JPH05150334A - Camera capable of executing panoramic photographing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute both photographing of ordinary size and panoramic size by one camera and to imprint data on the outside circumferential parts of respective photographing areas even in both cases. CONSTITUTION:In the case of the ordinary photographing, both of shielding members 6a and 6b are positioned at the upper and the lower parts of a film 5 so that the effective width of the film is not covered and a data imprint device 18a is positioned so as to be faced near the lower end of the ordinary photographing area 5a as it is shown by a broken line. In the case of the panoramic photographing, the members 6a and 6b are respectively moved in the central part direction of the film 5 so as to cover the upper and the lower parts of the film 5 as it is shown by a continuous line. Then, the slender panoramic photographing area 5b is formed. Besides, the imprint device 18a is moved by a moving means 18b so as to be faced near the lower end of the area 5b. A lens for reduction 13 is provided so as to be positioned between the imprint device 18a and the film 5 at a panoramic photographing time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera capable of taking both normal size and panoramic size images.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there have been cameras for taking photographs in a panoramic size which is wider than a normal size. This is the same as the conventional film, and the light incident from the transparent part is exposed by exposing with the light transmissive part (panoramic shooting area) narrower than the normal size and covering the other part with the light shielding member. Since only the film reaches the film, only the film in this portion is exposed to light, and an image having the same narrow width as the light transmitting portion is transferred to the film. Then, by stretching this film to an appropriate size and printing it on photographic paper, a horizontally long so-called panoramic size photograph can be obtained. In order to match the center of the panoramic size photographing area with the optical axis of the lens, the translucent portion (panoramic photographing area) is provided so as to be located at the center of the normal photographing area.

With such a structure, normal shooting and panoramic shooting can be performed by one camera by moving the light-shielding member forward or backward of the film.

[0004]

Conventionally, there is a camera capable of imprinting data such as date on a film, but normally, the data is imprinted on the outer peripheral portion of the photographing area of the film. By the way, in the case of adopting such a data imprinting device in a camera capable of photographing both the normal size and the panoramic size as described above, if the data imprinting device is provided in the outer peripheral portion of the normal photographing area, In photography, it is outside the panoramic photography area and imprinting is impossible. Further, if a data imprinting device is provided in the panoramic photography area, the data is imprinted in the vicinity of the center of the photography area in normal photography, and the data obstructs the view of the image. For these reasons, a camera capable of imprinting data in both normal size and panoramic size shooting has not been put to practical use.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a camera capable of shooting both a normal size and a panoramic size with one camera, and in which case data can be imprinted on the outer peripheral portion of each shooting area. To do.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that a normal photographing region substantially corresponds to an effective width of a film, and a panoramic photographing region is a central portion of the film. A panoramic camera capable of selectively switching between a narrow panorama shooting and a panorama shooting through a switching means, wherein the panoramic shooting is performed at the outer peripheral portion of the normal shooting area during the normal shooting, and the panorama shooting during the panoramic shooting. The data imprinting means capable of imprinting data such as date is provided on the outer periphery of the area. In this camera, an operation unit for activating the switching means is provided so as to be operable from the outside of the camera body, and normal shooting and panoramic shooting can be performed in a single film in a mixed manner.

Specifically, the data imprinting means is composed of a pair of fixedly arranged data imprinting devices, one of which is the outer peripheral portion of the normal photographing area and the other is the outer peripheral portion of the panoramic photographing area. It can be configured to be separately located in each. In this case, it is desirable that the data shape of the data imprinting apparatus for panoramic photography be smaller than that of the data imprinting apparatus for normal photography.

Alternatively, the data imprinting means is a single data imprinting apparatus, and is provided with a moving means for selectively moving the data imprinting apparatus between the outer peripheral portion of the normal photographing area and the outer peripheral portion of the panoramic photographing area. The configuration may be changed. In this case, it is desirable that the moving means be configured to operate in conjunction with the switching means.

Alternatively, the data imprinting means is a single data imprinting device fixedly arranged, and the light from the data imprinting device is directed to the outer peripheral portion of the normal photographing area and the outer peripheral portion of the panoramic photographing area. An optical system that can be switched so that it can be selectively guided may be provided.

