JP3056300U - Imaging equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] In addition to the function of a camera that can be carried easily and can capture the subject with easy operation, it is also possible to put characters in the photo, character and pattern etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographing apparatus that can easily display added value that can be displayed. SOLUTION: In a photographing apparatus 1 having a photosensitive material loaded in a portable housing and photographing means for photographing a subject on the photosensitive material, a pattern generating means for generating a predetermined display pattern, and the pattern generating means And a transfer means for transferring a display pattern generated by the means to a photosensitive material.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a photographing apparatus which has a photographing means for photographing a subject on a photosensitive material loaded in a portable housing such as a camera.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a camera or a film with a lens has been used as a photographing apparatus for photographing a subject on a photosensitive material such as a photographic film. Photographic devices (hereinafter referred to as “cameras”) have been improved in function and ease of use in recent years, and the quality of the film itself has been improved. You can take beautiful pictures.

[0003] In addition to the advantages of excellent ease of use as described above, the number of types that can be handled easily and inexpensively, such as so-called disposable cameras such as films with lenses, has been increasing in recent years. In addition, it is spreading not only to adults but also to a large number of junior and senior high school students.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, the above camera merely captures the photographed subject as it is, for example, when characters are inserted in a completed photograph, or a background in which characters, patterns, etc. are drawn in the photograph. It did not add value, such as taking in.

In order to add the above-mentioned added value to a photograph taken by a conventional camera, characters and background must be directly written on the completed photograph using a writing instrument or the like, which is troublesome. Or writing instruments can stain your hands and photos. On the other hand, as a device capable of simultaneously printing characters and a background at the same time as shooting a subject, there is a sticker printing device that can shoot a subject in a game center or the like and print it on a sticker.

In the sticker printing apparatus, there is a type in which a background frame or the like can be arbitrarily changed and a character can be inserted. However, the apparatus itself is too large and can be carried like a camera. And it is not possible to take pictures freely in any place.

[0007] In view of the above problems, the present invention has a portable size like a camera, and not only captures a subject by a simple operation but also inserts characters into a completed photograph. The purpose is to provide a value-added shooting device that can display characters and patterns.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, a photographing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is a photographing apparatus having a photographing means for loading a photosensitive material inside a portable housing and photographing a subject on the photosensitive material. A pattern generating means for generating a predetermined display pattern and a transfer means for transferring the display pattern generated by the pattern generating means to a photosensitive material are provided.

In the above structure, the photosensitive material is not particularly limited, but examples thereof include a film for photographic use, photographic paper, a wet plate, and a dry plate. The display pattern is, for example, a character, a picture, a symbol, or a combination thereof. The relationship between the pattern generating means and the transfer means is such that, for example, a predetermined light-transmissive display pattern is displayed on a light-transmissive sheet portion, and the display pattern is transferred to a photosensitive material by a light-emitting body. The pattern generation means and the transfer means may be independent of each other, or the display patterns are transferred to the photosensitive material by causing the light emitting diodes arranged in a matrix to emit light so as to display a predetermined display pattern. The relationship may be such that the pattern generating means and the transferring means are combined.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the pattern generating means becomes light non-transmissive / light transmissive by an electric signal, and a predetermined display pattern is obtained. A liquid crystal sheet for displaying a turn; a transfer unit including a light emitter for transferring a display pattern displayed on the liquid crystal sheet to a photosensitive material; and a liquid crystal sheet provided between the photosensitive material and the light emitter. It has a configuration that

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to the second aspect, the pattern generation unit stores a plurality of display pattern groups, and the storage unit stores the plurality of display pattern groups. A pattern control unit having a display pattern selection means for selecting one or a plurality of display patterns from a plurality of display patterns, and display pattern transmission means for transmitting the display pattern selected by the display pattern selection means to be displayed on a liquid crystal sheet. The transfer means is provided with a light emission timing control unit for causing the light emitter to emit light in synchronization with the photographing timing of the subject.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to any one of the first to third aspects, the pattern generating means includes a sheet member on which a positive image is displayed. Configuration.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration described in the fourth aspect, the photographing device has a shutter and a lens, and uses a photographic film as a photosensitive material. It has a liquid crystal sheet consisting of a dot matrix type liquid crystal sheet, a luminous body consisting of five small light bulbs, and a sheet body on which positive images are displayed at the four corners, and stores character patterns as a series of display pattern groups. Storage means comprising semiconductor memory stored in memory, display pattern selection means comprising a microcomputer for selecting one or more character patterns from a group of character patterns stored in the semiconductor memory, and a dot matrix for storing the selected character pattern. Display pattern transmitting means comprising a liquid crystal control unit for transmitting the data to a liquid crystal sheet for display. One of the five small light bulbs, which has a pattern control unit, is used to transfer the character pattern displayed on the dot matrix type liquid crystal sheet to the photographic film via the reflector through the light generated by light emission. The light emission timing control unit consists of a small light bulb and four small light bulbs for transferring the sheet, which are arranged one by one on the back of each of the positive images displayed in the four corners of the sheet. Immediately after the shutter is operated, light emission control is performed to emit light from at least one of the small light bulb for transferring the liquid crystal sheet and the small light bulb for transferring the four sheet bodies. The configuration is such that the timing control unit is contained in one integrated circuit.

