JP3038960B2 - LCD of camera - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display of a camera.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional liquid crystal display device, a plurality of photographing information items are simultaneously displayed on a display surface.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional method, the display of individual photographing information among a plurality of photographing information displayed simultaneously is small, and it is not always easy to recognize the contents of the photographing information. . The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and a liquid crystal display of a camera capable of displaying a plurality of pieces of photographing information at the same time and capable of easily recognizing the display of individual photographing information. It is intended to provide a device.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a display means for displaying a plurality of pieces of photographing information relating to photographing, and a selecting means capable of arbitrarily selecting at least one of the plurality of pieces of photographing information. And a liquid crystal display device of a camera including a CPU for driving the display means, wherein the CPU displays a first display mode for collectively displaying the plurality of pieces of photographing information in accordance with an output of the selection means; A liquid crystal display device for a camera is provided, wherein the display unit is driven by any one of a second display mode in which at least one piece of photographing information is displayed in an enlarged manner than the first display mode. .

[0005] The apparatus further includes display means for displaying a plurality of pieces of photographing information relating to photographing, selecting means for arbitrarily selecting at least one of the plurality of pieces of photographing information, and a CPU for driving the display means. In a liquid crystal display device of a camera, the photographing information includes one represented by a character string, and the CPU displays a character string of the photographing information in English in response to an output of the selecting means. And a liquid crystal display device for a camera, wherein the display means is driven by any one of a fourth display mode in which the character string of the shooting information is displayed in Japanese characters.

Further, the photographic information includes a character string, and the spelling of the character string of the photographic information displayed in the first display form is partially omitted, and the second display is performed. 2. A liquid crystal display device for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the character string of the photographing information displayed in a form is completely spelled.

Further, the first display mode or the second display mode
2. The liquid crystal display device of the camera according to claim 1, wherein the display mode is selectively displayed on a single display unit. 3. The camera liquid crystal display device according to claim 2, wherein the third display mode or the fourth display mode is selectively displayed on a single display unit.

[0008]

A plurality of pieces of photographing information are collectively or enlarged and selectively displayed for easy viewing, or selectively displayed in English or Japanese characters, or a spelling in which a character string is completely spelled or omitted. Is displayed with. The selected display is displayed on a single display unit.

[0009]

1 to 5 and FIG. 1 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 1 to 5 are diagrams showing that various types of information relating to photographing are displayed on the display surface of the liquid crystal display device. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a camera equipped with the liquid crystal display device of the present embodiment. It is a block diagram of a 1st Example. In FIG. 13, 13 is a camera, 14 is a display surface of the liquid crystal display device, and 15 is a selection button. 15a is an exposure mode button. 15b is a change button.
15c is a reset button. In FIG. 14, CP
Selection means 15a (corresponding to the exposure mode button in FIG. 13), change means 15b (corresponding to the change button in FIG. 13), and reset means 15c (corresponding to the reset button in FIG. 13) are connected to U16. Further, a display unit 14 (corresponding to the liquid crystal display device of FIG. 13) is connected to the CPU 16, and the display of the display unit 14 is controlled by the CPU 16.

The display surface (1) of the liquid crystal display device shown in FIG. 1 is of a dot type, and various kinds of information relating to photographing are displayed as a display diagram. Each of the figures represents the following shooting information. The figure (1a) has an exposure mode set to a program mode (a mode in which a camera automatically selects an aperture and a shutter speed so as to obtain an appropriate exposure according to the brightness of a subject);
The figure (1b) is set to a five-segment metering mode (a mode for obtaining an appropriate exposure based on five metering outputs) in the photometric mode, and the figure (1c) is a shutter speed (1/12).
5), figure (1d) shows the aperture (F5.6) and figure (1d)
e) that the film feed mode is set to single-frame shooting (a mode in which only one frame is shot even if the release button is held down), and the graphic (1f) indicates the number of loaded films (12 frames). ) Respectively.

Next, the operation will be described. When the exposure mode button (15a) is pressed in the display state of FIG. 1, all the displayed graphics are erased under the control of the CPU, and only the graphics (1a) indicating the information on the exposure mode are enlarged and the abbreviation letter "P" is displayed. Display is complete spelling "PROG
The display is changed to "RAM" and the display state is as shown in FIG.
When changing from the display state of FIG. 1 to the display state of FIG. 2, the CPU (16) controls which dot on the display surface (1) of the liquid crystal display device is turned on to perform a desired display. Is achieved by Then, the display “1” shown in FIG.
25 "and" F5.6 "dots and the display" P "shown in FIG.
Some of the dots of the “ROGRAM” are also used. When the change button (15b) is pressed while the exposure mode button (15a) is pressed, another manual mode (a mode in which the aperture and shutter speed can be arbitrarily determined) other than the program mode of the exposure mode is displayed.
Is displayed.

When the change button (15b) is released, the manual mode is indicated and the shutter speed and the aperture, which are the most important information in the manual mode, are set to C.
The image is enlarged and displayed based on the control of the PU (16). Although not shown in the figure in this example, the shutter speed is 1/125 sec.
5.6 is displayed. Next, the shutter speed and the aperture are manually set to desired values.
When the seconds and the aperture F16 are set, the display changes to the display state of FIG. When the reset button (15c) is pressed, all the various information is displayed again, and the display state is as shown in FIG.

