JPH10224541A - Electronic album device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To record and manage images in a film cartridge unit. SOLUTION: All the images on a film 1 are picked up by image pickup means 9 and 14 while supplying the film 1 by a supply means 5 and the picked-up images are automatically recorded by the film cartridge unit in nonvolatile recording means 16 and 17 for recording the images of the plural film cartridges 2. Thus, the troublesome operations of displaying picked-up images one by one on the monitor such as a television receiver and selecting the recording of the images by a manual operation as in a conventional electronic album device are eliminated and operability is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic album apparatus for recording and managing images on a still photographic film.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known an electronic album apparatus for recording an image exposed on a still photographic film. In this type of apparatus, an image of an arbitrary frame on a film is designated and the image is recorded in frame units.

However, the conventional electronic album apparatus records images in frame units, and cannot automatically record all images exposed on one film in a film cartridge in film cartridge units. However, it is troublesome to display photographed images one by one on a monitor such as a television, and to manually select the recording of those images by manual operation, which is extremely inconvenient. Furthermore, since the recorded images are not managed on a film cartridge basis, it is inevitable that the images on the same film are redundantly recorded.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic album apparatus for recording and managing images on a film cartridge basis.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) The invention according to claim 1 is an image pickup means for picking up an image formed on a developed film in a film cartridge, a feeding means for feeding a film, and a nonvolatile means for recording images of a plurality of films. A recording unit; and a control unit that captures all images on the film by the imaging unit while feeding the film by the feeding unit, and automatically records the captured image in the recording unit for each film cartridge. All images on the film are imaged by the imaging means while the film is fed by the feeding means, and the shot images are automatically recorded on a film cartridge unit by a non-volatile recording means for recording images of a plurality of film cartridges. I do. (2) In the electronic album apparatus according to the second aspect, the control unit reads out an image from the recording unit on a film cartridge basis. (3) The electronic album apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a cartridge identification code reading means for reading the identification code of the film cartridge, and the control means for transmitting the film cartridge identification code read by the cartridge identification code reading means to all of the film. This is recorded on the recording means together with the image. (4) The electronic album apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a film identification code reading means for reading a film identification code, wherein the control means causes the film identification code read by the film identification code reading means together with all the images of the film. This is recorded on a recording means. (5) In the electronic album apparatus according to claim 5, when the film cartridge identification code of the loaded film cartridge or the film identification code is already recorded in the recording means by the control means, the image of the film is recorded. It is not done. (6) The electronic album apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising title input means for inputting the title of the film cartridge, and the control means recording the title of the film cartridge input by the title input means together with all the images of the film. It is to be recorded in. (7) The electronic album apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the control means reads out the titles of all the film cartridges recorded in the recording means in response to the title index display request and displays the titles on the display means in a list. It is. (8) The electronic album device according to claim 8, further comprising image processing means for reducing the image taken by the image pickup means, wherein the control means causes the image processing means to respond to an image index display request of an arbitrary film cartridge. All images on the film are reduced and displayed in a list. (9) The recording means of the electronic album device according to claim 9 has a replaceable recording medium.

[0006]

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an embodiment. The film cartridge 2 containing the developed film 1 is loaded into a cartridge chamber (not shown) by a loading mechanism 4 driven by a motor 3. The motor 5 drives the spool 2a and the take-up spool 6 of the film cartridge 2 via a film feeding mechanism (not shown) to wind and rewind the film 1. Film 1 fed to a predetermined imaging position by driving motor 5
Is illuminated by the illumination light source 7 and re-imaged on the imaging element 9 by the imaging lens 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, a unique identification code 10 is recorded on the film cartridge 2 in the form of a bar code, and can be read by the reflection type optical sensor 11. By using the film cartridge identification code 10, a film image can be captured by a film cartridge unit.
Records and manages. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a unique identification code 12 is also recorded on the film 1 in the form of a bar code, and can be read by the transmission optical sensor 13 while feeding the film 1.

The image pickup circuit 14 drives the image pickup element 9 to pick up an image of the film 1 and outputs an image signal to the image processing circuit 15. The image processing circuit 15 converts an image signal into a digital signal and performs processing such as compression. Recording circuit 16
Automatically records the image read from the film 1 on the non-volatile recording medium 17 for each film cartridge. The frame memory 18 has, for example, an image storage capacity for one film, and can output an image signal to an external monitor 19 to display an image on the film 1.

The control circuit 20 controls the imaging circuit 14, the image processing circuit 15, the recording circuit 16 and the frame memory 18, and drives the sensors 11, 13 and the motors 3, 5. The input device 21 operates the electronic album device by a switch,
Is a device for inputting a title. Here, in addition to a character string indicating the contents of the film cartridge such as the photographing date and photographing contents, the title includes an abbreviation set for each film cartridge (for example, C-
1, C-2,...) Can be used.