In the above configuration, a character pattern refers to a sentence that is formed as a meaningful word by a group of characters.

[0015]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, an embodiment of a photographing device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cutaway side view showing the photographing device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view showing a pattern transfer unit for transferring a display pattern in the photographing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 onto a photographic film.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining the movement of the pattern transfer section shown in FIG. 2 when the shutter is pressed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the photographing apparatus 1 has a camera shape that is used by mounting a photographic film 3 as a photosensitive material in a photographing apparatus main body 2 having a housing. When the shutter button 21 is pressed, the photographing device 1 opens the shutter 23, so that a subject (not shown) is photographed on the photographic film 3 via the lens 22.

The photographing apparatus 1 has a pattern generating unit and a transfer unit, which will be described later, and displays a pattern such as a character or a picture, and transfers the display pattern to the photographic film 3. A transfer unit 10 is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the pattern transfer unit 10 includes a dot matrix type liquid crystal sheet (hereinafter, simply referred to as a “liquid crystal sheet”) 4 as a pattern generating means, and a sheet body (hereinafter, referred to as a “liquid crystal sheet”) on which a positive image is displayed. It includes a “positive sheet body” 5, a small light bulb as a luminous body (hereinafter, referred to only as “bulb”) 6, an integrated circuit 7, and a reflector 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, the liquid crystal sheet 4 is provided at the rear of the photographic film 3 which has been prepared in a photographable state, and is located above the photographic film 3, that is, in the completed photograph. It is arranged so as to be located below the subject. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the positive sheet member 5 is provided between the liquid crystal sheet 4 and the photographic film 3 prepared so as to be able to take a picture.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram when the photographic film 3, the liquid crystal sheet 4, and the positive sheet body 5 are viewed from the front in a state where they are overlapped. As shown in FIG. 4, the positive images 51 displayed on the positive sheet body 5 are arranged so as to be located at the four corners of the subject 50 photographed on the photographic film 3.

Each of the light bulbs 6 has a so-called “wheat sphere”. As shown in FIG. 2, when the side of the pattern transfer unit 10 facing the photographic film 3 is the front side. A small light bulb for transfer (hereinafter, referred to as “sheet light”), which is provided on the back side of the pattern transfer unit 10 and transfers the positive image 51 displayed on the positive body 5 shown in FIG. 61, a small light bulb for transferring a liquid crystal sheet for transferring the character pattern displayed on the liquid crystal sheet 4 to the photographic film 3 (hereinafter referred to as a "light bulb for transferring liquid crystal sheet"). .) 62.

The sheet body transfer light bulb 61 is provided substantially behind the positive image 51 in FIG. 4, and the light is emitted from the sheet body transfer light bulb 61 so that the positive image 51 is transferred to the photographic film 3. It has become. The sheet body transfer light bulb 61 is mounted on a resin base 63 as shown in FIG.

The base 63 is provided with wiring, not shown, so that a command from the integrated circuit 7 and a power supply for causing the sheet body transfer bulb 61 to emit light can flow. In addition, the base 63 is provided with a partition so that the sheet body transfer bulb 61 transfers only the corresponding positive image 51 of each sheet body transfer bulb 61.

The light bulb 62 for transferring a liquid crystal sheet has a larger light emission amount than the light bulb 61 for transferring a sheet body, and a reflecting mirror also serving as a partition so that the light emitted from the reflecting plate 8 is efficiently emitted. 64 are provided. The light generated by the light emission of the liquid crystal sheet transfer bulb 62 illuminates the liquid crystal sheet 4 via the reflection plate 8 so that the character pattern displayed on the liquid crystal sheet 4 is transferred to the photographic film. ing.

