JPH10177778A - Integrated type camera vtr with monitor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an integrated type camera VTR with monitor which can judge recorded contents simply and at high speed and can reproduce a tape quickly at the time of reproduction. SOLUTION: In an integrated type camera VTR with monitor provided with an image pickup section 30, a recording/reproducing section 25, and a monitor section 23, this device is provided with an A/D converter circuit 29 of a video signal, a compression/expansion circuit 22 of a digital video signal, a memory section 21 storing a compressed video signal, an ID processing circuit 31 writing ID information in a tape or reading out it from the tape, an operation section 28 indicating various functions, and a system control circuit 26 driving and controlling a device system, various operation indicating menus are displayed by an input from the operation section 28, and index information is recorded in a tape and a memory relating automatically to ID information, or index information exchange is performed mutually by selecting and indicating an index menu from a display menu.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera-integrated VT with a monitor provided with an image pickup section, a recording / reproducing section, and a monitor section.
R particularly relates to a monitor-integrated camera-integrated VTR having an index function for confirming recorded contents or confirming and reproducing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique of this kind, there is one disclosed in the following publication, and its outline will be described.

[0003] JP-A-5-347086 and JP-A-6-37086
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 89556/89 discloses that a solid-state memory is provided on the cassette side, and information such as time, channel, and recording position is recorded so that information recorded on the tape can be recorded without specifying a VTR to be reproduced. A VTR that can be known is described. Although this is similar in principle to the reproduction operation of the present invention, recording of an index video is not assumed. Moreover, nothing is suggested about the recording method at the time of imaging, which is a feature of the present invention.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-168545 describes a recording / reproducing apparatus which searches for the first screen of a recording program in a multi-screen based on an index signal. Nothing is suggested about the recording method at the time of imaging.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-272559 discloses a video recording / reproducing apparatus for displaying the initial screen of a recording program by a high-speed search. Nothing is suggested for.

[0006]

When a general user shoots and records using a camera-integrated VTR, it is difficult to systematically shoot the scene, and the title is written in the cassette case even when the tape is stored. However, there is a problem that the information is forgotten after a long time even if it can be understood by such as.

There are also proposals such as a high-speed search and a multi-screen search as disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, but when these techniques are applied to a camera-integrated VTR, a high-speed search and a multi-screen search are performed in a VTR mode. A complicated operation of performing a screen search and setting a camera mode at the time of shooting is required. Further, there is a problem that a menu system for promptly and accurately guiding various operations to the user while taking a picture is required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a camera-integrated VTR with a monitor capable of quickly and easily judging recorded contents at the time of tape reproduction and quickly reproducing the tape. The purpose is to do.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera-integrated VTR with a monitor, an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal, a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal, and a compressed video signal. Memory to store the data and I
ID for writing D information or reading from tape
A processing circuit, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system are provided, and various operation instruction menus are displayed by input from the operation unit, and an index menu is displayed from the display menu. By instructing the selection, the index information is automatically associated with the ID information and recorded on a tape or a memory, or the index information is exchanged between them. by this,
Various operations while shooting can be performed quickly and accurately.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera-integrated VTR with a monitor, an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal, a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal, and a memory unit for storing the compressed video signal. , An ID processing circuit for writing ID information to a tape or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system. , A variety of operation instruction menus are displayed, and by selecting and instructing an index menu from the display menu, the video at the start of tape recording is automatically stored in the memory as a still image in association with ID information. Thus, it is not necessary to perform marking each time recording is started, and a search using a still image as index information can be performed by a simple operation.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera-integrated VTR with a monitor, an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal, a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal, and a memory unit for storing the compressed video signal. , An ID processing circuit for writing ID information to a tape or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system. By displaying various operation instruction menus and selecting and instructing the index menu from the display menu,
The information read from the memory is automatically written to the tape.
It is recorded as index information in association with the D information.

This eliminates the need for a complicated operation of selecting the information stored in the memory, sequentially searching for and recording the tape insertion position, and making it possible to easily dub the index information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera-integrated VTR with a monitor, an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal, a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal, and a memory unit for storing the compressed video signal. , An ID processing circuit for writing ID information to a tape or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system. , A multi-screen menu is displayed, and information read from the memory is displayed on the multi-screen by selecting and instructing the multi-screen menu from the display menu.

