JPH08111841A - Photographing system capable of photographing management information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To output display information from a recording and reproducing device to a display device directly by managing a management number of the recording and reproducing device and that of the display device to be identical to each other at all times. CONSTITUTION: A strobe 2 is flushed synchronously with the shutter operation of a silver salt camera 1 in this photographing system. When an object is photographed by a video camera 5 by using a flush light of the strobe 2, a sensor 3 arranged in the vicinity of the strobe 2 senses the light flushed from the strobo 2 to start recording of the video camera 5, then the object of the same composition is photographed by the silver salt camera 1 and the video camera 5. Furthermore, a management number is recorded into a recording and reproducing device 6 connected to the video camera 5 and the same management number is displayed on a display device 9 via a connection unit 4. The management number displayed on the display device 9 is photographed by the silver salt camera 1 to manage the management number the same as the case with the video camera 5. An image at reproduction is displayed on a monitor 7 connecting to the recording and reproducing device 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographing system capable of photographing management information, and more particularly, to a photographing system capable of photographing management information of a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image substantially simultaneously using a video camera and a silver halide camera. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system has been developed which uses a video camera and a silver salt camera to photograph substantially the same subject at substantially the same time. In such a shooting system, the strobe flashes in synchronization with the shutter operation of the silver halide camera, but when the video camera also shoots using the same strobe light, the video camera detects the strobe light before it shoots. I am trying to record. As a result, a subject having the same composition is photographed by the silver halide camera and the video camera.

A recording / reproducing device of the video camera is connected to the video camera, and a management number indicating what is recorded is recorded. Further, the management number is also displayed on a display device which is connected to the recording / reproducing apparatus and is arranged near the subject. Therefore, by photographing the management number of the display together with the subject with the silver salt camera, the management is performed in the same manner as with the video camera.

[0004]

By the way, in such a photographing system, the management number of the display unit which is reflected together with the subject is managed as follows. That is, a number is set in advance on the display device, and a mechanical trigger signal is output from the recording / reproducing apparatus every time one image is taken. Then
The display counts up by one and the number is incremented by one. Then, the next time you shoot with a silver salt camera, the incremented number will be reflected, so
It becomes the management number.

On the other hand, the recording / reproducing apparatus also has an independent management number, which is recorded in the recording medium together with the data obtained by the photographing. If you set the above control number so that the number of the display for the silver halide camera and the recording / reproducing device on the output match first, the exact same number will be reflected in the same way, and the next time you shoot. Is also updated one by one.

However, since the recording / reproducing apparatus outputs the count-up trigger signal to the display device, it is necessary to set both management numbers to be the same first. If the numbers are not set to be the same, there is no compensation that the numbers will be the same at the time of shooting, which poses a problem of causing a great trouble particularly in management.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. Even if the management numbers of both the recording / reproducing apparatus and the display for the management number are not initially set to be the same, the numbers are surely made to be the same at the time of photographing. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image capturing system capable of capturing settable management information.

[0008]

That is, according to the present invention, in a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image at substantially the same time using a video camera and a silver salt camera, the image photographed by the video camera is recorded and reproduced. Along with this, recording / reproducing means for recording the management information of the photographed image and outputting it to the outside, and the recording / reproducing means arranged in the photographing field of view of the silver halide camera in the vicinity of the subject and outputted from the recording / reproducing means. And a display unit for displaying management information.

Further, the present invention is a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image at substantially the same time by using a video camera and a silver salt camera, and a flash light emitting means arranged so as to be used for photographing by the silver salt camera. A detection means for detecting the flash emission by the flash emission means, a waveform shaping means for shaping the waveform of the output signal from the detection means, and a recording trigger signal upon receiving the output from the waveform shaping means, While recording and playing back images taken with the camera,
Recording / reproducing means for recording the management information of the photographed image and outputting it to the outside, and the recording trigger output from the recording / reproducing means, which is arranged in the photographing field of the silver halide camera near the subject. Display means for displaying the management information according to a signal.

[0010]

According to the present invention, in a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image substantially simultaneously using a video camera and a silver salt camera, the recording and reproducing means records and reproduces the image photographed by the video camera, and The management information of the captured image is recorded and output to the outside. Then, the management information outputted from the recording / reproducing means is displayed on the display means arranged in the photographing field of the silver halide camera and near the subject.

Further, according to the present invention, in a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image substantially at the same time by using a video camera and a silver salt camera, flash light emitting means is arranged so as to be used for photographing by the silver salt camera. The flash light emitted by the flash light emitting means is detected by the detecting means. The output signal from this detection means is waveform-shaped by the waveform shaping means, and its output is received by the recording / reproducing means as a recording trigger signal. Further, the recording / reproducing means records and reproduces the image photographed by the video camera, and records the management information of the photographed image and outputs it to the outside. Then, the management information corresponding to the recording trigger signal output from the recording / reproducing means is displayed on the display means arranged in the photographing field of the silver halide camera and near the subject.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 (a) shows an embodiment of the present invention and shows the configuration of a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image at substantially the same time using a video camera and a silver halide camera.

In FIG. 1, a silver halide camera 1 is connected to a strobe 2 which emits flash light in synchronization with a shutter of the camera 1. A sensor 3 for detecting the light of the strobe 2 is provided near the strobe 2. This sensor 3 is connected to a connection unit 4 (details will be described later) having a switch SW1.

