JPH07140271A - Data setting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a data setting device enabling the setting of plural kinds of data by one operating member. CONSTITUTION:A data setting device is formed being provided with a set key for setting data, a video signal output image plane for displaying data during setting action, and a system control circuit performing such control as to select the specified one out of plural kinds of data to be set by the first operation of the set key, to change the contents of the selected data automatically in regular succession, to determine the contents displayed on the video signal output image plane by the second operation of the operating member during change, to select the following specified one out of plural kinds of data and to change the contents of the selected data automatically in regular succession.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for setting data such as time and date.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a camera having a function of displaying numerical data such as time and date, numerical data such as time and date are
The setting key and the shift key were used when setting the printer. That is, the numerical data can be changed by operating the set key, and the type of data to be changed is selected by operating the shift key in this state. For example, each time the shift key is operated, the type of data is sequentially moved and selected as in “year → month → hour → minute → end”. When the set key is operated while the type of data to be set is selected, that data is
The numerical value of the parameter increases by one each time the set key is operated.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, when setting the date data, for example, when the present data is one day and it is desired to set 30 days, the set key is set to 29. It was very annoying to operate again and again. In addition, a set key and shift key for setting the data.
Both are required, and there are problems in terms of operability and cost.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a data setting device capable of setting a plurality of types of data with one operating member.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a data setting device of the present invention comprises an operating member for setting data and a display means for displaying the data during the setting operation. And a predetermined one of a plurality of types of data to be set by the first operation of the operation member is selected, and the contents of the selected type of data are automatically and sequentially changed. The contents displayed on the display means by the second operation of the operating member, and the contents of the selected data by selecting a predetermined next one of the plurality of types of data. And a control means for automatically and sequentially changing.

[0006]

When the operating member is operated, a predetermined one of a plurality of kinds of data to be set is selected, and the contents of the selected data are sequentially changed and displayed on the display means. . When the operating member is operated again during the change, the content of the data displayed on the display means at that time is fixed. Then, a predetermined next one of a plurality of types of data is selected, and the contents of the selected data are sequentially and automatically changed.
By further operating the operating member in this state, the contents of the data displayed on the display means at that time are fixed. In this way, the contents of a plurality of types of data to be set each time the operating member is operated while the contents of the selected data are being changed are successively determined.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of a camera to which a data setting device according to the present invention is applied. At the time of recording, the video signal input from the input terminal 6 is subjected to predetermined processing by a known circuit such as the video signal input circuit 5 and the recording signal processing circuit 4, and the magnetic signal is transmitted via the terminal 3a of the switch 3 and the magnetic head 2. It is recorded on tape 1.

At the time of reproduction, the reproduction signal read from the magnetic tape 1 through the magnetic head 2 passes through the terminal 3b of the switch 3 and the reproduction signal processing circuit 7 and the reproduction signal detection circuit 1
Sent to 1. The reproduction signal subjected to the predetermined reproduction processing in the reproduction signal processing circuit 7 is mixed with the character signal generated from the character signal generation circuit 12 in the mixing circuit 8 and output to the output terminal 10 via the video signal output circuit 9. It is transmitted as a video signal.

The reproduction signal detection circuit 11 outputs a signal for discriminating the recorded portion and the unrecorded portion of the video signal, and sends the detection signal to the system control circuit 13. The operation unit 18 is used to instruct various operations such as reproduction, fast-forward, and rewind by operation, and sends an operation signal to the system control circuit 13. The system control circuit 13 is supplied with power from a battery 22 via a power supply voltage interface circuit 21, a backup power supply 20 for operating an internal clock, and a bar code input. Various instruction data is supplied from the interface circuit 19.

The system control circuit 13 is a capstan motor drive circuit 1 based on the detected FG signal.
Drive the capstan motor 15 via 4,
Cylinder motor drive circuit 16 based on FG and PG signals
Cylinder motor 17 is driven via. The remote controller receiving unit 23 receives infrared rays and the like including signals indicating various instructions from the remote controller, converts the infrared rays into an electric signal, and sends the electric signal to the system control circuit 13.

Bar code input interface circuit 19
Inputs bar code information corresponding to an instruction such as a mode to be set and sends it to the system control circuit 13. FIG. 2 shows a system controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart showing a basic operation processing procedure of a loop circuit (CPU). In the figure, after the reset start, an initial setting process is performed (step S1), and the main process starts. First, the OSD (on-screen display) display processing subroutine is called (step S
2), followed by clock processing (step S3), operation key input device (step S4), remote control input processing (step S)
5), each subroutine of the bar code input process (step S6) and the mode change process (step S7) is called in sequence, and then waits for the end of the main program (step S8), then step 2 Return to processing.