It is desirable that a reduction means for reducing and projecting the data shape of the data imprinting device is provided behind the panoramic photographing area. Alternatively, a configuration may be provided in which a magnifying means for magnifying and projecting the data shape of the data imprinting device is provided behind the normal photographing area. This reduction means or enlargement means may be provided in the optical system.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a camera according to the present invention. A plurality of lenses 3 are attached to the front end of the camera body 1 to form an optical system, and a shutter 4 is provided in the array of the plurality of lenses 3. The film 5 is loaded so that the center of the lens 3 coincides with the optical axis 3a,
The film is a lens 3 by a film feeding member (not shown).
Is held so as to be orthogonal to the optical axis 3a, and is sequentially fed by an unillustrated automatic winding device or the like. Light-shielding members 6a and 6b for switching between normal shooting and panoramic shooting are provided in front of the film, and are operated by operating a switching operation unit 21 provided on the rear surface of the camera. The back cover 2 is provided with a data imprinting means 7 including a pair of data imprinting devices 7a and 7b, and a finder 24. In the present embodiment, the data imprinting devices 7a and 7b are not shown in the figure but are LEDs.
It has a structure in which segments composed of light emitting elements such as (light emitting diodes) are arranged in the shape of "day" so that data such as the date can be imprinted on the film.

The camera according to the present embodiment has the above-described structure. When the user presses the release button 25, the arrangement of the plurality of lenses 3 is controlled to focus (focus) and the shutter 4 moves. Film 5 by opening and closing
Exposure operation is performed.

The structure of the switching means 26 of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, the operation of the light blocking members 6a and 6b will be described. Light shielding member 6a,
6b has arms 9a and 9a on its side through a pin 8a.
One ends of b, 10a and 10b are attached respectively. The other ends of these arms 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b are fixed to the camera body 1 by a pin 8b.
The slits 10c, 10 are formed on the arms 10a, 10b.
d is opened, and the sliding member 11 that interlocks with the operation unit 21 (see FIG. 2) is slidably inserted into both slits 10c and 10d. As described above, in this embodiment, the switching means 26 is configured by the light shielding members 6a and 6b, the arms 9a, 9b, 10a and 10b, the sliding member 11 and the like.

When taking a photograph of a normal size, the sliding member 11 is positioned on the right side of the drawing as shown in FIG. 3 by operating the operating portion 21, and the light shielding members 6a and 6b are both effective of the film 5. It is positioned above and below the film 5 so as not to cover the width. This state is shown by a broken line in FIG. 5, but the data imprinting device 7a is located so as to face the vicinity of the lower end of the normal photographing area 5a.

On the other hand, in the case of taking a panoramic size photograph, the sliding member 11 is moved to the left side in the drawing by operating the operation unit 21, as shown in FIG. Then, the arm 9
The light-shielding members 6a and 6b are formed of the film 5 by the parallel link mechanism composed of a, 9b, 10a and 10b.
To move toward the central portion of the film 5 to cover the upper and lower portions within the effective width of the film 5 to shield light, and a narrow light transmitting portion is formed in the gap between the light shielding members 6a and 6b. That is, this translucent portion becomes the panoramic photographing area 5b of the film 5 (see FIG. 5). At this time, the data imprinting device 7b is located so as to face the vicinity of the lower end of the panoramic photographing area 5b.

The camera of the present embodiment having the above-mentioned structure is capable of taking pictures of both normal size and panoramic size by operating the operation unit 21 from the outside,
By using the appropriate data imprinting device 7a or 7b, it is possible to imprint data on the outer peripheral portion of the photographing area in both sizes of photography.

By the way, when performing panoramic photography,
A narrow panoramic shooting area 5b is formed by shielding the upper and lower sides of the normal size shooting area 5a, and the area of the panoramic shooting area 5b is smaller than that of the normal shooting area 5a. Therefore, in order to make the panoramic photograph larger (the length is the same length and the width is longer) than the normal photograph at the time of printing, the panoramic photograph is stretched at a high magnification and printed on the photographic paper. .. Therefore, if the data imprinting devices 7a and 7b imprint data of the same size in the first embodiment, data such as the date will be larger in the printed photograph in the case of the panoramic size. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
Data (numerals) smaller than the data (numerals) 12a imprinted by the data imprinting device 7a for normal photographing
It is desirable to use a device capable of imprinting 12b as the data imprinting device 7b for panoramic photography.

Further, as in the second embodiment shown in FIG.
Data imprinting device 7b and film 5 for panoramic photography
By disposing the reducing means such as the reducing lens 13 in the gap between the two, the same data imprinting mechanism is used,
Both sizes may have a structure in which data having the same appropriate size is printed in a printed photograph.

In the above-mentioned first and second embodiments, the data imprinting means 7 comprising the two data imprinting devices 7a and 7b is used, but a configuration using only one data imprinting device is used. This will be described below.

