JPH0774998A - Image/sound recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a user to simply prepare a message constituted of images and sound. CONSTITUTION:After adjusting the height and angle of a video camera 2 so as to display a preferable picture on a video monitor 3, a user turns on a switch for a microphone 6 and starts speach. A video camera 2 is controlled by manual control, remote control from a microphone 6, or automatic tracking control using an image pickup signal for the camera 2. When the switch of the microphone 6 is turned on, a photographing light 4 is automatically turned on, the camera 2 is turned to a video recording state and the video recording state is displayed on a video recording state display device 5. When the user ends his (or her) speach and turns off the microphone 6, the light 4 is automatically turned off, the camera 2 is returned to a stand-by state and the stand-by state is displayed on the display device 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for recording a message or the like composed of images and sounds.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, at a ceremonial occasion, a banquet, etc., in order to record the message of the participant as an image and a sound, a photographer who is exclusively assigned to the venue, or a photographer who is predetermined from among the participants. However, it was necessary to film the participants using a video camera.

[0003]

However, in such a method, it is necessary to request an exclusive photographer or a photographer. Further, although it is desirable that the message of the participant is created mainly by the participant himself / herself, in the above-mentioned conventional method, since the photographer mainly creates the message, the photographer can see the message. There was a problem that it became the message I saw.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and provides an image / sound recording apparatus in which a user can easily create a message composed of an image and a sound. It is intended to be provided.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 incorporates a video camera, a video monitor, and a photographing light in a housing, and further connects the video camera and a microphone. The operation of the video camera is controlled by operating the microphone.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the left and right movement of the subject is displayed as it is by reversing the image on the video monitor with a mirror or the like. The invention according to claim 3 is configured to automatically return to the standby state after a predetermined time (eg, 3 minutes) has elapsed from the start of recording by providing a timer.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the photographing light is turned on in synchronization with the recording operation of the video camera. According to a fifth aspect of the invention, a video printer for forming an image from a video signal output from the video camera is provided, and the video printer starts the image forming operation after a predetermined time (eg, 10 seconds) has elapsed from the start of recording. Configured to.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, means for mounting the video camera is provided, and the horizontal and vertical angles of the means are instructed by the instruction means provided in the microphone.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a means for mounting the video camera is provided, an identification member is provided on the microphone, and the identification member is a video monitor screen based on an image captured by the video camera. The horizontal angle and the vertical angle of the means for mounting the video camera are controlled so as to enter a predetermined portion of the above.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the operation of the video camera can be controlled by operating the microphone. For example, when the microphone is set on the microphone stand, the standby state is set, and when the microphone is taken out from the microphone stand, the recording state is set.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the image on the video monitor is horizontally flipped by an optical member such as a mirror, so that the left and right movement of the subject is displayed as it is. According to the invention of claim 3, after the recording is started by the timer,
After a predetermined time (eg, 3 minutes) has elapsed, control is automatically performed to return to the standby state. Therefore, even if the user forgets to operate the microphone to return it to the standby state, meaningless recording is not performed after the elapse of the predetermined time.

According to the invention of claim 4, the photographing light is turned on when recording is started, and is turned off when recording is finished. According to the invention of claim 5, the video printer starts the image forming operation after a predetermined time (eg, 10 seconds) has elapsed from the start of recording.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, the horizontal and vertical angles of the means (mounting platform) for mounting the video camera are controlled by the command means provided in the microphone. According to the invention of claim 7, based on the image captured by the video camera, the horizontal direction of the means for mounting the video camera so that the identification member provided on the microphone enters a predetermined portion of the video monitor screen, and The vertical angle is controlled.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. (First embodiment)

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of an image / sound recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, a video camera 2, a video monitor 3, a photographing light 4 and an operation state indicator 5 are provided in the housing 1. Further, the microphone 6 is connected to the video camera 2 by a cable. Although the power supply device is omitted here, the housing 1 has a built-in power supply device that rectifies and smoothes an AC voltage of 100V to generate a DC voltage of 6V and supplies the DC voltage to each unit. A microphone stand (not shown) for setting the microphone 6 is provided outside the housing 1.

