JP4893062B2 - Imaging apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and a program.

Conventionally, in addition to storing and displaying images captured by a digital camera or the like, music data corresponding to the atmosphere of each image is stored in association with each captured image, and the plurality of images are stored. It is considered to perform editing capable of so-called slide show display, in which music data correspondingly stored is also output as audio when continuously reproduced and displayed (see Patent Documents 1 and 2).
JP 2003-288094 A JP 2005-240221 A

  However, in the conventional slide show editing described in the above-mentioned Patent Documents 1 and 2, etc., music data suitable for the image is associated with the already captured image, and appropriate music When there is no data, there is a drawback that the effect as a slide show is diminished.

  In particular, when the user takes an image, the music data is not consciously taken at the time of shooting, and if an individual tries to edit the slide show, the user must have a large amount of music data. Therefore, it has been difficult to make appropriate music data correspond to the captured image.

  Moreover, even if there is appropriate music data for each piece of image data, if the captured images are disjoint and have no story, the music data that is played back simultaneously will also have disjoint music. There is also a risk that the slide show will be uncoordinated as a whole.

  In addition, slideshow editing is extremely troublesome because it requires complicated operations such as selection of images to be displayed using editing software, setting of display time, and matching of corresponding music data. It was.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image pickup apparatus in which images that are continuously displayed and musical sounds that are generated are matched, and that it is possible to easily perform image display and generation of musical sounds with a story as a whole. It is in.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the image pickup means, the sound report means, the display means, the tone information storage means for storing the tone information composed of a plurality of tone part information , and the plurality of pieces stored in the tone information storage means Advice information storage means for storing imaging advice information corresponding to each piece of musical sound part information, and in the state of the shooting mode in which the imaging means operates, by detecting a predetermined external operation, the music sound information storage means The stored musical sound information is output to the sounding means, and when the imaging advice information corresponding to the music part information being output is stored in the advice information storage means, it is read out and Control means for controlling display on the display means, and when the imaging advice information is displayed on the display means by the control means, Filed means for filing an image picked up by the image pickup means, and a plurality of images filed by the filed means, the corresponding musical sound part information in the musical sound information is output as a report sound in a playback mode. And a picked-up image storage means for storing as an image displayed on the display means .
The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 1, the image of the external subject stored in the captured image storage means is an image in which a still image and a moving image are mixed. To do.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the plurality of musical tone parts are further connected to an external device or a network via the communication means and the musical tone information storage means via the communication means. A communication control unit that stores information and stores the imaging advice information in the advice information storage unit.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer provided with an image pickup apparatus comprising a display unit, a sound report unit, and a storage unit for storing musical tone information composed of a plurality of pieces of musical tone part information each associated with imaging advice information. In the shooting mode state, by detecting a predetermined operation from the outside, the musical sound information stored in the storage unit is output as a report sound from the report unit, and the music part that is currently outputting the report sound is output. When the imaging advice information corresponding to the information is stored, the control means for reading the information and displaying it on the display unit, and the imaging process is performed when the imaging advice information is displayed on the display means by the control means. File conversion means for converting an image into a file, and a plurality of images filed by the file conversion means in the playback mode, the music information Corresponding tone part information definitive is wherein the display function as an captured image storage means for storing an image to be displayed on the unit when it is sounding output.

  According to the present invention, since imaging is performed in accordance with musical tone information, the captured image information matches the musical tone information to be pronounced, and the image information and musical tone information as a whole have story characteristics. An imaging device capable of performing the above can be provided.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment exemplifies a case where the present invention is applied to a small and portable digital camera device (hereinafter abbreviated as a camera) as an imaging device. FIG. 1 shows the basic components of a camera according to the present invention. It is the block diagram which showed.

  The CPU (control unit) 1 includes a CPU and a ROM (read only memory) (not shown) and the like, and stores various programs and various data for controlling the operation of the entire camera. The control unit 1 includes a storage medium 3, a sound report unit 4, a clock circuit 5, a display unit 6, an imaging unit 7, an input unit (operation button) 8, and a recording medium that drives the recording medium 9 via the bus line 2. The drive unit 10 and the communication control unit 11 are connected.

  The storage unit 3 is an internal memory that is fixedly provided inside the camera and cannot be taken out in a normal state. The storage unit 3 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) that is a volatile memory that can be read and written, or a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory.

  FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration diagram of the storage unit 3. A mode value M indicating the basic operation mode of the camera is recorded in the mode value recording area 3A. When the mode value M is “0” (hereinafter referred to as M = 0), an external subject is imaged by operating a shutter button 8A described later, and the captured image is recorded on the recording medium 9. This is a shooting mode.

  Further, when M = 1, a reproduction mode for reproducing and displaying an image recorded on the recording medium 9 is displayed on the display unit 6, and when M = 2, an erase mode for selectively erasing the recorded image. .

  Further, when the mode value M is M = 3, an image recorded on the recording medium 9 and information related to the image are transferred to an external electronic device such as another digital camera device or a personal computer via the communication control unit 11. This is a transfer mode in which data is transferred to a printing device or the like or received in reverse.

  The slide show flag storage area 3B of the storage unit 3, which will be described in detail later, is an area for storing a slide show flag F when a slide show image is taken or reproduced. When F = 1, a slide show image is taken or taken. This is the playback mode.

  The number-of-parts storage area 3C is an area for dividing information for a slide show into a plurality of parts, and storing the number P of photographed (or reproduced) parts when photographing or reproducing an image for a slide show. The reproduction control information storage area 3D stores reproduction control information R at the time of image reproduction, such as reproduction control information R such as the number of images, the reproduction time of each image, or effect effect type information when various effects are displayed on the image. This is the area to be stored. Furthermore, the work area 3E is a recording area used for temporarily recording captured image information and various processes.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the sound report unit 4 is composed of a sound report circuit and a speaker for generating musical sounds and voices, which will be described later, and the clock circuit 5 counts the reference signal and outputs the current year, date, hour, minute and second. Circuit.

  The communication control unit 11 is connected to an external electronic device such as another camera, printing apparatus, personal computer, or the like, and controls transmission / reception of image information and other information. Note that connection to an external electronic device may be performed by cable or the like, or may be performed by wireless connection such as infrared or wireless.

  The display unit 6 is composed of, for example, a color liquid crystal display device, and displays an image during shooting or reproduction, various setting information, guidance information for various operations, advice information described later, and the like.

  The imaging unit 7 captures an external subject image, and FIG. 3 shows a detailed configuration of the imaging unit 7. The aperture amount of the light beam incident through the optical system (photographing lens) 12A is adjusted by the diaphragm mechanism 12B, and a subject image is formed on the image sensor 13 such as a CCD. The photographing lens 12A is moved along the optical axis by the optical system driving unit 14 for focusing, and the aperture amount of the aperture mechanism 12B is also controlled by the optical system driving unit 14 so as to achieve appropriate exposure.

  The measurement unit 15 includes a distance sensor, a light receiving sensor, a color sensor for white balance control, etc. (not shown), and the detection value detected by the measurement unit 15 is sent to the control unit 1 via the bus line 2. It is done. The control unit 1 calculates the moving amount of the photographic lens 12A and the aperture amount of the aperture mechanism 12B from the detection values sent based on the preset shooting conditions, and a drive signal based on the calculation result is an optical system drive. By being sent to the unit 14, the optical system driving unit 14 adjusts the movement of the photographing lens 12A and the aperture amount of the aperture mechanism 12B.

  When the subject image is formed on the image sensor 13, charges corresponding to the amount of incident light are accumulated in the image sensor 13, and the accumulated charges are sequentially read out by a drive pulse signal supplied from the read drive circuit 16 and analog. It is sent to the processing circuit 17. The analog processing circuit 17 performs various processes such as color separation, gain adjustment, and white balance, and the processed signal is recorded as digital image information in a buffer circuit 19 including a buffer register via the A / D conversion circuit 18. Is done. The image information recorded in the buffer circuit 19 is temporarily recorded in the work area 3D of the storage unit 3 shown in FIG. 2 through the bus line 2, and then sent to the signal processing circuit 20 through the bus line 2. It is converted into a signal and a color difference signal, and after being compressed by the compression / decompression circuit 21 according to the JPEG standard, it is filed and recorded on the recording medium 9 shown in FIG.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the input unit 8 includes a shutter button 8A, a mode switching button 8B for sequentially switching the mode value M recorded in the mode value recording area 3A of FIG. In order to achieve this, a slide show button 8C for setting the slide show flag F to F = 1 and a start button 8D operated to start imaging and reproduction in the slide show are provided. In addition, although not shown, a plurality of control operation buttons are provided for setting shooting conditions, playing back and erasing captured and recorded still images, communicating with outside, and editing. Further, a cross button 8E provided with a switch operation unit on each of the upper, lower, left and right sides for making various selections is also provided.

