JPH10161224A - Imprinting device for camera and the camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to easily select imprinted information by eliminating the trouble to set an imprinted character, in photographing. SOLUTION: Information of one of time, a calendar and a character is selected by an imprinted information selecting circuit 7, in accordance with instructions by an imprinted information selecting switch S1. At this time, the choice of the fact that imprinting is not executed (nonimprinting) can be selected as well. Further, a display part, 12 is constituted so that both of time information and character information can be simultaneously displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for imprinting a camera and selecting imprint information in the camera.
Hereinafter, time and calendar information will be referred to as clock information, and information using characters or symbols will be referred to as character information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is widely known that a conventional camera imprinting apparatus and a camera mainly use calendar or time information as imprinting information.

[0003]

However, in the case of character information, unlike the time information, it is necessary to set the imprint character when the user shoots, and in the case of imprinting another character, the character must be set again. In addition, there is a problem that the operation of character setting is very troublesome.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to eliminate the hassle of setting a character to be imprinted upon photographing, and to allow a user to easily select imprint information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera imprinting device and a camera capable of performing such operations.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an imprinting apparatus for a camera, wherein a display means capable of simultaneously displaying time information and character information, and at least one of the time information and character information displayed on the display means are selected. Selecting means to perform, and recording means for imprinting information on the film based on the selection result of the selecting means,
It is characterized by having.

[0006] In addition, a camera imprinting device of the present invention is
Selecting means for selecting at least one of imprinting of time information, imprinting of character information, and non-imprinting of both time information and character information, and recording means for imprinting information on a film based on a selection result of the selecting means And characterized in that:

A camera according to the present invention is provided with the above-mentioned imprinting device.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment using a photographic device of a camera.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display state of an imprinting device of a camera according to the present invention. Character or clock information is displayed on a dot display section 21, and time information is displayed on a 7-segment display section 22. . In the example shown here, the clock information on February 6, 1986 and the character information * TOKYO * are displayed.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the present invention. 1 is an oscillation circuit using a crystal oscillator or the like. 2 is a frequency dividing circuit. 3 is a time counter that counts hours, minutes, and seconds. 4 is year / month /
It is a calendar counter that counts days and the like. 5 is an input circuit, which is an input of an external switch by S1 to S5,
An imprinting signal interlocked with the shutter operation of the camera in S6 is input.

Further, S1 is an imprint information selection switch for selecting imprint information. As the imprinting information, time only, calendar only, character only, time and character, calendar and character, time and calendar, no display, and the like can be considered.

In step S2, the clock is switched between the correction state and the normal state, and the character setting state and the normal state are switched.

S3 is a character information selection switch, which sequentially selects a plurality of character information stored in the storage circuit 9 by the character readout circuit 15 and sends it to the imprint information selection circuit 7.

S4 and S5 are switches for correcting the clock or selecting a character when the watch is set to the correction state or the character setting state in S2, S4 is correction in the forward direction, and S5 is Make corrections in the opposite direction.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a correction circuit for correcting a time and a calendar, which is controlled by the input circuit and corrects a clock.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an imprinting information selection circuit which selects imprinting information by the switch of S1 and sends the selected information to the decoder 10.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a character setting circuit which is controlled by the input circuit and sets characters. The set character information is stored in the storage circuit 9.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a decoder for decoding the imprint information, and the decoded information is displayed on a display unit by a display unit driving circuit 11.

A lamp lighting circuit 13 is driven by an input signal synchronized with the shutter operation of the camera in S6.
By turning on the lamp 14, the imprint information displayed on the display section 12 is imprinted on the film surface.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state of selecting a stored character according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, five pieces of character information are stored in the storage circuit in advance. Now, tentatively * TOKYO
Assuming that the character * is displayed, it is assumed here that 34 characters * KYOTO * are to be selected and imprinted. Reading of the character information from the storage circuit is performed by the S3 switch (see FIG. 2) as described above. At this time, three switches are input. Similarly, 35 * YOKOHAMA
When selecting *, from the display state of * TOKYO *,
Four switches of S3 are input. This is the end of the display character selection.

Next, when the shutter of the camera is pressed, an input signal synchronized with the operation of the shutter drives the lamp lighting circuit to turn on the lamp, and the characters * KYOTO * are printed on the film surface.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
According to the invention described in (2), since the time information and the character information can be displayed at the same time, both of the options can be visually recognized by the user when selecting the information to be imprinted. There is an effect that an imprinting device and a camera that are easy for the user to use can be realized.

According to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention,
Since the non-imprinting of both the time information and the character information can be selected, there is an effect that the user can easily select the time information and the character information when there is a request not to imprint the time information and the character information on the film.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display state of an embodiment of a display unit of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of an embodiment showing a selection state of stored characters according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Oscillation circuit 2 ... Divider circuit 3 ... Clock counter 4 ... Calendar counter 5 ... Input circuit 6 ... Correction circuit 7 ... Imprint information selection circuit 8 ... Character setting circuit 9 ・ ・ ・ Storage circuit 10 ・ ・ Decoder 11 ・ ・ Display unit driving circuit 12 ・ ・ Display unit 13 ・ ・ Lamp lighting circuit 14 ・ ・ Lamp 15 ・ ・ Character reading circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display means capable of simultaneously displaying time information and character information; a selection means for selecting at least one of the time information and character information displayed on the display means; Recording means for imprinting information on a film by means of a camera. 2. A camera comprising the imprinting device according to claim 1. 3. A selecting means for selecting at least one of imprinting of time information, imprinting of character information, and non-imprinting of both the time information and the character information, based on a selection result of the selecting means. A recording device for a camera, comprising: recording means for recording information on a film. 4. A camera comprising the imprinting device according to claim 3.