FIG. 3 shows an external appearance example of the camera according to the embodiment of the present invention. The camera body 201 has an EVF
Unit 211, bar code reader connector 212, storage section 213 for storing bar code member 220, lens section 214, microphone section 15, remote control light receiving section 216, TEL
The E / WIDE switch 217 etc. are equipped. The remote control device 30 includes various operation keys 31 and a remote control light transmission section 32. Further, the bar code reader 40 sends a light for reading the bar code and a window part 41 for receiving the reflected light from the bar code part, and instructs reading. A reading switch 42 for reading and a confirmation lamp 43 that lights up when reading is completed are attached.

The bar code member 220 is, for example, a bar code portion 220A made of a plastic member as shown in the drawing.
And an explanation section 220B in which an explanation is written, and both sections are bendable at their boundaries.
When the clock (time) setting mode is displayed on the explanatory view 220B, the bar code section 220A is configured to display a bar code corresponding to the time setting mode. ing. That is, the bar code member 220 is one in which the instruction manual and the bar code are integrated. Bar
Since the code member 220 has flexibility, a step portion 221 and
By pushing 222 into the storage portion 213, it is firmly stored.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which the data setting process according to the present invention is performed by one key. By pressing the SET key, which is an operation member for setting data, the display information on the output screen, which is the display means in FIG. 4, is changed in the setting mode, and the operation is continued to be held for a predetermined time T1 or more. By this, the data is fixed and the set digit is moved, and the data during that time is automatically incremented by the set time T2. Also, when finalizing the set digit final data,
The setting mode is released and the process ends.

Next, the operation key input processing procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This processing is performed by the system control circuit 13 which is a control means. First, it is determined whether the setting mode is set (step S43).
1) If the setting mode is set, it is determined whether or not the SET key is pressed (step S432), and if the SET key is pressed, the edge in the pressed state is determined (step S434).
If the state is just pressed, that is, the edge, the data is confirmed (step S434), and the set digit counter is incremented (step S435). It is determined whether the set digit counter is at the final position (step S43).
6) If it is final, the mode conversion request flag is turned on (step S437). If the set digit counter is not at the final position in step S437, step S437 for turning on the mode change request flag is skipped and the key timer is reset (step S43).
8) Return to main routine.

In step S433, when the set key is not pressed in the edge state, the key timer is incremented (step S440), and it is determined whether the key timer is equal to the timer set value T1 (step S).
441). If they are equal, the set digit counter is incremented (step S435), it is determined whether the set digit counter is at the final position (step S436), and if it is at the final position, the mode change flag is turned on (step S436).
437), otherwise skip step S437,
Finally, the key timer is reset (step S43
8) Return to main routine. Key in step S441
When the timer and the timer set value T1 are not equal, the process directly returns to the main routine.

When the set key is not pressed in step S432, the data timer is incremented (step S450), and the data timer and the timer set value T are set.
It is determined whether or not 2 is equal (step S451).
If they are equal, the data is incremented (step S4
52) and reset the data timer (step S45).
3) Return to main routine. Also, step S451
When the data timer and the timer set value T2 are not equal to each other, the processes of steps S452 and S453 are skipped and the process directly returns to the main routine.

If it is not in the setting mode in step S431, it is determined whether or not the set key is pressed (step S460). If it is pressed, the mode change request flag is turned on (step S461). ), The set digit counter is reset (step S462), and the key is pressed.
The timer is reset (step S463), the data timer is reset (step S464), and the process returns to the main routine. In addition, in step S460, the set key is pressed.
If is not pressed, return to the main routine. Further, the set times T1 and T2 are numerical values stored in advance in the RAM and may be changeable.

As described above, according to the data setting device of this embodiment, since the type of data and the content of data can be set only by the set key, the operability is good.
Further, by reducing the operation key, the device can be downsized and the cost can be reduced.

[0020]

According to the present invention, since a plurality of types of data can be set with one operating member, the device can be downsized and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a camera to which a data setting device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure of a system control circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an automatic data increment process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an automatic data increment processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 13 system control circuit 201 camera body 211 EVF unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An operating member for setting data, a display means for displaying data during setting operation, and a plurality of types of data to be set by a first operation of the operating member.
The contents displayed on the display means by the second operation of the operation member during the change while the contents of the selected type of data are automatically changed in sequence while the predetermined one of the data is selected. And a control means for selecting a predetermined next one of the plurality of types of data and automatically changing the contents of the selected data sequentially. Data setting device.