The reflection plate 8 has a predetermined angle and is obliquely attached so that the light generated by the liquid crystal sheet transfer bulb 62 is dispersed and the light spreads over the entire liquid crystal sheet 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, the integrated circuit 7 includes a semiconductor memory 71, a microcomputer 72 including a display pattern selection unit and a light emission timing control unit, and a character pattern selected by the microcomputer 72. Is transmitted to the liquid crystal sheet 4 to be displayed.

Further, the integrated circuit 7 is connected to a battery (not shown) and the light bulb 6 via a printed board 9 and wiring (not shown) shown in FIG. The integrated circuit 7 is interlocked with the shutter button 21 as shown in FIG. 3, and when the shutter button 21 is pressed, the character pattern and / or the positive sheet body displayed on the liquid crystal sheet 4 while the shutter 23 operates. 5 is transferred to the photographic film 3.

Next, the operation of the photographing apparatus 1 will be described. The photographing apparatus 1 simply performs an operation of pointing the lens at the subject and pressing the shutter button 21 as an operation performed to imprint the target subject on the photographic film 3 as in a normal camera or the like. . At this time, inside the photographing device 1, the integrated circuit 7 is linked with the movement of the shutter 23. When the shutter button 21 is pressed, the following movement is performed.

First, the display pattern selecting means in the microcomputer 72 accidentally selects a character pattern from a group of character patterns stored in the semiconductor memory 71, and places the selected character pattern in the liquid crystal control unit. Tell 73. The liquid crystal control unit 73 sends a signal so that only the portion of the liquid crystal sheet 4 where the character pattern is displayed is light non-transmissive so that the transmitted character pattern is displayed on the liquid crystal sheet 4. Control.

Thereafter, the light emission timing control means in the microcomputer 72 causes at least one of the sheet body transfer bulbs 61 and the liquid crystal sheet transfer bulb 62 to emit light. When any one of the sheet body transfer bulbs 61 emits light, the corresponding positive image 51 of the sheet body transfer bulb 61 is transferred to the photographic film 3. Further, the liquid crystal sheet transfer bulb 62 reflects the light generated by the light emission on the reflection plate 8 and transfers the character pattern displayed on the liquid crystal sheet 4 to the photographic film 3.

The light emission timing control means of the microcomputer 72 causes the sheet body transfer bulb 61 and the liquid crystal sheet transfer bulb 62 to emit light a few minutes after the shutter button 21 is pressed. The light emission timing is controlled. In addition, the four sheet transfer light bulbs 61 provided in each of the positive images displayed in the four corners of the photographic film 3 do not emit all four light, and the light emission timing of the It is selected by control means and emits light.

The photographing apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration and operation can copy the background of a character pattern, a character, and the like into a completed photograph simply by performing the same operation as that of taking a normal photograph. it can. In addition, since one or more character patterns are selected by accident from a series of character patterns, a fortune-telling play can be included by using a fortune-telling message or the like in the character patterns.

Further, since a positive image serving as a background of a character or the like is selected by accident and is printed on a photographic film, it is difficult to know which positive image has been selected until the image is developed. It can be further improved. In addition, since the light emission timing of the light bulb 6 can be slightly transmitted from the operation of the shutter, the background portion is prioritized in the image to be printed on the film, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of blur due to overlapping colors.

Note that the imaging device according to the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the photographing apparatus 1, the display pattern is displayed on the liquid crystal sheet 4 and the sheet body 5 on which the positive image is displayed. However, the light emitting diodes are laid out in a plurality of rows and columns to form the display pattern. It is also possible to turn on only a portion or to turn on all the light emitting diodes arranged in the above-mentioned arrangement and turn off only the portion of the display pattern.

Further, as a means for displaying a display pattern, an electroluminescence (EL) element or a cold cathode tube may be used. Further, in the above-mentioned photographing apparatus 1, the character pattern selected by accident is displayed on the liquid crystal sheet 4. However, the character pattern may be arbitrarily selected without being accidental. It may be possible for the person who decides to decide the character by himself. The liquid crystal sheet 4 may be capable of displaying not only a character pattern but also a pattern.

