JPH08190145A - Camera with information recording function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To record a part of a measuring function together with image information and to record remaining information in a data recorder separately provided by constituting a measuring part measuring at least one piece of physical information and/or a character information preparing part so as to be exchanged and connected with a camera main body. CONSTITUTION: The camera main body 1 is placed on a distance measuring instrument 5, and is connected to a GPS receiver 2, a bearing and inclination sensor 3, temperature and humidity and air pressure sensors 4 and various gas sensor 6 through a connecting part 30. On the other hand, the character information preparing part 7 is connected to the camera main body 1 through a cable 34, a connector 33 and the distance measuring instrument 5. Various information related to image photographing is partially written in a frame image, and the remaining information is recorded in the data recorder 30 separately provided. Thus, a necessary measuring function is added at need and information is recorded, and also a part of it is recorded together with the image information and the remaining information is recorded in the data recorder separately provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera with an information recording function capable of recording the shooting state of a camera and other information in a shot image, and further to a GPS (Global Position).
The present invention relates to a camera with an information recording function that can also record information about the shooting position of the camera by using a satellite positioning system represented by the Ioning System).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various cameras have been increasingly used by individuals, travelers, photographers and the like. Further, the development of car navigation has promoted the development of devices that handle GPS data (positional information).

[0003]

However, in the conventional camera, the information recorded is only image information, and important character information corresponding to the image information, such as GP, is used.
The S data was not recorded, and the GPS data was only measured and displayed by a GPS measuring device arranged separately.

In order to solve the demand for recording the photographing conditions and photographing environment of the camera together with the photographed image, it is possible to attach all the functions to the camera.
There are problems such as the entire camera becoming larger and carrying unnecessary functions all the time. Also, the amount of information that can be recorded in the recording unit on the camera side is limited.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and records information by adding necessary measurement functions as necessary, and records some of these measurement functions together with image information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera with an information recording function that allows the remaining information to be recorded in a separately provided data recording device.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, which solves the above-mentioned problems, a camera having an image recording unit and a character recording unit, which can record character information together with an image at the time of shooting, is provided with at least one A measuring unit for measuring physical information and / or a character information creating unit is configured to be interchangeably connectable to the camera body, and a means for recording a part of the information of the measuring unit together with an image as character information and the remaining information separately. Means for recording in the provided data recording device.

In this case, each measuring section and the character information creating section have a unique ID code so that the connected measuring section and / or the character information creating section can be identified on the camera side, and the measurement is performed in advance. It is preferable to provide a storage unit for recording the recorded information and the character information in order to identify various measurement data and to hold the measurement information and the character information.

Further, the measuring unit measures the position, altitude and time by the GPS receiver, the azimuth and elevation angle by the angle sensor, the rotation angle with respect to the lens center, the temperature by the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor. Humidity measurement, distance measurement to the object by the distance measurement unit, atmospheric pressure measurement by the atmospheric pressure sensor, gas concentration measurement unit at least 1
Having at least one measurement function for measuring gas concentrations of various types, and having the character information creation unit having the function of a word processor and / or a personal computer enables various measurements and also records character information. preferable.

When only the character information creating unit is connected, it is possible to record a large amount of character information by allowing the entire storage unit other than the time to record the character data from the character information creating unit. It is preferable above.

Further, a means for recording the same information as the photographed frame identification information recorded on the camera side in the data recording device together with other information may be provided on the frame image recorded on the camera and the data recording device side. This is preferable in associating various recorded information with each other.

Further, the data recording device is provided separately from the camera body, and the second measuring unit for measuring at least one physical information is provided separately from the camera body, and the control provided in the camera body is provided. It is preferable to provide a means for recording the measurement data of the second measuring section in the data recording device in response to a trigger signal from the section in order to make the camera body compact and to record various information.

Further, it is preferable that the trigger signal is a signal associated with taking a photograph by the shutter operation on the camera side, since it is not necessary to create a special trigger signal. A second invention for solving the above-mentioned problem is a camera that includes an image recording unit and a character recording unit and is configured to record character information together with an image at the time of shooting, and a measuring unit that measures at least one physical information, and / or Alternatively, the character information creation unit is configured to be interchangeably connectable to the camera body, and means for recording the information of the measurement unit together with the image as character information, and a trigger signal for operating the second measurement unit separately placed at the time of taking a photograph. And a means for outputting.

