JPH09186954A - Video camera incorporated with still camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain remote voice control by synthesizing voice signals picked up by plural microphones so as to acquire the voice signal to be recognized by a voice recognition circuit in an optimum state. SOLUTION: When the user sets the operation by voice recognition, a voice recognition setting operation section 6d is operated and when a position setting mode for a registered voice recognition signal in a voice recognition circuit 7 is set, a video operation section 62a is operated to discriminate whether or not a recording mode of recording image and voice signals onto a magnetic tape 2 is to be set. When the mode is not set to the recording mode, a control circuit 8 allows the registered voice recognition position and recognizes the voice recognition position to command of an arithmetic operation method in response to the voice recognition position to an arithmetic operation circuit 13. When the generated position of the registered voice recognition is set in the middle of an object field, the inverted voice signals from 1st and 3rd microphones 12a, 12c are added to a voice signal from a 2nd microphone 12b. The other voice from the microphone 12b fed to the voice recognition circuit 7 than the recognition voice is eliminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video camera integrated with a still camera, and more particularly to a video camera unit for recording voice and images on a magnetic tape and a still camera unit for recording still images on a film. Video camera with integrated still camera.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to easily carry both a still camera for recording a still image on film and a video camera for recording a moving image on a magnetic tape, a still camera in which a still camera and a video camera are integrally formed is demanded. A body video camera has been developed.

Such a still camera-integrated video camera has a video camera section for recording moving images and sounds of the scene on a magnetic tape, a still camera section for recording still images of the scene on film, a video camera section, An operation unit for operating the still camera unit, and a control circuit for controlling the video camera unit and the still camera unit according to the operation of the operation unit,
Audio and images are recorded on the magnetic tape by the video camera unit according to the operation of the operation unit, and a still image is recorded on the film by the still camera unit.

There is also a structure in which the optical system of the still camera unit has a zoom function so that the angle of view of a subject can be changed. When the zoom function is operated manually, the video camera with built-in still camera is supported with one hand, and the video camera with built-in still camera is subject to camera shake, which causes blurring in moving images recorded in the video camera section. . Therefore, in such a video camera with a built-in still camera, a method of electrically operating the zoom by button operation is adopted.

The operation unit includes a video camera operation unit for instructing the video camera unit to record / stop / play back a moving image and sound in the scene, a still camera operation unit for instructing the still camera unit to shoot, and a zoom operation. Section is provided. When operating the video camera unit, by operating an instruction button for operating the video camera operating unit of the operation unit, an operation instruction is supplied from the control circuit to the video camera unit, and the video camera unit operates.

When a still image is to be taken on the film by the still camera unit, a shutter button of the operation unit is operated to supply a photographing instruction from the control circuit, and the shutter of the still camera unit is opened and the still image is held on the film. The picture is recorded. Furthermore, when you want to change the angle of view of the still image recorded on the film of the still camera section, by operating the zoom operation section of the operation section, the drive operation instruction is supplied to the zoom lens from the control circuit, and the zoom lens is driven. The motor is driven to control the angle of view.

Further, as the voice recognition technology advances, voices and keywords to be recognized are registered in advance, and when the user emits the voices or keywords during use, the camera body recognizes the voices or keywords and operates the shutter. Still cameras have been developed to perform predetermined operations. As a camera using the voice recognition technology as described above, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
No. 191838, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 1-191839 and 1-193722 have already been filed.

In such a still camera using the voice recognition technology, the voice to be recognized is registered in advance, the voice is input from the microphone when in use, and if the voice is registered in advance, it is recognized. , Perform a predetermined operation. At this time, it is necessary to input a voice with a constant volume to the microphone and to reduce the influence of noise.

In addition, there is no still camera integrated type camera that operates the still camera by using the voice recognition technique as described above.

[0010]

However, in a device such as a still camera using the voice recognition technology, it is not possible to provide a high-performance microphone only for the voice recognition. Therefore, the voice recognition can be performed by a single microphone. I was doing the operation.