  The recording medium drive unit 10 is detachable from the recording medium 9, and records various types of information including image information on the recording medium 9, and reads and reproduces information that has already been recorded. It is a drive circuit. The recording medium 9 has a recording area composed of a non-volatile large-capacity memory capable of recording a large number of image information imaged by the imaging unit 7 and filed. For example, an IC card using a semiconductor circuit is used. When a slide show is captured or reproduced, an IC card recording medium 9 having a storage area in which various information for a slide show described later is stored is loaded. Various disks such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and a magneto-optical disk may be used as the recording medium 9 instead of the IC card, and the recording medium driving unit 10 is also a drive circuit corresponding to the recording medium 9 used. Just do it.

  FIG. 4 shows details of the storage area of the recording medium 9 used when the slide show image is captured. The recording medium 9 used when capturing images for the slide show includes a management information storage unit 30, a musical tone information storage unit 31, a lyrics information storage unit 32, and an image information storage unit 33 shown in FIG.

  The musical tone information storage unit 31 stores musical tone information of a predetermined music piece divided into a plurality of parts in each storage area addressed by the respective addresses A1, A2, A3... An. Yes.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5, if the music data is composed of musical sounds 1 to n and the lyrics information corresponding to musical sounds 1 to n is composed of lyrics 1 to n as shown in FIG. If the tone information for 10 seconds is tone 1, the tone information for the next 15 seconds is tone 2, the tone information for the next 5 seconds is tone 3, and so on, the addresses A1, A2, A3 of the tone information storage unit 31 are assumed. In each storage area addressed by..., Musical sounds 1, 2, 3,.

  In the lyrics information storage unit 32, lyrics that are text information of lyrics corresponding to the musical sounds 1, 2, 3,... Are stored in the storage areas addressed by the respective addresses B1, B2, B3. 1, 2, 3,... Are stored. The image information storage unit 33 is provided with storage areas addressed by addresses C1, C2, C3... Corresponding to the addresses A1, A2, A3. This is an area in which an image captured by is stored, and nothing is stored in the initial state.

  In the management information storage unit 30, a musical tone address storage area 30B, a lyrics address storage area 30C, and an advice corresponding to each of the part numbers 1, 2, 3,... Stored in the musical part number storage area 30A. An information storage area 30D, an image address storage area 30E, and a reproduction information storage area 30F are provided.

  In the musical tone address storage area 30B, the lyrics address storage area 30C, and the image address storage area 30E, the addresses of the part storage areas of the musical tone information storage section 31, the lyrics information storage section 32, and the image address storage section 33 described above, respectively. Information is stored, and the advice information storage area 30D stores imaging advice information at the time of imaging corresponding to each part. The reproduction control information storage area 30F reproduces reproduction control information at the time of image reproduction, such as the number of images, the reproduction time of each image, or the effect effect type information when various effects are displayed on the image. Control information is stored. The imaging advice information and the reproduction control information will be described later.

  FIG. 7 illustrates a system for obtaining various types of information (hereinafter referred to as slide show information) other than the image information in the image information storage unit 33 shown in FIG. The server device 40 is operated by a service company that sells and distributes music data for slideshows via the network 41. The server device 40 includes a number of music pieces A, B, and C as shown in FIG. .. Are provided with the above-described management information storage unit 30, musical tone information storage unit 31, lyrics information storage unit 32, and image information storage unit 33, respectively.

  In this case, the musical tone information and the lyric information in the musical tone information storage unit 31 and the lyric information storage unit 32 are stored with an existing musical piece or a musical piece newly created by a lyricist or composer. In the advice information storage area 30D of the management information storage unit 30, professional photographers and directors collaborate with songwriters and composers as necessary according to the story and appeal of each song. Then, what kind of image is suitable for each musical sound part portion of the music or which suits the atmosphere is examined, and imaging advice information for photographing such an image is stored.

  In this case, the imaging advice information includes a variety of contents such as an imaging target, a camera angle and a configuration of the subject, an atmosphere of the subject, brightness and color of the subject, and a color.

  The reproduction control information storage area 30F stores control information for each musical sound part as to how the captured image is reproduced to be an image suitable for the musical sound image.

  This control information includes, for example, the number information and reproduction time information for switching and displaying a still image for a long time or a short time, emphasizing a specific color, making a color image monochrome, displaying it in sepia, etc. Image effect information, and information that causes fade-out display and fade-in display in which the image disappears gradually.