The video camera 5 is connected to a recording / reproducing device 6 which obtains a recording timing from a sensor 3 for detecting strobe light and detects it to serve as a recording trigger.
It is connected to the connection unit 4. The recording / reproducing device 6 is
The recording / reproducing device 6 receives a signal from the video camera 5 and actually records or reproduces the signal. Further, the recording / reproducing device 6 is connected to a monitor device 7 for monitoring an image during reproduction.

The connection unit 4 has a subject 8
The display 9 for displaying the management number (ID) output from the recording / reproducing apparatus 6 is connected to the display 9 connected to the display 9. It should be noted that this display 9 is positioned so as to be within the visual field of the silver halide camera 1 together with the subject 8.

The video camera 5 is capable of shooting the same subject 8 as the silver halide camera 1 at substantially the same timing, and the output video signal is always output to the recording / reproducing apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the connection unit 4 is configured so that the information of the switch SW1 and the output from the sensor 3 via the waveform shaping circuit 4a are output to the recording / reproducing apparatus. . Further, the output from the recording / reproducing device 6 passes through a signal line to reach the display 9.

Further, in the connection unit 4, AC1
It has a constant-voltage DC power supply 4b to which a 00V power supply is connected, which is used as a power supply for the video camera 5. The switch SW1 is a switch for instructing preparation for recording with the light of the strobe 2.

In the photographing system having such a structure,
The strobe 2 flashes in synchronization with the shutter operation of the silver halide camera 1. Normally, the silver-salt camera 1 and the strobe 2 are used for shooting, but when the video camera 5 also wants to use the same strobe 2 light for shooting, whether the strobe 2 emits light by the sensor 3 arranged near the strobe 2 Whether or not it is detected, the video camera 5 also records. In this way, although a slight parallax occurs due to the difference in the arrangement position between the silver halide camera 1 and the video camera 5, a subject having the substantially same composition is photographed.

In this photographing system, the management number indicating what was recorded is recorded in the recording / reproducing device 6 connected to the video camera 5, and the management number is also displayed in the display 9 via the connection unit 4. Is displayed. The management number displayed on the display 9 can be photographed by the silver salt camera 1 and managed in the same manner as the video camera 5.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the recording / reproducing apparatus 6 shown in FIG. In FIG.
The recording / reproducing apparatus 6 outputs the captured video signal to the video RA.
A / D for writing to VRAM 13c, 13d which is M
A / D conversion circuit 11 for conversion and VRAMs 13c and 13
The image output of d is D / A converted and the video signal is output to a monitor and the like, and the video ID signal is output to the display unit D.
It has an A / A conversion circuit 12, an image data storage unit 13 incorporating the VRAMs 13c and 13d, a switch 14, a data address bus 15 and a video bus 16.

The recording / reproducing apparatus 6 has a recording / reproducing control unit 18 connected to the data address buses 15 and 17.
And a remote control light receiving section 19 for receiving the infrared light transmitted from the remote control (remote control) transmitter 28 and outputting the transmission signal to the CPU 18a, and its operation button on the front panel 6a (see FIG. 3) of the apparatus main body. , A display unit 21 provided on the panel 6a for displaying the operating state of the recording / reproducing apparatus 6 and a serial interface circuit connected to the modem 29. RS232C I / F22, a memory card I / F23 of a memory card interface circuit to which the memory card 30 is connected, a drive device of a hard disk (HD) 24, and a floppy disk drive to which a floppy disk (FD) 31 is connected. (FDD) 25, a battery 26 constituting a power supply unit of DC9V system, DC5V system, and It has a configuration having a regulator 27.

The image data storage unit 13 has a VRAM-A 13a in which image data is temporarily taken in via the data address bus 15 or a coder circuit 13b, a coder circuit 13b for compressing or expanding the image data, and a video. VRAM 13 in which a video signal is taken in via the bus 16, the switch 14 or the coder circuit, and the switch 13e
c, 13d and a switch 13e for selectively switching the VRAM 13c and the VRAM 13d.

The data address buses 15 and 17 are connected to the memory card I / F 23, the controller 18, and the controller 1.
8 and the RAM-A 13a of the image data storage unit 13, D /
A bus for signal transmission between the A conversion circuit 12 and the A / D conversion circuit 11.

The video bus 16 includes the VRAMs 13c and 13d of the image data storage unit 13 and the D / A conversion circuit 12.
Alternatively, it is a bus for transmitting a video signal between the A / D conversion circuits 11.

The recording / reproducing control section 18 controls the control elements of each section of the apparatus. The signals from the remote control light receiving section 19 and the output signals of the operation switch group 20 are input to the recording / reproducing control section 18, and interval recording means, etc. A CPU 18a for controlling the built-in CPU, a CG circuit 18b for outputting character data to be superimposed on a video signal, a RAM-B 18c for temporarily storing data, a ROM 18d for storing various control processing algorithms, and a power off An EEPROM 18e for storing various data such as recording time intervals of interval recording for time, and an FDD 25
And a floppy disk drive controller (FDC) 18f for controlling the.

The CPU 18a is connected to a management unit 10 including an ID display 9, a sensor 3, and a switch SW1. FIG. 3 shows the switch keys of the operation switch group 20, the LED display section 21, the memory card 30, and the FD 3 on the front panel 6a of the recording / reproducing apparatus 6.
It is a figure which shows the arrangement | positioning state of the insertion ports 6b and 6c with 1 eject keys.

