JPH04125540A - Image recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To discriminate the contents and recording order of respective image groups even when image information is cut by the image groups by recording the integrated quantity of photography of the current image information additionally to code information when the code information is selected and recorded. CONSTITUTION:When a data number is inputted with a ten-key 55 by pressing a photography switch 56 or character selection switch 52, a processing means 1 reads the code information out of the registering means of a storage part 3 or a data table and a character imprinting part 6 photographs the code information on a film through an arithmetic transfer part 4 and also photographs the integrated quantity of photography of the current image information on the film additionally through the arithmetic transfer part 4. Consequently, even when the image information is cut by the image groups, the recording order and contents of the respective image groups are known by checking the integrated quantity of photography, which is convenient to retrieval, editing, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an image recording apparatus that sequentially records image information on a long microfilm as a recording medium, for example.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a rotary camera is a typical example of this type of image recording device. A description will be given below using family cameras as an example.

Rotary cameras are used to sequentially transfer materials to be microfilmed and preserved, such as bills, checks, stock certificates, documents, books, etc., and sequentially transfer images of the materials onto a long film. This is an automatic photographing device that processes the data and discharges the photographed material outside the device.

Some of such photographing apparatuses are configured so that code information such as numbers and characters can be photographed on the film in addition to the image information so as to facilitate retrieval after the film is developed. Such code information includes a basis weight, numbers, or characters/symbols indicating the content of the image for each certain group of images.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In order to indicate the contents of a certain amount of image groups, code information is recorded at the front or rear of the image group, and later a large number of recorded image groups are cut and classified to be managed and managed. Editing etc. are performed.

However, in the conventional example described above, if the same code information is duplicated, the content of each image group or the order in which each image group was recorded becomes unclear, which is a drawback.

On the other hand, if code information such as numbers is photographed for each frame of the recorded image, the above problem can be solved, but the apparatus becomes expensive. Furthermore, if the code information is photographed between the frames of the image, the image recording capacity per film is reduced, which poses a problem in increasing the speed of the photographing process.

On the other hand, if the code information is photographed in a non-frame area of the image, there is a drawback that the size of the subject that can be photographed becomes smaller in order to secure the recording space for the code information.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to be able to identify groups of images with the same code information, secure a large amount of image storage capacity, and An object of the present invention is to provide an image recording device that can perform high-speed processing.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image photographing means for recording and photographing image information on a recording medium; A photographing device comprising a code information photographing means for photographing onto a medium, further comprising a processing means for controlling the photographing by adding a cumulative number of images of image information to the code information when photographing the code information. Features.

(Function) In the present invention having the above configuration, when code information representing the contents of a group of images is selected and recorded along with the recording of a certain amount of images, the cumulative shooting total of the image information at that time is recorded. The number of images is added to the code information and recorded at the front or rear of the image group, so even if a large number of image groups are cut into image groups, each image group can be You can see the contents and record ranking.

(Example) Hereinafter, a rotary camera as a photographing device according to an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the control system, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic diagrams of the internal structure of the apparatus.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, l indicates the entire image recording device, and this image recording device 21 includes a supply section 22 that supplies the subject S into the device, and a discharge section 22 that discharges the subject S after shooting to the outside of the device. an upstream conveyance section 25 that connects the supply section 22 and the photographing section 24, and a downstream conveyance section that connects the photographing section 24 and the discharge section 23; It is equipped with 26. And S is a sensor that detects the passing of the tip of the subject S, and sensor S1
When the camera detects the subject S, the photographic unit 24 controls the imaging and exposure of the transported subject S onto a microfilm F (shown in FIG. 4) as a recording medium via an optical system 27. Furthermore, each time the sensor S1 detects the subject S, the number of processed shots of the subject S is accumulated.