Here, a method of recording an image on the recording medium 17 will be described. In this embodiment, an image is taken for each film cartridge. 4 and 5 are images # 1 of the film cartridge C-1 captured, respectively.
To # 15 and images # 1 to # 1 of the film cartridge C-2.
# 15 is shown. In the following, the film cartridges are represented by abbreviations C-1, C-2,... For the sake of explanation, but are actually identified and managed by identification codes unique to each film cartridge. Images captured from a plurality of film cartridges are recorded on the recording medium 17 for each film cartridge as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG.
Images of eight film cartridges C-1 to C8 are recorded, and a plurality of images as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 are recorded in each film cartridge.

As the recording medium 17, a type in which the medium can be exchanged and a type in which the medium cannot be exchanged can be used. The former includes a floppy disk device, a high-density large-capacity floppy disk device, an MO disk device, a removable hard disk device, a magnetic tape device, and the like, and the latter includes a fixed hard disk device. In the medium exchangeable type, the amount of recorded images is unlimited by increasing the number of recording media.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an image recording process according to one embodiment. The operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to this flowchart. In step 1, when the loading of the film cartridge 2 is detected by a cartridge loading detecting device (not shown), the process proceeds to step 2, and the identification code of the film cartridge 2 is read by the sensor 11. In step 3, the read identification code is compared with the identification code of the film cartridge on which the image is recorded, which is recorded on the recording medium 17, and it is confirmed whether or not the film cartridge has an image already recorded. If it is a film cartridge on which an image has been recorded, go to step 4.
A warning is displayed on the monitor 19, and the process ends.

In the case of a film cartridge on which no image is recorded, the flow advances to step 5 to record the read identification code of the film cartridge 2 on the recording medium 17. In step 6, the motor 5 is driven to wind up the film 1, and the photographing frame is set at a predetermined imaging position. Step 7
Then, an image of a photographed frame is taken by the image pickup device 9 and the image pickup circuit 14, and is converted into a digital image signal by the image processing circuit 15. In the following step 8, the image is recorded on the recording medium 17 by the recording circuit 16 and also on the frame memory 18. In step 9, it is confirmed whether or not the last frame has been imaged. If there is a frame that has not been imaged, the process returns to step 6 to image the next frame. When the last frame has been imaged, the process proceeds to step 10, where the motor 5 is driven to rewind the film 1 into the cartridge 2.

In step 11, it is confirmed whether or not there is a request for index display by the input device 21, and if there is a request for index display, the image of the film cartridge 2 taken on the monitor 19 in step 12 is index-displayed. Here, the index display means that all the images of the film in the film cartridge are reduced and displayed in a list on the screen of the monitor 19. Next, in step 13, it is confirmed whether or not a title has been input from the input device 21. If the title has been input, the process proceeds to step 14, where the input title is recorded on the recording medium 17 in association with the image of the film cartridge 2 taken. I do.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a process for displaying an image recorded on a recording medium on a monitor.
When the image display mode is set by the input device 21, the image display process starts. In step 21, the film cartridge identification code and the title recorded on the recording medium 17 are read. In a succeeding step 22, the identification code and the title of the read film cartridge are index-displayed on the monitor 19. If an abbreviation is used for the identification code of the film cartridge, the abbreviation and the title are displayed. When the number of film cartridges is large, the film cartridges are divided into appropriate numbers, and the screens are switched and displayed manually.

In step 23, the user inputs information on the film cartridge selected by viewing the index screen from the input device 21, and reads all the images of the selected film cartridge 2 from the recording medium 17 in step 24. Then, the image of the film cartridge 2 read in step 25 is displayed on the monitor 19. At this time, if there is an index display request, index display of all images is performed. When a specific image is selected by looking at the index display of the image, the selected image is displayed on the entire display screen of the monitor 19.

In the configuration of the above embodiment of the present invention,
The imaging device 9 and the imaging circuit 14 are imaging means, the motor 5 and a film feeding mechanism (not shown) are feeding means, the recording circuit 16 and the recording medium 17 are recording means, the control circuit 20 is control means, 11 and the control circuit 20 constitute a cartridge identification code reading means, the sensor 13 and the control circuit 20 constitute a film identification code reading means, the input device 21 constitutes a title input means, and the image processing circuit 15 constitutes an image processing means.

In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which the film cartridge is identified by the film cartridge identification code recorded in the form of a bar code. However, the film is identified by the film identification code recorded in the form of a bar code. You may make it.

