row electrode selection signal Sc, a counter changeover switch 26, and a driving device 27. The counter changeover switch 26 is linked with the rotation of the camera 8. That is, when the camera 8 is facing forward (direction indicated by arrow F), the terminals 28 and 29 are connected to make the counter 24 an up counter, and the camera 8 is facing rearward (direction indicated by arrow B). In this case, the terminals 24 are connected to make the counter 24 a down counter.
The connection state of the counter changeover switch 26 can be released by operating the operation button 31, so that the counter 24 can be set to any of an up counter and a down counter. The VTR section 4 is formed below the main body 5 and records a color video signal S1 supplied from the camera section 1 or a TV tuner (not shown) together with an audio signal on a VTR tape (not shown). It is to let. At the time of reproduction, the VTR unit 4 outputs a color video signal S1 to the image display circuit 3 to display the image P on the LCD2. Next, a normal image P and a mirror image PM are displayed on the LCD 2 of the camera-integrated display device by using the camera 8.
Will be described. (1) Displaying a Normal Image P As shown in FIG. 4, the camera 8 is pointed at a subject (not shown), and the terminals 19 and 20 of the counter changeover switch 18 are displayed.
To apply an H level voltage to the counter 17 to make the counter 17 an up counter. On the other hand, the counter changeover switch 26 is in a state in which the terminals 28 and 29 are connected because the camera 8 is facing forward (the direction indicated by the arrow F).
The counter 24 is an up counter. When the clock signal CLV is applied to the counter 24 of the row electrode selection drive circuit 15 which is an up counter, the clock signal CLV is counted and the counted value is supplied to the BCD decoder 25 as a binary signal. BC
The D decoder 25 applies the row electrode selection signal Sc to the drive circuit 27 from the first binary signal. Driving circuit 27 selects the row electrodes X ₁ of the first row by the row electrode selection signal Sc applies a driving signal SM. When the clock signal CLH is applied to the counter 17 of the column electrode selection drive circuit 14 as an up counter, the clock signal CLH is counted and the counted value is supplied to the BCD decoder 22 as a binary signal. BCD
The decoder 22 outputs a column electrode selection signal S from the first binary signal.
r is applied to the drive circuit 23. Drive circuit 23 applies a driving signal SM select the column electrodes Y ₁ of the first row by the column electrode selection signal Sr. As a result, the first row electrode X ₁
And a drive signal SM is applied to each of the _first column electrodes Y1 to drive the pixel _E1,1 at the intersection. When the next clock signal CLH is applied to the counter 17 of the column electrode selection drive circuit 14, the counter 17
Is incremented in the addition direction and the second column electrode Y ₂
There pixel E _{1, 2} are selected drive signal SM is applied at the column electrode selection signal Sr is driven. And row electrodes X ₁ of the first row in this manner, which with the driving of the pixel E _{1, j} at the intersection of the respective column electrode Y _j crossing until the n-th column from the first column, increasing direction (column When the clock signal CLV is applied to the counter 24 of the row electrode selection drive circuit 15 after the operation is performed in the direction of increasing the electrode Y (the direction of the arrow YU), the counter 24 increments in the addition direction and then passes through the BCD decoder 25. Second
Row electrode selection signal Sc so as to select the row electrodes X ₂ of row is output to the drive circuit 27, a drive signal SM to the second row of the row electrodes X _2, based on the driving circuit 27 row electrode selection signal Sc Add. The drive signal SM is applied to the row electrodes X ₂ of the second row sequentially to the column electrodes Y _j from the first column to the n-th column in the same manner as the row electrode X ₁ of the first row. Pixels E _{2,1 to} E
_{2, n} is driven. Thus, the row electrode X
The row numbers are sequentially selected from the first row to the m-th row in the direction in which the number of rows increases (the direction in which the row electrodes X increase, the arrow XU direction). While the drive signal SM is continuously applied to one row electrode X _i ,
The column electrodes _Yj are sequentially selected from the first column to the n-th column in the direction in which the number of columns increases (the direction indicated by the arrow YU), and the drive signal SM is applied. Thus the row electrodes X _i and column electrodes Y _j
Are sequentially driven. During this time, the drive circuit 23 of the column electrode selection drive circuit 14 applies voltages V1 to V corresponding to the primary color signals output from the LCD drive control circuit 13.