The arrangement of each part of the device 21 is such that the upstream conveying section 25 and the photographing section 24 are placed inside a first frame 45 assembled on a base 28, and the front end 45 of the first frame 45 is placed inside the first frame 45.
A supply section 22 for the subject S is provided at a. Further, when viewed from the front of the device, the optical system 27 is mainly arranged on the left side of the first frame 45, and a drive system (not shown) is provided on the right side. Further, in front of the supply section 22 provided on the front surface of the first frame 45, a film chamber 39 in which the film F is stored is provided. On the other hand, a second frame 46 is attached to the first frame 45 via the rear end hinge part 30 so as to be openable and closable.
6, a downstream conveyance section 26 and a discharge section 23 are provided.

Further, the exterior cover 31 covers the entire device, its lower edge touches the peripheral edge of the base 28, and is attached to the rear end of the base 28 via a hinge portion 32 at the rear end, so that it can be opened and closed in the forward opening direction. There is.

FIG. 4 shows the arrangement of the optical system 27. That is, the optical path L' of the image light of the front and back screens of the subject S passing through the photographing unit 24 located approximately at the center inside the device is determined by the optical path L' of the image light of the front and back screens of the subject S, It is bent through fourth mirrors 7172, 73, and 74, and is image-formed and exposed through the left side of the first frame 45 from the center of the apparatus onto a film F provided at the front of the apparatus. That is, first mirrors 71.71' facing the front and back document surfaces of the subject S are disposed before and after the pair of parallel guide glasses 41.42 constituting the photographing section 24, respectively. The first mirror 71.71' is the parallel guide glass 41.
Approximately 45 in the opening direction from the left side of the device with respect to 42
The optical path L' of the front and back image light of the subject S is bent at a substantially right angle from the front and back direction of the device toward the left side.

On the other hand, the second mirror 72 is arranged along the left site of the first frame 45 so as to face the first mirror 71, 71'. This second mirror 72 is the first mirror 71
．． 71', and its reflective surface is tilted downward so as to face the third mirror disposed below the second mirror 72. Also, the first mirror 71.71' and the second mirror 71.71'
A slit 7575' for regulating the optical path L' is provided between the mirror 72 and the mirror 72.

On the other hand, the fourth mirror 74 is disposed above the second mirror 72, has a reflective surface facing the third mirror 73, and is inclined in a direction that increases the distance on the front end side with respect to the third mirror 73. ing.

The height of this fourth mirror 74 is the first to fourth mirrors 71 7
2.73.74, and the position of the device in the longitudinal direction is located behind the photographing section 24.

With such a group of mirrors, the optical path L' of the image light on the front and back sides of the object 8 is bent at a right angle from the front and back direction of the device to the left site side of the device by the first mirror 7171', and is bent downward by the second mirror 72. It can be bent towards. Next, the microfilm F is bent upward by a third mirror 73 and forwardly by a fourth mirror 74, and then passed through a photographing lens 76 disposed on the front side of the apparatus to be used as a recording medium. The image is exposed on the
On the film F, front and back images of the subject S are recorded side by side on both sites of the film.

Here, the angle θ is formed between the optical axis of the incident light from the third mirror 73 to the fourth mirror 74 and the optical axis of the reflected light from the fourth mirror 74 to the film F.

θ' is configured to be an acute angle. With such a configuration, the optical path of the reflected light from the fourth mirror 74 is gradually inclined downward toward the front.

The microfilm F is wound onto a take-up reel 194 from a supply reel 191 wound with unexposed raw film, passing between a capstan roller 192 facing the photographing lens 76 and a pinch roller 193. Then, the image of the subject S is subjected to slit exposure at the capstan roller 192 section. The feeding speed V of the microfilm F is synchronized with the feeding speed 1 of the subject S passing between the parallel guide glasses 41 of the photographing section 24 in accordance with the magnification.

The rear part of the film chamber 39 is sloped so that the exposed surface of the microfilm F is t2 perpendicular to the optical path from the fourth mirror 74 as shown.

On the other hand, 6 is a character imprinting section as a code information photographing means, and 77 is a code information display board for displaying code information, which is attached to the side plate of the second frame 46 (shown in FIG. 3), and the photographing lens 76 For example, characters, numbers 1,
It is designed to capture code information such as dates and symbols.