The third embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 shows a data imprinting means 18 comprising a data imprinting device 18a and a moving means 18b. Data imprinting device 18a on holding member 14 slidable along a groove (not shown)
And a slit 14a provided in the holding member 14
The pin 15a of the arm 15 is inserted into the arm 15 and the sliding member 16 is movable left and right in the slit 15b provided in the arm.
Is inserted. The arm 15 is fixed to the body frame by a pin 15c. Here, the holding member 14,
Moving means 18b by means of arm 15, sliding member 16, etc.
Is configured.

When performing normal photographing with this structure, the light shielding members 6a and 6b are attached to the film 5 as in the previous embodiment.
The normal photographing area 5a of the film 5 is set by being positioned above or below. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 8 (as indicated by the broken line in FIG. 10), the sliding member 16
Is moved to the right to position the holding member 14 downward, and the data imprinting device 18a is positioned near the lower end of the normal photographing area 5a.

On the other hand, when performing panoramic photography,
The light blocking members 6a and 6b are brought close to the middle portion of the film 5 to set the panoramic photographing area 5b. And FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10, the holding member 14 is raised by moving the sliding member 16 to the left, and the panoramic image capturing area 5
The data imprinting device 18a is positioned near the lower end of b (near the middle of the normal photographing area 5a). In this state, the reduction lens 13 is arranged so as to be interposed in the gap between the data imprinting device 18a and the film 5.

In this construction, the sliding member 16 may be common to the above-mentioned sliding member 11, and the arm 15 may be common to the arms 10a and 10b. Alternatively, the sliding member 16 may be configured to interlock with the operation unit 21 or the sliding member 11.

Further, the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 11 shows an example having a data imprinting means 19 comprising a data imprinting device 19a and an optical system 17. The data imprinting device 19a is usually fixedly disposed near the lower end of the photographing area 5a, and an optical system 17 including reflecting mirrors 17a and 17b is vertically movable in front of this.
During normal shooting, the light-shielding members 6a and 6b are positioned above or below the film 5 to set the normal shooting area 5a of the film 5, and the optical system 17 is set below the film 5 (normal shooting area) as indicated by a broken line. 5a) and data (characters and numbers) are directly imprinted from the data imprinting device 19a near the lower end of the normal photographing area 5a. On the other hand, at the time of panoramic photography, the light-shielding members 6a and 6b are attached to the film 5
Then, the panoramic photographing area 5b is set by approaching to the middle part of. Then, as shown by the solid line, the optical system 17 is interposed between the data imprinting device 19a and the film 5, and the light from the data imprinting device 19a is incident on the film 5 via the optical system 17 to perform panoramic photography. Data (characters and numbers) are imprinted on the lower end of the area 5b. In addition, this optical system 1
Although not shown, 7 has a reduction lens, and the reduced data is imprinted during panoramic photography. Alternatively, the reduction lens may not be provided, and either the reflecting mirror 17a or 17b may be a concave mirror to reduce the data.

The vertical mechanism of the optical system 17 may be the parallel link mechanism described above, and various other configurations are possible. Further, as in the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the reduction lens 20 can be configured separately from the optical system 17. The position of the data imprinting device is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, the normal photographing area 5 of the film 5 is used.
A data imprinting device is provided outside a and the data from the data imprinting device can be selectively projected near the lower end of the normal photographing region or the lower end of the panoramic photographing region by moving the optical system. A data imprinting device is provided in the gap between the lower edge of the area and the lower edge of the panoramic shooting area, and the reflection angle is changed by changing the tilt angle of the reflecting mirror (optical system) that faces the data imprinting apparatus. Data may be selectively projected near the lower end of the photographing area.

Further, in the third to fifth embodiments, a data imprinting device for projecting data (characters and numbers) of a size suitable for normal photographing is used, and reduction for projecting data in panoramic photographing is performed. An example in which means is provided is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, it is also possible to use a data imprinting device 22 that projects data of a size suitable for panoramic photography, and to provide an enlarging means 23 for enlarging and projecting data during normal photography.

Although not shown in the drawings, during normal photographing in all the embodiments, the film 5 is shielded so that light does not enter the film 5 from the position where data should be imprinted during panoramic photographing.

In the above embodiment, the data imprinting device having the LED segments arranged in a "day" shape is used. However, the data imprinting device is not limited to this structure, and a light emitting body such as an LED is used. Various electro-optical devices such as those arranged in a matrix or a liquid crystal module with a backlight can be used.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, data can be imprinted on the outer peripheral portion of each photographing area in both normal size photography and panoramic size photography with a single camera. is there.