In addition to the insertion ports 6b and 6c of the recording medium, the keys and the display unit provided on the operation panel 6a are switch keys ("COPY") for copying one screen of image data to the recording medium. ) 20a and a switch key ("ALL COP" for copying all the image data recorded on one recording medium to another recording medium).
Y ") 20b, a switch key (" FORMAT ") 20c for formatting the recording medium, and a switch key (" ERAS "for erasing one screen of image data).
E ") 20d, a switch key (" ALLERASE ") 20e for erasing all the image data, and a recording designation mode switch key (" RE "for recording the image data).
C ") 20f, a switch key (INT.REC") 20g for setting the interval recording mode, a reproduction mode specifying switch key ("PLAY") 20j,
A start key (“START”) 20h for starting the respective operations after pressing the switch keys such as the switch keys 20a to 20g and 20j to put them in a standby state.
And a switch key ("STO
P ″) 20i are provided.

On the operation panel 6a, a switch key ("FLD / FRM") 20k for instructing whether to record the image data by field recording or frame recording.
And a two-screen display setting (“COMP2”) key 20m for multi-screen display in the playback mode, and a four-screen display setting (“COMP4”) key 20n for 1
A 6-division display (“MULTI16”) key 20p and a switch key for selecting a recording medium (“CARD / F
D / HD ") 20r and general-purpose arrow selection switch key 2
0s, 20t, 20u, 20v are arranged. These arrow selection switch keys 20s, 20t, 20u, 2
In 0v, the upward designation key is 20s, the downward designation key is 20u, the left designation key is 20t, and the right designation key is 20v.

Further, on the operation panel 6a, a character display switch key ("DISP") 20w, a switch key ("SET") 20x for setting, for example, image data compression / non-compression conditions, and a power A switch key (“POWER”) 20z is provided.

The operation panel 6a also has an LED 21a ("SYNCHRO") indicating whether recording by the sensor 3 for detecting strobe light is possible, and an LED display section for displaying reproduction, recording frame number and the like. 21b, an LED 21c for displaying the selected medium, a transfer direction display LED 21d for displaying the recording medium of the transfer source and the transfer destination in the image data copy processing, and the switch keys 20a to 20a.
LED 21e for displaying the operation state of each key of 0f
And a connector ("REMOTE") 6d to which a line connected to the management unit 10 including the display 9, the sensor 3, and the switch SW1 described above is connected.

Here, the LED 21a of the above-mentioned synchro will be described. Even if the switch SW1 is actually turned on so that the sensor 3 of the strobe 2 can record, there are cases where the recording signal from the sensor 3 in the recording / reproducing device 6 cannot be dealt with by the strobe light. Therefore, the LED display section 21 is provided with a synchronized LED 21a as a means for displaying the time when the state can be reliably dealt with.

The case where the recording is not possible may be the case where the recording is impossible except in the specific operation mode.
In the case of this photographing system, recording is possible in the stop mode, but recording is not possible in other cases.

Further, even in the recordable state, when the recording is actually performed, an image taken one by one is displayed on the monitor 7 during the processing, for example, the recording processing or the rec view described later. Either or both of the
Recording may not be possible. When it is determined that such recording is not possible, the LED 21a can be turned off to display that recording is currently not possible.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the management number (ID) displayed on the display 9. In this example, the ID is displayed on the TV monitor. In this case, a total of 10 digits is displayed on the display 9.
Of these, the upper five digits shown on the left side of the screen are the numbers managed by the user, and the lower five digits shown on the right side of the screen are the frame numbers given to the respective frames. Incidentally, these numbers can be set arbitrarily. For setting the numbers, see Fig. 5.
This is done on the set screen shown in.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the set screen. When the key 20x shown in FIG. 3 is pressed, a screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the monitor 7 of FIG.
Here, the left side portion on the screen is 7a and the right side portion is 7b.

First, the left side 7a will be described. Items on the left side 7a are ID, freeze (“FREEZE”), and INT play (“INT PL”).
AY ”), multi-into play (“ MULTINT ”
PLAY ”and end (“ END ”), where“ INT ”means an interval, and“ end ”means that when this is selected, this screen, that is, the set screen itself Means to end.

When this set screen is first entered, the top of the left side portion 7a is displayed in red. In this case, "I
D ”is displayed in red characters, and the other items are displayed in white characters. When the left side portion 7a has a red display, the left arrow 7a on the screen is pressed by the up arrow or down arrow key 20s or 20u. The red display moves up and down for each item in.

When one of these items is selected and the right arrow key 20v is pressed, the red display moves to the right side portion 7b. For example, if the right arrow key 20v is pressed while the left side portion 7a "ID" is displayed in red, the first character "1" of the 10-digit number (management number) on the right side portion 7b is displayed in red. become.

When changing the set value of the management number,
When the up arrow and down arrow keys 20s and 20u are pressed, from the displayed "1", 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., 9, 0
It changes like that.

When the right arrow key 20v is pressed,
The red display moves to the next right digit, and the set number is changed by the up arrow and down arrow keys 20s and 20u. Similarly, the 10-digit management number is displayed.

Here, when the right arrow key 20v is further depressed, the red display is returned from the right side portion 7b to the left side portion 7a. If you select freeze and press the right arrow key 20v, 0 to 10 seconds (0 to 10 seconds
It is displayed up to c) and can be selected.