Further, the transfer of the microfilm F is controlled so that code information and image information are not recorded in an overlapping manner.

In the image recording apparatus having the above configuration, the subject S conveyed from the supply section 22 to the photographing section 24 via the upstream conveyance section 25 is illuminated by illumination lamps 29 and 29' disposed before and after the subject S.
The front and back screens are illuminated. The image light for the front and back images of the subject S is transmitted through the first to fourth mirrors 71.7.
The light is sequentially reflected and bent at an angle of 2.73 degrees 74, and is imaged and exposed onto a film F provided at the front end of the apparatus by a photographing lens 76. The object S and the film F both move in synchronization with the reduction ratio, and are continuously photographed through the slits 75 and 75'.

The photographing apparatus configured as described above is controlled by a control system shown in the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 1, a processing means 1 consisting of a microprocessor etc. is a sensor Sl
performs processing operations based on input instructions from the operating section 14;
This processing means 1 includes a film feed drive section and an optical system 27.
It has a control section 2 for controlling. Further, the storage section 3 of the processing means 1 includes a storage means for storing a large amount of code information in advance, a registration means for registering this code information in correspondence with a specific switch, and the like. and,
The calculation transfer section 4 of the processing means 1 searches out the code information for photographing from the storage section 3 and transfers it to the character imprinting section 6, which is the code information photographing means.

FIG. 5 is a correspondence diagram (data table) between code information in the storage means of the storage unit 3 and data numbers for selecting the code information. From this figure, if the data number 001 is selected, for example, the characters rSTART J as code information are selected and photographed by the character imprinting section 6. FIG. 6 shows an example of the film F after being photographed. In addition, in FIG. 6, 47 is image information of the photographed subject S, 48 is photographed code information, and 49
is the number of times the selected code information is photographed.

FIG. 7 is a key arrangement diagram showing an example of the configuration of the operating section 14 in the photographing apparatus of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the operation unit 14 includes a power switch (POW'ER) 51, a character selection switch 52, and a display unit that displays the number of processed shots, cumulative number of shots, blank feed length, and data numbers representing code information. 53
, a display reset button 54, a numeric keypad 55 as a selection means for selecting arbitrary code information from the code information stored in the storage means of the storage section 3 using the data number, and a registration means of the storage section 3. A photographing switch 56 that is registered together with corresponding code information, a count reset stitch 57 for the cumulative number of photographic processing images, and the like are provided. In this embodiment, three photographing switches 56 are provided so as to register, for example, three pieces of code information.
Although photographing 2 and photographing 3 are described, the number of photographing switches 56 may be any number.

Next, according to the flowchart of FIG. 8, the processing procedure according to the present invention is explained as follows: processing for registering selected code information in correspondence with a specific switch (hereinafter referred to as registration processing); and processing for photographing the selected code information (hereinafter referred to as registration processing). (hereinafter referred to as shooting processing)
I will explain it separately.

First, registration processing will be explained. Character selection switch 52
Check whether the switch 56 has been pressed (step 101), and if it has been pressed, check whether the photographing switch 56 for photographing 11, photographing 2, or photographing 3 has been pressed (step 1o2). When the photographing switch 56 is pressed, the system waits for the data number of the code information to be input using the numeric keypad 55 (step 1o3). When a data number is input at this time, the data number is displayed on the display section 53 in FIG. 7, and the processing means 1 corresponds to that number from the data table shown in FIG. step 104) to read out the code information that has been read out, and read out the code information in step 10).
The storage unit 3 corresponds to the photographing switch 56 pressed in step 2.
At step 105), the registration process is completed.

Through such a registration process, the registration means has, for example, the 9th photographing switch 56 corresponding to the photographing switch 56 of photographing 1, photographing 2, and photographing 3.
Registration as shown in the registration table shown in the figure is arbitrarily performed.

