JPH06337473A - Photographing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance the quality of character rows after photographing so as to facilitate the reading of letters and numerics and to rapidly and precisely search the image by arbitrarily setting an area for a character stationary part common to images, and character movable parts peculiar to these image. CONSTITUTION:A control part 2 of a processing means 1 such as a microprocessor or the like, controls a film deed drive part D and a photographing sample slit exposure optical system 34 which is an image pick-up means. Further, a memory part 3 previously stores therein several code data, and incorporates registering means for registering these code data, corresponding to specific switches. A computing and transmitting means 4 in the processing means 1 locates code data for photographing in the memory means 3, and transmits the same to a character copying mechanism 38. Areas for stationary part and a movable part of the code data are parted between a variable part initiating point mark and an ending mark. and accordingly, the address of the image can be arranged at an arbitrary position of the photographed code data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographing device for recording and recording image information on a long microfilm, for example, as a recording medium, and for additionally recording code information on the image information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a rotary camera has been known as a typical example of this type of photographing apparatus. Hereinafter, this rotary camera will be described as an example.

The rotary type camera receives materials such as bills, checks, stock certificates, documents, drawings, etc., which are to be preserved in the form of a microfilm, successively, and the image information of the materials is sequentially printed on a long film. , The photographed material is an automatic photographing device that is discharged to the outside of the device.

Some of such photographing devices are constructed so that code information such as numbers and characters can be photographed on the film in addition to the image information so as to facilitate the search after developing the film. As such code information, there are characters and symbols indicating the contents of the image as well as the address of the image composed of numbers and the like.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the pattern of characters to be photographed is fixed,
Only fixed characters, continuous or discontinuous numbers such as addresses that change peculiarly to each image, or this fixed part and variable part can only be set in a predetermined area. Therefore, there was no freedom to change the settings such as improving the quality of the character string after shooting and making it easier to read letters and numbers.

The present invention improves on this point.

[0007]

The present invention has image information photographing means for recording and photographing image information on a long recording medium, and code information photographing means for photographing code information on the recording medium. In an image information photographing apparatus for photographing code information corresponding to individual image information, the photographing is characterized in that a region of a code information portion common to each image and a code information portion peculiar to each image can be arbitrarily set and changed. Device.

[0008]

By setting the area of the fixed character portion common to each image and the variable character portion peculiar to each image, which is attached to each image, to be arbitrarily set or automatically set It is possible to freely change the settings such that the quality of a character string after shooting is improved, or characters and numbers are made easy to read so that an image can be searched quickly and accurately.

[0009]

【Example】

<First Embodiment> (FIGS. 1 to 7) FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a rotary camera as a first embodiment of a photographing apparatus, FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an internal photographing mechanism, and FIG. 3 is a control system. It is a block diagram of.

In FIG. 1, 11 is an outer box of the apparatus, 12 is an entrance for photographing material (subject), 13 is an ejecting box for photographed material,
Reference numeral 14 is an operation unit. Reference numeral 15 denotes an opening / closing door, and by opening this door, the film / recording medium F can be taken out / applied to / from the internal photographing mechanism 21 (FIG. 2).

In the photographing mechanism 21 of FIG. 2, 22 is a shaft 2.
3 is a film supply reel rotatably supported, and a long raw film F is wound around this reel.

Reference numeral 24 is a film take-up reel supported by a shaft 25, which is rotationally driven in an arrow direction R by rotation of the shaft 25 by a drive system (not shown).

Reference numerals 26, 27, 28, and 29 denote a first guide roller, a second guide roller, a capstan roller (film winding roller), and a third guide of the film arranged between the film supply reel 22 and the take-up reel 24. It's Laura.

30 and 31 are second film guide rollers 2
7 and the capstan roller 28 are idlers (film pinch rollers).

The film F on the side of the film supply reel 22 is set by suspending the starting end side thereof by hand or by automatic loading on the above four rollers 26 to 29 and locking the film F on the core of the film take-up reel 24. To do.