[0013]

[Action]

(First invention) A measuring unit for measuring at least one physical information and / or a character information creating unit and a camera body side can be exchanged and connected, and only a part of various information associated with image capturing is written in a frame image and the rest is left. The information of 1 is recorded in a separately provided data recording device. This allows you to add necessary measurement functions as needed to record information and
A part of these measurement functions can be recorded together with the image information, and the remaining information can be recorded in a data recording device provided separately.

In this case, each camera has a unique ID code so that the connected measuring unit and / or the character information creating unit can be identified on the camera side, and the measurement is performed in advance. By providing the storage unit for recording the recorded information and the character information, it is possible to identify various measurement data and hold the measurement information and the character information.

Further, the measuring unit measures the position, altitude and time by the GPS receiver, the azimuth and elevation angle by the angle sensor, the rotation angle with respect to the lens center, the temperature by the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor. Humidity measurement, distance measurement to the object by the distance measurement unit, atmospheric pressure measurement by the atmospheric pressure sensor, gas concentration measurement unit at least 1
By providing at least one measurement function of gas concentration measurement of various types, and by providing the character information creation unit with the function of a word processor and / or a personal computer, it is possible to perform various measurements and also record character information.

Further, when only the character information creating unit is connected, the entire storage unit other than the time can record the character data from the character information creating unit,
A large amount of character information can be recorded.

Further, by providing a means for recording the same information as the photographic frame identification information recorded on the camera side in the data recording device together with other information, the frame image recorded on the camera and the data recording device side are recorded. This is convenient because it can be associated with various recorded information.

Further, the data recording device is provided separately from the camera body, and the second measuring section for measuring at least one physical information is provided separately from the camera body, and the control provided in the camera body is provided. By providing a means for recording the measurement data of the second measuring section in the data recording device in response to a trigger signal from the section, the camera body side can be made compact and various information can be recorded.

Furthermore, it is convenient that the trigger signal is a signal associated with taking a photograph by the shutter operation on the camera side, since it is not necessary to create a special trigger signal. (Second invention) A second measuring unit for measuring various physical information is provided separately from the camera body, and the measurement data of the second measuring unit is recorded in a data recording device in association with the photographing operation of the camera. I decided to do it. As a result, it is possible to obtain more various data that accompany photography.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration example of an embodiment of a camera of the first invention, and FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the first invention. In these figures, 1 is a camera body, 2 is a GPS receiver for detecting a position, 3 is an azimuth / tilt sensor for detecting azimuth and inclination, and an azimuth sensor 3a for detecting the azimuth from an angle from magnetic north and a tilt of the camera. It is composed of an inclination sensor 3b for detecting an angle. Reference numeral 4 is a temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure sensor for measuring the temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure at the measurement location. Reference numeral 5 is a distance measuring device for measuring the distance from the camera to the object, 6 is various gas sensors for detecting various gases at the photographing position, and 7 is a character information creating unit for inputting character information.

Reference numeral 40 denotes various measuring units composed of a GPS receiver 2, an azimuth / tilt sensor 3, temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure sensors 4, a distance finder 5 and various gas sensors 6. As the character information creating unit 7, various character information input devices such as a word processor and / or a personal computer can be used in addition to the type in which characters are input by handwriting with the pen 35 shown in FIG.

The camera body 1 is mounted on a distance measuring device 5, and the camera body 1 and GPS receiver 2, azimuth / tilt sensor 3, temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure sensors 4 are provided.
The various gas sensors 6 are connected to the camera body 1 via the connection part 30. In the connection part 30,
A connector 31 is provided, these connectors 31 and various sensors 2, 3, 4, 6 are connected, while a camera body 1 is also provided with a connector 32, and the camera body 1 is connected via this connector 32. It is connected to the unit 30. On the other hand, the character information creation unit 7 is connected to the cable 34, is connected to the distance measuring device 5 via the connector 33 provided at the tip of the cable 34, and is connected to the camera body 1 via the distance measuring device 5. It is like this. The camera body 1 and the various units connected to the connecting portion 30 are fixed to the connecting portion 30 with screws (not shown) after connecting the connectors. As described above, the camera of the present invention has a configuration in which the various measurement sensors 3, 4, 5, 6 or the GPS receiver 2, the character information creation unit 7 and the camera body 1 can be connected as required, and is a so-called system. It has a camera configuration. In other words, the various measurement sensors 3, 4, 5, 6, GPS receiver 2 and character information creation unit 7 shown in the figure are configured so that only the necessary ones can be connected to the camera body 1 and used ( The figure shows the state where all units are connected.