Thus, the information from the memory is displayed on a multi-screen by a simple operation in accordance with the display menu, and a specific still image on the multi-screen is designated, whereby the cue of the tape can be easily performed. it can.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera-integrated VTR with a monitor, an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal, a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal, and a memory unit for storing the compressed video signal. , An ID processing circuit for writing ID information to a tape or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system. By displaying various operation instruction menus by selecting and instructing the multi-screen menu from the display menu, the information read from the memory is displayed on the multi-screen, and by instructing the still image in the multi-screen by operating unit input, The information corresponding to the still image is automatically searched for from the recorded contents of the tape, and the tape is reproduced.

This eliminates the need for a tape counter or cueing by a high-speed search, and enables accurate cueing of the tape by directly selecting a still image from a multi-screen.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera-integrated VTR with a monitor, an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal, a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal, and a memory unit for storing the compressed video signal. , An ID processing circuit for writing ID information to a tape or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system. By displaying various operation instruction menus and selecting and instructing the index menu from the display menu,
Information associated with ID information by tape fast-forward is automatically stored in a memory as a still image in sequence.

As a result, it is possible to select a still image at a higher speed, and it is possible to greatly speed up the editing operation.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a camera-integrated VTR with a monitor according to the present invention will be described in detail below for a camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor (hereinafter, referred to as a DVC with liquid crystal).

FIG. 1 is an external view of a DVC with a liquid crystal of this embodiment from the liquid crystal monitor side, wherein 1 is a camera imaging unit, 2 is an integrated unit of a VTR unit and a liquid crystal monitor unit, 3 is a liquid crystal display unit, Is a switch (power switch) for switching between camera shooting and VTR playback, 5 is a camera zoom switch, 6 is a camera shooting record switch, 7 is a speaker unit, 8 is a menu display on / off button, 9 is a menu display switching button,
Reference numeral 10 denotes a menu input button, and 11 denotes a still image button.

As a procedure of camera photographing, the camera photographed image is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 3 by setting the power switch 4 to the camera side, and the menu is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 3 by the menu display on / off button 8. A menu required for camera photographing is called by the menu switching button 9, the photographing condition is selected and determined by the menu input button 10, the menu display is turned off by the menu display on / off button 8, and the camera photographed image display state Then, the camera is set to the recording state by the camera recording switch 6, and the recording is performed while making full use of the pan, tilt, or camera zoom switch.

In the case of VTR reproduction, the power switch SW4 is set to VTR
Set to the playback standby state and set to VT
A menu screen for the R operation is displayed. Then, necessary VTR reproduction is performed by the menu switching button 9 and the menu input button 10.

FIG. 2 is a system block diagram of the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a memory unit for storing compressed image data for an index; and 22, an image processing circuit for performing compression / decompression for writing / reading digital image data from an imaging unit or a tape to / from the memory unit 21. , 23 are index image display units, and 24 is a signal processing circuit for performing reproduction from a tape or recording on a tape.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a mechanical unit for storing / driving the tape;
6 is a system control circuit for controlling the entire apparatus, 27
Is a mechanical control circuit for controlling tape attachment / detachment and running in accordance with an instruction from the system control circuit 26; 28, an operation unit for inputting driving conditions of the apparatus; 29, a signal for A / D converting a captured image from the imaging unit 30 A processing circuit 30 is an imaging unit that outputs captured image information, and 31 is an ID processing circuit for writing / reading ID information to / from a tape.

Next, the operation mode operation of the present embodiment will be described based on the system block diagram of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and the menu display screen diagrams of the present embodiment shown in FIGS.

First, index recording will be described as an operation example 1 of the present embodiment. The display on / off button 8 is used to display the menu display screen, and the display switching button 9 is operated to set the tape recording mode as shown in FIG. Do. With this setting, when the camera shooting record switch 6 is pressed and shooting is performed for 10 seconds or more, each time shooting is started, a still image is automatically loaded into the memory unit 21.

As an operation example 2 of the present embodiment, a method of title insertion shooting will be described. The power switch 4 is set on the camera side, and the title still image is recorded in the memory unit 21 by the still image button 11. The display on / off button 8 is used to display a menu screen, and the display switching button 9 is operated to
As shown in the figure, the tape recording mode is set, and the input device 10 sets the title insertion in the menu to “ON”.

By operating the display switching button 9, a title menu is displayed as shown in FIG. 6, the title mode is set by the input device 10, and the title still image recorded in advance while operating + and-is operated. Select and display the desired still image. By photographing the camera in this state, a still image of 10 seconds is automatically recorded on the tape.