[0019]

【The invention's effect】

(1) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the non-volatile recording unit which captures all the images on the film by the imaging unit while feeding the film by the feeding unit and records the images of a plurality of film cartridges. Since the captured image is automatically recorded on a film cartridge basis,
As in the conventional electronic album apparatus, a complicated operation of displaying captured images one by one on a monitor such as a television and manually selecting the recording of those images by manual operation is omitted, and operability is reduced. Can be improved. (2) According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the image is read from the recording means in the unit of a film cartridge,
There is no need to read out the image in frame units, and operability can be improved. (3) According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the identification code of the film cartridge is read out and recorded in the recording means together with all the images of the film, a process for the user to identify the film cartridge is not required. . (4) According to the invention of claim 4, since the identification code of the film is read out and recorded in the recording means together with all the images of the film, the process for the user to identify the film cartridge becomes unnecessary. (5) According to the invention of claim 5, when the film cartridge identification code or the film identification code of the loaded film cartridge is already recorded in the recording means, the image of the film is recorded. Since this is not performed, it is possible to avoid duplicating recording of images on the film cartridge. (6) According to the invention of claim 6, since the title of the film cartridge inputted by the title input means is recorded in the recording means together with all the images of the film, any title which is easier to identify than the identification code. The title makes the film easier to identify. (7) According to the invention of claim 7, in response to a title index display request, the titles of all the film cartridges recorded in the recording means are read out and displayed in a list on the display means. The contents of a plurality of recorded film cartridges can be easily confirmed, and an arbitrary film cartridge can be easily read. (8) According to the invention of claim 8, since the taken film image is reduced and all the images of the film are reduced and displayed in a list according to the image index display request of an arbitrary film cartridge. All images of an arbitrary film cartridge can be displayed and confirmed at a time. (9) According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, since images of a plurality of film cartridges are recorded on a replaceable recording medium, the amount of recorded images can be increased without limit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an identification code recorded in a bar code form on a film cartridge and a reflection type optical sensor for reading the identification code.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an identification code recorded on a film in the form of a barcode, and a transmission optical sensor that reads the identification code.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing images # 1 to # 15 photographed on a film cartridge C-1.

FIG. 5 is a view showing images # 1 to # 15 photographed on a film cartridge C-2.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a recording form of an image recorded on a recording medium in a unit of a film cartridge.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an image recording operation according to an embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an image display operation according to one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Film 2 Film cartridge 3,5 Motor 4 Film cartridge loading mechanism 6 Take-up spool 7 Illumination light source 8 Imaging lens 9 Image sensor, 10 Film cartridge identification code 11 Reflection type optical sensor 12 Film identification code 13 Transmission type optical sensor 14 Imaging circuit Reference Signs List 15 image processing circuit 16 recording circuit 17 recording medium 18 frame memory 19 monitor 20 control circuit 21 input device

Claims (9)

[Claims] An imaging unit that captures an image formed on a developed film in a film cartridge; a feeding unit that feeds a film; a non-volatile recording unit that records images of a plurality of film cartridges; A control unit that captures all images on the film by the imaging unit while feeding the film by the feeding unit, and automatically records the captured image in the recording unit for each film cartridge. Electronic album device. 2. An electronic album apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means reads out an image from said recording means in a unit of a film cartridge. 3. The electronic album apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: cartridge identification code reading means for reading an identification code of a film cartridge, wherein said control means is read by said cartridge identification code reading means. An electronic album apparatus for recording the film cartridge identification code together with all the images of the film in the recording means. 4. The electronic album apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a film identification code reading unit that reads a film identification code, wherein the control unit is read by the film identification code reading unit. An electronic album apparatus, wherein a film identification code is recorded in the recording means together with all images of the film. 5. The electronic album apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the control unit is configured to determine that a film cartridge identification code or a film identification code of a loaded film cartridge is already recorded in the recording unit. An electronic album apparatus that does not record the image of the film. 6. The electronic album apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a title input unit for inputting a title of a film cartridge, wherein the control unit is configured to input a film input by the title input unit. An electronic album apparatus, wherein a title of a cartridge is recorded in the recording means together with all images of the film. 7. The electronic album apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said control means reads out the titles of all the film cartridges recorded in said recording means in response to a title index display request and lists them on a display means. An electronic album device for displaying. 8. The electronic album device according to claim 1, further comprising: an image processing unit configured to reduce an image captured by the imaging unit, wherein the control unit controls an arbitrary film cartridge. An electronic album apparatus wherein, in response to an image index display request, all the images on the film are reduced and displayed in a list by the image processing means. 9. The electronic album apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recording means has a replaceable recording medium.