The front surface of the housing 1 is made of a resin such as acrylic, and the portion of the front surface facing the lens of the video camera 2 and the screen of the video monitor 3 is transparent. Also, the portion facing the shooting light 4 is
In order to scatter the light emission of the light 4, it is formed in a ground glass shape. Further, the front surface of the housing 1 is configured to open and close like a door around one end of the housing 1 so that the components can be taken in and out of the housing 1.

Each of the components provided in the housing 1 is fixed to a plate-shaped support member or a cylindrical support member by a set screw. Then, each supporting member is configured to be slidable in and out of the housing 1.

The housing 1 having such a structure is detachably fixed to the support 7 with a platform by means of a set screw or the like. The platform 7 provided on the support 7 with the platform
a is operated by operating the adjustment lever 7b,
Therefore, the height of the video camera 2 can be adjusted, and pan and tilt can be performed.

Next, a method of using the image / sound recording device configured as described above will be described. First, the image / sound recording device is connected to a 100V AC power source. Then, the video camera 2 is set to the recording standby state. In the recording standby state, the image of the subject captured by the video camera 2 is supplied to the video monitor 3. In addition, the operating status indicator 5
Indicates that the video camera 2 is in the standby state. This completes the preparation.

Next, a user who wants to record a message (hereinafter referred to as "user") approaches the housing 1 and observes his or her image displayed on the video monitor 3 while viewing his or her favorite image. Is displayed, the height of the video camera 2 is adjusted and the angle of view is adjusted by panning or tilting. Since the image of the subject on the video monitor 3 moves to the right when the subject moves to the left, the image on the video monitor 3 is horizontally flipped by an optical member such as a mirror (not shown), It is desirable to facilitate the adjustment of the angle of view so that the moving direction can be seen as it is. Specifically, for example, the video monitor 3 may include the housing 1
Place it sideways with respect to the front of the
The mirror may be arranged at a 45 ° angle in front of the screen. Further, if the horizontal scanning direction of the video monitor 3 is reversed, the same effect can be obtained without using an optical member.

After the angle of view is adjusted so that the desired image is displayed, the microphone 6 is turned on to start the speech. At this time, when the switch of the microphone 6 is turned on, the photographing light 4 is automatically turned on and the video camera 2 is in the recording state. Then, the recording state display 5 displays that the recording state is set.

When the user finishes the speech and turns off the microphone 6, the photographing light 4 is automatically turned off and the video camera 2 returns to the standby state. Then, the recording status indicator 5 indicates that the standby status is set.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the image / audio recording apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Here, parts corresponding to those in FIG. 1 are assigned the same numbers. In this figure, 5-1 to 5-4 are LEs, respectively.
An operation state indicator constituted by D, 5-1 is lit in a standby state, 5-2 is lit at the start of recording, 5-3 is lit after 1 minute has passed, and 5-4 is 2 minutes. Lights up after a lapse of time.
In this embodiment, it is configured to automatically return to the standby state after 3 minutes. A control box 8 detects the state of each part of the apparatus and controls the operation thereof. A microphone stand 9 generates signals of different levels depending on whether the microphone 6 is set or not, and supplies the signals to the microphone state detection circuit 81 in the control box 8. Reference numeral 10 denotes a remote control device, which converts a signal for controlling an operation state of the video camera 2 into infrared rays based on an output of a remote control control signal generation circuit 82 in the control box 8, and a light receiving section (not shown) of the video camera 2. Supply). Reference numeral 11 denotes a control adapter which receives a signal output by the video camera 2 depending on whether the video camera 2 is in a standby state or a recording state, generates a signal of a different level, and outputs the control box 8
It is supplied to the camera state detection circuit 83 therein. Here, the signal supplied from the video camera 2 to the control adapter 11 is, for example, LANC (Local Applicati).
on Control Bus System (registered trademark). The details of LANC are
For example, since it is described in JP-A-61-147687, it will not be described here.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be described. Note that the video camera 2 will be described here as being already in a standby state. In this state, from the video camera 2 to the control adapter 11,
A signal indicating that the video camera 2 is in the standby state is supplied. The control adapter 11 is a video camera 2
When it receives a signal indicating that it is in the standby state, it supplies a low level signal to the camera state detection circuit 83, for example. Upon receiving the low level signal, the camera state detection circuit 83 receives the photographing light 4, the timer 84, and the switch 8
5, and a predetermined control signal is supplied to the remote control signal generator 82. As a result, the photographing light 4 is turned off, the timer 84 is reset, and the switch 85 operates to turn on the operation status indicator 5-1. The remote control control signal generation circuit 82 may be configured to output a remote control control signal for setting the video camera 2 to the standby state, or may be configured to output nothing.

