JPH0473732A - Data display device for camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To decrease the number of operating times at the time of switching a display mode and to improve operability by displaying data on date in order of display column in accordance with a selected area number. CONSTITUTION:This device is applicable as a data display device for camera which displays the data on date and optional character data and imprints the data on a film at the time of photographing. It is provided with area selection means 6a and 6b which divide the world into plural areas and select one of them and a display control means 10 which displays the data in order of display column in accordance with the area selected by the means 6a and 6b at the time of displaying the data on date including year, month and day. The means 10 displays the data on date including year, month and day in order of display column in accordance with the area selected by the means 6a and 6b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A. Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a data display device for a camera that displays data such as year, month, day, hour, minute, arbitrary characters, etc. of each region of the world or imprints it on film.

B. Prior Art Conventionally, there have been known data display devices for cameras that display data such as year, month, date, hour, minute, arbitrary characters, etc. for each region of the world and imprint these data on film during photographing.

In this conventional display device, the display modes of various data are switched in a predetermined order as shown in FIG. 8 each time the display mode changeover switch is operated. In the mode that displays the year, month, and day, "February.

There are different display modes with different display digit orders for "day", "month 2 day 1 year", and "day July 2 year J", allowing you to select the display digit order for year, month, and day according to customs around the world. In addition, in the abbreviation display mode, abbreviations such as city names or place names around the world are displayed, and in the character mode, arbitrary numbers and alphabets are displayed.
In FFJ mode, the display device is turned off.

C6 Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional camera data display device, in order to select the desired display mode, seven types of display modes must be sequentially switched using a display mode changeover switch, which is a problem that is cumbersome to operate. There is.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a camera display device that can switch to a desired display mode with a small number of operations when switching between various display modes.

08 Means for Solving the Problems The present invention will be explained in conjunction with FIG. Area selection means 6a applied to a data display device of a camera that divides the world into a plurality of areas and selects one of them.
, 6b, and a display control means 10 for displaying date data including the year, month, and day in the order of display digits according to the area selected by the area selection means 6a, 6b, the above object is achieved. be done.

The E0 effect display control means 10 displays date data including the year, month, and day in the order of display digits according to the area selected by the area selection means 6a, 6b.

In addition, in the detailed explanation of the present invention in Sections 1 and 2, the figure 1] was used to make the present invention easier to understand. Example ta
r+ not something to be assigned.

F. Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the back side of a camera equipped with a data imprinting device.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an external display section having a reflective liquid crystal display element, and displays an abbreviation and arbitrary characters such as 7:09 am on September 9, 2017.

2 is a data imprinting unit that has a transmissive liquid crystal display element and a light source that illuminates it.When shooting, the light source is turned on and the date, B18, and any character data are imprinted on the FILM number. too·.

3 is an electronic clock having a crystal oscillator, which outputs data indicating the current year, month, day, hour, and minute every moment. The 4L data storage section stores the set character data and area number, which will be described later.

5 is a display mode changeover switch, and each time it is operated, the display mode shown in FIG.

``Day'', ``Day February 2nd year'', ``Month 2nd 9th year'', ``Day.

"9 minutes", "abbreviation", and rOFFJ are switched.

6a and 6b are area number changeover switches; when 6a is operated, the area number increases by one, and when 6b is operated, the area number decreases by one.

7 is a correction digit changeover switch, and 8 is a correction switch. After selecting the digit to be corrected with switch 7, the switch 8 is operated to correct it. 9 is a switch for setting or canceling daylight saving time (hereinafter abbreviated as summer time or DST) mode.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a control circuit composed of a microcomputer and its peripheral components, which controls each of the operation switches 5 to 9 described above.
According to command signals from the electronic timepiece 3 and the data storage section 4, display data is sent to the external display section 1 and the data imprinting section 2 for display.

The external display section 1, the data imprint section 2, and the operation switches 5 to 9 are attached to a back cover section that is attached to the back of the camera body 11 so that it can be opened and closed with a hinge 12, as shown in FIG. 13.

