JPH04156525A - Photographed data display device for camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently select and set an optional character train and arrange characters in good balance by setting a blank character in the preset character species of input candidate characters displayed for each character group. CONSTITUTION:When an input setting key is pushed in the free photographing standby state 100, the change object display mode 2O0a is attained, and the top character portion is blinked. When a right shift key is pushed five times, the sixth character portion is blinked. When an S-key is pushed, the input candidate display mode 2OOb is attained to obtain the display 32. The S-key is pushed to jump to English characters shown in the display 33, then an UP-key is pushed twice to display the ninth character group as shown by the display 34. When a left shift key is pushed once, the blinking display is moved to the blank character position as shown by the display 35, when an E-key is pushed, the sixth character is established in the blank state as shown by the display 36. When the S-key is further pushed, the character species of English characters is stored, the display 33 is obtained, and English characters are first displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image capture data display device for a camera, and more particularly to a display device for capturing character information arbitrarily created by a photographer on film.

[Prior Art] Cameras have traditionally imprinted shooting information such as the date on film, and in recent years,
In addition to the date and time, you can also add pre-memorized captions such as "Merry X'mas" or "New Year's Day." Therefore, it is possible to record various types of information related to photography in a photograph without the need for the photographer to write the information himself/herself.

However, in the conventional caption capture mode, there is a limitation in that only several types of words, for example, five types, that are set in the camera can be captured.

Conventionally, it has been proposed that the photographer himself/herself create an arbitrary character string and record it on the film. According to this, it is possible to select a character string for arbitrary information to a certain extent.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, in the conventional arbitrary character string imprinting operation, the characters to be changed (candidates) are displayed one by one, so it takes time to set the character string. There was a problem.

That is, as shown in FIG.
When the character "n" is to be set in the character "n", candidate characters for selection are displayed one by one in this display portion 1b. For example, in the display part 1b above, “Aiueokakikukeko...”
Kana characters are cyclically displayed one by one in the order of ``...'', and the character ``n'' at the end of this character string is selected.

Therefore, for example, when setting all 10 characters, the above operation must be repeated for each display section 1a to 1j in order until the desired character is displayed. This will take a considerable amount of time.

Also, in the past, the type of characters that could be imprinted was limited to, for example, katakana and numbers, perhaps due to the complexity of operations such as "2", and there was a problem that there was no flexibility in creating character strings to be imprinted. Ta.

Therefore, the present applicant has proposed displaying multiple candidate characters at once as one character group when creating an arbitrary character string, and for this reason, an arbitrary character string can be efficiently selected by character group display. In addition to the settings, a display device is required to arrange the characters in a well-balanced manner at appropriate intervals.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a camera that can efficiently select and set arbitrary character strings by displaying character groups and arrange characters in a well-balanced manner at appropriate intervals. The object of the present invention is to provide a photographic data display device, and also to provide a photographic data display device for a camera that eliminates inconveniences in achieving the above object.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to the first claim provides a camera that displays selected character information on a display in order to record photographic information on a film. The imprint data display device is characterized in that blank characters are set among predetermined character types of input candidate characters displayed for each character group in an input standby state for inputting an arbitrary character string.

The invention according to claim 2 provides an input standby for inputting an arbitrary character string in a photographing data display device for a camera that displays selected character information on a display in order to photograph photographic information on a film. The present invention is characterized in that in the state change target display mode, one character is blanked out and erased by pressing keys simultaneously.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that a lamp for photographing is turned off when all digits are blank.

Note that the above characters include symbols for forming a character string.

[Operation] According to the configuration of the first claim above, a blank character whose character type is memorized is set. For example, if a blank character set to katakana is selected, the next input candidate display mode will be changed to katakana. is displayed first, and if you select a blank character that is set to an alphabetic character, the alphabetic character will be displayed first in the next input candidate mode.

According to the structure of the second claim, for example, UP, DO, which are group transition keys that sequentially transition candidate characters within the same character type.
If the WN keys are pressed at the same time, one character to be changed will be erased due to a blank space.