On the display surface (5) shown in FIG. 5, individual figures express the following photographing information. The figure (5a) indicates that the exposure mode has been changed from the program mode to the manual mode, the figure (5b) has the metering mode unchanged, and has been set to the five-segment metering mode, and the figure (5c) has a shutter speed. Is 1/250 second to 1/250
That the aperture has been changed to seconds, the figure (5d)
The fact that the setting has been changed from 5.6 to F16 is shown in FIG.
e) shows that the film feed mode is not changed and the single-frame shooting mode is set, and FIG. 5F shows that the number of loaded films remains unchanged.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. A description of the same or similar parts as in the first embodiment will be omitted. FIG. 9 shows that the liquid crystal display device has two dot type display surfaces (9a) and (9b). However, the figures (9c) and (9f) on the display surface (9a) are segment type display surfaces.

FIG. 9 shows information relating to various types of photographing on the display surface of the liquid crystal display device. For the graphic on the display surface (9a), the graphic (9c) has the exposure mode set to the program mode, the graphic (9d) has the photometric mode set to the 5-split photometric mode, and the graphic (9)
e) shows that the film feed mode is set to the one-frame shooting mode, and FIG. 9F shows the number of loaded films. On the display surface (9b), the figure (9g) shows the shutter speed (1/125 seconds), and the figure (9h) shows the aperture (F5.6).

Next, the operation will be described. When the exposure mode button (15a) is pressed in the display state of FIG. 9, the graphic displayed on the display surface (9a) does not change, and the graphic displayed on the display surface (9b) is the CPU (16). All information is deleted based on the control, and information (1
Only 0a) is enlarged and the display of the abbreviated character "P" is changed to the complete spelling "PROGRAM", and the display state is as shown in FIG.

When the change button (15b) is pressed while the exposure mode button (15a) is pressed, the CPU (1) is pressed.
In the exposure mode graphic (11c) displayed on the display surface (9a) based on the control of 6), the manual mode is displayed by the abbreviation "M", and the exposure mode graphic (11c) displayed on the display surface (9b) is displayed. The graphic (11g) is displayed in enlarged and complete spelling "MANUAL" in the manual mode.
Is displayed. Next, when the shutter speed and the aperture are manually set to desired values, in this example, the shutter speed is set to 1/250 second and the aperture is F16, and the reset button (15c) is pressed, various kinds of information are again obtained based on the control of the CPU (16). Is displayed on the display surface (9a) in the same manner as the display of FIG. 11, and the shutter speed 1/250 of the graphic (12g) is displayed on the display surface (9b).
The second and the aperture F16 of the figure (12h) are displayed, and the display state is as shown in FIG. In FIGS. 10 and 11, the display surface (9
It is also possible to delete the display of a).

Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. A description of the same or similar parts as in the first embodiment will be omitted. 6, 7, and 8 respectively correspond to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 of the first embodiment. FIG. 2 of the first embodiment,
The difference from FIGS. 3 and 4 is that the display of the exposure mode is displayed in katakana, so that even a beginner can easily recognize it. In the embodiment, the setting of the exposure mode is taken as an example.
Needless to say, the same applies to other mode settings such as the film feed mode for photographing.

The points to be noted in the present invention are as follows.
That is, when all the photographing information as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 is mainly displayed, it is difficult to display each image in an enlarged manner or to display it with perfect spelling due to space limitations. It is. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 6, etc., the information flea that the photographer wants to know is enlarged and displayed in full spelling, so that the visibility and the discrimination of the display can be pointed out without increasing the space on the display surface. It is.

[0020]

If you want to know a plurality of shooting information at the same time,
When a collective simultaneous display of a plurality of pieces of photographing information is selected and the individual photographing information is to be easily visually recognized, an enlarged display of the individual photographing information can be selected. Therefore, the photographing information can be easily grasped as a whole, and can be easily visually recognized individually. The display is selectively performed using English or Japanese characters or the character string is completely spelled or omitted, and the selected display is displayed on a single display unit. As described above, a liquid crystal display device of a camera that can simultaneously display a plurality of pieces of shooting information and that can easily recognize the display of individual shooting information is provided.
Cameras are easy to use for infrequently used people, beginners and elderly people.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a display surface of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a display surface of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a display surface of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a display surface of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a display surface of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a display surface of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a display surface of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a display surface of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a display surface of the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a display surface of a third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a display surface of the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a display surface of the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a camera equipped with the liquid crystal display device of the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of the first embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 display surface 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f figure 13 camera 14 liquid crystal display device 15 selection button 16 CPU

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A display unit for displaying a plurality of pieces of photographing information relating to photographing, a selecting unit capable of arbitrarily selecting at least one of the plurality of pieces of photographing information, and a CPU for driving the display unit. In a liquid crystal display device of a camera, the CPU is configured to display a plurality of pieces of photographing information collectively according to an output of the selecting unit, and to display the at least one piece of photographing information in the first display form. A liquid crystal display device for a camera, wherein the display unit is driven by any one of a second display mode for displaying an enlarged image. 2. A display unit for displaying a plurality of pieces of shooting information related to shooting, a selection unit capable of arbitrarily selecting at least one piece of shooting information from among the plurality of pieces of shooting information, and a CPU for driving the display unit. In a liquid crystal display device of a camera, the photographing information includes one represented by a character string,
The CPU includes a third display mode in which the character string of the shooting information is displayed in English characters in accordance with an output of the selection unit, and a fourth display mode in which the character string of the shooting information is displayed in Japanese characters. A liquid crystal display device for a camera, wherein the display means is driven by any one of the above. 3. The photographing information includes a character string, a part of a spelling of the character string of the photographing information displayed in the first display form is omitted, and
2. The liquid crystal display device for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the spelling of the character string of the photographing information displayed in the display form of (1) is complete. 4. The camera liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the first display mode or the second display mode is selectively displayed on a single display unit. 5. The liquid crystal display device for a camera according to claim 2, wherein the third display mode or the fourth display mode is selectively displayed on a single display unit.