Similarly, when the interval play is selected and the right arrow 20v is pressed, it is possible to switch between "HIGH" and "LOW". Here, when the start key 20h is pressed, the interval play is executed. Also,
When multi-into play is selected, "HI
GH "or" LOW "can be selected.

When "HIGH" is selected, in interval play and multi-interval play,
As will be described later in detail, the selection is fast, that is, the interval time is short. Similarly, "LOW" is a slower choice, i.e., a longer interval time.

When the end is selected and the right arrow key 20v is pressed, this set screen itself is terminated. Next, FIG.
The recording timing will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG.

First, the switch SW1 is turned on (t
₁ ). At that time, if the mode is other than the stop mode, it is invalidated even if the switch SW1 is turned on, and no change occurs in the state. When in stop mode (t
When the switch SW1 is turned on to _2), LED 21a is turned on to indicate that it is possible to record the strobe 2 (t _3). As a result, it is detected that recording with the strobe 2 is possible.

When the LED 21a is turned on, the flash recording is ready. Therefore, the stop mode is stopped at that point. The stop mode refers to a mode in which nothing is done during recording / reproduction, that is, when reproduction, recording preparation, erasing, copying, or the preparation state thereof is not established. In the stop mode, the picture input to the recording / reproducing device 6 is output to the monitor 7 as it is (through).

[0048] LED21a is turned on, at any time when that can accept the sensor 3 strobe 2, the shutter of the film camera 1 is turned on (t _4). When the shutter is turned on, the strobe 2 flashes in synchronization with this shutter. The sensor 3 detects the flash light emission of the strobe 2 (t ₅ ).

Since the output of the sensor 3 is very unstable, the waveform shaping circuit 4a in the connection unit 4 shapes the waveform. The recording process is started by looking at the waveform after the waveform shaping. When the recording process is started, even if the sensor 3 of the strobe 2 is newly turned on, the recording cannot be performed immediately. That is, the next recording cannot be performed immediately, so the LED 21a indicating that recording is possible is turned off.

During the recording process, VRA is synchronized with the V signal.
One field image in M is transferred to the coder 13b. Then, compression is performed in the coder 13b, and the further compressed data is transferred to the RAM-A 13a. From the RAM-A 13a, the data is recorded on a recording medium such as the memory card 30 or the FD 31.

The above-described processing is performed during the recording processing. When the recording process is completed (t ₆ ), the freeze operation is started to check the image data to see what was recorded,
The recorded image is displayed on the monitor 7. The time of this freeze operation can be set on the set screen described above.

When the freeze operation is completed (t ₇ ), recording can be performed again by the sensor 3 of the strobe 2 while the switch SW1 is on. Since the recording is possible, the LED 21a is turned on again.

Here, the switch SW1 is off (t ₈ ),
That is, when the preparation for recording is completed, the LED 21a is turned off because the photographing by the strobe 2 can no longer be performed, and the stop mode is set at that time.

Next, the main routine of the recording / reproducing apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. First, switch SW
It is determined whether 1 is turned on (step S
1). If the switch SW1 is on, P is set to 1 (step S2). Here, P is a predetermined number indicating where the reproduction is performed on the screen,
This will be described below with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 shows a 4-division screen when n = 2. This n represents the number of vertical or horizontal screens. That is, when n = 2, 2 × 2 and a total of 4
It means that there are two screens. As shown in FIG. 9A, among the four screens, when P = 1, the upper left screen, when P = 2, the upper right screen, when P = 3, the lower left screen, and P When = 4, the lower right screen is displayed.

Since P is set to "1" at the beginning of this routine, the screen displayed next is at the upper right. Then, the VRAM 213d is cleared (step S3). To be clear here means to erase all of the information in this, for example, in the blue color, that is, in the blue background.

This is the preparation state. Then switch S
It is determined whether or not W1 is turned on (step S
4). If the switch SW1 is off, the process returns to step S1. That is, the state is the same as the state in which the switch SW1 is not turned on immediately after the start.

On the other hand, in step S4, if the switch SW1 is still on and the strobe 2 does not emit light, that is, is not on, the switch SW1 is turned on.
And wait until the flash 2 is turned on (step S
5). Here, if the strobe 2 is turned on, a recording operation is started (step S6). In the recording operation, as described above, the data stored in the VRAM 113c is compressed by the coder 13b via the switch 13e, the data enters the RAM-A 13a, and the memory card 30 or the FD 31 of the recording medium or the like. Made by entering.

Then, a rec view is performed (step S
7). This means that the recorded data is immediately reproduced and confirmed, and has the same meaning as the freeze operation described above.

After that, the output to the display 9 is counted up (step S8). At the same time, the recording / reproducing device 6
The internal data (P) is also incremented by 1 (step S
9). Since the value of P has been set to 1 in step S2, P is incremented in preparation for the next rec view.

Then, it is determined whether P exceeds n ² (step S10). Here, when P exceeds n ² ,
P is set to 1 again, that is, the screen returns to the upper left (step S11). Then, it returns to step S4 and repeats the above-mentioned operation.

In the above-mentioned example, the recorded data is simply decompressed in order and reproduced in the order in which P's "1", "2", "3", and "4" are taken, but this overflows. After shooting four images, "5" will be in position 1 of P. When "1", "2", "3", "4" and P move, "5" is the same as "1" of P and "6" is the same as "2" of P.

