JPH09116843A - Image pickup device with printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the operation of the printer from being overlapped with the operation of charging of a main capacitor of a strobo light emitting section in a composite camera. SOLUTION: The image pickup device with a printer where the image pickup device with a strobo light emitting section 11 recording video information onto a recording medium and the printer printing out the video information onto recording paper are integrally provided is provided with a control means controlling the operation of the strobo light emitting section 11 during the operation of the printer and the control means stops charging of the strobo light emitting section 11 onto a main capacitor during the printing operation of the printed. Furthermore, the control means stops the print operation till the charging to the main capacitor is finished when the print operation start button 13b to start printing is depressed while the main capacitor of the strobo light emitting section 11 of the image pickup device is being charged.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a compound camera, and more specifically to a photographing device with a printer in which a still camera using a silver halide photographic film and an image printer can be integrally configured.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there have been some people who want to see photographic prints on the spot when they are taken. On the other hand, U.S. Pat. No. 3,709,122, 3,727,529, 4,000,
Systems such as 500, 4,249, 811, 4,212, 524, etc., and film cartridges of US Pat. No. 3,707,116, such as so-called instant cameras and instant films, for viewing prints in a short time after shooting Is disclosed.

However, the above-mentioned conventional apparatus has the following problems.

(1) All the images taken at the moment of shooting are recorded only on the instant film, and it is possible to leave them on a recording medium of high image quality which is excellent in storability represented by a silver salt film or the like. Since it is impossible to obtain a plurality of prints, there is no choice but to copy the image formed on the instant film, which is inconvenient as compared with a silver salt film and the like for storing the original image.

(2) Not all shooting scenes need to be printed out on the spot. But with instant photos, you can't print them out at once without printing them out on the spot.

As a method of compensating for the shortcomings of such instant photography, the image information picked up by the solid-state image pickup device is taken into the memory at a timing substantially equivalent to the exposure to the silver salt film, and this is arbitrarily printed out. A camera with a printer like this is conceivable.

In general, a printer used for printing out such color image information is a) a fusion type thermal transfer printer, b) a sublimation type thermal transfer printer, c) an ink jet type printer or the like.

Among these, the ink jet type printer is excellent in running cost, downsizing, power saving, output speed and the like, and is very effective as a printer-equipped camera which requires portability.

As an example of these, US Pat. No. 4,074,3
No. 24, JP-A-54-136325 and the like disclose a camera with a printer that prints out information electrically imaged by a solid-state image sensor or the like. In this printer-equipped camera, an optical system that includes an objective lens that creates an optical image of the field and an optical image that is red,
A color separator for decomposing into green and blue, a photosensitive transducer for converting this optical image into an electronic image signal, an A / D converter for converting this electronic image signal into a digital signal, a memory for storing the same, and a memory D / A converter for converting a digital signal of the above into an analog signal, an electronic optical display device for visually displaying the analog electronic image signal, and a magnetic recording for recording the analog electronic image signal on a magnetic tape or the like. It is shown that it is composed of a reproducing apparatus, a printer which receives an electronic image signal from a magnetic tape and prints an image on an image receiving paper, and a control logic system which controls the above respective units.

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However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, it is possible to prevent the operability from becoming complicated by integrally configuring the printer for outputting the image information on the medium such as the paper for photographing the still image. However, it does not provide a sufficient solution for the user to easily perform the intended shooting and print output, such as the device configuration and cost.

Considering the power consumption of the printer device, in the case of a sublimation type thermal transfer printer, it is necessary to directly vaporize the material of the ink sheet by the heat of the recording head and transfer it to the recording paper. Generally, a very large amount of electric power is required because energy is applied to the recording head for the entire width of the print to be recorded substantially at the same time.

On the other hand, in the case of a fusion type thermal transfer printer, on the other hand, the material of the ink sheet is liquefied and transferred onto the recording paper, and only the width in the paper feed direction with respect to the width of the print to be recorded is recorded. In many cases, the power consumption is lower than that of a sublimation thermal transfer printer. Further, the ink jet type printer is one in which a liquid ink is foamed by a recording head and ejected from a nozzle, and this also consumes less power than a sublimation type thermal transfer printer.