FIG. 4 shows area numbers when the world is divided into a plurality of areas, 24 areas in this example, the names of cities or places representing each area, and the abbreviations of these city or place names. Furthermore, FIG. 4 shows each region symbol A, B, C, D and the order of their display digits when 24 areas are classified into four regions according to the customary order of year, month, and day display digits for each area. In other words, A indicates the Far East region, which is expressed as "January 9, 2018," B indicates the European region, which is expressed as "day, February 9," and C indicates the North American region, which is expressed as "month, 2, 9,". and D specifically indicates free areas (indicated by symbols) where display conventions are not uniform. Famous tourist spots will be classified as free zones for the convenience of tourists.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the display device 100 of the external display section 1. As shown in FIG. In addition, in the same figure, all display segments are shown in a visible state for explanation.

The year, month, and day are displayed in the order of digits for each region A-D mentioned above.
Display elements 101 to 106 and quotation mark display elements 107a and 1 that indicate the display digit of "year"
07b, and display elements 108a and 108b with a symbol M indicating that it is the display digit of "month". Hours and minutes are displayed on display elements 103 to 106 and display element 1 indicating a colon.
09 is displayed. Note that when displaying the year, month, date, hour, and minute, the tens digit is displayed on display elements 101, 103, and 105, and the - digit is displayed on display elements 102, 104, and 106.

Character data is displayed on display elements 102, 104, and 106. Therefore, these display elements 102, 104, 1
06 is equipped with display segments capable of displaying numbers O to 9 and alphabets. Furthermore, the display element 110 displays the area number, and the display element 111 displays the area number.
Lights up and displays when DST mode is set.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example in the abbreviation mode. In the abbreviation mode, the abbreviation of the representative city or place name is displayed according to the area number selected by the area number changeover switches 6a, 6b. Now, when the area number is 20 and the abbreviation mode is selected with the display mode selector switch 5, the abbreviation TY○ indicating the city of Tokyo is displayed as shown in FIG. 6(a). Next, when the area number is set to 21, the abbreviation SYD representing the city of Sitney is displayed as shown in FIG. 6(c).

Further, in this abbreviation mode, arbitrary alpha vents and numbers can be displayed. When TYO is displayed in area number 20 in FIG. 6(a), select the digit where T is displayed using the correction digit changeover switch 7, and operate the correction switch 8. Each time the correction switch 8 is operated, the displayed character changes. T,
U, ...Z, 0. ..., 9. A, B,...
・Switches in this order. Now, follow these steps to change the displayed characters to TYO.
After changing from to JPN as shown in Figure 6(b), set the area number to 21 and change the display characters to SYD in the same way.
to NZL as shown in FIG. 6(d). Then, when the area number is returned to 20 again, the changed setting JPN is displayed as the display character.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a display control program executed by the control circuit 10. This program starts its execution when the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated. The operation of the data display device will be explained with reference to the figure.

In step S1, the set area number is read from the data storage unit 4, and in the subsequent step S2, it is determined whether the area number is in area A. If it is in area A, step S
If not, proceed to step S4. In step S3, the year, month, and day data from the electronic clock 3 is displayed in the digit order of "February 2, 1 year", and then the process proceeds to step S13. In step S4, it is determined whether or not the area is B. If the area is B, the process proceeds to step S5; if not, the process proceeds to step S6. In step S5, the year, month, and day data are set to r days.

After displaying in the digit order of "month 9 years", the process advances to step S13. In step S6, it is determined whether or not the area is C. If the area is C, the process proceeds to step S7, and if not, the process proceeds to step S8. In step S7, the date data is changed to "month 2nd 2nd year".
After displaying in the order of digits, the process advances to step S13.

Above step S2. S4. If S6 is all negative, the area number belongs to the free area, and in step S8, the date data is set to 1 year.