Next, the photographing process will be explained. First, the photographing process for the registered code will be explained. If the judgment in step 101 is that any of the photographing switches 56, photographing 1, photographing 2, and photographing 3 is pressed without pressing the character selection switch 52, Step 109), the code information registered in the registration means of the storage unit 3 corresponding to the switch 56 is read by the calculation transfer unit 4 (Step 110), and the code information is transferred to the character via the calculation transfer unit 4. The image is photographed onto the film by the imprinting section 6 (step 108). Further, the character imprinting section 6 additionally records and photographs the cumulative number of shots of the image information at that point on the film via the calculation and transfer section 4.

Next, the photographing process of the selected code will be explained. After the character selection switch 52 is pressed as determined in step 101, if a data number is input using the numeric keypad 55 without the photographing switch 56 being pressed as determined in step 102 (step 106), the processing means 1 5
Step 107) and Step 108 to read the code information corresponding to the number from the data table shown in the figure.
Through the photographing process, the cumulative number of photographs of code information and image information is photographed on the film by the character imprinting section 6.

Since you can select any code information from a wide variety of code information and shoot, you can shoot with code information that matches the content of the image and the situation when shooting. This is useful when checking or searching for images after developing the film.

In addition, since the cumulative number of shots of the image information is added to the code information when shooting, even if the film is cut into several image groups after the film is developed, the cumulative number of shots of the image information is recorded as shown in Figure 10. By looking at it, you can easily see the recorded content and shooting order of each image group.

Note that in the figure, if the cumulative number of images taken in the image information is ○, the number of images may not be taken.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, a value obtained by adding 1 to the cumulative number of images to be taken may be additionally taken.

In view of the above, the present invention is very effective when applied to a processor camera, etc., which transfers and cuts film for the number of captured images and performs development processing.

In the above embodiment, an alphabetic character string is set as an example of code information that can be selected, but it is also possible to capture code information that expresses various meanings by using numbers, katakana, hiragana, kanji, symbols, etc. I can do it.

Further, the cumulative number of shots of the code information and image information to be shot may be in either the vertical or horizontal direction, and may be taken at the edge of the film or at the front or rear of the image.

Incidentally, the cumulative number of shots of the image information can be easily reset to 0 using the count reset switch 57 of the operation section 14. Further, the cumulative number of images taken for image information may be switched between when additional photography is performed and when no additional photography is performed.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, when code information representing the contents of a group of images is selected and recorded along with the recording of a certain amount of images, the cumulative number of shots of the image information at that time is determined by the code information. is added to the image group and recorded before or after the image group, so even if a large number of image groups are cut into individual image groups, if you look at the cumulative number of shots of code information and image information, it will be possible to find images with the same code information. Even if there are multiple image groups, the recording order and contents of each image group can be easily understood, which is convenient for searching, editing, etc.

In addition, only when the code information is taken, the cumulative number of images is recorded at the front or back of the image information along with the code information, ensuring the maximum possible subject size and image quality. Decrease in recording space can be kept to a minimum.

Furthermore, since the code information is captured independently from the image information, the image information capture speed is not reduced.
We can provide inexpensive equipment.

[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control system in an image recording device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the image recording device in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an image of the image recording device in FIG. 1. Schematic vertical cross-sectional view of the recording device, No. 4
The figure is a schematic perspective view showing the arrangement of the optical system of the image recording device shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a view showing the data table, Fig. 6 is a view with the film removed showing an example of code information shooting, and Fig. 7 is FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing operations of the image recording device according to the present invention; FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the registration state in the registration means; FIGS.
FIG. 1 is an external view of the film showing a state in which code information and image information including the cumulative number of shots are recorded. Explanation of symbols 1...Processing means 6...Character imprinting section (code information photographing means) 24.
...Photography department (image capture means) F...Microfilm (recording medium) Figure 2 Day 4 Funeral map Figure

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A photographing device comprising: an image photographing means for recording image information on a recording medium; and a code information photographing means for photographing code information selected from a large number of code information on the recording medium. An image recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising processing means for controlling the shooting by adding the cumulative number of images of image information to the code information when shooting the code information.