However, in either case, the power supply voltage must be stable during the printing operation in order to continuously apply energy to the recording head to record on the paper.
On the contrary, when power is supplied from the power supply of the apparatus to perform other functions during the printing operation, there may be cases where other functions cannot be achieved due to voltage fluctuations and the like.

Now, let us consider the stroboscopic light emitting portion of the photographing device during the printing operation in the photographing device with a printer.

As is well known, the stroboscopic light emitting portion is provided on the light emitting body with X.
An e-tube (xenon tube) or the like is used to apply electric energy to emit light and illuminate a dark subject for shooting.
This strobe light emitting unit generally uses a power supply voltage of 260 V or more by using an oscillation circuit and a booster circuit, and 300 V when fully charged.
To 360V, the main capacitor is charged, and this is discharged by the trigger circuit within the exposure time of the camera.
Strobe emission operation is performed by detonating and causing the Xe tube to emit light.

When the photographing operation accompanied by one flash emission is completed, the next charging operation is started, and when the charging is completed, the next photographing becomes possible.

However, at this time, if the printer device is performing a printing operation, energy cannot be properly applied to the recording head during the printing operation due to fluctuations and instability of the power supply voltage due to strobe charging, resulting in a defect. There was a possibility of a defective print having a generated portion.

Further, when an attempt is made to start the printing operation during the charging operation of the strobe after the photographing accompanied by the stroboscopic light emission is performed, if the electric power is supplied to both the photographing device and the printer device, Similarly, defective printing may occur. Further, if the charging is temporarily stopped, the time required for the strobe charging operation becomes necessary even after printing out, and there is a problem that the next shooting cannot be performed immediately.

The present invention has been made in consideration of these problems, and a first object of the present invention is to eliminate printing defects of the printer device due to charging of the main condenser of the stroboscopic light emitting portion during the printing operation of the printer device. To provide the device.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a device in which the print operation does not take extra time for strobe charging and increase the waiting time before the next photographing.

[0021]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a photographing device having a stroboscopic light emitting section for recording image information on a recording medium, and a printer for outputting the image information on a recording sheet. In a photographing device with a printer that can be integrally configured with a device, the photographing device has a control means for controlling the operation of a stroboscopic light emitting part of the photographing device while the printer device is in operation, and the control means is in the process of printing output by the printer device. Is to stop the charging operation to the main capacitor.

According to this, the operation is performed so that the strobe is not charged during the printing output, and the charging is started after the printing is completed. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a print of a predetermined quality and charge the main capacitor. Can also shorten the charging waiting time by quick charging.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided control means for controlling the printing operation of the printer device during the operation of the stroboscopic light emitting portion of the photographing device, and the control means starts the printing operation during the charging operation of the main condenser. In that case, the printing operation is stopped until the charging of the main capacitor is completed.

According to this, the operation does not start printing while the strobe is being charged, the battery can be charged rapidly by the battery power source itself, and the printing can be performed under the condition of the battery power source without the decrease. You can output with quality.

Further, the photographing device with a printer of the present invention is
A control unit for controlling the printing operation of the printer device and the operation of the strobe light emitting unit of the photographing apparatus is provided, and the control unit observes the end of the printing operation and the operation end of the strobe light emitting unit, and the operation of any one of the operations is in progress. Even if an instruction for another operation is given to the above, the operation being performed is ended and another operation is started later. In this way, it is possible to individually complete the printout and the flash, which are the individual operation purposes.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings along with examples.

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. FIG. 1 shows an ink jet recording apparatus unit IJRA (Ink Jet Recorder Assembl) to which a printer-equipped camera according to the present invention is applied.
2 is a conceptual diagram of y), and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a central cross section of a compound camera to which the present invention can be applied. 3 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the camera device with a printer according to the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the flow of operation.

The apparatus of the present embodiment shows an example of a still camera and a compound camera for printing out an image picked up by the still camera. An inkjet recording system is adopted in the printer engine section and a silver salt film is used in the still camera section. It has adopted the same device.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the printer-equipped camera, and particularly shows the printer engine section 6 in detail.
In the figure, 12 is a shutter button, 13 is a print button, 5 is an image pickup section, 11 is a flash emission section, and IJRA.
Is an inkjet recording device section. From this external view,
The image pickup unit 5 is an example of a single-lens reflex camera, and a shutter button 12 is pressed to expose a still film, and a print button 13 is pressed to print out a plurality of inkjet type films.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual view of the central cross section of the compound camera of this embodiment. The still camera unit in the combined camera of the present embodiment has a so-called twin-lens reflex camera having a viewfinder for visually recognizing a subject separately from the photographing optical system, which is arranged above the printer unit, and a printer image is provided between the still camera unit and the printer unit. A second image pickup optical system using a solid-state image pickup element for formation is arranged.