  Then, the user attaches the recording medium 9 to his / her personal computer 42, purchases a desired piece of music A, B, C,... Of the server device 40 and downloads it to the storage medium 9. The storage medium 9 is attached to the camera 43 (camera shown in FIG. 1).

  The camera 43 may be downloaded by directly connecting to the network 41, or may be downloaded and stored in the work area 3E of the storage unit 3 instead of the storage medium 9 that can be attached to the camera. .

  Next, the operation of the camera configured as described above will be described. In the case of normal shooting, the imaging unit 7 is operated by setting the mode value M in the mode value storage area 3A of the storage unit 3 to M = 0 and operating the shutter button 8A with the slide show flag F set to F = 0. The captured image information is recorded on the recording medium 9.

  The image information recorded on the recording medium 9 can be displayed on the display unit 6 by setting the mode value M to the reproduction mode of M = 1. That is, the image information recorded on the recording medium 9 is sequentially switched and displayed every time the cross button 8E is operated.

  When the captured image is stored in the image information storage unit 33 for the slide show information shown in FIG. 4 to create slide show completion data, the mode value M in the mode value storage area 3A is set to the shooting mode M = 0. The slide show flag F is set to the slide show photographing mode of F = 1 by operating the slide show button 8C, and the recording medium 9 having the storage unit shown in FIG. 4 is mounted.

  FIG. 9 shows an operation flowchart in the slide show shooting mode. Step S1 detects whether or not the start button 8D has been operated. When the operation of the start button 8D is detected, the process proceeds to a part step process in step S2. In this step S2, the number P of parts stored in the part number storage area 3C of the storage unit 3 is incremented (+1). In the initial state, the number P of parts is “0”. Is set.

  In the next step S3, a musical tone is generated and lyrics are displayed based on the set number of parts, that is, when the number of parts “1” is set, the part number storage area 30A of the management information storage unit 30 is set. The address information A1 of the musical tone address storage unit 30B and the address information B1 of the lyrics address storage unit 30C corresponding to the part number 1 are read out, and the musical tone 1 of the musical tone information storage unit 31 is read out by the address information A1. A sound is output from the sound unit 4, and the lyrics 1 in the lyrics information storage unit 32 is read out by the address information B1 and displayed on the display unit 6 as characters. As a result, the user can know the image of the musical sound.

  In the next step S4, the imaging advice information stored in the advice information storage unit 30D corresponding to the part number 1 in the part number storage area 30A of the management information storage unit 30 is displayed on the display unit 6.

  FIG. 11A shows the display state of the display unit 6 in step S4. The imaging condition “mountain, sea, sky, etc. that must be taken in this part should be photographed (two images). ) ”And advice on individual imaging“ Please take a picture at the farthest view ”and“ Zoom up at the same angle ”are displayed, and what is the state of the captured images during playback? The contents 6A and 6B, such as whether or not to be played, are displayed.

  After step S4, the process proceeds to step S5, where it is determined whether or not the shutter button 8A has been operated. The process proceeds to step S6 until the shutter button 8A is operated, and the external subject imaged on the image sensor 13 is detected. The process of displaying the image (through image) and the imaging advice image displayed in step S4 in an overlapping manner and returning to step S5 is repeated.

  In step S6, the through image and the advice image may be displayed in parallel instead of being displayed in a superimposed manner. In addition, the user takes a subject image according to the advice information instructed in step S4. If it takes time to take such an image, the user can perform a switch operation or after a predetermined time has elapsed. You may make it transfer to power saving modes, such as turning off the power supply of a display part.

  Thus, when the user points the camera at the subject according to the advice and operates the shutter button 8A, the process proceeds to step S7, where the imaging process is performed by the imaging unit 7, and the image is stored in the next step S8. In the unit 33, the captured image filed is stored in the area addressed by the address C1 stored in the storage area corresponding to the part number 1 of the image address storage area 30E.

When step S8 is completed, the process proceeds to the next step S9, where it is determined whether or not the processing for part number 1 is completed. In part number 1, since two images must be taken, the process returns to step S5 at this point, and the operation of the shutter button 8A is detected for another image pickup.
When the shutter button 8A is operated and the second image is captured, this image is also stored in the storage area addressed by the address C1 of the image information storage unit 33.

  In this way, when the imaging process with part number 1 is completed, the process proceeds from step S9 to S10, where it is determined whether or not the processes for all parts have been completed. Returning, the number of parts P is incremented (+1) and set to P = 2.