Since the microphone 6 is set on the microphone stand 9 in the standby state, the microphone state detection circuit 81 detects that the microphone 6 is set. At this time, the microphone state detection circuit 81 supplies the remote control signal generation circuit 82 with a signal indicating that the microphone 6 is set on the microphone stand 9.
At this time, the remote control control signal generation circuit 82 may be configured to output a remote control control signal for setting the video camera 2 to the standby state, or may be configured to output nothing.

In the standby state described above, when the user removes the microphone 6 from the microphone stand 9,
The microphone state detection circuit 81 includes the photographing light 4, the timer 8
4, a predetermined control signal is supplied to each of the switch 85 and the remote controller control signal generation circuit 82. As a result,
The photographing light 4 is turned on, the timer 84 is set to start the operation of counting the time, and the switch 85 operates to turn on the operation state indicator 5-2. Also,
The remote control control signal generation circuit 82 outputs a control signal for setting the video camera 2 in the recording state. The control signal output by the remote control control signal generation circuit 82 is the remote control device 10.
To the video camera 2
Is supplied to the video camera 2, the video camera 2 is set to the recording state.

When the video camera 2 is set in the recording state, the video camera 2 supplies a signal indicating the recording state to the control adapter 11. Control adapter 1
When receiving this signal, 1 supplies a high-level signal to the camera state detection circuit 83, for example. In this case, when the camera state detection circuit 83 receives a high level signal, it supplies a predetermined control signal to the remote control control signal generation circuit 82. At this time, the remote control control signal generation circuit 82 may be configured to output a remote control control signal for setting the video camera 2 to the recording state, or may be configured not to output anything.

The timer 84 counts a predetermined clock pulse and outputs the pulse to the switch 85 every one minute. The switch 85 inputs a pulse every 1 minute and operates so that the operation status indicators 5-3 and 5-4 are sequentially turned on.

Then, when the timer 84 counts for 3 minutes, that is, when 3 minutes elapse after the video camera 2 enters the recording state, the timer 84 supplies a predetermined control signal to the remote control signal generation circuit 82. . Upon receiving this control signal, the remote control control signal generation circuit 82 outputs a remote control control signal for setting the video camera 2 in the standby state. Also, the timer 84 is the shooting light 4
A control signal for turning off is output.

As a result, the video camera 2 is set to the stand-by state, and the signal indicating that the video camera 2 is in the stand-by state is supplied to the control adapter 11, so that the control adapter 11 detects the low-level signal as the camera state. Supply to the circuit 83. The camera state detection circuit 83 supplies a predetermined control signal to the timer 84 to reset it, so that the timer 84 stops its operation. Further, a control signal for operating the switch 85 so that the operation status indicator 5-1 is turned on is supplied.

When the speech is finished before the timer 84 counts for 3 minutes and the microphone 6 is returned to the microphone stand 9, the microphone state detection circuit 81 supplies a predetermined control signal to the remote control signal generation circuit 82. To do.
Upon receiving this control signal, the remote control signal generation circuit 82 generates a remote control signal for setting the video camera 2 in the standby state and supplies it to the remote control device 10.