Reference numeral 8 is a control unit for controlling the operation of the entire system, 9 is a camera microcomputer for controlling the operation of the camera unit, and 1 is a camera microcomputer.
Reference numeral 0 is a shutter. Reference numeral 11 is a film transport detection unit that detects the feed amount of the film when the film loaded in the camera is transported, 12 is an LED driver that drives the LED, and 13 is a copy for printing various information at the frame position of the film during transport of the film. LED, 14 is a power supply for supplying power to the circuit, and 15 is a power switch. Power supply 14
For example, a battery is used. The power source 14
Are connected to the connecting portion 30 by a connector like the various measuring sensors. Reference numeral 16 is a memory provided in the control unit 8 for storing various information.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a data recorder as a data recording device for recording various data, which is connected to the camera body 1 via a connecting portion 30. The data recorder 20 includes a connector 37 provided at the tip of a cable 36 and a connecting portion 30.
Is connected to the connector 38 provided in the. Inside the data recorder 20, a printer 21, a memory drive 22 for driving a floppy disk, etc. are included. Reference numeral 20a is a print recording paper discharge port, and 20b is a floppy disk insertion port.

The operation of the thus constructed apparatus will be described below. FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation procedure of the embodiment of the first invention. First, before photographing, a measurement unit (at least one of GPS receiver 2, azimuth / tilt sensor 3, temperature / humidity / pressure sensor 4, distance finder 5, and various gas sensors 6) and / or characters required as data The information creation unit 7 is attached. Then, the power switch 15 is turned on (S1). When this power is turned on, power is supplied to the GPS receiver 2, each measurement sensor, etc., and each operation is started. At this time, the various measurement sensors connected to the camera and the character information creation unit 7 are identified by the ID code (S2). For example, the following method is used as the identification method.

Each measurement sensor and / or character information creation unit 7
Has a sensor identification signal (ID code). For example, 4 bits are used as the ID code. 2 in 4 bits
⁴ = 16 types of measurement sensors can be identified. Four
The bit signal line is coded to identify each metrology sensor. For example, in the case of FIG. 2, if four identification signal lines are used and "0000" is the identification signal of the GPS receiver 2, the control unit 8 receives this identification signal and outputs "000".
The signal from the measurement sensor indicated by 0 "can be recognized as the latitude / longitude information, and the position information can be received. In this way," 0001 "is set to the direction sensor 3a,
"0010" is the inclination sensor 3b and "0011" is the temperature
Humidity and barometric pressure sensors 4, "0100" to distance measuring device 5,
By using “0101” as the various gas sensors 6 and “0110” as the identification signal of the character information creation unit 7, each sensor or the character information creation unit 7 can be identified by the control unit 8.

Since the identification ID code is 4 bits, there are still more identification codes that can be used, and other sensors can be added. Alternatively, each of the temperature / humidity / pressure sensors 4 has three I
A D code may be given. Further, when detecting a plurality of gases, the various gas sensors 6 may be provided with an ID code for each type of gas.

A recording area for recording each data in the memory 16 is set by the control section 8 in accordance with this identification, and when each information is detected, it is recorded in a predetermined position of the memory 16. It

The shutter 10 of the camera of the present invention is of a type capable of two-step switch operation. When the shutter is pushed, the state is confirmed in the first step and the photographing mode is set in the second step. ing. Shutter 10 for shooting
When is pressed to the first stage (S3), the control unit 8 checks whether or not various measurement data are written in a predetermined position of the memory 16 (S4). Then, when various data are not written, control is performed so as not to shift to a photography operation. This ensures that the character information is surely recorded in the captured frame image.

The control unit 8 controls the shutter 1 when these various data are recorded at predetermined positions in the memory 16.
0 can proceed to the second stage, and the operation of photography (S
6) and the data writing operation (S5) to the data recorder 20 by the trigger signal are performed in parallel.