In the still camera section, lens units 1028a and 1028b of a photographing optical system are arranged for retractable two-stage lens barrels 1029 and 1030, respectively.
Reference numeral 1031 denotes a shutter unit that controls the photographing light flux and also controls the exposure amount, and is arranged in the lens barrel 1029. Reference numeral 1032 denotes a helicoid member that rotates the lens barrel 1030, and a cam convex portion 1030a of the lens barrel 1030.
Is engaged with. The helicoid member 1032 is driven by a helicoid drive motor (not shown) to move the lens barrel 1030 to the left and right in the figure to focus.

The above-mentioned photographing optical systems 1028a and 102
The light flux passing through 8b and the shutter unit 1031 forms an image on the film 1033.

The film 1033 has a pressure plate 1034 urged by a pressure plate spring 1035 in order to maintain its flatness.
It is pressed by and keeps the optical positional relationship. 103
A back cover 6 of the still camera unit is opened and closed when the film 1033 is replaced.

Further, 1037a, 1037b, 1037
Reference numerals c, 1037d, and 1037e are optical system lenses that form a finder. 1037b, 10 of these
37c and 1037d move along with the adjustment of the angle of view (zoom operation) of the photographing optical system, and the angle of view substantially the same as that of the photographing optical system can be confirmed.

Further, 1038a and 1038b are lens units of an image forming optical system for sending image information to the printer section.

A diaphragm unit 1039 is driven so that the exposure amount of the solid-state image pickup device (CCD) 1040 is properly maintained by feedback control.

These lens units 1038a and 1
The 038b also moves along with the adjustment of the angle of view (zoom operation) of the photographing optical system of the still camera unit, and it is possible to capture an image of the same angle of view as the angle of view of the photographing optical system. In particular, when matching the image from the still camera with the image to be printed, it is necessary to link them so that they have the same angle of view.

Solid-state image sensor 10 for printer image formation
The image signal from 40 is processed by the signal processing board 1026. When the signal processing board 1026 performs signal processing to generate a printer control signal, the signal is sent to the printer control board 1027 and printed together with information such as the position control signal of the inkjet head cartridge 400 of the printer unit. It is supplied to the drive motor etc. necessary for operation.

The printing operation is started by the print start button 13-b, and the printer paper 1024a is pulled out from the rolled printer paper 1024 through the platen 1000 and printed.

Further, reference numeral 1041 denotes a paper cutter portion formed by an exterior cover, which is used when the printed portion after printing is cut off by hand.

Reference numeral 1025 denotes a power supply battery for driving the printer unit and the photographing device, which supplies electric power to both in common.

The ink jet recording device section IJRA of the printer section will be described in detail below. The printer unit will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the carriage HC that ejects the printer paper to the outside after the exposure is the drive motor 101.
Driving force transmission gears 1011 and 1
A pin (not shown) that engages with the spiral groove 1005 of the lead screw 1004 that rotates via 009,
The inkjet head cartridge 400 is reciprocated in the arrow a or b direction via the carriage HC.

An ink jet head cartridge 400 is mounted on the carriage HC. A paper pressing plate 1002 presses the paper against the platen 1000 in the moving direction of the carriage. Reference numerals 1007 and 1008 denote photocouplers, which are home position detecting means for confirming the presence of the lever 1006 of the carriage HC in this area and switching the rotation direction of the motor 1013. Reference numeral 1016 is a member that supports the cap member 1022 that caps the front surface of the recording head, and 1015 is a suction unit that sucks the inside of the cap, and performs suction recovery of the recording head through the opening 1023 in the cap.

1017 is a cleaning blade,
Reference numeral 1019 denotes a member that allows the blade 1017 to move in the front-rear direction, and these are supported by the main body support plate 1018. Needless to say, the blade 1017 is not limited to this form and a known cleaning blade can be applied to this example.