According to the configuration of the third aspect, when all the digits are set with blank characters or blanks, the lamp is turned off. In the present invention, spaces are set within the character string so that character settings can be well-balanced. However, if all digits are left blank, for example, the frame of the display will appear thin and the problem of [7] may occur. be.

Therefore, in the present invention, even if printing is performed in conjunction with the shirt cover when all digits are blank, the display frame as described above will not be printed.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams of the photographic data display state of the camera of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 shows the operation procedure for character display. The configuration of the camera's captured data display device will be explained based on FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic configuration of the back side of the camera, in which an indicator 1 having an indicator 4 on the back cover 3 of the camera body 2 is shown.
will be placed. This display device 1 can display 10 characters in the embodiment, and the indicator 4 indicates the currently displayed character (including symbols), the type of input candidate character to be displayed, and the type of imprint mode. CAP in the figure indicates the caption imprinting mode, and PRI indicates the imprinting standby state.

In addition, various operation keys are arranged on the back cover 3, such as date photo mode, date/time minute photo mode, ready-made caption photo mode, free photo mode,
Mode switching key (M key) 6 for switching off mode
Selection key (S key) 7, input setting key (L key) 8 for transitioning from imprint standby state to input standby state (change target table mode) in free imprint mode, UP key 9
aSDOWN key 9b, left shift key 10a, right shift key 10b1 confirmation key (E key) 11 for confirming characters
will be provided. Then, from the above L key 8 to E key 11
The key used in free photo mode up to is Cover 1.
2, and this cover 12 is closed by a magnet 13.

In the above, the S key 7 is used to select various character strings (imprint data) such as "MerryX'mas" and "New Year" in the caption imprint mode, and is also provided as a character type transition key in the free imprint mode. It is now possible to memorize and set 5 arbitrary character strings,
It also serves as a key to select these five character strings. Further, the UP key 9a and the SDOWN key 9b serve as group transition keys for sequentially transitioning between character groups in the same character type.

FIG. 6 shows a circuit block of the display device shown in FIG.
is connected to a display circuit 22 having a memory 21.

This display circuit 22 performs display processing of character strings in various modes including caption imprint mode and free imprint mode, and the memory 21 stores the above-mentioned various captions in caption imprint mode. Stores five arbitrary character strings (imprint data) set in the free imprint mode.

A lamp 23 for imprinting character strings on the film is connected to the display circuit 22, and a CPU (central processing unit) 24 for controlling the operation of the entire camera is also connected.These circuits are not shown in the figure. By inserting the battery 25 into a predetermined location of the camera and turning on the switch 26, the camera becomes operational.

That is, in the free photo mode, an arbitrary character string is set and displayed on the display 1 of FIG. 5 by the switch group 20,
When the free imprinting standby state is entered, this character string is stored in the memory 21. When the camera shutter is released, a photographing command signal is sent from the CPU 24 to the display circuit 2.
The display circuit 22 outputs a lamp lighting signal to the lamp 23. Therefore, at the time of photographing, the lamp 23 is turned on at the same time as exposure is performed through the photographic lens, and the arbitrary character string displayed on the display 1 is imprinted onto the film.

Next, the display state of the imprint data in the free imprint mode of the embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG.

In FIG. 1, a free imprinting standby state 100 in which imprinting is performed on the film according to the imprinting command signal of FIG. 6 is as follows.
It will be displayed by operating the M key 6 in Fig. 5.
As shown in display 30 of the figure, ten characters are displayed on the display. In the embodiment, for example, “, bFUJ I◇◇
◇◇◇” is displayed, this is the character string previously set for film exposure, and from this state, the character string “Sho F
The case of setting "UJI口FILM" (the mouth is a blank character) will be explained.

First, in the free rotation standby state 100, press the input setting key (L).
By pressing the key) 8, a transition can be made to the input standby state 200, in which the change target display mode 200a is entered, and as shown in the display 31, the first character portion on the left side of the display 1 is displayed blinking.

This flashing display is performed to indicate the position where a new character is to be set, so by pressing the right shift key 10b five times, the sixth character to be changed will flash as shown in the figure. I can do it.