3, and the hue, saturation, and luminance of the pixel Ei _{, j at} the time of driving are determined by the levels of the voltages V1 to V3. When all the pixels E _{1,1 to} Em _{, n} of the LCD 2 are driven, an image P is completed, and the above processing is continuously repeated,
A moving image can be realized. As a result, the subject in the forward direction (the direction indicated by the arrow F) is displayed on the LCD 2 as it is. (2) When Mirror Image PM is Displayed (Refer to Mirror Image PM shown in FIGS. 5 and 3) As shown in FIG. 5, when this camera-integrated display device is to be used instead of a mirror, The mirror image PM is displayed on the LCD 2. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when the camera 8 is rotated (in the direction of arrow C) and turned to the side of the operator Ope (that is, the rearward direction, the direction of arrow B), the direction of the camera 8 is linked. The counter changeover switch 26 is connected to terminals 28 and 30 to form a down counter. On the other hand, the counter changeover switch 18 is kept as an up counter as in (1). This is because, when the camera 8 is directed to the operator Ope's own side (arrow B direction), the LCD 2 is inverted in both the vertical direction (arrow V direction) and the horizontal direction (arrow H direction). This is because the mirror image PM needs to be inverted only in the vertical direction (the direction indicated by the arrow V). Counter 24 of row electrode selection drive circuit 15
Since a down counter, the row electrodes X _m of the m-th row are selected by the row electrode selection signal Sc when the counter 24 has counted the first-time clock signal CLV, the row electrode X _m driving signal SM is applied Is done. On the other hand, in the column electrode selection drive circuit 14, since the counter 17 is an up counter,
When the clock signal CLH is counted, the driving signal SM is applied by selecting the _first column electrode Y1. This allows
Is selected and the m-th row electrode X _m and the row electrode Y ₁ of the first row are each driving signal SM is applied the intersection of the pixel E _{m, 1}
Is driven. When the counter 17 of the column electrode selection drive circuit 14 increments in the addition direction based on the next clock signal CLH, the second column electrode Y ₂ is selected, and the drive signal SM is applied. In this way, the row electrode X _m of the m-th row,
After the pixels Em _{, 1 to} Em _{, n} at all the intersections with the respective column electrodes _Yj from the first column to the n-th column are driven in the direction indicated by the arrow YU, the row electrode selection drive circuit 15 is driven. When the clock signal CLV is applied to the counter 24, the row electrode selection signal Sc is output through the BCD decoder 25, and the drive circuit 27 outputs the row electrode selection signal Sc.
The row electrode _Xm-1 of the -1st row is selected, and the drive signal SM is applied. [0031] The m-1 th row of the row electrode X _m-1, similar to the m-th row of the row electrodes X _m, the column electrodes Y _j toward the n-th column from the first column are sequentially selected To sequentially drive each pixel _{Em-1, j} . In this manner, the row electrodes X are sequentially selected from the m-th row to the first row in the direction in which the number of rows decreases (the direction in which the row electrodes decrease, the direction indicated by the arrow XD). _While the drive signal SM is continuously applied to 1, the column electrode _Yj is in the direction in which the number of columns increases from the first column to the n-th column (arrow YU).
