JPH0812374B2 - Data display device for camera and display method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an improvement in data display of a data imprinting device for a camera.

[Conventional technology]

A data imprinting device for a camera has already become popular, and a device capable of changing the arrangement order of date data of year, month, and day is proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 54-94026. Also, in the device, "year" is displayed near each number.
A device for displaying the symbols "month" and "day" is also disclosed
Proposed in 56-70540.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, when the symbols are displayed near the numbers of the year, month, and day, there are the following problems.

1) It is necessary to arrange a large number of symbols in the vicinity of each number in order to correspond to the case where the arrangement order of the year, month, and day is changed, which makes it difficult to configure the display segment in a small liquid crystal display element. Is often the case.

2) By constructing a large number of symbols, each symbol becomes small and it becomes difficult to read the displayed contents.

3) In the IC for driving the liquid crystal display element, it is necessary to increase the number of output terminals for driving the symbol segment.
This increases the size of the and increases the cost.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

[Means for solving problems]

The data display device for a camera of the present invention includes a 6-digit segment for displaying imprinted data, and the segment has 2 digits in the upper 2 digits, 2 digits in the middle and 2 digits in the last 2 digits.
In a data display device for a camera, which can display the year, month, or day by digits, and change the display order of the year, month, or day display in year / month / day order or month / day / year order or day / month / year order. , A first year abbreviation segment showing the year display in the upper left part of the last two digits of the six-digit segment, and a first month display showing the month display at the top of the middle two digits of the six-digit segment A segment, a second year abbreviation segment indicating the year display in the upper left part of the first two digits of the six-digit segment, and a segment that is on the right side of the second year abbreviation symbol segment and has the six-digit segment A second month display segment indicating a month display at the upper part of the first two digits of the first month display segment, and the first year abbreviation segment and the first month display segment when the display order is day, month, year. Is lit, and the display order is by date When the first month display segment and the second year abbreviation symbol segment are displayed, and when the display order is month-day-year order, the first year abbreviation symbol segment and the second month display segment are It is characterized by being turned on.

Further, the first and second month display segments are M-shaped segments.

Further, the first and second year abbreviation segments are
It is characterized by being an apostrophe-shaped segment.

Further, the data display method for a camera of the present invention displays imprinted data by a segment of 6 digits, and the segment displays the upper 2 digits, the middle 2 digits, and the lower 2 digits in 2 digits each for year display, month display or date. In the camera data display method in which the display order can be changed and the display order of the year display, the month display, and the day display can be changed to year-month-day order, month-day-year order, or day-month-year order, the display order is At this time, the first month display segment showing the month display in the upper part of the middle two digits of the six-digit segment, and the first year omission showing the year display in the lower two digits of the six-digit segment are omitted. When the display order is the year, month and day order, the second segment omitting segment showing the year display in the upper left part of the upper two digits of the six digit segment and the first month are displayed. A display segment, and When the order is month-day-year order, a second month display segment showing a month display on the right side of the second year ellipsis segment and above the first two digits of the six-digit segment; And lighting the first year abbreviation symbol segment.

Further, the first and second month display segments are
It is characterized by having an M shape.

Further, the first and second year abbreviation segments are
It is characterized by being an apostrophe-shaped segment.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on Examples.

Cameras capable of imprinting data on a part of the screen of a photograph by various means have already been generalized. The most common data to be imprinted is the date data of the year, month, and day, which is displayed as "'87 12 12" and the year 1
Means December 12, 987. However, such an order of year, month, and day is common in Japan, and in Europe and America, date data is displayed or the date data is displayed in the order of "month, day, year" or "day, month, year". It is necessary to imprint it. In this case, "12 12'87" is displayed,
The order of month and day is unclear. Therefore, it is necessary to clearly indicate the digits indicating the month and day. If either the month or the day is specified, the other is inevitably specified, which simplifies the display.
From the both sides of the simplification of the driving IC, it is best to keep the display to the minimum required.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a display segment of a liquid crystal display element in a data imprinting apparatus for a camera according to the present invention. This embodiment is an example in which the "M" mark is displayed only in the vicinity of the numeral indicating the "month".