As an operation example 3 of the present embodiment, display on / off
A menu display screen is set by the OFF button 8, a memory dubbing mode is set by operating the display switching button 9 as shown in FIG. 15, and a reproduction mode at the upper end of the display unit is input by the input device 10. Operates the mechanical control circuit 27 based on the ID information from the tape in accordance with the set conditions (the position where recording is started or the position where the title is inserted), and automatically controls the tape stored / driven in the mechanical section 25. The index is searched and the index is created.

The recorded video signal of the tape is processed by a signal processing circuit 24, compressed by an image processing circuit 22, stored as digital still image data in a memory unit 21, and a still image index is created. When there are several recording start positions and some positions where titles are inserted, the above operation is automatically repeated.

By pressing the camera photographing switch 6 in the tape reproducing state, the display of the dubbing mark 1 is displayed on the reproduced video (not shown) as shown in FIG. By repeating this operation and performing dubbing marking of a maximum of 10 points, the tape is automatically rewound by selecting the stop mode with the input device 10, and by selecting the reproduction mode again, as shown in FIG. In addition to the display during memory dubbing, the video at the point where dubbing marking has been performed is automatically taken into the memory as a still image and becomes index information.

As an operation example 4 of the present embodiment, a menu display screen is formed by the display on / off button 8 in a state where the index information is created and stored in the memory, and the display switching button 9 is operated to display the memory as shown in FIG. Set to playback mode,
By instructing the multi-screen mode by operating the input device 10, a still image for an index is displayed on the index display unit 23 in a multi-screen.

By pointing the input device 10 in the + and-directions in FIG. 8, the cursor frame is moved to the right and left, respectively, and the scene to be searched is selected from the display. Input device 1
By selecting the determination mode at 0 as shown in FIG.
Based on the selected image, the system control circuit 26 and the mechanical control circuit 27 automatically perform cueing of the tape based on ID information from the tape. Note that it is naturally possible to select a plurality of still images and reproduce the program.

As a fifth operation example of the present embodiment, a method of taking an index still image into the memory unit 21 by fast-forwarding the tape and reproducing the tape from the multi-screen will be described. The display on / off button 8 is used to display a menu display screen, the display switching button 9 is operated to set the tape playback mode as shown in FIG. 10, and the input device 10 is operated to rewind the tape to the beginning in the rewind mode.

By operating the display switching button 9, an index menu is displayed as shown in FIG.
The index mode is selected by the operation of 0. next,
By selecting the search mode as shown in FIG. 12 by operating the input device 10, the recording start section and the title insertion section on the tape are automatically read while the tape is fast-forwarded, and up to 16 screens as a still image are displayed. Memory part 2
Take in 1.

By selecting the calling mode by operating the input device 10, the multi-screen display shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. By operating the input device 10, the desired screen is selected from the multi-screens by + and-, and the determination mode is set. By instructing, the image data on the tape whose index is the selected screen is automatically searched, and the tape reproduction is started. At this time,
The menu screen is a tape playback menu as shown in FIG.

As shown in the index selection menu, as shown in FIG. 4, when a title index is selected, the above-described operation causes a title multi-screen display, and a cueing reproduction by title selection.

[0038]

According to the camera-integrated VTR with a monitor according to the first aspect of the present invention, by selecting and instructing the index menu from the display menu, the index information is automatically associated with the ID information and the tape or the tape is automatically linked. Since the information is recorded in the memory or the index information is exchanged between them, anyone can easily search for the tape or edit the tape without fail while looking at the display menu.

According to the camera-integrated VTR with monitor according to the second aspect of the present invention, by selecting and instructing the index menu from the display menu, the video at the start of tape recording is associated with ID information as a still image. Since the data is automatically stored in the memory, the recorded contents can be easily determined by reproducing and checking the still image by operating the display menu.

According to the camera-integrated VTR with monitor according to the third aspect of the present invention, by selecting and instructing the index menu from the display menu, the information automatically read from the memory is stored in the tape together with the ID information. The information can be recorded in association with the index information, the operation can be easily performed without fail while looking at the display menu, and the tape search and the tape editing can be easily performed.

According to the camera-integrated VTR with monitor according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the information read from the memory is displayed on the multi-screen by selecting and instructing the multi-screen menu from the display menu. The operation can be easily performed while looking at the menu, and the recorded contents of the tape can be easily determined.