Here, a display example of the rec view including a through image will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9A, a screen divided into four screens (P = 1 to 4) will be described as an example. In the following description, the hatched portion in the drawing represents a through image, the horizontal portion represents the above-mentioned blue back, and the portion represented by a number represents that the image has been recorded. And

In FIG. 9B, the upper left screen is a through image. This represents a state in which nothing is recorded. In addition, the remaining three images other than the screen on the upper left are blue backgrounds.

When one picture is taken in this state, as shown in FIG. 9C, the area of P = 1 is reduced and reproduced, and P is reproduced.
The part of = 2 becomes a through image. In this case, P = 3 and 4 are not used, so a blue back is generated.

When another picture is taken, the second picture is taken at the position P = 2 as shown in FIG.
The part with = 3 is a through image, and the part with P = 4 is the same as before, and is a blue background.

When another image is photographed, as shown in FIG. 9E, P = 1 is the first image, P = 2 is the second image, and P is the second image.
The portion of = 3 changes from the through image to the recording state, and P = 4 changes from the blue back to the through image.

Further, when another image is taken, as shown in FIG. 9 (f), at the same time that the fourth frame is in the recording state at the portion of P = 4, the first image of the portion of P = 1 is taken. Things disappear and it becomes a through image.

Next, the rec view subroutine will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 9F, the screen on the upper left is a through image, and the other screens are reproduced images. Then, first, the recording image is reduced and expanded to the position P of the VRAM 213d (step S31). That is, in this case, when n is 2, the through image is input from the video input of FIG. 2, and is reduced in the vertical and horizontal directions by 1/2 in the A / D conversion circuit 11, and the VRAM 113c via the switch 14.
Written in. On the other hand, in the reproduced image, the second frame, the third frame, and the fourth frame are in P = 2, 3, and 4, respectively, which is the CPU from the recording medium of the memory card 30 or the FD 31.
The data is transferred to the RAM-A 13a by the 18a, further sent to the coder 13b, and expanded and reduced. This is because the data initially stored in the memory card 30 or the like contains the compressed original image, so the coder 13b decompresses the data in the reverse order of compression to further reduce the size of the image. To do. And VRAM
213d are stored at the positions of P = 2, 3, and 4, respectively.

Then, the VRAM 213d is reproduced (step S32), and the process stands by until the freeze time elapses (step S33). If the freeze time has passed,
A through image is output (step S34).

The through image is at the position of P = 1, which is V
Since it is temporarily stored in the RAM 113c, when it is to be used as a video output, the VRA is set in the D / A conversion circuit 12.
It is selected from M113c and VRAM 213d and output.
This selection is performed by the VRAM 113c and VRAM 13d, the video bus 16, and the switch 14. When the video bus 16 is connected to the VRAM 113c, a through image is supplied, and when it is connected to the VRAM 213d, a reproduced image is supplied to the D / A conversion circuit 12 and is output as a video.

In this way, as shown in FIG.
The through image and the reduced reproduced image can be combined and output to the monitor 7. Returning to the main routine, it is determined whether or not the key 20x of the set switch is turned on (step S12). If the key 20x is not turned on here, the process returns to step S1.
The set screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed (step S1).
3).

Next, it is determined whether the into play or multi into play is selected (steps S14 and S15). If no selection is made, it is determined again whether the switch key 20x is turned on (step S1).
6) If it is on, return to step S1, and if not on, return to step S14.

After the into play is selected in step S14, it is determined whether or not the left direction designating key 20t is pressed (step S17). Here, the key 20t
When is pressed, the red text on the set screen is displayed on the right side 7
After returning from b to the left side portion 7a again, that is, returning from the right side portion 7b to the left side portion 7a to the original position, the process proceeds to step S15. On the other hand, if the key 20t is not pressed at the above step S17, the start switch is awaited (step S
18).

Then, the start switch (key 20h)
When is pressed, the time setting subroutine T set is next entered (step S19). When this T-set subroutine ends, the set screen is turned off (step S
20), start interval reproduction (step S2)
1). Then, the process returns to step S1.

Similarly, after the multi-int play is selected in step S15, it is determined whether or not the left direction designating key 20t is pressed (step S22). Here, when the key 20t is pressed, the red character display of the set screen returns from the right side portion 7b to the left side portion 7a again, that is, returns from the right side portion 7b to the left side portion 7a to the original position and proceeds to step S16. On the other hand, if the key 20t is not pressed in step S22, the start switch waits (step S23).

Then, the start switch (key 20h)
When is pressed, the time setting subroutine T set is entered (step S24). When this T-set subroutine ends, the set screen is turned off (step S
25), multi-interval reproduction is started (step S26). Then, the process returns to step S1.

Next, referring to FIG. 11, a subroutine T
Describe the set. This T-set subroutine is common to both interval play and multi-interval play.

First, it is determined whether or not it is a multi-interval play (step S41). If it is an interval play, then it is determined whether or not the total number of recorded frames is larger than m ₁ (step S42). Here, m ₁ is a constant and represents, for example, a number of 20 pieces or 30 pieces. At step S42, to step S43 if there is no total recording frame number is greater than m _1, while the total recording frame number advances respectively to the step S46 is greater than m _1.