Therefore, there has been a problem that a device using the voice recognition technique can operate only by a predetermined distance, direction and volume. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a still camera-integrated video camera which can be remotely operated by voice.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a still camera unit for capturing an image of a field and recording a still image of the field, and an image and sound of the field are recorded. A video camera unit, a plurality of microphones provided in the video camera unit, which are directed in a plurality of directions, and which convert the sound of the field into an electric sound signal, and the sound signal converted by the plurality of microphones. A voice recognition circuit for recognizing, and a plurality of voice signals are input from the plurality of microphones,
A voice control circuit that supplies a voice signal obtained by synthesizing the plurality of voice signals to the voice recognition circuit according to a direction in which a signal component to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit is maximum, and the voice recognition. A control circuit for controlling the still camera unit according to a voice signal recognized by the circuit.

According to the first aspect, since a plurality of microphones are provided and the voice signals detected by the plurality of microphones are synthesized by the voice control circuit, the voice to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit can be acquired in an optimum state. The range in which voice can be recognized can be expanded.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a first microphone in which the plurality of microphones are directed to the center of the field of view, a second microphone directed to one side of the field of view, and the field of view of the object are provided. Third directed to the other side of the world
Of the first to third microphones, and the voice control circuit outputs the voice signals from the first to third microphones in accordance with the direction in which the voice signal component to be recognized is maximum among the first to third microphones. It is characterized by synthesizing.

According to the second aspect, the voice signals to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit are optimized by synthesizing the voice signals detected by the first to third microphones forming the stereo microphones directed in different directions. To control the operation of the still camera part by voice,
A high-performance stereo microphone of the video camera section can be used, and voice recognition can be reliably performed without providing a dedicated high-performance microphone.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a fourth microphone is provided in which the plurality of microphones are directed to one side of the object field, and a fourth microphone is directed to one side of the object field.
A fifth microphone installed at a position different from that of the first microphone, a sixth microphone directed to the other side of the field, and a sixth microphone directed to the other side of the field, And a seventh microphone installed at a position different from that of the sixth microphone, and the voice control circuit has an optimum voice signal component to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit from the fifth to seventh microphones. It is characterized in that a voice signal from a microphone corresponding to a direction is selected and synthesized.

According to the third aspect, the voice signals to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit can be picked up in an optimum state by synthesizing the voice signals detected by the fourth to seventh microphones constituting the zoom microphone system, Since the operation of the still camera unit is voice-controlled, a high-performance zoom microphone system of the video camera unit can be used, and voice recognition can be surely performed without providing a dedicated high-performance microphone.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a zoom lens provided in the video camera section for controlling an angle of view of an image to be recorded, a zoom operation section for electrically operating the zoom lens, and a setting for setting the recognized voice position. The audio control circuit controls a method of synthesizing audio signals from the plurality of microphones according to an operation of the zoom lens operation unit when the setting of the recognized audio position is permitted by the setting unit. The still camera-integrated video camera according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:

According to the present invention, when the setting unit permits the registration of the set position of the recognized voice, the method of synthesizing the voice signals from the plurality of microphones is controlled according to the operation of the zoom lens operating unit. The synthesizing method can be controlled according to the position at which the voice to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit is generated, and the voice to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit can be acquired in the optimum state.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the voice control circuit supplies a voice signal to the voice recognition circuit and a voice signal to the video camera unit. Claim 5
According to this, since the audio signal obtained by the audio control circuit is used as the audio signal to be recorded in the video camera section, the necessary audio to be recognized can be recorded on the magnetic tape.

[0021]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The still camera-integrated video camera 1 according to the present embodiment mainly includes a video camera unit 3 for recording moving images and sounds of the scene on a magnetic tape 2 and a still camera unit for recording still images of the scene on film 4. 5, an operation unit 6 for operating the video camera unit 3 and the still camera unit 5, a voice recognition circuit 7 for recognizing a voice signal registered in advance from an audio signal acquired by the video camera unit 5, an operation instruction of the operation unit 6, and A control circuit 8 for controlling the video camera unit 3 and the still camera unit 5 according to the voice signal recognized by the voice recognition circuit 7.
It is composed of

The video camera unit 3 mainly uses a voice processing unit 9 for processing a voice, an image processing unit 10 for processing an image, a voice processed by the voice processing unit 9 and an image processed by the image processing unit 10. It is composed of a magnetic recording / reproducing section 11 for recording / reproducing on the tape 2. The voice processing unit 9 is a microphone unit for converting the voice of the object field into an electric voice signal, and an arithmetic operation for arithmetically processing the voice signal converted by the microphone unit 12 based on the arithmetic control signal supplied from the control circuit 8. The circuit 13 includes an audio signal processing unit 14 that modulates the audio signal processed by the arithmetic circuit 13 and converts the audio signal into a signal for recording on the magnetic tape 2.