  When the number P of parts is set to “2”, the address information A2 of the musical tone address storage unit 30B corresponding to the part number 2 of the part number storage area 30A of the management information storage unit 30 and the address information B2 of the lyrics address storage unit 30C The musical tone 2 in the musical tone information storage unit 31 is read out and reported from the reporting unit 4, and the lyric 2 in the lyrics information storage unit 32 is read out by the address information B2 and displayed on the display unit 6 (step). S3).

  Further, the imaging advice information stored in the advice information storage unit 30D corresponding to the part number 2 in the part number storage area 30A of the management information storage unit 30 is displayed on the display unit 6 (step S4).

  As shown in FIG. 11 (b), this display is made up of contents 6C such as an image pickup condition “Please shoot five women's smiles up” and in what state the image is played back.

  When the shutter button 8A is operated in step S5, the image capturing process in step S7 is performed and filed. In the next step S8, the part of the image address storage area 30E in the image information storage unit 33 is now selected. The captured image filed in the area addressed by the address C2 stored in the storage area corresponding to the number 2 is stored.

  In step S9, it is determined whether or not the processing for part number 2 has been completed. In part number 2, since five images must be taken, the above steps S5 and S9 capture five images. The process is repeated until five images are taken, the process proceeds from step S9 to S10, and the process returns to step S2 where the next part number 3 is set.

  Similarly, the imaging process from part 3 to part n is executed according to the advice information, and when all the processes are completed, this is detected in step S10 and the process ends.

  As a result, the image information storage unit 33 is in a state where the captured image requested by each part is stored. Note that, as shown in the advice display in Part 3 of FIG. 11C, the imaging may be not only a still image but also a moving image or a continuous shot image. In this case, the still image is included for a specified time. The captured moving image or continuous shot image is filed as an image mixed in one file and stored in the image information storage unit 33.

  Each piece of information for the slide show stored in this way can be displayed as a slide show in the playback mode.

  In FIG. 10, the mode value M in the mode value storage area 3A is set to the playback mode of M = 1 by operating the mode switching button 8B, and the slide show flag F is set to the slide show shooting mode of F = 1 by operating the slide show button 8C. 6 shows an operation flowchart in the slide show reproduction mode.

  In step S11, it is determined whether or not the start button 8D of the input unit 8 has been operated. When the operation of the start button 8D is detected, the process proceeds to step S12 and is stored in the part number storage area 3C of the storage unit 3. The number of parts P is incremented (+1). Since the number of parts P is “0” in the initial state, “1” is set in step S12. In step S12, the reproduction control information stored in the reproduction control information storage area 30F corresponding to the set number of parts is read and stored as reproduction control information R in the reproduction control information storage area 3D of the storage unit 3.

  In the next step S13, the tone information and lyrics information of the part number set in step S12 is read from the tone storage unit 31 and the lyrics storage unit 32, and the tone information is output from the reporting unit 4 and the lyrics information is displayed on the display unit. 6 displays characters. At the same time, the image information storage unit 33 is addressed using the image address information corresponding to the part number set in step S12 to read out the stored image file, and the image information is displayed on the display unit 6.

  Then, in the next step S14, it is determined whether or not the musical tone information output, the lyrics display and the image display have been completed for the part, and if completed, the process proceeds to step S15. If not completed, the process proceeds to step S15. Returning to S13, the tone output, lyrics, and image display are continued.

  In this case, the reproduction control information storage area 3D of the storage unit 3 stores the number of images and the display time per image as the reproduction control information R. In steps S13 and S14, the display time corresponding to the display time is stored. Switch the display of images.

  That is, in Part 1, as shown in FIG. 11 (a), two images are displayed for 5 seconds each. Therefore, as reproduction control information R, the number information “2” and the display time information “5” are displayed. Second "is stored, and in step S14, it is detected that the display time of the first displayed image has reached" 5 seconds ", and the process returns to step S13 to switch and display the next image. It is detected that the display has further passed 5 seconds, and the process proceeds to step S15.

  In step S15, it is detected whether or not the reproduction of all parts has been completed. If not, the process returns to step S12 to increment the part number and reproduce the reproduction control information of the incremented part number. The reproduction information R is set in the control information storage area 3D, and in the next step S13, the sound information corresponding to the stepped part number is output and the lyrics are displayed, and the image information storage unit corresponding to the part number is displayed. The captured image stored in 33 is displayed in accordance with the reproduction control information R.

