JPH04241582A - View finder device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute display so that the vertical and horizontal inclining angles of the main body of a camera under operating and the azimuth of photographing at the view finder device used for the video camera can be recognized. CONSTITUTION:A vertical/horizontal inclination detector 11 of a video camera apparatus 14 and an azimuth detector 12 to show the direction of an object are constituted so as to be displayed at the display part of the view finder device 14 and therefore, the video camera apparatus 14 can correctly photograph the object.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a viewfinder device mounted on a video camera or the like. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the need for viewfinder devices mounted on video cameras and the like has been increasing as video cameras have become more widespread. Conventionally, this type of viewfinder device for a video camera has generally had a configuration as shown in FIG. The configuration will be described below with reference to FIG. 3. As shown in the figure, a captured video output screen 1 from a video camera is displayed on the display screen, and three indicator lights are arranged at the bottom of the display screen. That is, the battery warning display 2 (denoted as BATT) lights up to display a warning when the capacity of the built-in battery decreases, and the record display 3 (REC TALLY)
) lights up while the video camera is recording, indicating that recording is in progress. Abnormality warning display 4 (ALARM
) indicates an abnormal condition such as dew condensation inside the video camera. Further, in the upper right corner of the display screen, a volume display 5 displays the volume input level from the microphone. In the above configuration, when operating the video camera, the captured video output screen 1 projected on the display screen is
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[5] [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] With the configuration of such a conventional viewfinder device, the photographer loses his or her direction during photographing and becomes unable to know in which direction he or she is photographing. There was also the problem that it was impossible to confirm whether the photograph was taken horizontally because it was not known how much the camera was tilted. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a viewfinder device that allows the user to always know the direction in which a photograph is being taken, the left and right tilt angles, and the top and bottom tilt angles. Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides vertical and horizontal inclination detection for detecting the inclination of the video camera body when a photographer operates the video camera to take a picture. This device has a built-in device and an orientation detection device for indicating the direction of the subject. [0008] According to the above-described structure, the present invention uses data from the vertical and horizontal inclination detecting device indicating the inclination of the video camera body during operation and data from the direction detecting device indicating the direction of the subject to be displayed on the screen of the photographed video. This is shown above. [Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a viewfinder device in one embodiment. As shown in the figure, the finder device 13 is configured to obtain vertical and horizontal tilt data from the vertical and horizontal tilt device 11, to obtain direction data from the direction detection device 12, and to obtain direction data from the video camera device 1.
4 is connected so as to obtain a video signal as an output. FIG. 2 is an external front view showing the configuration of the viewfinder device in the above embodiment. As shown in the figure, a photographed video output screen 1 shows the output display of video from a video camera. Battery warning display 2 warns of a decrease in battery capacity. If the video camera is recording, the recording display 3 lights up to indicate that recording is in progress. Abnormality warning display 4 indicates that an abnormality such as dew condensation has occurred in the video camera. A volume display 5 displays the input level from the microphone. The horizontal reference indicator 6 is engraved in advance on a transparent plate separately provided on the display screen, and indicates the horizontal level of the screen. Further, the vertical and horizontal tilt display 7 is electrically generated based on data from the vertical and horizontal tilt detection device 11 and is provided to be superimposed on the screen, and the vertical tilt is displayed by vertically moving the scale. ,
The horizontal tilt is displayed by tilting the scale, and is not displayed if it is not necessary. The direction display 8 is displayed in a 360 degree direction based on data from the direction detection device 12. In the viewfinder device configured as described above, the photographer can view the captured image, tilt data, and orientation data at the same time by looking through the viewfinder device. [0012] As is clear from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, when shooting with a video camera, the shooting direction, left and right tilt angles, and top and bottom tilt angles can be determined by the viewfinder. By displaying the image on the screen of the camera, an excellent viewfinder device can be realized.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a viewfinder device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] External front view showing the configuration of the viewfinder device

[Figure 3] External front view showing the configuration of a conventional viewfinder device

[Explanation of symbols] 1 Shooting video output screen 6 Horizontal reference display 7 Up/down/left/right tilt display 8 Direction display 11 Up/down/left/right inclination detection device 12 Direction detection device 13 Finder device 14 Video camera device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A camera comprising: a vertical, horizontal, and horizontal tilt detection device for detecting the tilt of a video camera body; and a direction detection device for indicating the direction of a subject; A viewfinder device that displays the direction from the device on the screen.