Direction), and the pixels E _{i, j} are sequentially driven. As a result, the image P displayed in the order described in (1) is displayed in the direction of decreasing the number of rows from the m-th row to the first row in (2), and the display order in the column direction is reversed. Is the same, and if the image P displayed in (1) is used as a reference, an image in which the image P is vertically inverted (that is, a mirror image PM) is obtained. According to this embodiment, when the camera unit 1 is turned to the operator Ope side (rearward direction), the mirror image PM can be displayed on the LCD 2 by the operation of the image display circuit 3,
This camera-integrated display device can be used as a mirror. In this embodiment, an example in which a mirror image is obtained by using the camera unit 1 is described. However, a mirror image can be obtained in the same manner when reproducing a VTR or receiving a TV. In this embodiment, only the case where the image P is not inverted and the case where the image P is inverted in the vertical direction are described, but by operating the counter changeover switches 18 and 26, As described below, the display state of the image P can be freely changed by reversing both the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. (3) When the image is inverted in the horizontal direction (row electrode (up count) to column electrode (down count)) In this case, the counter 24 of the row electrode selection drive circuit 15
Is connected to the terminal 19 and the terminal 21 of the counter changeover switch 18 of the column electrode selection drive circuit 14, and an L level voltage is applied to the counter 17 to form a down counter. [0037] Thus, the row electrodes X until m-th row from the first row are sequentially selected in a direction (arrow XU direction) the number of rows is increased, also connected to one row electrode X _i driving signal SM Is applied, the column electrodes Y _j are sequentially selected in the direction in which the number of columns decreases from the n-th column to the first column (the decreasing direction of the column electrodes Y, the YD direction indicated by the arrow), the row electrode X _i and column electrodes Y _j pixel E _i of the intersection of _{the, j} are sequentially driven. As a result, the images P displayed in the order described in (1) are sequentially displayed in the direction of decreasing the number of columns from the n-th column to the first column in (3). (1)
With reference to the image P obtained by the above, an image in a state where this is inverted in the horizontal direction can be obtained. (4) When the image is inverted in the horizontal and vertical directions (row electrode (down count) to column electrode (do
wn count)) In this case, the counter 2 is operated by operating the counter changeover switches 18 and 26 of the row and column electrode selection drive circuits 15 and 14.
An L level voltage is applied to 4 and 17 to form a down counter. Since both the counters 24 and 17 of the row and column electrode selection drive circuits 15 and 14 are down counters, both counters 24 and 17 output the first clock signals CLH and C, respectively.
At the time of counting the LV, the row electrodes X, the row electrodes X _m and the column electrodes Y in the m-th row, the n-th column electrode Y _n is selected each driving signal SM is applied. [0041] In this way, the row electrode X until the first row from the m-th row are successively selected in the direction (arrow XD direction) the number of rows is reduced, also continued to the one row electrode X _i driving while the signal SM is applied, the column electrode Y _j will be sequentially selected in the direction (arrow YD direction) the number of columns is decreased toward the first row from the n-th column, and the row electrode X _i The pixels E _{i, j at} the intersections of the column electrodes Y _j are sequentially driven. As a result, in (4), images are sequentially displayed in the direction in which the number of rows decreases from the m-th row to the first row, and in the direction in which the number of columns decreases from the n-th column to the first column. If the image P obtained in (1) is used as a reference, an image can be obtained in which the image P is inverted in both the vertical and horizontal directions. The present invention is not limited to the present embodiment, but can be applied to any of a simple matrix system, an active matrix system, and a double matrix electrode driving system. The present invention is not limited to the LCD of the present invention, but is applicable to any type of LCD. According to the invention, since the lens of the camera can be rotated, it is possible to view the image on the liquid crystal display from an easy-to-view angle and to set the desired shooting direction. be able to. Also, when photographing the operator himself, place the device so that the bottom surface is in close contact with the desk,
The lens unit of the camera unit is rotated so as to face the operator himself. Since the camera section is arranged in the cutout on the upper surface, the camera position at the time of shooting is not too low, and a good face image can be obtained. Furthermore, the main body can be held diagonally with both hands during photographing, and photographing can be easily performed without causing camera shake.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an LCD and an image display circuit used in the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a row and column electrode selection drive circuit in the image display circuit. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of use of the camera-integrated display device. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of use of the camera-integrated display device. [Description of Signs] 1: Camera unit, 2: LCD, 3: Image display circuit, 5: Main body, 10: Side surface, P: Image, V: Vertical direction, H: Horizontal direction

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(57) [Claims for registering utility model] The upper and lower surfaces have first and second side surfaces facing each other so as to connect the upper and lower surfaces, and the upper surface is cut into a substantially U-shape. A main body which is notchable and can be placed by the bottom surface, and which is supported by a shaft in a cutout on the upper surface of the main body such that a lens portion of the camera portion rotates in the first and second side directions. A camera device, comprising: a camera unit provided on the main body; and a liquid crystal display unit disposed on the first side surface of the main body and displaying an image captured by the camera unit.