At the time of shooting, the areas where various data and character information of the frame are written are shielded from light. Here, when the character information creating unit 7 is connected, there are two states. One is when the object to be photographed is determined for the frame number to be photographed, and the character information to be recorded in each frame is created in advance and stored in the memory 16, and that portion is sequentially read out at the time of photographing each frame. It is a method of recording at a predetermined position in the memory 16. The second is the case where the character information creating unit 7 wants to create and record the information for the image after shooting, and after the shooting, the character information creating unit 7 creates the character information and controls it. Transfer to section 8, memory 16
Is the method of recording.

Therefore, the control unit 8 first checks with the ID code whether or not the character information creation unit 7 is connected to the camera body (S7). If it is connected, the character information creation unit 7 It is checked whether the above information is written in the memory 16 (S8). If the information from the character information creation unit 7 is not written in the memory 16, the character information is created in the character information creation unit 7 (S9), and then the data is transferred to the control unit 8 and written in the memory. (S10). If the character information creation unit 7 is not connected in step S7 and the information from the character information creation unit 7 is written in the memory 16 in step S8, the process proceeds to step S11.

In this way, when recognizing that various data is written in the memory 16 and recognizing that character information is written in the memory 16, the control section 8 conveys the film and each frame. Various data is written to the memory (S11). Here, when the film is fed, the film feed detecting unit 11 detects the film feed amount, and the LED driver 12 imprints L for each preset feed amount.
The ED 13 is caused to emit light and characters are written on the film.

As one method for detecting the film feed amount, for example, an encoder is attached to the shaft of the sprocket, and the output of this encoder determines the light emission timing of the LED in the control section 8 and outputs the drive signal of the LED driver 12. It is possible to Here, when writing various information such as characters, the sensitivity of the film used can be set automatically or manually.
It is configured so that the LED emission amount from 2 can be adjusted (this part is not particularly shown in the figure).

In parallel with this photography, the output data of each measurement sensor is recorded in the data recorder 20 by the trigger signal output from the control unit 8. The control unit 8 recognizes the written character information together with the frame image, and various character information (including measurement data) not written together with the frame image.
Is read from the memory 16 and recorded by the data recorder 20. As a recording mode of the data recorder 20, for example, a method of printing out character information by the printer 21, a method of writing on a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, etc. by the memory drive 22 are used.

The above operation is repeated to continue taking a picture, but the power switch 15 is turned off to end the operation (S12). In this case, all the data written in the memory 16 of the control unit 8 is cleared (S13).

According to the present invention, the camera body 1 can be equipped with a measurement sensor for measuring necessary physical information as needed, so that it is not necessary to attach and carry an unnecessary function. Then, a part of these measuring functions can be recorded together with the image information, and the remaining information can be recorded in a separately provided data recording device. Since the information may be separately recorded in the data recording device, it is convenient that the necessary information can be separately recorded even if the writing area of the frame image portion is not wide. In this case, it is necessary to make correspondence between the frame image and various information recorded in the data recorder 20. Therefore, for example, when the contents of the memory 16 are written in step S5 using the frame number as a parameter, this frame number is also recorded at the same time. As a result, the frame image taken by the camera body 1 can be always associated with various measurement data, character information, and the like for the frame image. Note that the parameter used to establish the correspondence between the frame image and the data recorded in the data recorder 20 is not limited to the frame number, and other parameters such as the photographing time may be used.

In the above description, the case where the data is written in the data recorder 20 in parallel with the photographing is explained, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is convenient to use a shutter signal at the time of taking a picture as a trigger signal because it is not necessary to create a special trigger signal.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a photographed image. The frame image according to the present invention is composed of an image recording section and a character recording section as shown in the figure. The image is shown on the left and the data is shown on the right. The left side to the right side of the character recording unit in this figure has a structure in which it is shielded from light during photographing (the image is photographed only in the image recording unit). In the recorded data, a is year / month / day / hour / minute, b is latitude, c is longitude,
d is the direction of the camera expressed as an angle from magnetic north, e is the elevation angle of the camera, f is the rotation angle of the camera around the lens axis (L is counterclockwise, R is clockwise), g is temperature, h is humidity, i is atmospheric pressure,
j is the distance to the object to be photographed, k is the latitude of the object, l is the longitude of the object, and m is the other part and represents the input character from the character information creating unit 7. In this figure, the image and the character part are separated in the film transport direction, but they can be arranged vertically or can be recorded in two stages.