As a result, the video camera 2 is set to the stand-by state and the signal indicating that the video camera 2 is in the stand-by state is supplied to the control adapter 11, so that the control adapter 11 detects the low level signal as the camera state. Supply to the circuit 83. The camera state detection circuit 83 supplies a predetermined control signal to the timer 84 to reset it, so that the timer 84 stops its operation. Further, it outputs a control signal for operating the switch 85 so that the operation status indicator 5-1 is turned on. Further, it outputs a control signal for turning off the photographing light 4.

Next, the operation of this embodiment described above will be summarized and briefly described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG.
(A) to (e) are cases where the microphone 6 has not been returned to the microphone stand 9 even after 3 minutes have elapsed from the recording state, and FIGS. 3 (f) to (j) show before 3 minutes have elapsed. The case where the microphone 6 is returned to the microphone stand 9 is shown.

First, in the standby state, the photographing light 4 is off, the timer 84 is reset, and the operation state indicator 5 is 5-1. When the microphone 6 is taken out from the microphone stand 9, the photographing light 4 is turned on, the timer starts counting, and the operation status indicator 5 is turned on 5-2. Then, the video camera 2 enters a recording state.

The operation status indicators 5-3 and 5-4 are sequentially turned on every one minute after the recording status is entered. After 3 minutes, the shooting light 4 is turned off, the video camera 2 is in the standby state, and the operation state display 5-1 is turned on.

When the microphone 6 is returned to the microphone stand 9 before the lapse of 3 minutes from the recording state, the video camera 2 enters the standby state, the photographing light 4 is turned off, and the operation state indicator 5-1 is displayed. Lights up.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of an image / sound recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Here, the same numbers are assigned to the parts corresponding to those in the first embodiment of FIG.

In this embodiment, the housing 1 is mounted on the AV rack 12 via the platform 7a. The housing 1 and the platform 7a, and the platform 7a and the AV rack 12 are detachably fixed with a set screw or the like.

A video deck 13 and a video printer 14 are housed in the AV rack 12. The video output and the audio output of the video camera 2 are supplied to the video deck 13, and the video signal and the audio signal when the video camera 2 is in the recording state are recorded. Therefore, at the time of recording by the video camera 2, it is possible to simultaneously create a VHS soft tape. Furthermore, the video signal output from the video camera 2 is transferred to the video printer 1
The image can also be printed and output by supplying the image to No. 4.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the control system of this embodiment, and FIG. 6 shows its operation. The parts common to the first embodiment are omitted except for the parts necessary for explaining the present embodiment. This will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

First, the microphone 6 is placed in the microphone stand 9
, The video camera 2, the video deck 13, and the video printer 14 are in the standby state, and the timer 84 is reset. the user,
When the microphone 6 is taken out from the microphone stand 9, the timer 84 starts counting and the video camera 2 and the video deck 13 are in a recording state.

After a lapse of about 10 seconds from the recording state, the timer 84 outputs a control signal to the video printer 14. Upon receiving this control signal, the video printer 14 takes in one screen of the video signal output by the video camera 2 into an internal memory (not shown),
Start the printing operation. The print operation is completed in about 1 minute after starting recording.

After that, when the microphone 6 is returned to the microphone stand 9 or three minutes have elapsed from the start of recording, the video camera 2, the video deck 13, and the video printer 14 are in a standby state. The user can get the printed image at the end of composing the message.

(Third Embodiment) FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the control system of the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 shows the appearance of the microphone of FIG. The parts other than the video camera, which are common to those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, are omitted from FIG. 7. 7 and 8 below
Will be described with reference to.

In the present embodiment, the microphone 6 is not set to the recording state or the standby state automatically by detecting whether the microphone 6 is set on the microphone stand 9 or removed as shown in FIG. 6 to O
An N / OFF button 6a is provided, and the user operates it to set the video camera 2 to a recording state or a standby state. Also, the pan / tilt button 6 is attached to the microphone 6.
b is provided so that the operation mode of the video camera 2 and the horizontal and vertical angles can be remotely controlled from the microphone 6. Therefore, in this embodiment, instead of inputting the signal from the microphone stand 9 to the control box 8 as shown in FIG. 2, the microphone 6 is connected to the control box 8 (naturally to the video camera 2).