The microphone section 12 has a first microphone 12a having directivity on the right side of the object field, a second microphone 12b having directivity in the center of the object field, and a first microphone 12b having directionality on the left side of the object field. 3 microphone 12c
It is composed of The arithmetic circuit 13 is the microphone unit 12
First to third microphones 12a, 12b, 12c of
Is supplied to the voice recognition circuit 7 and the voice signal processing circuit 14, and the voice signal obtained by the calculation process is supplied to the voice recognition circuit 7 and the voice signal obtained by the calculation process. .

The audio signal processing circuit 14 modulates a signal recordable on the magnetic tape 2 by the audio signal supplied from the arithmetic circuit 14, and supplies the signal to the recording / reproducing unit 11. Also,
The image processing unit 9 has a zoom function capable of controlling the angle of view of the object scene, and a zoom lens 15 that collects light from the object scene.
In order to record on the magnetic tape 2, the video camera signal processing unit 16 for converting the light incident through the zoom lens 15 into an electric video signal and the video signal converted by the video camera signal processing unit 16 are modulated. Video signal processing unit 17 for converting into a recording signal, a zoom lens driving unit 18 for driving the zoom lens 15, and a zoom lens driving unit 18
And a zoom lens control circuit 19 for controlling.

The zoom lens 15 is driven by the zoom lens driving means 18, and the zoom magnification is controlled. The object field is the zoom lens 15 and the video camera signal processing unit 1
6 is formed. The video camera signal processing unit 16 is a CCD
(Charge Coupled Device; charge coupled device), and converts an image from the object field formed by the lens 15 into an electrical video signal.

The video signal converted by the video camera signal processing unit 16 is supplied to the video signal processing unit 17. The video signal processing unit 17 modulates the video signal to convert it into a recorded video signal that can be recorded on the magnetic tape 2. Magnetic recording /
The reproduction unit 11 combines the recording audio signal output from the audio signal processing unit 14 of the audio processing unit 9 and the recording video signal output from the video signal processing unit 17 of the image processing unit 10 with the mixer 20 and the mixer 20. A magnetic head 21 for magnetically recording the recorded signal on the magnetic tape 2 and a tape drive mechanism 22 for running the magnetic tape 2 are provided.

In the recording / reproducing unit 11, the recording audio signal created by the audio processing unit 9 and the recording image signal created by the image processing unit 10 are combined by the mixer 20, and the magnetic head 2
Feed to 1. The magnetic head 21 has a structure in which a coil is wound around a core, the recording signal synthesized by the mixer 20 is supplied to the coil, and a magnetic field corresponding to the recording signal is generated. The core of the magnetic head 21 is in contact with the magnetic tape 2, and a magnetic field corresponding to a recording signal is applied to the magnetic tape 2 to
To record a recording signal magnetically.

Further, the still camera unit 5 is a lens 23 for forming an image from the object scene on the film 4 and a lens 23.
And a film 4, and is composed of a shutter 24 that controls incidence of an image from the object scene onto the film 4. The shutter 24 is normally closed so that the light from the object field condensed by the lens 23 does not enter the film 4. The shutter 24 is connected to the control circuit 8 and is opened by a shutter control signal supplied from the control circuit 8 for a period of time corresponding to the brightness of the subject to illuminate the film 4 with the light of the field. When the shutter 24 is opened, the film 4 is exposed to light, and a still image of the scene is recorded on the film 4.

The operation unit 6 is a video camera operation unit 6a for controlling the video camera unit 3, a zoom lens operation unit 6b for operating the zoom lens 15 of the video camera unit 3, and a shutter button 6c for operating the shutter 22 of the still camera unit 5. ,
Voice recognition setting operation unit 6 for setting the position of the recognized voice
d.