Displayed in digit order of "9th of the month". Next, in step S9, it is determined whether the display mode changeover switch 5 has been operated,
Step S9 is repeated until the operation is performed. When the display mode selector switch 5 is operated, the process advances to step SIO and the year, month, and day data are changed to "day, February.

Display in digit order of the year. Furthermore, in step Sll, it is determined whether the display mode changeover switch 5 has been operated,
Step Sll is repeated until the operation is performed. When the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated, the process advances to step S12 and the date data is set to 141st.

Display in digit order of year.

In step 813, it is determined whether or not the display mode changeover switch 5 has been operated, and step S13 is repeated until it has been operated. When it has been operated, the process advances to step S14. In step S14, the date, hour and minute data from the electronic clock 3 are Displayed in digit order of ``2:09:00''. Next step S1
5, it is determined whether the display mode changeover switch 5 has been operated, and the same steps are repeated until the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated. When the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated, step S16
Then, the representative city or place name abbreviation corresponding to the area number selected by the area number changeover switches 6a, 6b and stored in the data storage section 4 is read and displayed.

Next, in step S17, it is determined whether or not the display mode changeover switch 5 has been operated, and the same step is repeated until it is operated. When the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated, the process proceeds to step 818, where the display device is turned off and the execution of the program is ended.

In this way, the display data on the display 100 is switched in the order shown in FIG. 3 every time the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated. That is, rOFF in step S30 in FIG.
When the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated in the J display mode, if the preselected area number is Far East region A, the year, month, and day data is displayed in the display digit order of "February 4, 2018" in step S31. , if it is European region B, step S32
Year, month, and day data is displayed in the order of display digits such as "October 1, 1st year", and in the case of North America region C, "Month 9th 9th" is displayed in step S33.
The year, month, and day data is displayed in the display digit order of "Year", and when in the free area, the year, month, day data is first displayed in the display digit order of "February 2, 1 year" in step S34, and then the display mode is switched. When the switch 5 is operated, in step S35, the display digits are displayed as "day, February, 2nd year", and when the display mode changeover switch 5 is further operated, the display mode is "month" in step S36.

Year, month, and day data is displayed in the display digit order of "day 2 year".

After displaying the year, month, and day data in steps 331 to S36, when the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated, "2:09:00" is displayed in step S37, and when the display mode changeover switch 5 is further operated, the area number is displayed in step 538. An "abbreviation" indicating the city name or place name (including any character data display) is displayed, and then when the display mode changeover switch 5 is operated, the mode is switched to rOFFJ mode and the display device stops operating.

As explained above, when displaying the year, month, and day, the date is displayed in the order of display digits that matches the customs of the area starting from the preset area number. Since the arbitrary characters that were previously displayed are displayed, the number of operations of the changeover switch when changing the display mode is reduced, and operability is improved.

In the configuration of the above embodiment, the area number changeover switches 6a and 6b constitute area selection means, and the control circuit 10 constitutes display control means.

Detailed explanation of the G0 invention According to the present invention, date data is displayed in the order of display digits according to the selected area number, so the number of operations when switching display modes is reduced, and operability is improved. do.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the back side of a camera according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the order in which display modes are switched, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing area numbers and their A diagram showing representative city names or place names, their abbreviations, regional symbols to which the area belongs, and display digits Jli for date data, Figure 5 is a diagram showing the display, and Figure 6 is an example of display in abbreviation mode. 7 is a flowchart showing a display control program, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a conventional display mode switching order. ■ = External display section 2: Data imprint section 3: Electronic clock
4 = Data storage unit 5: Display mode changeover switch 6a, 6b: Area number changeover switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a data display device for a camera that displays date data and arbitrary character data and records these data on film at the time of shooting, the world is divided into a plurality of areas and one of the areas is selected. and display control means for displaying date data including year, month, and day in the order of display digits according to the area selected by the area selection means. Display device.