As shown in the data display operation procedure in FIG. 3, in the change target display mode 200a, the left and right shift keys 1
The blinking position can be changed by pressing 0a and 10b, and thereby the location for character change can be set.

When the S key 7, which is a character type transition key, is pressed in this change target display mode 200a, the mode shifts to the input candidate display mode 200b, and as shown in the display 32 of FIG. "Kakikukeko" are collectively displayed on the display 1 as a - group.

The present invention is based on displaying input candidate characters in groups of a predetermined number of characters as described above, and in the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of candidate characters are classified into 11 groups. . In Figure (a), katakana is classified into 6 groups of 10 characters from the 1st character group to the 6th character group, and in Figure (b), the 3 groups of English letters are classified from the 7th character group to the 6th character group. In the 9 character groups, the figure (C
), numbers are classified into the 10th character group, and marks are stored in the 11th character group in Figure (d).

In addition, in the fourth character group of katakana in figure (a) above and the ninth character group of English letters in figure (b), as shown in the figure, a blank character 9
0 is set, and when this blank character 90 is selected, the character type for which the blank character 90 is set, in the above example, whether it is a katakana or an English character, is memorized, and the next candidate character is selected. When displaying, the memorized character type is displayed first.

The key operations for displaying the above candidate characters are as shown in FIG. That is, in the present invention, instead of sequentially displaying the character groups shown in FIG. Jump from katakana characters to alphabetic characters, from alphabetic characters to numeric characters, from numeric characters to marks, and from marks to katakana characters.

Then, after selecting the type of candidate character, UP, DO
Use the WN keys 9a and 9b to select a required character group from among the same character types. For example, if the katakana of the first character group in Fig. 4 is displayed, pressing the UP primary key a displays the katakana of the second character group, and the DOWN key 9
By pressing b, the 6th character group katakana will be displayed. When selecting one character from the character group after the above character group is displayed, left and right shift keys 10a, 1
All you have to do is press 0b, and for example, if it is the 4th character group, you can select any character from the 10 characters of "Mamimu memo yayu yororo", and if it is Katakana, you can select a blank from the 4th character group. You can select 90 characters.

In addition, the selected character above can be confirmed using the confirmation key (E key) 1.
It is confirmed by pressing 1, and when one character is confirmed, it is possible to return to the change target display mode 200a.

In the case of FIG. 1, we want to set a blank state, so for example, from the katakana display state shown in display 32, press the S key to jump to the alphabetic character of the seventh character group shown in display 33,
After this, the UP primary key a is pressed twice to display the ninth character group as shown in display 34. Next, if you press the left shift key 10b once, the blinking display will move to the position of the blank character as shown in the display 35, so if you press the E key 11 here, the 6th character will be displayed as shown in the display 36. Confirm with blank state.

After this, if you press the S key 7 again, the character type of the English character for which the blank character is set is memorized as described above, so the screen will move to display 33 and the English character will be displayed first. . Therefore, without displaying katakana, display 3
3, you can immediately select "F" and set it using the E key 11. After setting "FILM" in this way, if you press the L key 8, the "F" button will appear as shown in display 37.
UJI[]FILM" can be set.

Then, by releasing the shutter in this state, display 3
The character string 7 will be imprinted on the film.

The above-mentioned blank character is set in the input candidate display mode 20ob, but in the present invention, the blank state can also be set in the change target display mode 200a. That is, in the state of display 31 in FIG.
By pressing both the and DOWM keys 9b at the same time (FIG. 3), the blinking one-character portion can be blanked out and erased.

In this case, when first setting the blank as above,
Is it possible to memorize the character type?If you set an English character (1) in front of a blank this time, it will remember the English character type, and in the next input candidate display mode, the English character type will be displayed first.

Therefore, setting a blank space by key operation can be done relatively easily in the change target display mode 200a, although it is complicated because it requires pressing two keys at the same time. In contrast, the above input candidate display mode 2
When setting a blank character with 00b, please remember the character type, or if you decide that it is better to insert a space after switching to input candidate display mode when trying to set another character, for example, display 31 I tried to put "F" in the 6th position, but it has the advantage that it can be easily set if you want to change it to a space later.