The video camera operating section 6a is connected to the control circuit 8, and the control circuit 8 is instructed to record the video camera section 3.
Give instructions such as playback instructions and stop instructions. The zoom lens operating unit 6b is connected to the control circuit 7 and gives the control circuit 8 an instruction to increase or decrease the zoom magnification of the zoom lens 15.

The shutter button 6c is connected to the control circuit 8 and gives the control circuit 8 an instruction to open the shutter 24 of the still camera unit 5. The voice recognition setting operation unit 6d gives the control circuit 8 an instruction to set the recognition position. Control circuit 8
Is a video camera operation unit 6a of the operation unit 6, a zoom lens operation unit 6c, a shutter button 6b, a voice recognition setting operation unit 6
The operation of the arithmetic circuit 13 of the video camera unit 3, the tape drive mechanism 20, and the shutter 22 of the still camera unit 5 is controlled according to d, and the zoom lens control circuit 19 is connected to control the zoom magnification of the zoom lens 15. To do.

FIG. 2 shows an operation flowchart of the control circuit according to the embodiment of the present invention. The control circuit 8 first determines whether or not the user has made a setting for performing an operation by voice recognition (step S1-1). In step S1-1,
When the user does not set the operation by voice recognition, the control is executed according to the normal manual operation (step S1-2).

In step S1-1, if the user makes an operation for voice recognition, then the voice recognition setting operation section 6d of the operation section 6 is operated and registered in the voice recognition circuit 7. When the registered registration voice position setting mode is set, first, it is determined whether or not the video operation unit 6a is operated to set the recording mode for recording images and voices on the magnetic tape 2 (steps S1-3 and S1). -4).

In step S1-4, if there is a recording mode,
Since the voice is recorded on the magnetic tape 2 by using the microphone unit 12, the voice recognition setting is canceled and the installation cannot be performed (step S1-5). If the recording mode is not set in step S1-4, the control circuit 8
Allows the registration recognized voice position to be set, recognizes the recognized voice position according to the operation state of the voice recognition setting operation unit 6d, and instructs the arithmetic circuit 13 to perform a calculation method according to the recognized voice position (step S1). -6, S1-7, S1-8).

FIG. 3 shows an operation flowchart of the arithmetic circuit of one embodiment of the present invention. In the arithmetic circuit 13, when the recognition voice generation position is registered by the control circuit 8 and the instruction of the calculation method is supplied, first, it is determined whether or not the registered recognition voice generation position is set in the center of the object scene. The determination is made (steps S2-1 and S2-2).

In step S2-2, when the registered occurrence position of the recognized voice is set at the center of the scene, the first microphone 12a directed to the right side of the scene and the left side of the scene are displayed. The voice signal supplied from the third microphone 12c heading in the opposite phase is added to the voice signal supplied from the second microphone 12b heading to the center of the object field in anti-phase and supplied to the voice recognition circuit 7 (step S2-
3).

According to step S2-3, the second microphone 12 facing the center in the direction of the generation position of the recognized voice.
a voice signal in which the voice signals supplied from the first microphone 12a and the third microphone 12c facing the left and right of the generation position of the recognized voice are reversed in phase to the voice signal from b;
That is, the audio signals in which the surrounding noise components have opposite phases are added. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a voice signal in which noise components other than the recognized voice are removed from the voice signal from the second microphone 12b facing the center.

If the registered recognition voice generation position is not set at the center of the scene in step S2-2, then the registered recognition voice generation position is registered in the scene. It is determined whether or not it is set to the left of the center (step S2-4). In step S2-4, when the registered occurrence position of the recognized voice is set to the left of the center of the object scene, next, the occurrence position of the registered recognition voice is set to the left of the center of the object scene. It is determined whether or not it is set (step S2-5).

In step S2-5, when the registered generation position of the recognized voice is set slightly to the left of the center of the object scene, the second microphone 12b facing the center.
And the voice signals converted by the third microphone 12c directed to the left side are added and supplied to the voice recognition circuit 7 (step S2-6). According to step S2-6, since the registered recognition voice generation position is located slightly to the left of the center of the scene, the second microphone 12 facing the center is located.
A voice signal in which the recognized voice is emphasized can be obtained by adding the voice signals converted by b and the third microphone 12c facing the left side.