In FIG. 7, ON / O of the microphone 6 is turned on.
The state of the FF button 6a is detected by the microphone state detection circuit 81 provided in the control box 8, and this is given to the remote control control signal generation circuit 82. The remote control signal generator 82 turns on / off the microphone 6.
Depending on the state of the OFF button 6a, a remote control signal for setting the video camera 2 to the recording or standby state,
Send to remote control device 10. As a result, when the ON / OFF button 6a is turned on, the video camera 2 is in a recording state, and when it is turned off, it is in a standby state.

In FIG. 7, a signal indicating which pan / tilt button 6b of the microphone 6 has been operated is
It is detected by a pan / tilt detection circuit 86 provided in the control box 8, and this is detected by the pan tilt control circuit 8
Given to 7. The pan tilter control circuit 87 pans or tilts the automatic pan head (auto pan tilter) 7a 'according to the operation of the pan / tilt button 6b.

In the present embodiment, the user approaches the housing 1 and observes his / her image displayed on the video monitor 3 while operating the pan / tilt button 6b provided on the microphone 6 to select his / her own preference. After adjusting the angle of view so that an image is displayed, the ON / OFF button 6a of the microphone 6 may be turned on to start the speech. And
After finishing the speech, the ON / OFF button 6a is turned off.

(Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 9 shows the configuration of the control system of the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 10 shows the microphone 6 of FIG.
Shows the appearance of. Also here, except for the video camera, parts common to those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 are omitted from FIG. 9. First, a description will be given with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.

Also in this embodiment, as in the third embodiment, the microphone 6 is provided with an ON / OFF button 6a, and the user operates this to set the video camera 2 to the recording state or the standby state. Since the structure of this portion is the same as that of the third embodiment, illustration and description thereof will be omitted. Further, the present embodiment is characterized in that the microphone 6 is provided with an identification mark 6c for automatic tracking, and the automatic camera platform 7a 'is controlled so that the identification mark 6c is placed in the center of the image pickup screen of the video camera 2. is there. Here, the identification mark 6c is formed of, for example, a gold star shape. This is to prevent malfunctions during automatic tracking by using colors and shapes that the user does not wear.

In FIGS. 9 and 10, the microphone 6
The identification mark 6c provided on the image pickup device is picked up by the video camera 2, converted into a video signal, and sent to the A / D conversion / hue detection circuit 88. The A / D conversion / hue detection circuit 88
The input video signal is A / D converted, the luminance signal is sent to the image memory 89, and the color signal is converted to the hue signal (HUE).
Is detected and sent to the image memory 89. Here, the hue signal is represented by an angle when the direction of the RY signal is 0 °.

The image memory 89 stores a luminance signal and a hue signal for each image. The luminance signal and the hue signal of each pixel stored in the image memory 89 are sent to the histogram generation circuit 90 in units of blocks each including a predetermined number of pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions. Histogram generation circuit 9
In 0, the luminance frequency characteristic and the hue frequency characteristic of the entire screen are created in units of the measurement frame composed of predetermined blocks in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.

The tracking signal processing circuit 91 creates an automatic tracking signal for allowing the identification mark 6c to enter the center of the screen based on the luminance frequency characteristic and the hue frequency characteristic created by the histogram generating circuit 90. It is sent to the pan tilter control circuit 87. The pan tilter control circuit 87 controls the automatic pan head 7a 'according to the automatic tracking signal.

The A / D conversion / hue detection circuit 88, the image memory 89, and the histogram generation circuit 9 described above.
0, tracking signal processing circuit 91, and pan tilter control circuit 8
7 is provided in the control box 8.