Reference numeral 1012 denotes a lever for starting suction for suction recovery, which moves in accordance with the movement of the cam 1020 engaging with the carriage HC, and the driving force from the driving motor is transmitted by a known method such as clutch switching. The movement is controlled by means.

The capping, cleaning, and suction recovery are performed so that desired processing can be performed at the corresponding positions by the action of the lead screw 1005 when the carriage HC is positioned in the home position side area. As long as a desired operation is performed at a known timing, any of the above can be applied to this example.

Next, the control relationship of the camera with print according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a control unit for comprehensively controlling a camera unit, a print unit, a strobe unit, and the like, and 2 is a camera unit control unit 1.
In accordance with the image information of the camera control unit 2, the camera control unit 3 that controls the exposure time, the aperture degree, the focus position, and the like according to the instruction of the optical lens 1028 and the lens barrel 102.
Including 9, 1030 and the like, a camera section that exposes the silver salt film 1033, and 11 is a strobe light emitting section that has a built-in main condenser that emits light with shutter operation according to the operation of the camera section 3. Further, 4 is a printer control unit for controlling a printer or the like for printing according to the instruction of the control signal of the control means 1, 5 is a printer image reading,
An image pickup unit 6 including an optical lens 1038, a diaphragm unit 1039, a CCD 1040 for photoelectric conversion, and the like, and a printer engine unit 6 for driving a printer unit including an inkjet printer IJRA, which prints out an image signal stored in a memory. Further, 10 is a memory unit for storing the photoelectron image signal obtained from the image pickup unit 5 as a digital signal.

Next, referring to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5, based on the block diagram of FIG. 1 according to the present embodiment,
It will be described according to the procedure of the action operation.

When the photographer inputs power to the main switch (S1), the control means 1 determines whether or not three days (72 hours or more) have passed since the device was last used and turned off. Judge (S2). If three days or more have passed, the control unit 1 issues a recovery pumping instruction to the printer control unit 4 which controls the printer unit, and drives the printer engine unit 6 (S3).

Here, the recovery pumping makes the recording more effective in the inkjet recording type apparatus described later, and the recording head of the inkjet head cartridge 400 is operated by a suction pump or the like before recording on the printing paper. It is to be cleaned by means. As a standard for this cleaning, in the present embodiment, when there was an unused period of 3 days or more, this was performed when the power was input.

When the photographer presses the shutter button 12 to the first stroke during photographing, a contact (not shown) is made conductive and the SW1 signal 7 is generated (S4).

As a result, the control means 1 is controlled by the camera control section 2
The camera unit 3 is driven via the to determine the exposure control value, the distance measurement information, and various conditions necessary for the exposure operation such as the presence or absence of strobe light emission (S5).

At the same time, the control means 1 drives the image pickup section 5 via the printer control section 4, controls the diaphragm unit 1039 so as to keep the amount of light input to the solid-state image pickup device 1040 of the image pickup section 5 appropriately, and prints. The imaging condition of the image information to be output is determined (S6).

Next, in order for the photographer to actually perform photographing,
When the shutter button 12 is pushed further, a contact (not shown) is brought into conduction and the SW2 signal 8 is generated (S7).

As a result, the control means 1 is controlled by the camera control section 2
The camera unit 3 is driven via the lens to drive a lens for focusing, speed control of a shutter, aperture amount control of a diaphragm, and if necessary, a series of exposure operations such as stroboscopic light emission (S8).

The flash light is emitted by the X-contact signal generated by the camera control unit 2 during the opening time of the shutter. When a light receiving sensor (not shown) for controlling the exposure control value determines that the exposure is appropriate, the control means operates the flash. The light emitting operation of the light emitting unit 11 is stopped (S9).

At the same time, the control means 1 drives the image pickup section 5 via the printer control section 4, and the solid-state image pickup element 1040
The image information input to is input to the memory unit 10 (S
10).

After this, when the photographer releases the shutter button 12, the film is wound up (S11).

When the photographer does not print out, the control means 1 charges the main condenser of the stroboscopic light emitting section 11 via the camera control section 2 by selecting one (NO) not to print with the print button 13-a. Let it start.

On the other hand, if a printout is desired, the print button 13-b provided on the upper surface of the apparatus pushes the print side (YES) to bring a contact (not shown) into conduction and generate a print signal PR9.