Figure 2 shows the display state when the free photo mode is first set, that is, after a power-on reset.
In the present invention, when the previous character string is not stored in the memory 21, the free imprinting standby state 100 is passed and the input standby state 200 is entered.

For example, when the mode switching key (M key) 6 is pressed from the caption imprinting mode of the display 40 shown in the figure, the display shifts to the display 41 of the display mode 200a to be changed, and the leftmost position where all digits are blank is displayed. Display one character blinking,
This allows you to immediately set any character string. In this state, when the L key 8 is pressed, the process shifts to an imprinting standby state 100 with all digits blank as shown in the display 42. Furthermore, all characters can be erased by simultaneously pressing the UP and DOWN keys 9a and 9b and continuing to press them for 1.5 seconds, thereby making all digits blank.

In the present invention, this blank state is a state in which no settings have been made, and the lamp 23 shown in FIG. 6 is turned off. In this photographing standby state 100, when the shutter is released, the state of the display 42 is photographed in conjunction with this,
Although the frame of the display device 1 appears faintly on the film, in this embodiment, the lamp 23 is turned off, which prevents the frame of the display device from appearing on the film, and allows the creation of beautiful photographs.

Note that this all-digit blank state can be achieved by blank characters set for each character type, or by pressing the UP and DOWN keys 9a and 9.
Even if the setting is made by pressing b simultaneously, or if the display 42 is set with blank characters or blank states mixed in, the lamp 23 will not light up, assuming that nothing is set. Further, since nothing is set, the indicator 4 is not displayed.

In the above embodiment, a blank state is set by pressing the UP and DciwN keys 9a and 9b at the same time, but the blank state is not limited to this, and a blank character can be set by pressing other keys, for example, the left and right shift keys 10a and 10b at the same time. You may also do so.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the invention of the first claim, since a blank character is set in the predetermined character type of input candidate characters,
It is possible to set a blank character with a memorized character type, and when displaying the next candidate character, the character type with the blank character set can be displayed first, making it possible to efficiently select and set any character string. . Also, by setting blank characters, there is an advantage that characters can be arranged in a well-balanced manner.

Further, according to the invention of the second claim, since it is possible to set a blank state and erase one character by pressing keys simultaneously in the change target display mode, it is possible to easily erase a single character even in a mode other than the input candidate display mode. The state can be set efficiently.

Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, the lamp is turned off when all the digits are blank, so that the frame of the display device is not included in the image, and a clear photograph can be provided. Moreover, in this case, the process for lighting the lamp is unnecessary, so the software can be simplified.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 2 are explanatory diagrams showing examples of display on a photographic data display device of a camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation procedure for character display of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the arrangement of input candidate characters, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the display and operation keys of the camera captured data display device according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration of the device. ,
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the setting state of image data in a conventional display device. 1...Display unit, 3...Back cover, 4...Indicator, 6...Mode switching key (M key), 7...S key (character type transition key), 8...Input setting key (L key), 9...UP, DOWN key, 10...left and right keys, 1
1... Confirmation key (E key), 21... Memory, 22... Display circuit, 23
...Lamp, 24...CPU. 90... Blank character, 100... Free imprint standby state, 200... Input standby state, 200a... Change target display mode, 200b... Input candidate display mode, 300... Imprint off mode.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In order to imprint photographic information onto film, in the photographing data display device of the camera that displays selected character information on the display, a group of characters is displayed in the input standby state for inputting an arbitrary character string. 1. A photographic data display device for a camera, characterized in that blank characters are set among predetermined character types of input candidate characters that are displayed every time. (2) In the camera's capture data display device that displays selected character information on the display in order to capture shooting information on film, the display mode to be changed in the input standby state for inputting an arbitrary character string A photographic data display device for a camera, characterized in that one character is blanked out and erased by pressing keys simultaneously. (3) The photographic data display device for a camera according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a lamp for photographing is turned off when all digits are blank.