According to the camera-integrated VTR with monitor according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, by selecting and instructing the multi-screen menu from the display menu, the information read from the memory is displayed on the multi-screen, and the operation unit is operated. Since a still image in the multi-screen is instructed by input, the information corresponding to the still image can be automatically searched for from the recorded content of the tape and the tape can be played back. The operation of the cue reproduction can be easily performed while looking at the display menu, and the cue reproduction can be easily performed quickly by the instruction from the multi-screen.

According to the camera-integrated VTR with monitor according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, by selecting and instructing the index menu from the display menu, the information associated with the ID information by tape fast-forward is sequentially stopped. Images can be automatically stored in memory, and efficient search and editing can be performed in a shorter time and with a simple operation while viewing the display menu.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor of the present invention on the liquid crystal monitor side.

FIG. 2 is a system block diagram of a camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of menu display of the digital VTR with a built-in camera having a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of menu display of the digital VTR with a built-in camera and a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of menu display of a digital camera-integrated digital VTR with a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of menu display of the digital VTR with a built-in camera and a liquid crystal monitor according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Camera part 2 VTR / liquid crystal display integrated part 3 Display part 4 Power switch 5 Zoom SW 6 Camera recording switch 7 Speaker part 8 Display on / off button 9 Display switching button 10 Input device 11 Still image button 21 Memory part 22 Image Processing circuit 23 Index display section 24 Signal processing circuit 25 Mechanical section 26 System control circuit 27 Mechanical control circuit 28 Operation section 29 Signal processing circuit 30 Imaging section 31 ID processing circuit

Claims (6)

[Claims] A video signal A / D conversion circuit, a digital video signal compression / decompression circuit, and a compression circuit. 2. A video camera-integrated VTR having an imaging unit, a recording / reproducing unit, and a monitoring unit. A memory unit for storing video signals, an ID processing circuit for writing ID information to or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system Various operation instruction menus are displayed by input from the operation section, and index information is automatically associated with ID information by recording and instructing selection of an index menu from the display menu, or recorded on a tape or memory, or between each other. A camera-integrated VTR with a monitor characterized by exchanging index information. 2. A camera-integrated VTR with a monitor including an imaging unit, a recording / reproducing unit, and a monitor unit, wherein: an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal; a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal; A memory unit for storing video signals, an ID processing circuit for writing ID information to or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system Various operation instruction menus are displayed by input from the operation unit, and by selecting and instructing the index menu from the display menu, the video at the start of tape recording is automatically stored in the memory as a still image in association with the ID information as ID information. A camera-integrated VTR with monitor. 3. A camera-integrated VTR with a monitor including an imaging unit, a recording / reproducing unit, and a monitor unit, wherein: an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal; a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal; A memory unit for storing video signals, an ID processing circuit for writing ID information to or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system By displaying various operation instruction menus by input from the operation unit and selecting and instructing an index menu from the display menu, information automatically read from the memory is recorded on the tape as index information in association with ID information. Camera-integrated VT with monitor
R. 4. A camera-integrated VTR with a monitor including an imaging unit, a recording / reproducing unit, and a monitor unit, wherein: an A / D conversion circuit for a video signal; a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal; A memory unit for storing video signals, an ID processing circuit for writing ID information to or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system A camera-integrated camera with a monitor, which displays various operation instruction menus by input from the operation unit and displays multi-screen information read from memory by selecting and instructing a multi-screen menu from the display menu VT
R. 5. An A / D conversion circuit for a video signal, a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal, and a compression circuit, wherein the video signal is an A / D conversion circuit. A memory unit for storing video signals, an ID processing circuit for writing ID information to or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system Various operation instruction menus are displayed by input from the operation unit, multi-screen menu is selected and instructed from the display menu, and the information read from the memory is displayed on the multi-screen. By instructing an image, information corresponding to the still image is automatically searched for from the recorded contents of the tape, and the tape is reproduced. Data with a camera-integrated VTR. 6. An A / D conversion circuit for a video signal, a compression / decompression circuit for a digital video signal, and a compression circuit, wherein the video signal includes an A / D conversion circuit. A memory unit for storing video signals, an ID processing circuit for writing ID information to or reading from a tape, an operation unit for instructing various functions, and a system control circuit for driving and controlling the device system By displaying various operation instruction menus by input from the operation unit and selecting and instructing the index menu from the display menu, the information associated with the ID information is automatically stored in the memory as a still image sequentially by fast-forwarding the tape. A camera-integrated VTR with a monitor characterized by storing.