In response to this, the control means 1 drives the printer engine section 6 via the printer control section 4 to perform the printing operation.

Here, the printer control section 4 first performs preliminary ejection in order to make the printing operation more effective at the home position of the recording head of the ink jet head cartridge 400, thereby eliminating the clogging of the recording head 400 or evaporating it. The nozzles that are in use are recovered (S1
4).

Next, the printer control section 4 outputs the image information stored in the memory section 10 from the printer engine section 6 after applying image processing for printer output. An error diffusion method or the like is effective for the image processing (S15).

When the predetermined print operation is completed, the print paper 102 printed by the printer engine unit 6 is printed.
4a is automatically fed to a position where it is separated from the print paper 1024 wound in a roll (S16).

By cutting the printer paper 1024a, the photographer can obtain almost the same image as a print output on the spot together with the film exposure to the still camera unit.

After that, the control means 1 starts charging the main condenser of the stroboscopic light emitting section 11 of the camera section 3 via the camera control section 2.

As a result, the power supply battery does not cause a voltage drop by simultaneously performing the printing operation and the strobe charge, and the print output can be reliably performed. Further, the main capacitor of the strobe light emitting section 11 can be fully charged by the power supply battery.

In this embodiment, especially in the ink jet recording system, a means (for example, an electrothermal converter or a laser beam) for generating heat energy as energy used for ejecting ink is provided. The present invention brings about an excellent effect in a recording head and a recording apparatus of a system that causes a change in the state of ink by thermal energy.

With regard to the typical constitution and principle of the above-mentioned ink jet type recording apparatus, see, for example, US Pat. Nos. 4,723,129 and 4,740,
It is preferable to use the basic principle disclosed in the specification of Japanese Patent No. 796. Especially in the case of the on-demand type, this system uses an electrothermal converter arranged in correspondence with a sheet or liquid passage holding a liquid (ink), which corresponds to recorded information and rapidly exceeds nucleate boiling. By applying at least one drive signal that gives rise to a temperature rise, heat energy is generated in the electrothermal converter, causing film boiling on the heat-acting surface of the recording head, resulting in a one-to-one correspondence with this drive signal. This is effective because bubbles can be formed in the liquid (ink). By discharging the liquid (ink) through the discharge opening by the growth and contraction of the bubble, at least one droplet is formed.

It is more preferable to make this driving signal into a pulse shape because the growth and contraction of the bubbles are immediately and appropriately performed, so that the ejection of the liquid (ink) having an excellent responsiveness can be achieved.

As the pulse-shaped drive signal, US Pat. Nos. 4,463,359 and 4,345,26 are used.
Those described in No. 2 are suitable.
If the conditions described in US Pat. No. 4,313,124 of the invention relating to the rate of temperature rise on the heat acting surface are adopted, more excellent recording can be performed.

As the constitution of the recording head, in addition to the combination constitution (straight liquid passage or right-angled liquid passage) of the ejection port, the liquid passage and the electrothermal converter as disclosed in the above-mentioned respective specifications, the heat The present invention also includes configurations using US Pat. No. 4,558,333 and US Pat. No. 4,459,600, which disclose configurations in which the action portion is arranged in a bending region. is there.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-123670 discloses a structure in which a common slit is used as a discharge portion of an electrothermal converter for a plurality of electrothermal converters, and a pressure wave of thermal energy is absorbed. The present embodiment is also effective as a configuration based on Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-138461, which discloses a configuration in which the corresponding opening is made to correspond to the ejection portion.

Further, as a full line type recording head having a length corresponding to the width of the maximum recording medium which can be recorded by the recording device section, a combination of a plurality of recording heads as disclosed in the above-mentioned specification can be used. Either the structure satisfying the length or the structure as one recording head integrally formed may be used, but the present invention can be more effectively exerted by adopting these structures.

In addition, by being attached to the apparatus main body, it can be electrically connected to the apparatus main body and can be supplied with ink from the apparatus main body of a convertible chip type recording head or the recording head itself. The present invention is also effective when a cartridge-type recording head that is specially provided is used.

Further, it is provided as a configuration of the recording device section of the present invention. It is preferable to add recovery means, preliminary auxiliary means, etc. to the recording head because the effects of the present invention can be further stabilized.