Reference numeral 32 denotes an in-apparatus transport passage for the photographed material O introduced into the apparatus from the inlet 12, 33 is a slit provided in the passage, and 34 is provided between the slit 33 and the capstan roller 28. This is a photographic material slit exposure optical system (image photographic means), and comprises a material illuminating lamp 35, a mirror 36, an imaging lens 37 and the like.

L is a slit exposure position on the film surface on the capstan roller 28, S1 is a first sensor for detecting that the front end of the conveyed material reaches a position slightly before the slit 33, and S2 is a rear end of the material. The second sensor detects that the slit 33 has finished passing through.

The photographic material slit exposure optical system 34 as the above-mentioned image photographic means records and photographs the photographic material O passing through the slit 33 on the film F as image information.

Numeral 38 is a character imprinting mechanism (code information photographing means) arranged at the film tension portion position K between the second guide roller 27 and the capstan roller 28, which is a transmissive liquid crystal plate 39 for displaying characters. It is composed of a liquid crystal plate illumination lamp 40 and the like.

The character imprinting mechanism 38 serving as the code information photographing means photographs the code information such as characters, numbers, dates and symbols on the film F.

The image pickup apparatus constructed as described above is shown in FIG.
The control system shown in the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 3, a processing means 1 including a microprocessor or the like performs a processing operation according to an input instruction from the first and second sensors S1 and S2 and the operation unit 14.

The processing means 1 has a control section 2 for controlling the film feed driving section D and the photographing material slit exposure optical system 34 as an image photographing means.

The storage unit 3 of the processing means 1 is provided with a storage means for storing a large number of code information in advance and a registration means for registering the code information in association with a specific switch.

Then, the arithmetic transfer section 4 of the processing means 1 searches the storage section 3 for the code information for photographing and transfers it to the character imprinting mechanism 38 which is the code photographing means.

In this embodiment, an example in which a 20-digit character is photographed on a long microfilm is shown.

Usually, in a microfilm in which an image and the like are associated with each image and photographed, the address is updated for each image, but an example of the film photographed by adding characters to this address is shown in FIG. It is 4.

Image information 101, a search mark 102, and code information 103 are photographed on the microfilm F.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a display device for setting code information.

Reference numeral 104 denotes a 20-digit display device, where N is 1 to 20, where N is the number of the display digit.

Reference numeral 105 is a fixed character area. When the address part to be updated for each image is separated by “→” and “←”, 106 is a delimiter indicating the start point of the variable part, 107 is the variable part of the address updated for each image, and 108 is Delimiter that indicates the end point of the variable part, 10
9 is a character of the fixed part.

The address portion of 107 is divided into three levels, each level delimiter is represented by ".", And is called a batch file page from the left. A number is set in this range.

The part that can be updated and the fixed part can be arranged at arbitrary places, and delimiters may or may not be inserted. When there is no delimiter, all are fixed regions or all variable regions.

It is also possible to enter only a delimiter character at the start point or the end point. It should be noted that this delimiter only indicates the delimiter and is not photographed on the film.

The process of setting the code information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In steps 1 and 2, the variable portion start position and variable portion end position are cleared.

The number N of the display character is set to 1 (step 3), and the first character is brought (step 4).

It is judged whether or not this character is a delimiter (same as 5), and if it is not a delimiter signal, it is judged whether N is added up to 20 (same as 6). ), Otherwise, add 1 to N (at step 7) and return to the step 4 where the character is brought again.

In step 5, when the brought-in character is a delimiter, it is judged whether or not it is a delimiter start point symbol (step 9). If it is a start point symbol, N + 1 is set at the variable portion start position.
Is entered and stored (at 10), and the process returns to the step of determining whether or not the last character has been reached (at 6).

In step 9, if it is not the delimiter start point symbol, it is judged whether it is the delimiter end point symbol (step 1
1) If it is the end point symbol, N-1 is put in the end position of the variable part and stored (step 12), and the procedure returns to the step of determining whether or not the last character has been reached (step 6).