Regarding the method of imprinting the data on the character recording section, for example, the LED light emitting section of the imprinting LED 13 is installed at the necessary interval over the imprinting width of the film, and one or more lenses are used to A method is used in which the film is recorded line by line during transport. As another method, it is also possible to use, for example, a method in which a screen requiring writing is created on a liquid crystal screen, and the screen is illuminated and projected onto a film.

Although the example shown in FIG. 4 is an example in which a large amount of data and character information are recorded in the character recording portion, it is not necessary to write such a large amount of information in the frame image. Seem. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, an image is displayed on the upper part and data is displayed on the lower end,
The data is year, month, day, hour, minute, is latitude, is longitude, is the direction of the camera expressed as an angle from magnetic north, is the elevation angle of the camera, is the rotation angle of the camera around the lens axis (L is counterclockwise,
In the example shown in the figure where R is clockwise, the image is displayed at the upper part and the data is displayed at the lower end. The data is the date and time, is the latitude, is the longitude, is the direction of the camera expressed as an angle from magnetic north, is the elevation angle of the camera, is the rotation angle of the camera around the lens axis (L is counterclockwise, R is right). Around). The remaining data, character information, etc. may be recorded in the data recorder 20 provided separately.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of a photographed image, showing a photographed screen when only the character information creating unit 7 is connected to the camera body 1. In the character recording unit, all the parts other than the photographing time in the memory 16 are opened to the information from the character information creating unit 7. Thereby, a lot of character information can be recorded. That is, for the character information recording portion, the control unit 8 secures the recording range in the case of the identification signal “0110”. When the identification information of another sensor is recognized, the recording format of FIG. 4 is obtained, so that the recordable range of this character information is limited.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the GPS receiver 2, the azimuth / inclination sensor 3, the temperature / humidity / pressure sensor 4, the distance measuring device 5, and the various gas sensors 6 are used as various sensors connected to the camera body. However, the present invention is not limited to these sensors, as long as it can measure other various physical quantities indicating the environment of the shooting position, other sensors, for example, the measurement of the wind direction by the anemoscope, the wind speed of the anemometer Sensors such as measurement, measurement of solar radiation with a pyranometer, measurement of sunshine with a pycnometer, measurement of water temperature with a water thermometer, measurement of ground temperature with a geothermometer, or sensors for measuring noise data, air pollution data, water quality data, etc. It can also be used.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example in which the data recorded in the data recorder 20 is output by the printer 21. In this output example, the shooting time is used as the shooting frame identification information (ID). Then, other data not recorded in the photographed image shown in FIG. 4, that is, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide gas, sulfurous acid gas in the photographing environment measured by various gas sensors 6,
Ozone etc. are printed out.

In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the data recording device 10 is connected to the camera body and used is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data recorder 20 as the data recording device is provided separately from the camera body, and the second measuring unit for measuring at least one physical information is not the camera body. A means for recording separately the measurement data of the second measurement unit in the data recording device in response to a trigger signal from the control unit 8 provided in the camera body may be provided. According to this embodiment, since it is not necessary to attach the data recording device to the camera body via the cable, the camera body side can be made compact and various information can be recorded. Also, the portability of the camera is improved.

In this case, if a signal associated with photography by the shutter operation on the camera side is used as the trigger signal for recording data, it is not necessary to create a special trigger signal.

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention. The same parts as those shown in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. In this embodiment, a second measuring unit provided separately from the camera body 1 is provided, and various physical information in the shooting environment is measured by the second measuring unit 60 provided separately, and various measurements are performed in parallel with shooting. Information is recorded in the data recorder 20.

In the figure, reference numeral 60 is a second measuring section provided separately from the camera body side. A plurality of various sensors 61 are connected to the second measuring unit 60. As the physical information measured by these various sensors, for example, the measurement of the wind direction by the anemoscope, the measurement of the wind speed by the anemometer, the measurement of the solar radiation by the pyranometer, the measurement of the sunshine by the sunshine meter, the measurement of the water temperature by the water temperature And at least one of the following: measurement of ground temperature with a ground thermometer, noise measurement with a sound level meter, air pollution measurement with an air pollution meter, and water quality measurement of rivers, ponds, etc. in a shooting environment with a water quality meter. is there.