Specific examples thereof include capping means, cleaning means, pressure or suction means, an electrothermal converter or a heating element other than this, or a combination thereof for the recording head. It is also effective to perform stable recording by performing the preliminary heating mode and the preliminary ejection mode for performing ejection different from recording.

Further, the recording mode of the recording device section is not limited to the recording mode of only the mainstream color such as black, but the recording head may be integrally formed or a plurality of combinations may be used. Therefore, it is extremely effective that the device is provided with at least one of full colors by color mixing.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 11. The parts performing the same operations as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the apparatus of the second embodiment, the image pickup device for obtaining image information for printing by the printer unit is arranged on the optical path separated from the photographing optical system for forming an image on the silver salt film. This is a form in which it is possible to obtain image information having substantially the same angle of view as the image recorded on the salt film.

According to this apparatus, a print output having an angle of view substantially the same as that obtained by printing an image recorded on a silver salt film after development is obtained, so that an image closer to a silver salt photographic print can be immediately printed. It is available at.

In this apparatus, the stop of the printing operation of the printer apparatus during strobe charging will be described.

FIG. 6 is a left side view for explaining the function of the compound camera according to the second embodiment. In FIG.
Reference numeral 001 denotes an exterior cover that constitutes the present apparatus, and is composed of a plurality of parts such as a fastening portion such as a screw. Reference numeral 2002 denotes a lens unit for capturing an image on a silver salt film, 200
Reference numeral 3 denotes a lens unit, which is a lens barrel for holding the lens element, 2004 is an iris diaphragm for silver salt still photography, and 2005 is a silver salt film. In this embodiment, the lens unit 2003 constitutes a zoom lens, and information from a variable power lens element group that can move on the optical axis in conjunction with an automatic or manual zoom operation and an automatic focus adjustment device described later. It has a focusing lens element group driven by.

Reference numeral 2006 denotes a shutter device arranged immediately before the silver salt film, which is composed of a shutter film 2006a, a shutter frame 2006b and the like. 2
Reference numeral 007 is a semi-transparent thin film mirror for allocating an image from the subject to the silver salt film side and the video image pickup device side, 2007a is an optical axis incident from the subject side, 200a
Reference numeral 7b denotes an optical axis that passes through the semitransparent thin film mirror 2007 and reaches the silver salt film side, 2007c denotes an optical axis reflected by the semitransparent thin film mirror 2007, and 2007d.
Indicates the optical axis reflected by the reflection mirror 2009.
Reference numerals 2008a and 2008b denote field lenses provided on the optical axis 2007c for adjusting the pupil of the subject image.
Reference numeral 009 denotes a reflection mirror for deflecting the photographing optical axis 2007c, and 2010 denotes a reduction lens unit provided on the optical axis 2007d, which includes a video aperture unit 2011 for video same-picture photographing. Reference numeral 2012 is an optical low-pass filter, and 2013 is a solid-state image sensor such as a CCD. 2
Reference numeral 014 denotes a sub-mirror that represents an aerial image in which a light beam dispersed by the semitransparent thin film mirror 2007 is imaged at a position equivalent to the image formation position of the silver salt film 2005, and this is used as a primary image formation surface by the reduction lens unit 2010. An image is re-formed on the solid-state image sensor 2013.

The sub-mirror 2014 is a sub-mirror that can be retracted behind the semi-transmissive thin film mirror 2007 at the time of shooting, and guides a part of the shooting light to the automatic focus detection device 2015. Automatic focus detection device 2015 according to the present embodiment
Adopts a so-called phase difference shift detection method, and detects a defocus amount and a direction on the film surface 2005 by comparing a plurality of images generated by light fluxes that have passed through a plurality of different areas of the photographing lens. The solid-state image sensor 201 is always
Since a subject image is obtained on the image pickup unit 3, the blurring type automatic focus adjustment may be performed on the basis of the high frequency image signal from the solid-state image pickup device, or a combination type with the shift type of this embodiment. good.

Reference numeral 2016 denotes the semitransparent thin film mirror 20.
Since 07 is used, it is a light shielding plate that can be retracted at the time of shooting to prevent light leakage.

Further, 2017 is a silver salt film 2005.
It is a back lid unit that can be opened and closed when loading. In this embodiment, a 135 type silver salt film is used, but the invention is not limited to this, and a drop-in type film or a disc type film may be used.