  In this way, when the processing is completed for all the parts, completion is detected in step S15, and the slide show reproduction display ends.

  As described above, in the above-described embodiment, the imaging advice information is displayed so that an image that matches the music can be displayed, and the images captured according to the advice information are displayed in the slide show display. The slide show can be displayed.

  The present invention can be modified in various ways, and the configuration of each storage unit for slide show information is not limited to the configuration of the present invention, and the method for storing captured images is not limited to the above embodiment. .

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the image is taken according to the order of the sound report of the music. However, the image may be taken according to the advice information in a random order. It is also possible to make it possible to reproduce and display a slide show with only the captured images without failing even if the image is deleted and a new image is taken, or even if the number of images does not follow the advice information.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the slide show information of one song is stored in the camera. However, the slide show information of a plurality of songs is stored in the camera in advance, and the song information corresponding to the imaging event is selected and the captured image is selected. May be stored.

  Further, one slide show information may be composed of a plurality of continuous music pieces, or a characteristic image of a plurality of music pieces, for example, a rust portion may be connected to store captured images as one slide show information. Also good.

  In addition, a plurality of slide show information consisting of musical sounds that match a user's high probability of capturing images in daily life, for example, athletic meet, travel, various presentations, etc. are stored, and one of them is selected and a captured image is selected. In this case, in addition to using music information, it is also possible to use sounds other than music such as human voices and sounds of nature (wind sounds, waterfall sounds, wave sounds) as musical sound information. .

  Further, the information stored in the captured image can be reproduced by another device such as a personal computer and displayed as a slide show, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, an example in which the imaging device is applied to a camera has been described. However, other electronic devices such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a notebook computer, a wristwatch, a music player, etc. have an imaging function. Of course, the present invention can be applied to any electronic device.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of an imaging apparatus according to the present invention. The figure which showed the content of the memory | storage part 3 of FIG. The figure which showed the detailed structure of the imaging part 7 of FIG. The figure which showed the detail of the memory | storage part of the recording medium 9 used for a slide show. The figure which showed the structure of the musical tone of a music. The figure which showed the structure of the lyrics of music. The system block diagram which showed the acquisition method of slide show information. The figure which showed the memory content of the server apparatus 40 of FIG. The flowchart figure for memorize | storing a captured image. The flowchart figure of a reproduction | regeneration display. The figure which showed the display state of the display part 6. FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 3 Recording part 4 Sound report part 6 Display part 7 Imaging part 8 Input part 9 Recording medium 13 Imaging element

Claims (4)

Imaging means;
Reporting means,
Display means;
Musical tone information storage means for storing musical tone information comprising a plurality of musical tone part information ;
And advice information storage means for storing the imaging advice information corresponding to each of the plurality of musical parts information stored in the music information storage means this,
In a shooting mode state in which the imaging means operates, by detecting a predetermined external operation, the musical sound information stored in the musical sound information storage means is output to the sounding means, and this information is output. Control means for controlling to read out and display the advice advice information corresponding to the music part information being output in the advice information storage means when displayed in the advice information storage means;
Filing means for filing an image picked up by the image pickup means when image pickup advice information is displayed on the display means by the control means;
A picked-up image storage means for storing a plurality of images filed by the filing means as images to be displayed on the display means when the corresponding musical sound part information in the musical sound information is being output in the playback mode. When
Imaging apparatus characterized by comprising a. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image of the external subject stored in the captured image storage unit is an image in which a still image and a moving image are mixed . Furthermore,
Means for communicating with external devices or networks;
A communication control unit for storing the plurality of pieces of musical tone part information in the musical tone information storage unit and storing the imaging advice information in the advice information storage unit via the communication unit;
That an image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in. A computer provided in an image pickup apparatus including a display unit, a sound report unit, and a storage unit that stores musical tone information composed of a plurality of pieces of musical piece information each associated with imaging advice information;
In the state of the shooting mode, by detecting a predetermined operation from the outside, the musical sound information stored in the storage unit is output as a report sound from the sound report unit, and the music part information during the output of the report sound Control means for controlling to read out and display on the display unit when corresponding imaging advice information is stored;
A filing means for filing an image that has been imaged when imaging advice information is displayed on the display means by the control means;
A picked-up image storage means for storing a plurality of images filed by the filing means as images to be displayed on the display means when the corresponding musical sound part information in the musical sound information is being output in the playback mode.
Imaging program to function as

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