A second control unit 50 is connected to the second measuring unit 60 and controls data collection and writing of the collected data to the data recording device. 20 is the second control unit 50
It is a data recorder as a data recording device connected to the printer and includes, for example, a printer 21 and a memory drive 22 inside. The printer 21 prints the measurement data on a recording sheet, and the memory drive 22 writes the measurement data on a floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, or the like. The data recorder 20 is connected to the second measuring unit 60.
By moving to the side, the structure of the camera body 1 side can be simple, compact and convenient to carry.

The operation of the apparatus configured as described above is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Steps S1 to S4 are the same as the procedure shown in FIG. Then, when various data are written in the memory 16 of the control unit 8, at the same time as taking a picture (S7),
The trigger signal and the shooting frame identification number are wirelessly sent to the second controller 50 (S5). The second control unit 50 measures the physical information as described above by each sensor 61 by a different operation from the camera body side. The measured physical information is sent to the second controller 5
0 is entered and stored in the internal storage unit.

When the second control section 50 receives this trigger signal, the second control section 50 sends the measurement data, which is the various physical information measured by each sensor 61 and is stored in the internal storage section, together with the frame identification number. Write to the recorder 20 (S
6). As a result, the frame image taken on the camera body 1 side and the data written in the data recorder 22 are associated with each other by the frame identification number. As described above, the photographing time may be used instead of the frame identification number. In this case, when the trigger signal is wirelessly transmitted from the first controller 8 to the second controller 50, in addition to the frame identification number, the GP measured on the camera body side is used.
By sending S position data, azimuth data, tilt data, etc., data in all photographing environments can be recorded in the data recorder 20.

Since the sequence from step S7 to step S13 on the camera body side is the same as that from step S6 to step S12 in FIG. 3, its explanation is omitted. Thus, according to the second invention,
By providing the second measuring unit separately from the camera body side, more diverse shooting environment data can be measured.

The case where the trigger signal is sent to the second measuring section 60 side at the same time as the photographing is described above, but the present invention is not limited to this. If a shutter signal at the time of taking a photograph is used as the trigger signal, it is convenient because it is not necessary to create a special trigger signal.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to connect the camera to the camera for the necessary data out of the photographing condition and the photographing environment state of the camera, so that it is possible to arrange the entire camera by arranging all possible sensors. It doesn't mean that it gets bigger or carries unnecessary functions all the time.
Even if there is a lot of information to be recorded, only the most important character information and photographic frame identification information are recorded on the camera side, and the rest of the information is recorded together with the photographic frame identification information in the data recording device. You can increase the amount of information you want to record by associating with.

Further, since the camera side identifies the connected sensor and the place where each data is recorded is set in advance, it is possible to know which sensor the data is from at the recorded place on the film. In particular, it is not necessary to write an identification code (for example, a unit) on the data.

[0056]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, at least one measuring unit for measuring physical information and / or the character information creating unit and the camera body side can be exchange-connected to each other, and By writing only some of the various information that accompanies shooting into the frame image and recording the remaining information in a separately provided data recording device, you can add the necessary measurement functions as necessary to store the information. In addition to recording, a part of these measuring functions can be recorded together with the image information, and the remaining information can be recorded in a data recording device separately provided.

In this case, the camera side has a unique ID code for each measuring section and / or the character information creating section so that the connected measuring section and the character information creating section can be identified, and the measurement is performed in advance. By providing the storage unit for recording the recorded information and the character information, it is possible to identify various measurement data and hold the measurement information and the character information.

Further, the measuring unit measures the position, altitude and time by the GPS receiver, the azimuth and elevation angle by the angle sensor, the rotation angle with respect to the lens center, the temperature by the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor. Humidity measurement, distance measurement to the object by the distance measurement unit, atmospheric pressure measurement by the atmospheric pressure sensor, gas concentration measurement unit at least 1
By providing at least one measurement function of gas concentration measurement of various types, and by providing the character information creation unit with the function of a word processor and / or a personal computer, it is possible to perform various measurements and also record character information.

Further, when only the character information creating section is connected, the entire storage section other than the time can record the character data from the character information creating section,
A large amount of character information can be recorded.

Further, by providing a means for recording the same information as the photographed frame identification information recorded on the camera side in the data recording device together with other information, the frame image recorded on the camera and the data recording device side are recorded. This is convenient because it can be associated with various recorded information.