FIG. 2 shows respective display states when “year, month, day” is displayed by the liquid crystal display device having the display segment structure of FIG. FIG. 2 (a) shows the case of displaying "year, month, day" in order in general in Japan, and shows December 12, 1987. Figure 2 (b) shows the same data as above, which is generally used in the United States and other countries. "Month, day, year"
This is the case when they are displayed in this order. Figure 2 (c) shows the same data as above, which is common in European countries.
This is the case of displaying “month, year” in that order. In any display state, by displaying the "M" mark 2 near the numeral 1 of the "month" display, the arrangement order of the year, month, and day data can be clearly recognized.

In this embodiment, the "M" mark is displayed near the "month" display number, but the same applies when the "D" mark is displayed near the "day" display number. Omit it.

In this way, even if you change the order of the year, month, and day,
It is sufficient to clearly indicate the data content indicated by either the number of "month" or "day", but of course display "M" and "D" marks near both numbers of "month" and "day". Is also possible.

Needless to say, if it is necessary to imprint the "M" and "D" marks on the film, the same segment drive signal can be introduced to the data imprinting display element.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the present invention requires only four month / year symbol display segment elements, and when the arrangement order of the month display segments with respect to the segment number is changed, the respective distances become equal, making it easier to see, and the year abbreviation symbol segment Since the distance between the month display segment and the segment number is different, the year display and the month display are not confused, and it is easy to intuitively see, and the liquid crystal panel becomes smaller.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a display segment of a liquid crystal display element in a data imprinting apparatus for a camera according to the present invention. 2 (a)-(c) are the display segments of FIG.
It is a display state diagram when displaying December 12, 1987,
a) is a display state diagram in the order of “year, month, day”. b) is a display state diagram in the order of "month, day, year". c) is "day,
Display status diagram in the order of "month, year".

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A 6-digit segment for displaying imprinted data is provided, wherein the segment has an upper 2 digits, a middle 2 digits, and a lower 2 digits, each of which is 2 digits each for year display, month display, or day display. In a data display device for a camera in which the display order of year display, month display, and day display can be changed to year-month-day order, month-day-year order, or day-month-year order, in the upper left part of the last two digits of the six-digit segment. A first year abbreviation segment indicating the year display, a first month display segment indicating the month display above the middle two digits of the six-digit segment, and an upper two digits upper left of the six-digit segment And a second year abbreviation segment showing the year display in the section, and a second year abbreviation on the right side of the second year abbreviation segment and showing the month display above the first two digits of the six-digit segment. And a month display segment, wherein the display order is When Month Year order and the first year ellipsis segment and the first of the month display segment is turned on,
When the display order is year, month, day, the first month display segment and the second year abbreviation symbol segment are displayed,
A data display device for a camera, wherein the first year abbreviation symbol segment and the second month display segment are turned on when the display order is month-day-year order. 2. The first and second month display segments are M
The data display device for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the data display device is a segment having a shape. 3. The camera data display device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second year abbreviation symbol segments are apostrope-shaped segments. 4. The imprinted data is displayed by a 6-digit segment, and the upper 2 digits, middle 2 digits, and lower 2 digits are each 2 by the segment.
In the data display method for the camera, the year, month, or day can be displayed digit by digit, and the display order of the year, month, and day can be changed to year / month / day, month / day / year, or day / month / year. , When the display order is day-month-year order, a first month display segment indicating a month display on the upper two middle digits of the six-digit segment and a lower two-digit upper left portion of the six-digit segment The first year ellipsis segment indicating the year display is lit up, and when the display order is date order, the second year indicating the year display in the upper left part of the upper two digits of the six-digit segment. A year ellipsis segment and the first month display segment are displayed, and when the display order is month-day-year order, it is on the right side of the second year ellipsis segment and has the 6-digit segment. Second month display showing the month display at the top of the first 2 digits A method for displaying data for a camera, comprising lighting a segment and the first year abbreviation symbol segment. 5. The first and second month display segments have an M shape.
The data display method for the camera described in the item. 6. The data display method for a camera according to claim 4, wherein the first and second year abbreviation symbol segments are apostrope-shaped segments.