At step 11, since the setting is wrong if it is not the delimiter end point symbol, a delimiter error is displayed (step 13), and error display and processing are performed (step 1).
4).

Next, the procedure for photographing the code information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the photographing operation is started (step 2
0) When the image is taken, the level corresponding to the image is determined, so it is confirmed whether the level of the image to be taken is batch (21).

If this is a batch, the position of the address of the batch is searched from the variable part start position (at 22), and 1 is added to this address (at 23).

Since a file and a page are normally cleared when photographing a batch, a file address and a page address are further searched from the variable part start address and cleared to "0" (at step 24).

Since the setting of the address of the variable portion is completed, this code information is photographed together with the image information (at 25 and 26).

At step 21, when the address level of this image is a file (step 27), the position of the file address is searched (at step 28) and 1 is added to this address (at step 29).

Since the page is cleared when the normal file is photographed, the position of the page address is further searched from the variable part start address and this is cleared to "0" (at step 30).

Since the setting of the address of the variable portion is completed, the code information is photographed together with the image information (at 25 and 26).

At step 27, when the address level of this image is page, the page address is searched (step 31), 1 is added to this address (at step 32), and the address setting is completed. This code information is photographed (25/26).

As described above, the fixed portion and the variable portion of the code information attached to each image are divided and set by the variable portion start point symbol and the variable point symbol to set the captured code information. The address of the image can be placed at any position.

<Second Embodiment> (FIGS. 8 and 9) FIG. 8 shows a code information setting indicator in the apparatus of this embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the range of the address portion updated for each image of the 20-digit character is B (batch), F (file), P (page) corresponding to the above-mentioned photographing level.
Specify with. Parts that are not specified are always fixed characters,
Only numbers are allowed in the areas designated by B, F, and P.

The process for setting the code information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in steps 40, 41 and 42,
Clear batch file page start / end position.

The display character number N is set to 1 (step 4
3) Bring the first character (Id. 44).

It is judged whether or not there is a batch start designation in this character (at 45), and if the batch start position is designated, N is stored as the batch start position (at 46) and the operation proceeds to the next address (at 46). 47) and bring the next Nth character (48).

If this character does not specify the end of the batch, the process returns to step 47 to proceed to the next character, but if the end of the batch is specified, N is stored as the batch end position (step 50) and the process advances to the next character. (Id. 51).

In step 45, if the batch start is not specified, it is judged whether or not the file start position is specified (Same as 5).
2) If the file start position is specified, N is stored as the file start position (at step 53), the process proceeds to the next address (at step 54), and the next Nth character is brought (at step 5).
5).

If this character does not specify the file end position (step 56), the process returns to step 54 to proceed to the next character, but if the file end position is specified, N is stored as the file end position (step 57). ), Proceed to the next character (Id. 51).

In step 52, if the file start position is not specified, it is determined whether the page start position is specified (step 58). If the page start position is specified, N is stored as the page start position (step 59). ), Go to the next address (at 60) and bring the next Nth character (at 6)
1).

If this character does not specify the page end position (at step 62), the process returns to step 60 to proceed to the next character, but if the page end position is specified, N is stored as the page end position (step 63). ), Proceed to the next Nth character (Id. 51).

If the page start position is not specified in step 58, it is neither a batch, file nor page, so it is treated as a fixed character area and it is judged whether or not the last character has been reached (step 64). (65). If not the last, add 1 to N (same as 5
1), proceed to the next Nth character (44).

When the code information is photographed, the level of the image to be photographed is judged in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the addresses of the batch, file and page are added, and the code information is photographed on the film.

<Third Embodiment> (FIGS. 10 and 11) FIG. 10 shows a code information setting indicator in the apparatus of this embodiment.