Further, the data recording device is provided separately from the camera body, and the second measuring unit for measuring at least one physical information is provided separately from the camera body. By providing a means for recording the measurement data of the second measuring section in the data recording device in response to a trigger signal from the section, the camera body side can be made compact and various information can be recorded.

Furthermore, it is convenient that the trigger signal is a signal associated with photographing by the shutter operation on the camera side, since it is not necessary to create a special trigger signal. Also,
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the second measurement unit for measuring various physical information is provided separately from the camera body, and the measurement data of the second measurement unit is interlocked with the photographing operation of the camera. By recording the data in a large amount, various kinds of data associated with the photography can be obtained. Also, since it is not necessary to connect these second measurement units to the camera side,
The camera body can be made compact and convenient for carrying.

As described above, according to the present invention, necessary measurement functions are added to record information as needed, and a part of these measurement functions is recorded together with image information, and the remaining information is separately provided. It is possible to provide a camera with an information recording function capable of recording in a data recording device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration example of an embodiment of a camera of the first invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the first invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the embodiment of the first invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a captured image.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of a captured image.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of a captured image.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of output from a printer of data recorded in a data recorder.

FIG. 8 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operating procedure of the embodiment of the second invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Camera Main Body 2 GPS Receiver 3 Direction / Tilt Sensor 4 Temperature / Humidity / Atmospheric Pressure Sensors 5 Distance Meter 6 Various Gas Sensors 7 Character Information Creation Section 8 Control Section 9 Camera Microcomputer 10 Shutter 11 Film Transport Detection Section 12 LED Driver 13 Copy LED 14 Power supply 15 Power switch 16 Memory 20 Data recorder 21 Printer 22 Memory drive 30 Connection part 31 Connector 32 Connector 33 Connector 34 Cable 35 Pen 36 Cable 37 Connector 38 Connector

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[Claims] 1. A camera comprising an image recording unit and a character recording unit, wherein the character information can be recorded together with the image at the time of photographing, the measuring unit for measuring at least one physical information and / or the character information creating unit being a camera. It is configured such that it can be exchangeably connected to the main body, and has means for recording part of the information of the measuring unit together with an image as character information, and means for recording the remaining information in a separately provided data recording device. A camera with an information recording function. 2. The camera side has a unique ID code for each measuring unit and / or character information creating unit so that the connected measuring unit and / or character information creating unit can be identified, and the measurement unit and / or the character information creating unit are measured in advance. The camera with an information recording function according to claim 1, further comprising a storage section for recording the information and the character information. 3. The measuring unit uses a GPS receiver to measure the position, altitude, and time, an angle sensor to measure the azimuth, elevation angle, and a rotation angle with respect to the lens center, a temperature sensor to measure temperature, and a humidity sensor to measure. It has at least one measurement function of humidity measurement, distance measurement to an object by a distance measurement unit, pressure measurement by an atmospheric pressure sensor, and at least one type of gas concentration measurement by a gas concentration measurement unit. The camera with information recording function according to claim 1, wherein the camera has a function of a word processor and / or a personal computer. 4. When only the character information creation unit is connected, the entire storage unit other than the time can record the character data from the character information creation unit.
A camera with an information recording function described in any of the above. 5. The camera with an information recording function according to claim 1, wherein the data recording device is provided with a unit for recording the same information as the photographic frame identification information recorded on the camera side together with other information. . 6. A control provided in the camera body, wherein the data recording device is provided separately from the camera body, and a second measuring unit for measuring at least one physical information is provided separately from the camera body. 2. A camera with an information recording function according to claim 1, further comprising means for recording the measurement data of the second measuring section in the data recording device in response to a trigger signal from the section. 7. The camera with an information recording function according to claim 6, wherein the trigger signal is a signal associated with photography by a shutter operation on the camera side. 8. A camera comprising an image recording section and a character recording section, wherein the character information can be recorded together with the image at the time of photographing, the measuring section and / or the character information creating section for measuring at least one physical information being a camera. It is configured such that it can be exchangeably connected to the main body, and has means for recording the information of the measuring unit together with an image as character information, and means for outputting a trigger signal for operating a second measuring unit separately placed at the time of taking a photograph. A camera with an information recording function characterized by: