JPH06311467A - Video printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To operate a reproducing device such as a video camera recorder or the like from the side of a video printer. CONSTITUTION:The operation part 50 of this video printer 10 is provided with an operating button for controlling the operation of the video camera recorder 12 other than the operating button for controlling the operation of the video printer 10. When the operating button is operated and reproduction, rewinding and stoppage are instructed, a remote control transmitter 51 makes an IRED 52 flicker and sends infrared ray signals to the video camera recorder 12. The video camera recorder 12 receives the infrared ray signals by a phototransister 28 and a control part 22 performs the respective operations of the reproduction, rewinding and stoppage corresponding to instructions on the side of the video printer 10. During the reproduction of the video camera recorder 12, the pictures of a desired frame are fetched to the video printer 10 and printed on color thermosensitive recording paper 45 by a thermal head 44.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video printer for printing a video image reproduced by a reproducing device such as a video reproducing device or a video camera recorder.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When printing a video image recorded on a video tape or a video floppy, a video printer is connected to a reproducing device such as a video camera. The signal of the video image reproduced by this reproducing apparatus is sent to the video printer, and a hard copy of a desired frame is created.

[0003]

However, in order to make a hard copy, it is necessary to first perform an operation of reproducing a desired image on the operation unit of the reproduction apparatus and then perform a print operation on the operation unit of the video printer. is there. in this way,
Since the operation is performed by the separate operation units provided in the reproducing apparatus and the video printer, the print operation becomes a troublesome operation and takes a long time.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a video printer that simplifies print operations.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a video printer is provided with an operating section for operating a reproducing apparatus, and a remote control transmitter for transmitting a control signal from the operating section to a remote control receiver. is there. According to this, when the playback device is operated by the operation unit of the video printer, a control signal corresponding to the operation is transmitted from the remote control transmitter, the control signal is received by the remote control receiver of the playback device, and the playback device is It operates according to the received signal.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, a video printer 10 of the present invention.
Is provided with an external video input terminal 11, and the external video output terminal 13 of the video camera recorder 12 is connected to the external video input terminal 11 via a cord 9.

The video camera recorder 12 is a combination of a video tape recorder and a camera, and has an image pickup section 16, a recording system signal processing section 17, a cylinder 18, a reproduction system signal processing section 19, a servo 20, and a tape running mechanism. Part 2
1, a control unit 22 that totally controls these, an operation unit 2
3, a remote control receiver 24, and the like.

The image pickup section 16 sends a blue signal (B), a green signal (G) and a red signal (R) for one field to the recording system signal processing section 17. This recording system signal processing unit 17 is
The three primary color signals G and R are encoded and converted into a luminance signal (Y) and a color signal (C), and the luminance signal (Y) is converted to F.
The R / P provided in the cylinder 18 after converting the M signal and the color signal (C) into the low frequency and mixing respectively.
The head 25 records on the video track of the video tape 27.

The servo 20 is an automatic control circuit for accurately controlling the rotation of the cylinder 18 and the feeding of the tape. The tape running mechanism 21 is an automatic control mechanism for always maintaining tracking, and controls tape running through the rotation of the capstan. The reproduction system signal processing unit 18
The luminance signal (Y) and the color signal (C) picked up by the / P head 25 are encoded and output to the external video output terminal 13 as an NTSC signal.

In order to operate the video camera recorder 12 as described above, in addition to the operation of the operation section 23, a remote control receiver 24 for receiving a control signal from a remote controller (not shown) is provided. The remote control receiver 24 is provided with a transistor 28 having a peak sensitivity in the near infrared region, and an IR filter 29 that transmits near infrared light and cuts other light is provided on the front surface of the transistor 28. Are arranged.

NT sent from the external video output terminal 13
The SC signal is the external image input terminal 1 of the video printer 10.
It is taken into the Y / C separation circuit 35 via 1. Y / C
The separation circuit 35 separates the NTSC signal into a luminance signal (Y) and a chrominance signal (C), and sends them to the decoder 36. The decoder 36 converts the luminance signal (Y) and the color signal (C) into three primary color signals of yellow, magenta and cyan, and A / D
Send to converter 37. The A / D converter 37 quantizes the three primary color signals and converts them into digital signals of 64 gradations,
This is sent to the memory 38.