When the total number of recorded frames is not larger than m ₁ ,
Next, it is determined whether "HIGH" or "LOW" is set on the set screen (step S).
43). This is because the set value on the set screen is changed to "HIGH" by switching the up / down direction designating keys 20s, 20u.
Alternatively, it is for determining whether any of "LOW" is set. Here, when "HIGH" is set, for example, the interval time is set to 1 second (step S44), and when it is set to "LOW", it is set to 3 seconds (step S45).

On the other hand, if the total number of recorded frames is larger than m _1, is it set to "HIGH" or "L" on the set screen?
It is determined whether it has been set to "OW" (step S46).
Here, when "HIGH" is set, for example, the interval time is set to 2 seconds (step S47), and "L" is set.
If it is set to "OW", it is set to 5 seconds (step S48).

As described above, with the constant m ₁ , when the total number of frames is larger than that, the interval time can be shortened and efficient interval reproduction can be performed. Further, when the total number of frames is small, it is possible to set a time for watching slowly.

The case of multi-interval play is the same as the above-mentioned interval play. That is, in step S41, if multi-interval play,
Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the total number of recorded frames is larger than m ₁ (step S49). If the total number of recorded frames is not larger than m ₁ , go to step S50, while if the total number of recorded frames are larger than m ₁ , go to step S53. Each goes.

When the total number of recorded frames is not larger than m ₁ ,
On the set screen, whether it is set to "HIGH" or "LO"
It is determined whether it is set to "W" (step S50). If it is set to "HIGH", for example, the interval time is set to 2 seconds (step S51), and "LO" is set.
If set to W ", set to 5 seconds (step S
52).

On the other hand, if the total number of recorded frames is larger than m _1, is it set to "HIGH" or "L" on the set screen?
It is determined whether it has been set to "OW" (step S53).
Here, when "HIGH" is set, for example, the interval time is set to 3 seconds (step S54), and "L" is set.
When it is set to "OW", it is set to 8 seconds (step S55).

Thus, also in the case of multi-interval play, the length of time changes depending on the total number of recorded frames. When the total number of recorded frames is large, the time is set short. This is because the player tries to view slowly when the total number of recorded frames is small and quickly when the total number of recorded frames is large.

Further, comparing the multi-interval play and the normal time, the time is set longer in the multi-interval play. This is because, in the case of multi-interval play, when n is 2, for example, four frames are viewed continuously, so the viewing time is set to be delayed by that amount.

Next, the interval reproduction will be described. The process of interval reproduction is that pieces are successively output. FIG. 12 shows an example of the screen display.
In the same figure (a), four screens when n = 2 are displayed. Similarly, in FIG. 9B, nine screens with n = 3 are displayed. Hereinafter, an example of 4-screen display will be described.

First, the example shown in FIG. 13A will be described. When four screens are displayed and T seconds have elapsed, the four screens change simultaneously. If the first, second, third, and fourth frames are displayed, then the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth frames are displayed.
Further, when T seconds have passed, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th frames are displayed, and so on.

When the last frame is reached, the first 1, 2, 3 and 4 frames are returned again. In addition, FIG.
(B) is a multi-interval playback, 1, 2,
It shows an example in which the third and fourth frames are displayed and only one part is switched after T seconds.

In the example of FIG. 9B, the image of "1" is switched to the image of "5". In the other cases, the images in the same states as 2, 3 and 4 are reproduced. By doing so, it is possible to compare the images before and after that. FIG.
In the example of (a), the images of the fourth frame and the fifth frame cannot be compared at the same time. However, in the example of FIG.
It is possible to simultaneously compare the images of the fourth frame and the fifth frame.

When T seconds have passed, the second frame is switched to the sixth frame, but the other frames remain unchanged.
The sixth, third and fourth frames are reproduced. In other words, the front and rear three frames can always be compared at the same time.

Next, the image reproducing operation of the example shown in FIG. 13A will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the total number of recording frames is compared with m ₂ to consider the change in the value of n (step S61). For example, in this case, when the total number of frames is small, n = 2 is set (step S
62) You can see 4 screens. On the other hand, when the total number of frames is large, n = 3 is set so that 9 screens can be viewed at one time (step S63).

If n is set to 2 or 3, then n ² screens are multi-reproduced (step S64). That is, if n = 2, four screens are reproduced. When the stop switch key 20i is pressed (step S65), the routine exits. If not, this state is maintained for T seconds (step S6).
6).

After that, m is changed (step S6).
7). In this case, m is a frame number, and m + n ² is set in m. When the number of reproduced pieces is n = 2, four pieces are added and a new m is set. Then, it is determined whether or not m is the final recording frame (step S68), and if it is the final frame, m = 1 is set and the process returns to the beginning (step S69).

If there is no image in the mth frame,
If there is no image in the m + n ^2nd frame, that is, in all the frames to be reproduced (step S70), n ² is further added to m and this is repeated. On the other hand, if there is an image in the mth frame, n ² screen multi-reproduction is performed again from the mth frame.

Next, the image reproducing operation shown in FIG. 13B will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When multi-interval reproduction is started, P is set to 1 (step S71). In this case, of the four screens, the part to be reproduced next is at the upper left. Next, it is determined whether or not there is an image in the mth frame (step S72). If there is an image, the m-th frame is reproduced at the position P (step S73).

While waiting until T seconds have passed,
If the stop switch (key 20i) is pressed during that time, this routine is exited (steps S74, S7).
5). When T seconds have elapsed in step S75, P is incremented (step S76). That is, the piece to be reproduced next is designated at the next reproduction position.

If the value of P becomes larger than n ² (step S77), the setting is returned to P = 1 again (step S78). That is, when n is 2, when P becomes 4, it is returned to 1.

Then, m is incremented, that is, the number of the frame to be reproduced is added by 1 (step S79). Then, it is determined whether or not m is the final recording frame (step S80). If m is the final recording frame, the first frame is returned again (step S81). If not, the designated m is reproduced again. On the other hand, if there is no image, m is again added in the same manner.

In this way, when there is an image, it is reproduced by adding one frame at a time. In the above-described embodiment, the case where the switch (SW1), which is the setting unit for the standby state, is provided outside the recording / reproducing apparatus 6 has been described, but it may be provided inside the recording / reproducing apparatus 6. If the switch SW1 is provided outside, the switch SW1 can be operated away from the recording / reproducing device 6 by wiring, so that the switch SW1 is provided near the silver halide camera 1.
It is also possible to arrange.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the display device is simply used, but as an application example, a television monitor may be used for managing the recording number of the silver halide camera. When a video signal is output from the recording / reproducing apparatus and sent to the display device, the management number is displayed on the monitor. Here, no display other than the management number is required, so that a dedicated video signal output terminal may be provided.

Further, as another application example, a reflective display type liquid crystal may be used for the display. When this reflective display type liquid crystal is used for a display device, there is an advantage in that when a subject and the display device are photographed by a strobe, they are well captured. This is because when the light is reflected from the strobe onto the reflector, the liquid crystal is transmitted once, and when the reflected light reaches the silver halide camera, the liquid crystal is transmitted once and then twice, so the contrast is increased accordingly. Because it becomes stronger.

Further, the display and the recording / reproducing apparatus may be wirelessly connected by infrared rays or wireless instead of wiring. In this case, there is an advantage that the wiring of the display device is not reflected in the captured image.

According to the above embodiment of the present invention, the following constitution can be obtained. (1) In an image capturing system capable of capturing substantially the same image substantially simultaneously using a video camera and a silver salt camera, the image captured by the video camera is recorded and reproduced, and the management information of the captured image is recorded. The recording / reproducing means for recording and outputting to the outside, and the display means for arranging the management information output from the recording / reproducing means, arranged in the photographing field of the silver halide camera and near the subject, are provided. A shooting system that can shoot management information.

(2) The photographing system capable of photographing the management information according to the above (1), characterized in that the display means includes a television monitor. (3) The recording / reproducing means can reproduce the recorded image on the reduced screen immediately after recording and can reproduce the n × n screen at the same time, and can photograph the management information described in (1) above. Shooting system.

(4) The recording / reproducing means is the above n × n.
The above-mentioned (3) is characterized in that it is configured to perform multi-interval reproduction in which the next n × n screen following the n × n screen is reproduced at a predetermined time interval during screen reproduction. A shooting system that can shoot management information.

(5) The recording / reproducing means is constructed so that the interval time can be changed according to the total number of recorded images, and the management information described in (4) can be photographed. Shooting system.

(6) The recording / reproducing means is constructed so as to be able to change n according to the total number of recorded images, and is capable of photographing the management information described in (4) above. Shooting system.

(7) The recording / reproducing means is configured such that the multi-screen reproduction can be set to an interval time longer than that of the single-screen reproduction, and the management information described in the above (5) is provided. A shooting system that allows you to shoot.

(8) The recording / reproducing means is constructed so that a part of the n × n screen can be switched to the next screen after a predetermined time elapses in multi-screen reproduction. A photographing system capable of photographing the management information described in 4).

(9) In a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image substantially simultaneously using a video camera and a silver salt camera, a flash light emitting means arranged so as to be used for photographing by the silver salt camera, Detecting means for detecting the flash light emission by the flash light emitting means, waveform shaping means for shaping the waveform of the output signal from the detecting means, and recording trigger signal by receiving the output from the waveform shaping means. Recording / reproducing means for recording / reproducing the photographed image, recording management information of the photographed image and outputting the management information to the outside, and a recording / reproducing means arranged in the photographing field of the silver halide camera in the vicinity of the subject. An imaging system capable of imaging management information, comprising: a display unit for displaying the management information according to the recording trigger signal output from the recording / reproducing unit. M

(10) The recording / reproducing means includes a preparation state setting section for setting a recording preparation state, and a reception means for accepting the output from the detection means only when the preparation state setting section is operated. An imaging system capable of imaging the management information according to (9) above, including:

(11) The recording / reproducing means determines whether or not the detecting means is in a recordable state substantially even if the preparation state setting section is operated, and a determination by the determining means. An imaging system capable of imaging the management information according to (10) above, further comprising a determination display unit that displays a result.

According to the above configuration (1), the management numbers of both the recording / reproducing means and the display means can always be managed to be the same. According to the configuration of (2), it is not necessary to use a special display device to display the management number. According to the above configuration (3), a plurality of images can be rec-viewed, and images can be easily compared. According to the above configuration (4), a plurality of reproduced images can be automatically viewed. Further, according to the above configurations (5) and (6), even when the number of recorded images is large, all can be viewed in a short time. With configuration (7) above, images can be viewed slowly during multi-screen playback. Further, according to the above configuration (8), it is possible to easily widen the width of the screen that can be compared.