Reference numeral 2018 denotes an electronic viewfinder unit, which outputs an image to a small liquid crystal display 2019 to monitor the image signal from the solid-state image pickup device 2013 and observes it via a reflection mirror 2020 and an eyepiece 2021. . The viewfinder unit has a rotary shaft 2
It is rotatable about 022 as a spindle.

In the configuration shown in the figure, normally, the iris diaphragm 2004 for silver salt still photography is always maintained in an open state, and is narrowed down to a predetermined diameter when a release switch for silver salt still photography described later is pressed. Be done. Further, when capturing an image for printer output, the exposure of the video aperture unit 2011 in the reduction lens unit 2010 is also controlled, and if necessary, the accumulation time of the image sensor and the gain of the signal processing system are changed to obtain proper exposure.

Reference numeral 2023 denotes a secondary battery which is removably attached to the lower part of the device and is a common single power source for supplying all the power used by the device. Lens unit 200
An openable and closable barrier 2025 incorporating a stroboscope 2024 is provided in front of 3. An external terminal 2027 is an interface with an external device such as a television or a stereo device.

Next, FIG. 7 is a top view of this embodiment.
In the figure, reference numeral 2001 denotes an exterior cover of this device, 2018
Is an electronic viewfinder unit, 2028 is a cartridge chamber of the silver salt film 2005, and 2029 is a spool for winding the film. In the present embodiment, a prewind system is adopted in which the last frame is wound up on a spool in advance when a film is loaded, and the exposed frames are sequentially rewound during photographing.

Numerals 2030 and 2031 are a zoom driving motor and a focus driving motor of the taking lens. Reference numeral 2032 denotes a zoom button which is arranged at a position which can be operated by the photographer's right hand, 2033 denotes a main mode selection switch which also serves as a power switch, 2034 denotes a print button for starting print output, and 2035 denotes silver halide photography. It is a still shutter button that can be used at times.

Along with the operating member, on the opposite side,
A mode selection dial 2036 is provided which can be used selectively such as a program exposure mode, a portrait mode with a large number of open apertures, a sports mode with priority on shutter speed, and a backlight mode.

The photometry is feedback-controlled according to the brightness signal level of the solid-state image pickup device 2013 corresponding to the various modes. In this embodiment, the image pickup element 2013 for the printer is electrically divided into areas and also serves as a photometric element, but a dedicated photometric element may be arranged separately.

Reference numeral 2037 designates a lens unit 2002.
In the present embodiment, the ink jet recording apparatus having the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is used, but it is not limited to this.

On the upper surface, a control panel 2038 for controlling print image quality adjustment and shading, a discharge button 2039 for instructing paper discharge, and the like are arranged.

FIG. 8 is an external view of the ink jet recording apparatus section IJRA of the printer-equipped camera according to this embodiment.
The configuration is almost the same as that shown in FIG. 1, and the size and weight of printer paper, the size of carriage HC, etc. are small and light for portable use. In FIG. 8, 20
An external cover 40 covers the printer engine unit 2037, and is used for replacing the printer paper 2041 and the inkjet head cartridge 400.

9 and 10 are flow charts showing the flow of the operation of the apparatus of the second embodiment, and the operation at the time of strobe charging will be described.

In the structure of the composite camera described above, when the still camera takes an image on the silver salt film 2005 and the printer unit prints out a plurality of sheets, charging of the main capacitor for strobe emission and printout operation are performed. May occur at the same time, and the configuration relating to the photographing operation at that time is the same as that of the block diagram according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. Since the same, the description is omitted.

In the apparatus of the second embodiment, the print button 2034 for instructing the start of the print operation is used only for print output. When the photographing device finishes the strobe emission (S9) and the film feeding operation (S11) is completed, the strobe charging operation is subsequently performed so that the next photographing can be quickly performed. To

In FIG. 9, when the film feeding is completed through the camera controller 2 and the film winding drive motor (not shown) is stopped, the control means 1 starts the strobe charging operation (S21). ).