FIG. 11 shows luminance frequency characteristics, hue frequency characteristics,
Also, the block and measurement frame used to create the automatic tracking signal are shown. In this embodiment, the horizontal and vertical directions of the screen are 16
Blocks, that is, one screen is divided into 256 blocks. Further, the luminance frequency characteristic and the hue frequency characteristic are created by using four blocks in each of the horizontal direction and the vertical direction as the measurement frame. FIG. 11 shows the reference measurement frame at the center of the screen.

FIG. 12 shows the order of moving the measurement frame over the entire screen. First, a measurement frame is set at the upper left corner of the screen, and is moved horizontally to the upper right corner of the screen block by block. When the upper right end of the screen is reached by moving 12 blocks, the screen returns to the left end of the screen and is moved downward by 1 block, and the same processing is repeated. FIG. 12 shows one scan at each of the upper end and the lower end of the screen.

Here, the luminance frequency characteristic created in units of measurement frames is such that the horizontal axis represents the luminance level (0 to 255 in the case of an 8-bit digital value) and the vertical axis represents the frequency. In the hue frequency characteristic, the horizontal axis indicates the angle (0 to 35) of the hue signal.
9 °), and the vertical axis represents frequency.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, the frame number (FN) of the image captured in the image memory 89 is initialized to 0. Then, the user turns on / off the microphone 6.
The F button 6a is turned on to wait until the recording is started (step S1). After the user adjusts the position of himself and the microphone 6 so that the identification mark 6c provided on the microphone 6 is displayed in the center part of the screen of the video monitor 3, the ON / OFF button 6a is turned on to start recording. Then, the process proceeds to step S2.

In step S2, the luminance frequency characteristic and the hue frequency characteristic of the reference measurement frame at the center of the screen shown in FIG. 11 are measured and stored in a memory (not shown) in the tracking signal processing circuit 91 as a reference feature pattern. I'll do it.

Next, in step S3, after adding 1 to the frame number, as shown in FIG. 12, the measurement frame is moved horizontally and vertically one block at a time from the upper left corner to the lower right corner of the screen, A total of 12 × 12 = 144 luminance frequency characteristics and hue frequency characteristics are measured and taken into the tracking signal processing circuit 91.

In step S4, the reference feature pattern previously stored in step S2 is compared with the 144 detected feature patterns fetched in step S3, and the detected feature pattern most similar to the reference feature pattern is found. The identification mark 6c is set at a new position. Here, the reference feature pattern and the detected feature pattern are compared, and the value obtained by adding the sum of the frequency difference for each luminance level of the luminance frequency characteristic and the sum of the frequency difference for each hue angle of the hue frequency characteristic is The smallest detected feature pattern is set as the most similar detected feature pattern.

In step S5, an automatic tracking signal for controlling the automatic platform 7a 'so that the new position of the identification mark 6c is located at the center of the screen is generated and supplied to the pan tilter control circuit 88. At this time, when the identification mark 6c is moved in small steps near the center of the screen, if the automatic tracking operation is always performed, the screen will rather shake and become difficult to see. A dead zone of about 4 is provided, and when the center of the new position of the identification mark 6c is in this dead zone, the automatic tracking operation is not performed.

Next, in step S6, new luminance frequency characteristics and hue frequency characteristics within the reference measurement frame are created and stored in the memory within the tracking signal processing circuit 91 as new reference characteristic patterns. By repeating the above steps S3 to S6, the automatic pan head 7a 'is controlled so that the identification mark 6c is always in the center of the screen.

In the fourth embodiment described above, the luminance frequency characteristic and the hue frequency characteristic are created from the luminance signal and the color signal obtained by imaging the subject, and the automatic tracking is performed based on the luminance frequency characteristic and the hue frequency characteristic. Alternatively, only one of the luminance frequency characteristic and the hue frequency characteristic may be used. Further, each circuit provided in the control box may be built in the main body of the video camera 2.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention, and these modifications are not excluded from the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the operation status indicator is configured to display the elapsed time from the recording status every one minute, but it may be configured to display only the standby status and the recording status. Good. In addition, the elapsed time from the recording state may be displayed in units of seconds. Further, the remaining time up to 3 minutes may be displayed. It goes without saying that the set time of the timer can be arbitrarily specified.

