JPH0927940A - Digital electronic still camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To record arrangement information such as a title image in matching with a condition of a recording object in the image pickup state together with a picked-up image by adopting a title image use memory card. SOLUTION: The digital electronic still camera is made up of a solid-state image pickup element 2, an A/D converter 5, a processor 4, an image memory 8, and a system controller 11 or the like. A 1st memory card 7 to record a picked-up image and a 2nd memory card 9 storing arrangement information such as a title image, a pickup date, and an arrangement number are mounted onto the camera body removably. In the case of image pickup, as soon as a picked-up image is recorded in the 1st memory card 7, the arrangement information such as a title image in matching with a condition of a recorded object is recorded into the 2nd memory card 9. The title image in matching with the occasion is inserted simply in the image pickup state by this method.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a title picture recording method for a digital electronic still camera.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a digital electronic still camera, an apparatus for recording information such as a title on a photographed image has been proposed.

For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-122787 discloses an apparatus configured to access a recorded digital signal to insert a character or edit an image at a predetermined position of image data. The content is shown in FIG. The digital electronic still camera shown in FIG. 2 temporarily stores the digital signal from the A / D converter 21 and stores it in the luminance / color difference separation circuit 2
2 to the storage memory 23 or the luminance / color difference separation circuit 2
By providing the storage memory 24 that temporarily stores the luminance and color difference signals output from the second display unit 2 and the character insertion image processing circuit 25 that edits a part of the digital signal stored in one of the storage memories, The still image is edited as desired. Reference numeral 27 is a memory card that is attached to and detached from a memory cartridge 28 connected via an input / output interface 29 and a connector 30 to record a captured image.

[0004]

However, in the digital electronic still camera having such a configuration, when the title, date, etc. are input by the data input circuit 26, the character is inserted, and the image processing circuit 25 is recorded in the memory.
Part of the pixel data in the digital signal for the frame is replaced with character data. Therefore, it is necessary to input the title, date, etc. each time the photograph is taken. Although there is a degree of freedom in inputting data, it is difficult and limited to input elaborate title images.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera capable of recording rearranging information such as a title image at the same time as a photographed image at the time of photographing, in order to solve these problems of the prior art. .

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
Solid-state imaging device, A / D conversion circuit for converting a video signal read from the solid-state imaging device into a digital signal, and luminance / color difference separation for forming a luminance signal and a color difference signal based on the converted digital signal In a digital electronic still camera including a circuit and a memory for storing the luminance and color difference signals, a first memory card for recording a photographed image, and arrangement information such as a title image, photographing date, reference number, etc. are stored. The second memory card can be attached to the camera body,
The digital electronic still camera is configured to record the arrangement information such as the title image that matches the condition of the recording subject stored in the second memory card at the same time as the captured image in the first memory card when the image is captured.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals.

The digital electronic still camera of the present invention is used, for example, for overseas travel by country, Kyoto, Nara tourism,
A domestic trip such as a hot spring trip can be inserted into a digital electronic still camera as a subtitle digital card, and the card is inserted into the camera according to the purpose of use so that the title is recorded at the same time as the shooting of the intended subject. ing.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a digital electronic still camera which is an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a lens, 2 is an image sensor, 3 is an amplifier, 4 is an image processor, 5 is an A / D converter for A / D converting a captured image, 6 is a memory controller for controlling a captured image recording memory card 7, 7 Is a memory card for recording captured images, 8 is an image memory for recording one frame / field image, and 9 is a title memory card. The memory card 9 for titles has a connecting portion into which the card 9 can be inserted in the camera body, and can be replaced if necessary.

Reference numeral 10 is a preprocessing circuit, 11 is a system controller, 12 is a sub CPU, 13 is a keyboard, 14 is a display section, and 15 is a control circuit for controlling the image pickup device 2.

First, the title memory card 9 is connected to the image memory 8, and the memory controller 6 and the sub CPU 1 are connected.
2, the title image data of the memory card 9 previously inserted in the image memory 8 is recorded before photographing, and the subject image data is prepared for photographing.

When the target subject is photographed, the memory controller 6 records the photographed image in an area other than the area in the image memory 8 other than the title image. The area containing the title image is displayed in the EVF finder, for example. When the finder is an optical finder, a frame indicating the area of the title frame is provided in the field frame. Whether to record a title image can be arbitrarily selected by the keyboard 13 and controlled by the system controller 11. The title picture memory card 9 is backed up by the battery (not shown). Therefore, the control of the data of the memory card 9 is selected by the keyboard 13.

Then, in the digital electronic still camera, the information such as the title picture which matches the condition of the recorded subject recorded in the image memory 8 is read out from the photographed picture information recorded in the other area of the image memory 8 as well. Record on the memory card 7 at the same time.

In this way, if a memory card in which another title image is pre-stored with information is used and the title image suitable for some kind of purpose is stored in advance in the memory card 9 for title image, various edits can be made. You can Information other than the title image may be recorded on the subtitle digital card so that the captured image can be recorded at the same time.

[0016]

As described above, according to the configuration and method of the present invention, it is possible to easily insert a title image that matches the situation at the time of shooting. By preparing various title image memory cards, you can easily insert title images that match shooting conditions. Since it is a memory card, it is convenient and not bulky to carry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a digital electronic still camera that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional digital electronic still camera.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 lens 2 image sensor 3 amplifier 4 processor 5 A / D converter 6 memory controller 7 memory card for recording captured image 8 image memory 9 memory card for title 10 preprocessing circuit 11 system controller 12 sub CPU 13 keyboard 14 display section 15 control Circuit 21 A / D converter 22 Luminance / color difference separation circuit 23 Storage memory 24 Storage memory 25 Character insertion image processing circuit 26 Data input circuit 27 Memory card 28 Memory cartridge 29 Input / output interface 30 Connector

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A solid-state imaging device, an A / D conversion circuit for converting a video signal read out from the solid-state imaging device into a digital signal, and a luminance signal and a color difference signal are formed based on the converted digital signal. A digital electronic still camera including a luminance / color difference separation circuit and an image memory for storing the luminance and color difference signals, a first memory card for recording a photographed image, a title image, a photographing date, a serial number, etc. A second memory card for storing the rearranging information can be attached to the camera body, and the rearranging information such as a title image that matches the condition of the recorded subject stored in the second memory card at the time of shooting can be used as the first memory card. A digital electronic still camera characterized in that it is configured so that a photographed image is recorded on a memory card at the same time.