The memory 38 is composed of three memory sections which store image data of three primary colors independently of each other.
The write mode, read mode, and through output mode are selected under the control of the control unit 39. In the writing mode, the input image data is written in the memory 38. In the read mode, the image data of each color is read from the memory 38 and sent to the image processing unit 40. The image processing unit 40 performs image processing for performing color correction, gradation correction, and interpolation processing to convert into a frame image. The image-processed data is sent to the frame memory 4 under the control of the control unit 39.
Written to 1.

The frame memory 41 is also composed of three memory units, and the read operation is performed under the control of the control unit 39. At the time of printing, only one of the three colors is read line by line. The read image data is sent from the line memory 42 to the head drive unit 43. The head drive unit 43 drives the thermal head 44 based on the image data for one line. As is well known, the thermal head 44 has a large number of heating elements arranged in a line in the main scanning direction.
5 is heated to perform three-color frame sequential recording. The thermosensitive recording paper 45 is provided with a thermosensitive coloring layer made of cyan, magenta, and yellow. In addition, after thermal recording of one color is performed,
Light fixation is performed by irradiation of an ultraviolet lamp (not shown) corresponding to the thermosensitive coloring layer of this color, and then the next color is thermally recorded.

In the through output mode, the image data input to the memory 38 is directly sent to the external video output terminal 46 via the D / A converter 47 and the encoder 48,
It is displayed as an image on the monitor 49 connected thereto.

The operation unit 50 includes operation buttons such as an image memory button and a print button for operating the video printer 10, as well as operation buttons for operating the video camera recorder 12, such as reproduction, rewind, and fast forward. In addition to controlling each part of the video printer 10, the remote control transmitter 51 sends a control signal for operating the video camera recorder 12. The remote control transmitter 51 transmits infrared light modulated according to various control signals to an IRED (infrared light emitting diode) 52.
Release from.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
For scene recording, video camera recorder 1
The operation unit 23 of No. 2 is operated to enter the recording standby state.
This allows the scene to pass through the taking lens 54 and the imaging unit
The signals of the three colors of B, G, and R, which are picked up in (3), are sent to the recording system signal processing section 17. This recording system signal processing unit 17
The B, G, and R primary color signals are encoded and converted into a luminance signal (Y) and a color signal (C). The luminance signal (Y) and the color signal (C) are sent to the liquid crystal finder 55.

The photographer, looking at the viewfinder 55,
The subject is framed, and the operation unit 23 is operated to start recording. When recording is started, the recording-system signal processing unit 17 converts the luminance signal (Y) into an FM signal and the color signal (C) into a low frequency band, and then mixes them. At the same time, the tape running mechanism 21 runs the video tape 27, and the servo 20 rotates the cylinder 18. The video signal and the audio signal modulated by the cylinder 18 are the video tape 2
Recorded in 7.

When the video printer 10 prints after recording, the video camera recorder 12 and the external video input / output terminals 11 and 13 of the video printer 10 are connected via the code 9. Also, the video printer 1
A monitor 49 is connected to the external video output terminal 46 of 0.

In the case of printing, if a reproduction operation is indicated by the operation unit 50 of the video printer 10, a reproduction control signal is sent to the remote control transmitter 51 via the control unit 39.
This control signal is transmitted to the video camera recorder 12 as an infrared signal by the IRED 52.

The control signal received by the remote control receiver 24 of the video camera recorder 12 is sent to the control unit 22. As a result, the video camera recorder 12 is brought into a reproduction state, and the luminance signal (Y) and the color signal (C) of the image recorded on the video tape 27 are picked up by the R / P heads 24 and 25, and the reproduction system signal processing section 19 Sent to. The reproduction system signal processing unit 19 encodes the luminance signal and the color signal, and outputs the video signal as an external image output terminal 13 as a video signal.
Output to.