In this embodiment, as in the first embodiment, 20
The address part that is updated for each image of the digit characters
It is divided by ← "," → ", but there is a fixed part before and after the range, and the area of the address to be updated is variable by the increase in the number of address digits.

In FIG. 10 as well, there are batches, files, and pages as addresses, but these are incremented by one each time an image of that level is taken, and depending on the number of digits set, they may exceed the address area. become.

There is a margin in the latter half of the set area, and the variable part is increased as the number of address digits increases.
The fixed part is packed in the back.

The procedure for photographing the code information will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the photographing operation is started (step 7
0), since the level corresponding to the image is determined when the image is captured, it is confirmed whether the level of the image to be captured is batch (71).

If this is a batch, the position of the address of the batch is searched from the variable part start position (at 72), and 1 is added to this address (at 73).

When the number of digits of the batch address increases as a result of adding the addresses (74), the batch file
The page address position and the characters in the fixed part on the right side of the page address are shifted to the right (75, 76), but when the number of digits does not change, the process proceeds to the next (77).

Since a file and a page are cleared when a normal batch is photographed, a file address and a page address are further searched for from the variable part start address and cleared to "0" (at step 77).

Since the setting of the address of the variable portion is completed, the code information is photographed together with the image information (78 and 79).

In step 80, when the address level of this image is a file, the position of the address of the file is searched (81) and 1 is added to this address (8).
2).

When the number of digits in the file address increases as a result of adding the addresses (at 83), the position of the file / page address and the character in the fixed portion on the right side of the file are shifted to the right (at 84 and 85). However, if the number of digits does not change, the process proceeds to the next (86).

Since the page is cleared when the normal file is photographed, the position of the page address is further searched from the variable part start address and it is cleared to "0" (86). Now that the setting of the address of the variable portion is completed, this code information is photographed together with the image information.
(78 and 79).

In step 80, when the address level of this image is a page, the address position of the page is searched (at 87), 1 is added to this address (at 88), and the number of digits of the page address is not increased. (Id. 89),
Since the setting of the address is completed, this code information is photographed together with the image information (Id. 78 and 79).

When the number of digits of the page address increases as a result of adding the addresses (at 89), the position of the page address and the character of the fixed part on the right side are shifted to the right (at 90).
・ If the number of digits does not change, the procedure goes to the next step.

When the variable part of the address increases, the fixed part may be laterally shifted, or the fixed part may be erased by giving priority to the address.

In each of the embodiments described above, the image address level 3 (batch file page) is used, but the invention is not limited to this.

The display / photographing device is not limited to one line but may be a plurality of lines, and the area may be designated by a dot-matrix display / photographing device capable of expressing not only characters but also pictures and symbols. good.

As the display / photographing device, not only a liquid crystal display device but also a light emitting device such as an LED may be used.

[0083]

As described above, in the photographing apparatus having the image information photographing means for recording and photographing the image information on the elongated recording medium and the code information photographing means for photographing the code information on the recording medium, By setting the area of the character fixed part common to each image attached to each image and the character variable part unique to each image to be set arbitrarily or automatically, Since the quality of the character string is improved and the characters and numbers are easy to read, there is an effect that an image can be searched quickly and accurately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a rotary type camera as an image capturing apparatus according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an internal photographing mechanism.

[Fig. 3] Block diagram of control system

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a roll-shaped microfilm.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of a code information display device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating setting of code information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a code information capturing operation.

FIG. 8 is a code information display device in the second embodiment device.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating setting of code information.

FIG. 10 is a code information display device in the device of the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a code information capturing operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Processing Means 3 Storage Unit 34 Photographic Material Slit Exposure Optical System 38 Character Imprinting Mechanism F Microfilm

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An image information photographing means for recording and photographing image information on a long recording medium, and a code information photographing means for photographing code information on the recording medium, which correspond to individual image information. 1. An image information photographing apparatus for photographing code information, wherein the area of a code information portion common to each image and a code information portion peculiar to each image can be arbitrarily set and changed.