In step S2-5, if the registered recognition voice generation position is set to the left of the center of the field, only the voice signal converted by the third microphone 12c facing the left side is generated. Is supplied to the voice recognition circuit 7 (step S2-7). According to step S2-7, since the generation position of the recognized voice exists on the left side of the center of the object scene,
By acquiring only the voice signal converted by the third microphone 12c directed to the left side, it is possible to obtain a recognized voice that does not include a noise component.

If it is determined in step 2-4 that the registered recognition voice generation position is set to the right side of the field rather than to the left, then the registered recognition voice generation position is determined. It is determined whether or not it is set slightly to the right of the object scene (step S2-8). Step S2-8
Then, when the registered generation position of the recognized voice is set slightly to the right of the object scene, the second microphone 12b facing the center and the first microphone 1 facing the right.
The voice recognition circuit 7 adds the voice signals converted by 2a and
(Step S2-9). According to step S2-9, since the registered recognition voice generation position is located slightly to the right of the center of the scene, the second microphone 12b facing the center and the first microphone 12c facing the right. It is possible to obtain a voice signal in which the recognized voice is emphasized by adding the voice signals converted by.

In step S2-8, if the registered recognition voice generation position is set to the right of the center of the field, only the voice signal converted by the first microphone 12a facing the right side is set. Is supplied to the voice recognition circuit 7 (step S2-10). According to step S2-10, since the generation position of the recognized voice exists on the left side of the center of the field, the noise component is obtained by acquiring only the voice signal converted by the first microphone 12a facing the right side. It is possible to obtain a recognized voice that does not include.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the first to third microphones 1 are used in accordance with the registered generation position of the recognized voice.
The optimum recognized voice can be obtained by selecting the microphone from which the registered recognized voice is optimally obtained from 2a, 12b, and 12c and performing the calculation. Therefore, the voice can be surely recognized.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the second portion for performing the hollow correction
The voice recognition is performed using the stereo microphone system having the microphone 12b described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied to, for example, a stereo microphone system having no microphone for void correction and a microphone system having a zoom function. .

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment shows a block diagram of a still camera-integrated video camera having a microphone system having a zoom function. In the figure, the same components as those of FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The microphone unit 25 of the present embodiment has a zoom function, is directed to the right side of the object field, and corresponds to the fourth microphone in the claims.
a, the first microphone 2 directed to the right side of the field
A second microphone 2 provided at a position farther from the object field than 5a and corresponding to the fifth microphone in the claims.
5b, a third microphone 25c directed to the left side of the field of view, corresponding to the sixth microphone in the claims, directed to the left side of the field of view, and positioned further away from the field of view than the third microphone 25d. The fourth microphone 25d is provided and corresponds to the seventh microphone in the claims.

The control circuit 26 is operated by the setting operation using the voice recognition setting operation section 6d and the zoom operation section 6b.
7 to control the calculation method. The arithmetic circuit 27 is the control circuit 2
A setting operation using the voice recognition setting operation unit 6d and the zoom operation unit 6b supplied from the control unit 6 determines the position at which the registered recognition voice is generated according to the operation amount of the zoom lens operation unit 6b that controls the zoom magnification of the zoom lens 15. Switch, first to fourth
The microphones 25a, 25b, 25c and 25d are switched to obtain a voice.

For example, when the recognized voice position is set to the right or the back by the recognized voice setting operation unit 6d, the voice signal supplied from the first microphone 25a is selected,
The second microphone 25b when the recognized voice position is set to the right or front by the recognized voice setting operation unit 6d.
Select the audio signal supplied from. Further, when the recognition voice position is set to the left and the back by the recognition voice setting operation unit 6d, the voice signal supplied from the third microphone 25c is selected, and the recognition voice position is changed to the right by the recognition voice setting operation unit 6d. When set to the front, the audio signal supplied from the fourth microphone 25d is selected. Further, when the recognized voice position is set to the center or the back by the recognized voice setting operation unit 6d, the converted voice signal of the first microphone 25a and the third microphone 25 are transmitted.
When the voice added with the converted voice signal of c is selected and the recognized voice position is set to the center or front by the recognized voice setting operation unit 6d, the converted voice signal of the second microphone 25b and the fourth microphone are selected. The voice added with the converted voice signal of 25d is selected.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the optimum registered voice signal can be obtained even when the commander is displaced to the position before and after the object scene. Note that the microphone selection / calculation method is not limited to the above method, and the point is that the voice of the commander is the most optimal (the level is high and the noise is minimum) depending on the position where the commander is present. It is sufficient to set the selection / calculation method from the available microphones.