This video signal is taken into the Y / C separation circuit 35 through the external image input terminal 11 of the video printer 10 and separated into a luminance signal (Y) and a color signal (C) here. These luminance signal (Y) and chrominance signal (C) are decoded by the decoder 36 into three colors of yellow, magenta and cyan.
Converted to primary color signals. The three primary color signals are sent to the A / D converter 3
It is quantized by 7 and converted into a digital signal, and then sent to the memory 38. The memory 38 is set to the through output mode, and the input signal is sent as it is to the monitor 49 connected to the external image output terminal 46 via the D / A converter 47 and the encoder 48, and is displayed on the screen. The image is displayed.

Next, while checking the image on the monitor 49,
The image memory button of the operation unit 50 is operated. At this time, the image being reproduced is frozen in the memory 38. When the image data of the frame to be printed is frozen in the memory 38, the control signal 39 sends an infrared signal from the remote control transmitter 51 to the video camera recorder 12. The control unit 22 of the video camera recorder 12 stops the tape running mechanism unit 21 and the servo 20 to bring the reproduction stop state.

Next, the data is read from the memory 38, the color and density are corrected by the image processing unit 40, and then written in the frame memory 41. The image data written in the frame memory 41 is sent to the monitor 49 via the D / A converter 47 and the encoder 48, and the image to be printed is displayed on the monitor 49.

When the print button is operated after checking the monitor 49, the control section 39 controls the frame memory 41 to read the yellow image data line by line from the frame memory 41 and send it to the line memory 42. The yellow image data written in the line memory 42 is read out under the control of the control unit 39, and the head drive unit 43
Sent to. The head drive unit 43 drives the thermal head 44 based on the yellow image data for one line. The thermal head 44 is a color thermal recording paper 45.
The yellow thermosensitive coloring layer is heated to record a yellow image line by line. The portion on which the yellow image is recorded is irradiated with ultraviolet rays of a predetermined wavelength by a yellow ultraviolet lamp to be optically fixed.

After the optical fixing of the recording of the yellow image, the color thermosensitive recording paper 45 faces the thermal head 44 and the thermal recording of the magenta image is started. In this case, one line of magenta image data is read from the frame memory 41, and the magenta image is thermally recorded line by line on the magenta thermosensitive coloring layer of the color thermosensitive recording paper 45. The portion on which the magenta image is recorded is optically fixed by a magenta ultraviolet lamp. Finally, the cyan thermosensitive coloring layer of the color thermosensitive recording paper 45 is thermally recorded line by line with the cyan image data.

When the three-color sequential recording is completed, the color thermosensitive recording paper 45 is sent out and discharged as a hard copy 45a from the discharge port 53 onto the tray 54. The specified one-frame image is printed on the hard copy 45a.

When the reproduction of the video camera recorder 12 is designated by operating the operation unit 50 of the video printer 10, the reproduction of the video camera recorder 12 is started by the infrared remote controller. Further, if the rewind is designated by operating the operation unit 50, the video camera recorder 12 will be in the rewind state. Similarly, the video printer 10 can instruct the video camera recorder 10 to perform fast-forwarding or single-frame forwarding.

Although the thermal recording type video printer has been described in the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to this, and is applicable to, for example, a sublimation type thermal transfer recording type thermal printer or an ink jet printer using an ink sheet. Good. Further, although the line printer has been described, the present invention can also be applied to a serial printer. Furthermore, as a playback device, a video camera recorder 12
However, a still video camera recorder using a floppy disk or a memory card as a recording medium may be used as the reproducing device.

[0029]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, an operating section for operating a reproducing apparatus such as a video camera recorder, and a control signal from the operating section for a remote control receiver of the video camera recorder. Since it is equipped with a remote control transmitter for sending to, the operation of the playback device can be controlled from the video printer side without connecting the video camera collider and printer with a control line etc., and both can be operated individually The operation is significantly simpler than in the case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a state in which a video camera recorder is connected to a video printer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Video Printer 12 Video Camera Recorder 23, 50 Operation Section 24 Remote Control Receiver 27 Video Tape 45 Color Thermal Recording Paper 51 Remote Control Transmitter

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A video printer for printing a video image reproduced by a reproducing apparatus such as a video recorder or a video camera having a remote control receiver built therein, and an operating section for operating the reproducing apparatus, and an operating section for operating the reproducing apparatus. A remote control transmitter for transmitting a control signal to a remote control receiver.