In addition, in the photographing apparatus 1, four positive images 51 are displayed on the sheet member 5, but may be three or less or five or more. At this time, the number of the light bulbs for sheet body transfer 61 increases or decreases in accordance with the number of the displayed positive images. As described above, the pattern displayed on the liquid crystal sheet 4 is added to the character pattern so that the pattern is displayed, and the character pattern to be displayed can be arbitrarily selected as well as accidentally selected. Then, the playful element is further improved, and the photographed image can be made original.

[0037]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, the photographing apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention has a portable size, and has a photographing means for loading a photosensitive material inside and photographing a subject on the photosensitive material. It has a function to add value to the image capturing device and to write patterns such as characters and backgrounds in the finished photo, so that characters and backgrounds can be easily entered just by taking a photo. Have fun other than taking pictures, such as being able to obtain unique pictures.

Further, in the photographing device according to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, since the liquid crystal sheet is used, the display pattern portion is suppressed to a compact size. Can be reduced in size.

Further, in the photographing device according to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the second aspect, it is possible to select a display pattern such as a character pattern or a picture pattern by simply pressing the shutter. In addition, it is possible to perform all the processes up to the transfer of the selected display pattern to the photosensitive material while controlling the same. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first to third aspects, in addition to the effects of the first to third aspects, the pattern generating means is formed of a sheet on which a positive image is displayed. Therefore, in addition to the pattern displayed on the liquid crystal sheet, the positive image displayed on the sheet body can also be imprinted on the photosensitive material.

The photographing apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the fourth aspect, easily prints a character pattern, a background, and the like on a photographic film simply by pressing the shutter. In addition, the light emitted from the small light bulb is reflected by the reflector, and the character pattern displayed on the liquid crystal sheet is transferred to the photographic film with a uniform amount of light. The characters are not blurred.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of a photographing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of the photographing apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation in the integrated circuit after the shutter button of the present invention is placed.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state in which a photographic film, a liquid crystal sheet, and a sheet body are stacked.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 photographing device 2 photographing device main body (housing) 3 photographic film (photosensitive material) 4 liquid crystal sheet (pattern generating means) 5 sheet body 6 light bulb (light emitting body) 7 integrated circuit 71 memory (memory means) 72 microcomputer 8 reflection Board

Claims (5)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A photographing apparatus having a photographing means for photographing a subject on a photosensitive material by loading a photosensitive material into a portable housing, and a pattern generating means for generating a predetermined display pattern; A transfer unit for transferring a display pattern generated by the unit to a photosensitive material. 2. A pattern generating means comprising a liquid crystal sheet for displaying a predetermined display pattern by being made light non-transmissive / light transmissive by an electric signal, and a transfer means for exposing the display pattern displayed on the liquid crystal sheet to light. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a luminous body that transfers to a material, wherein a liquid crystal sheet is provided between the photosensitive material and the luminous body. 3. A storage device in which pattern generation means stores a plurality of display pattern groups, a display pattern selection means for selecting one or a plurality of display patterns from the storage means, and a display pattern selection means. A pattern control unit having a display pattern transmitting unit for transmitting the selected display pattern so as to be displayed on the liquid crystal sheet, wherein the transfer unit causes the light emitting unit to emit light in accordance with the photographing timing of the subject. The photographing apparatus according to claim 2, comprising: 4. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pattern generating means includes a sheet on which a positive image is displayed. 5. A photographing apparatus having a shutter and a lens, a camera type using a photographic film as a photosensitive material, and a liquid crystal sheet composed of a dot matrix type liquid crystal sheet and light emission composed of five small light bulbs. Body, a sheet body on which a positive image is displayed at each of the four corners, a storage means comprising a semiconductor memory storing a character pattern as a series of display patterns, and one from a character pattern group stored in the semiconductor memory. Alternatively, a pattern control comprising a display pattern selecting means comprising a microcomputer for selecting a plurality of character patterns, and a display pattern transmitting means comprising a liquid crystal control section for transmitting the selected character pattern to a dot matrix type liquid crystal sheet for display. And five small light bulbs. One small light bulb for transferring the liquid crystal sheet that transfers the character pattern displayed on the matrix type liquid crystal sheet to the photographic film, and one for each back side of the positive image displayed at the four corners of the sheet body The light emission timing control unit, immediately after actuating the shutter, comprises four small light bulbs for transferring the liquid crystal sheet, and four light bulbs for transferring the sheet material. The photographing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein light emission control for causing at least one of the small light bulbs to emit light is performed, and the pattern control unit and the light emission timing control unit are housed in one integrated circuit.