Alternatively, a dielectric switch may be provided on the microphone to detect that the user has the microphone and set the video camera to the recording state. Further, the microphone may be wireless, that is, the microphone may be wirelessly connected to the video camera or the control box.

In the above embodiment, the photographing light is controlled so as to be lit in synchronization with the recording operation of the video camera, but the photographing light may be lit in the standby state. In this case, the standby state may be controlled to be darker than that in the recording state.

In the above embodiment, the video camera, the video monitor and the photographing light are arranged in this order from the bottom in the housing, and the operation status indicator is arranged beside the video camera. You may exchange the position with the light. Alternatively, the housing may be formed to be horizontally long and the components may be arranged horizontally.

Further, even if the video camera is installed on an adapter (Handycam Station: registered trademark) having a power supply function for the video camera and a function of outputting a video signal, an audio signal and a signal indicating an operating state from the video camera. Good.

Further, by comparing the image from the video camera with the image pattern corresponding to the bust shot stored in advance and automatically controlling the platform based on the comparison result, the video camera makes the bust shot of the user. Can also be configured to track automatically.

[0071]

As described above in detail, the first aspect of the present invention is as follows.
According to the invention of claim 1, it is possible to create a message composed of an image and a sound by a simple operation only by operating a microphone.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the left and right movements of the user are displayed as they are, the angle of view can be easily adjusted. Further, according to the invention of claim 3, meaningless recording can be prevented even if the microphone is forgotten to be returned to the microphone stand.

According to the invention of claim 4, it can be identified from the lighting state of the photographing light that the video camera is in the recording state. Further, according to the invention of claim 5, the user can receive the print service without being aware of the video printer.

According to the invention of claim 6, the horizontal and vertical angles of the video camera can be set by a command from the microphone. According to the invention of claim 7, the horizontal and vertical angles of the video camera are automatically set, so that the user does not need to be aware of the video camera.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of an image / sound recording device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control system of the image / voice recording device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation of the image / sound recording device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of an image / sound recording apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control system of an image / sound recording device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation of the image / sound recording device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control system of an image / sound recording device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an appearance of the microphone shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control system of an image / sound recording apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a diagram showing an appearance of the microphone shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a block and a measurement frame used to create a luminance frequency characteristic, a hue frequency characteristic, and an automatic tracking signal.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the order of moving the measurement frame over the entire screen.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an operation of the image / sound recording device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Housing, 2 ... Video camera, 3 ... Video monitor, 4
... Shooting light, 5 ... Operating status indicator, 6 ... Microphone, 6a ... ON / OFF button, 6b ... Pan / tilt button, 6c ... Identification mark, 7 ... Support with pan head, 7a ... Pan head, 7a '... Automatic Head, 8 ... Control box, 8
4 ... Timer, 86 ... Pan / tilt detection circuit, 87 ... Pantilta control circuit, 14 ... Video printer

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A video camera, a video monitor, and a shooting light are built into a housing, the video camera and a microphone are connected, and the operation of the microphone controls the operation of the video camera and the shooting light. An image / sound recording device characterized in that 2. The image / sound recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an optical member which reverses the right and left of the image on the video monitor. 3. The image / audio recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a timer is provided so that the video camera automatically returns to a standby state after a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of recording. 4. The image / sound recording apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the shooting light is turned on in synchronization with the recording operation of the video camera. 5. The video printer according to claim 1, further comprising a video printer for forming an image from a video signal output from the video camera, wherein the video printer starts the image forming operation after a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of recording. The described image / sound recording device. 6. The image according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a means for mounting a video camera is provided and the horizontal and vertical angles of the means are instructed by an instruction means provided in a microphone. -Voice recording device. 7. A means for mounting a video camera is provided, an identification member is provided on a microphone, and the identification member is placed in a predetermined portion of a video monitor screen based on an image captured by the video camera. The image / sound recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the horizontal and vertical angles of the means for mounting the video camera are controlled.