[0050]

As described above, according to claim 1 of the present invention, a plurality of microphones are provided, and the voice signals detected by the plurality of microphones are synthesized by the voice control circuit to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit. Since the voice can be acquired in the optimum state, it has a feature that the range in which the voice can be recognized can be expanded.

According to the second aspect, the voice signals to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit are optimized by synthesizing the voice signals detected by the first to third microphones forming the stereo microphones directed in different directions. To control the operation of the still camera part by voice,
A high-performance stereo microphone of the video camera section can be used, and features such as reliable voice recognition without providing a dedicated high-performance microphone are provided.

According to the third aspect, by synthesizing the voice signals detected by the fourth to seventh microphones constituting the zoom microphone system, the voice signal to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit can be picked up in an optimum state, Since the operation of the still camera section is controlled by voice, the high-performance zoom microphone system of the video camera section can be used, and features such as reliable voice recognition without a dedicated high-performance microphone are provided. Have.

According to the fourth aspect, when the setting unit permits the registration of the set position of the recognized voice, the method for synthesizing the voice signals from the plurality of microphones is controlled according to the operation of the zoom lens operating unit. The synthesizing method can be controlled according to the position at which the voice to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit is generated, and the voice to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit can be acquired in the optimum state.

According to the present invention, since the audio signal obtained by the audio control circuit is used as the audio signal to be recorded in the video camera unit, the required audio to be recognized on the magnetic tape can be recorded. Have.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of a control unit according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the arithmetic unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 still camera integrated video camera 2 magnetic tape 3 video camera unit 4 film 5 still camera unit 6 operation unit 7 voice recognition circuit 8 control circuit 9 voice processing unit 10 image processing unit 11 recording / playback unit 12 microphone unit 12a first Microphone 12b Second microphone 12c Third microphone 13 Arithmetic circuit

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A still camera unit for picking up an image of a scene and recording a still image of the scene, a video camera unit for recording images and sounds of the scene, and the video camera unit. A plurality of microphones that are directed in a plurality of directions and that convert the voice of the object field into an electrical voice signal; a voice recognition circuit that recognizes the voice signals that are converted by the plurality of microphones; A plurality of voice signals are input, and a voice signal obtained by synthesizing the plurality of voice signals is supplied to the voice recognition circuit in accordance with the direction in which the signal component to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit is maximum. A still camera-integrated video camera, comprising: a voice control circuit; and a control circuit for controlling the still camera unit according to a voice signal recognized by the voice recognition circuit. 2. The plurality of microphones, a first microphone directed to the center of the object scene, a second microphone directed to one side of the object scene, and the object scene. A third microphone directed to the other side of the voice control circuit, wherein the voice control circuit has the third microphone according to a direction in which a voice signal component to be recognized is maximum among the first to third microphones. 2. The still camera integrated video camera according to claim 1, wherein the audio signals from the first to third microphones are combined. 3. The plurality of microphones are a fourth microphone directed to one side of the field and a fourth microphone directed to one side of the field. A fifth microphone installed at a different position; a sixth microphone directed to the other side of the object field; a sixth microphone directed to the other side of the object field; Has a seventh microphone installed at a different position, and the voice control circuit responds to a direction in which a voice signal component to be recognized by the voice recognition circuit from the fifth to seventh microphones is optimum. 2. A still camera-integrated video camera according to claim 1, wherein audio signals from a microphone are selected and combined. 4. A zoom lens provided in the video camera unit for controlling an angle of view of an image to be recorded, a zoom operation unit for electrically operating the zoom lens, and a setting unit for setting the recognized voice position. The voice control circuit controls a method of synthesizing voice signals from the plurality of microphones according to an operation of the zoom lens operation unit when setting of the recognized voice position is permitted by the setting unit. The still camera-integrated video camera according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: 5. The voice control circuit supplies a voice signal to the voice recognition circuit and a voice signal to the video camera unit, according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Video camera with integrated still camera.