FIG. 11 shows the structure of a strobe circuit, where TR is a transistor, R is a resistor, C is a capacitor, and D is a diode. In this figure, when the charging means 200 is turned on via the camera control unit 2, the control means 1 supplies power from the power supply battery BATT to the transistor TRS1 and causes the oscillation transformer T ₁ 201 to oscillate and boost the voltage. After passing this boosted voltage through D _S1 203, the main capacitor C _S2 202 is normally charged with a full voltage of about 360 V, and at the same time, the neon tube display Ne that indicates charging is turned on to complete the charging. When the charging is completed, the charging switch is turned off, the charged state of the main capacitor C _S2 202 is turned on by the display Ne, and the transformer T is turned on by the trigger signal of the camera control unit 2.
Turn on the xenon tube Xe of the strobe lamp via ₂ ,
The main capacitor C _S2 202 emits light according to the amount of electricity stored and discharges.

In this embodiment, the capacitor C _S2 2 is set to a voltage (about 260 V) which is sufficient for light emission from the start of charging.
When 02 is charged, it takes about 4 seconds if the power supply voltage is high enough to fully charge the voltage (about 360
It takes about 6 seconds to reach V). On the other hand, if the power supply voltage is near the prohibited voltage, it may take 10 seconds or more.

When the photographer presses the print button 2034 during this charging operation (S22), the control means 1 has a charging reference voltage which is not lower than the voltage (about 260V) sufficient for light emission and with some margin margin. (About 265 in this embodiment.
After the charging is continued until it becomes V or more (S23), the charging is stopped and the printing operation is started (S24). Here, the comparator 206 determines whether or not the charging reference voltage is equal to or higher than the reference voltage.
The control means determines whether the charging voltage is equal to or higher than the charging reference voltage. After that, the printing operation is the same as that in the first embodiment (S25 to S27).

By operating in this way, the next shooting can be performed immediately after printing out, and the charging operation is stopped by necessary and sufficient charging without full charging, so that the waiting time until the start of printing is minimized. It is possible to stay in.

[0106]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By stopping the charging operation to the main condenser of the flash unit of the shooting device while the printer device is operating,
This has an effect that electric power can be stably supplied to the printer device and there is no print operation failure.

Further, according to the present invention, when the print output start is instructed during the charging operation of the main condenser of the stroboscopic light emitting section of the photographing apparatus, the printing operation is stopped until the charging operation is completed. This has the effect that shooting can be performed immediately after printing.

Further, according to the present invention, when the operation of charging the main condenser of the strobe light emitting section or the printout of the printer device is started faster, one operation is performed even if there is an instruction for another operation. Since the next operation is started after the completion, any operation can be completed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an image pickup apparatus with a printer according to a first embodiment of the present invention and a configuration of an inkjet recording apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a central sectional view of the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a left side view of an image pickup apparatus with a printer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a top view of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart diagram of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart diagram of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a strobe circuit diagram of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control means 2 Camera control part 3 Camera part 4 Printer control part 5 Imaging part 6 Printer engine part 7 SW1 signal 8 SW2 signal 9 Print signal 10 Memory part 11 Strobe light emission part

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A photographing device with a printer, wherein a photographing device having a stroboscopic light emitting section for recording video information on a recording medium and a printer device for outputting the video information on a recording sheet can be integrally configured. It has a control means for controlling the operation of the light emitting part during the operation of the printer device, and the control means controls the main condenser of the strobe light emitting part of the photographing device when the printer device is performing the print output operation. An imaging device with a printer that stops charging operation. 2. A photographing device with a printer, wherein a photographing device having a stroboscopic light emitting section for recording image information on a recording medium and a printer device for outputting the image information on a recording sheet can be integrally configured. A control means for controlling the printing operation of the device while the strobe light emitting section of the photographing device is operating;
When the print operation start button for starting the printing operation is input during the charging operation of the main condenser of the strobe light emitting unit of the photographing apparatus, the control unit controls the main condenser of the strobe light emitting unit of the photographing apparatus. An imaging device with a printer, which stops the printing operation until charging is completed. 3. A printer-equipped photographing device, wherein a photographing device having a stroboscopic light emitting section for recording video information on a recording medium and a printer device for outputting the video information on a recording sheet can be integrally configured. A control unit for controlling a printing operation of the apparatus and an operation of the strobe light emitting section of the photographing apparatus;
The control means observes the end of the printing operation and the end of the operation of the strobe light emitting unit, and even if an instruction for another operation is issued during the operation of any one of the operations, the operation during the operation is terminated and then A photographing device with a printer, which starts the other operation.