According to the above configuration (9), a stable signal can be input, and the management numbers of both the recording / reproducing means and the display means can always be managed to be the same. According to the above configuration (10), the output from the detection unit may be recognized only in the ready state. Further, according to the above configuration (11),
It is possible to reliably determine whether or not recording is possible.

[0117]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if the management numbers of both the recording / reproducing apparatus and the display for the management number are not set to be the same at first, the numbers are surely set to the same at the time of photographing. It is possible to provide a photographing system capable of photographing possible management information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, showing a configuration of a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image at substantially the same time using a video camera and a silver halide camera, and FIG. a)
It is a block diagram which showed the detail of the connection unit 4 of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a recording / reproducing apparatus 6 shown in FIG.

3 is a switch key of an operation switch group 20 on a front panel 6a of the recording / reproducing apparatus 6 of FIG. 1, an LED display section 21,
It is a figure showing the arrangement state of memory card 30 and insertion slot 6b with an eject key of FD31, and 6c.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a management number (ID) displayed on a display device 9.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a set screen.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart illustrating recording timing.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus.

9A is a diagram showing an example of a 4-split screen when n = 2, and FIGS. 9B to 9F are diagrams showing examples of a rec view display including a through image.

FIG. 10 is a subroutine for explaining the Rec View operation.

FIG. 11 is a subroutine for explaining the operation of T set.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a screen display of interval reproduction, (a) is a display example when n = 2, and (b) is n = 3.
It is a figure showing proportionality at the time of.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display that changes every T seconds.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an image reproducing operation of the example shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an image reproduction operation of the example shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Silver salt camera, 2 ... Strobe, 3 ... Sensor, 4 ... Connection unit, 4a ... Waveform shaping circuit, 4b ... DC power supply, 5 ...
Video camera, 6 ... Recording / reproducing device, 6a ... Front panel, 6d ... Connector, 7 ... Monitor, 8 ... Subject, 9 ... Display unit, 10 ... Management unit, 11 ... A / D conversion circuit, 1
2 ... D / A conversion circuit, 13 ... Image data storage unit, 13a
... VRAM-A, 13b ... Coder, 13c ... VRAM
1, 13d ... VRAMs 2, 13e, 14, SW1 ... Switch, 15, 17 ... Data address bus, 16 ... Video bus, 18 ... Recording / playback control section, 18a ... CPU, 20 ...
Operation switch group, 21 ... Display unit, 30 ... Memory card,
31 ... Floppy disk (FD).

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An image capturing system capable of capturing substantially the same image substantially simultaneously using a video camera and a silver halide camera, recording and reproducing the image captured by the video camera, and managing the captured image. Recording and reproducing means for recording information and outputting the information to the outside, and display means for displaying the management information output from the recording and reproducing means arranged in the photographing field of view of the silver halide camera in the vicinity of the subject. An imaging system capable of imaging management information, which is characterized by being provided. 2. The photographing system capable of photographing the management information according to claim 1, wherein the display means includes a television monitor. 3. The management information photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording / reproducing means reproduces the recorded image on the reduced screen immediately after recording and simultaneously reproduces the n × n screen. Possible shooting system. 4. The recording / reproducing means, when reproducing the n × n screen, continues to the next n × n screen at a predetermined time interval after the n × n screen.
The image capturing system capable of capturing management information according to claim 3, wherein the image capturing system is configured to perform multi-interval reproduction for reproducing a screen. 5. The photographing capable of photographing the management information according to claim 4, wherein the recording / reproducing means is configured to change the interval time according to the total number of recorded images. system. 6. The photographing capable of photographing the management information according to claim 4, wherein the recording / reproducing device is configured to change the n according to the total number of recorded images. system. 7. The management information can be photographed according to claim 5, wherein the recording / reproducing means is configured such that a multi-screen reproduction can be set to an interval time longer than a single-screen reproduction. Shooting system. 8. The recording / reproducing device is configured to switch a part of the n × n screen to a next screen after a predetermined time has passed in multi-screen reproduction. A shooting system that can shoot the management information described in. 9. In a photographing system capable of photographing substantially the same image substantially simultaneously by using a video camera and a silver salt camera, a flash light emitting means arranged so as to be used for photographing by the silver salt camera, Detecting means for detecting the flash emission by the flash emitting means, waveform shaping means for shaping the waveform of the output signal from the detecting means, and receiving the output from the waveform shaping means as a recording trigger signal, and photographing it with the video camera A recording / reproducing means for recording / reproducing the recorded image and recording management information of the captured image and outputting the recording information to the outside; and a recording / reproducing means arranged in the vicinity of the object in the photographing field of the silver halide camera for recording the recorded information. A photographing system capable of photographing management information, comprising: a display unit for displaying the management information according to the recording trigger signal output from the reproducing unit. 10. The recording / reproducing means comprises: a preparation state setting section for setting a recording preparation state; and a reception means for accepting an output from the detection means only when the preparation state setting section is operated. An imaging system capable of imaging the management information according to claim 9, further comprising: 11. The recording / reproducing means, a judging means for judging whether or not the detecting means is in a recordable state substantially even if the preparation status setting section is operated, and a judgment result by the judging means. The image capturing system capable of capturing the management information according to claim 10, further comprising a determination display unit for displaying.