Further, by adopting a structure in which the data (characters and numbers) which are smaller in the panoramic photographing than in the normal photographing are projected on the film, the normal size and the panoramic size can be taken in the printed photograph. Can display the same size data. In this case, by providing a reducing means for reducing the letters and numbers from the data imprinting device at the time of panoramic photography, or an enlarging means for enlarging the letters and numbers from the data imprinting device at the time of normal photography, 2 Since it is not necessary to use a type of data imprinting device, the manufacturing cost can be kept low.

If one data imprinting device is used and it is configured such that it can be selectively moved to the outer peripheral portion of each photographing area during normal photographing and panoramic photographing, a plurality of data imprinting devices are not required, It contributes to the reduction of manufacturing cost.

Alternatively, the data imprinting device is fixedly provided and provided with a movable optical system so that light from the data imprinting device is selectively applied to the outer peripheral portion of the normal photographing area and the outer peripheral portion of the panoramic photographing area. The manufacturing cost can be reduced even if the structure can lead to. In this case, when the optical system is provided with the above-mentioned reduction means or enlargement means,
Furthermore, the configuration can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part showing a normal photographing state of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a main part front view showing a panoramic shooting state of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a main part of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a film filmed in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a main part of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a normal shooting state of the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the essential parts showing the panoramic shooting state of the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a side view of an essential part of the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a side view of an essential part of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the essential portions of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a side view of the essential portions of the sixth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 Film 5a Normal shooting area 5b Panoramic shooting area 6a, 6b Light-shielding member 7, 18, 19 Data imprinting means 7a, 7b, 18a, 19a, 22 Data imprinting device 12a Data (numerals) 12b imprinted during normal shooting 12b Panorama Data (numerals) 13 and 20 photographed at the time of photographing Reduction lens (reduction means) 17 Optical system 18b Moving means 21 Switching operation section 23 Enlarging means 26 Switching means

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A normal photographing mode in which a normal photographing area substantially corresponds to an effective width of a film and a panoramic photographing mode in which a panoramic photographing area is formed in a narrow width in a central portion of the film are selectively selected through a switching means. In a camera capable of panoramic shooting that can be switched to, in the outer peripheral portion of the normal shooting area during the normal shooting, and in the outer peripheral portion of the panoramic shooting area during the panoramic shooting,
A camera capable of panoramic photography, characterized by being provided with data imprinting means capable of imprinting data such as dates. 2. The operation unit for operating the switching means according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit is provided so as to be operable from the outside of the camera body, and normal photography and panoramic photography can be performed in a mixed manner on one film. A camera that can take panoramic images. 3. The data imprinting means according to claim 1, wherein the data imprinting means is composed of a pair of fixedly arranged data imprinting devices, one of which is on the outer peripheral portion of the normal photographing area and the other of which is panoramic photographing. A camera capable of panoramic photography, which is characterized in that it is located separately on the outer periphery of the area. 4. The data imprinting means according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data imprinting device is a single data imprinting device, and the data imprinting device is selectively provided at an outer peripheral portion of a normal photographing area and an outer peripheral portion of a panoramic photographing area. A camera capable of panoramic photography, characterized in that it is provided with a moving means for moving to. 5. A camera capable of panoramic photography according to claim 4, wherein the moving means is operated in conjunction with the switching means. 6. The data imprinting means according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data imprinting means is a fixedly arranged single data imprinting apparatus, and the light from the data imprinting apparatus is used for the outer peripheral portion of the normal photographing area and the panorama. A camera capable of panoramic shooting, which is provided with an optical system that can be switched so as to be selectively guided to an outer peripheral portion of a shooting area. 7. A camera capable of panoramic photography according to claim 3, wherein the data shape of the data imprinting apparatus for panoramic photography is smaller than that of the data imprinting apparatus for normal photography. 8. A camera capable of panoramic image capturing according to claim 4, further comprising a reduction means for reducing and projecting a data shape of the data imprinting device behind the panoramic image capturing area. 9. A camera capable of panoramic image capturing according to claim 4, further comprising an enlarging means for enlarging and projecting the data shape of the data imprinting device behind the normal image capturing area. 10. A camera capable of panoramic image capturing according to claim 8, wherein the reducing means is provided in the optical system. 11. A camera capable of panoramic image capturing according to claim 9, wherein the magnifying means is provided in the optical system.