JPH10257364A - Digital camera apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital camera apparatus which can fetch text data so as to read them on a monitor, has an electronic album function for responding to various applications as well as enables the transmission/reception of facsimile data. SOLUTION: For a digital camera apparatus with which image-processing is performed by converting image signals provided by picking up the image of object to digital image data and the image after image-processing is displayed on the monitor and stored on a memory card, this apparatus has a TEL jack 13 for connecting a facsimile equipment and a public exchange telephone network and a G3FAX signal-processing circuit 14 for processing facsimile data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a digital camera device which obtains digital image data by imaging a subject.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When photographing text characters with a digital camera device, for example, if a document of A4 size is photographed at the full angle of view, it cannot be read sufficiently on a monitor due to the limitation of the number of CCD pixels. A using a lens
A method of photographing only a part of four sizes is generally used.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional digital camera device. In FIG. 4, 1 is an imaging lens, 2 is a CCD solid-state imaging device, 3 is a CCD driver, 4 is a timing generator, 5 is an AGC circuit, 6 is an A / D converter, 7 is an image processing circuit, and 8 is an LCD monitor. , 9 is an NTSC monitor, 10 is a PC (personal computer) monitor, 11 is a memory card, and 12 is a controller.

[0004] The schematic operation of the digital camera device thus configured will be described. Image light from a subject is incident on a CCD solid-state imaging device 2 via an imaging lens 1. The imaging operation of the CCD solid-state imaging device 2 is controlled by the CCD driver 3. The CCD driver 3 has a CC
A timing pulse necessary for operating the D solid-state imaging device 2 is input from the timing generator 4. The level of an image signal output from the CCD solid-state imaging device 2 is adjusted by an AGC circuit 5 and then converted to digital image data by an A / D converter 6. The image data from the A / D converter 6 is sent to the LCD monitor 8 and the NTS
The data is input to a C monitor 9, a PC monitor 10, and a memory card 11 as a recording medium. Writing and reading to and from the memory card 11 are controlled by the controller 12. The controller 12 receives the vertical synchronization signal VD and the horizontal synchronization signal HD from the timing generator 4 as reference synchronization signals.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional digital camera apparatus, as described above, if all of the A4 size document is taken in at once, it cannot be read sufficiently on the monitor due to the limitation of the number of CCD pixels. There was a problem that. Further, in recent years, facsimile has become a communication means instead of a letter with the spread thereof, but has a problem that it is bulky when storing recording paper as a document. Further, there has been a problem that data such as text data cannot be transmitted to a remote place using only a conventional digital camera device.

This digital camera device is required to be able to capture text data so that it can be read on a monitor, to have an electronic album function that can be used in various applications, and to be able to transmit and receive facsimile data.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital camera device which can capture text data so that it can be read on a monitor, has an electronic album function which can be used for various purposes, and can transmit and receive facsimile data. I do.

[0008]

In order to solve this problem, a digital camera device according to the present invention converts an image signal obtained by imaging a subject into digital image data, performs image processing, and performs image processing. A digital camera device for displaying a subsequent image on a monitor and storing it in a memory card, comprising: a TEL jack for connecting to a facsimile device and a public switched telephone network; and a facsimile signal processing circuit for processing facsimile data. Is provided.

Thus, a digital camera device capable of transmitting and receiving facsimile data is obtained.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an image signal obtained by imaging a subject is converted into digital image data, image processing is performed, and an image after the image processing is monitored. And a TEL jack for connecting to a facsimile apparatus and a public switched telephone network, and a facsimile signal processing circuit for processing facsimile data. And has the effect that facsimile data is transmitted and received by the facsimile signal processing circuit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the facsimile signal processing circuit includes an NCU circuit for controlling communication with a public switched telephone network. The processing circuit has the effect of communicating with the public switched telephone network.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the FAX signal processing circuit has a FAX modem for converting analog data and digital data into digital data and analog data. There is an effect that image data and text data are transmitted to a remote place via the public switched telephone network, and image data and text data are received from the remote place via the public switched telephone network.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the facsimile signal processing circuit has a compression / expansion circuit for compressing / expanding digital data. It has the effect that data is transmitted and received efficiently.

[0014] The invention according to claim 5 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 4.
The invention according to any one of the above, further comprising a memory card section for accommodating a plurality of memory cards, increasing the memory capacity, copying between memories,
This has the effect of facilitating processing such as reduction, rotation, and scrolling.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the fifth aspect, a collection of postcard examples is stored in any one of the plurality of memory cards. Yes, it has the effect of facilitating the creation of New Year's cards.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a digital camera device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 1, an imaging lens 1, a CCD solid-state imaging device 2, a CCD driver 3, a timing generator 4, an AGC circuit 5, an A / D converter 6, an image processing circuit 7, an LCD monitor 8, an NTSC monitor 9, and a PC monitor 10. Since the controller 12 is the same as that shown in FIG. 4, the same reference numerals are given and the description is omitted. 1
1A is a memory card unit composed of n memory cards A1 to An, 13 is a TEL jack for connecting to a facsimile apparatus and a public switched telephone network (PSTN), 14 is a transceiver for transmitting and receiving to and from a facsimile apparatus and a public switched telephone network A G3 FAX signal processing circuit for performing G3 FAX signal processing on G3 facsimile data, an NCU circuit for controlling communication with a public switched telephone network, an analog data, a FAX modem for converting digital data into digital data and analog data, A compression / expansion circuit 17 compresses / expands digital data. As described above, the digital camera device of FIG. 1 includes the TEL jack 13 and the NCU circuit 1
5. By having the FAX modem 16 and the compression / decompression circuit 17, data such as G3 facsimile data can be transmitted and received between the digital camera devices. In FIG. 1, the digital camera device is an LCD monitor 8,
It does not include the NTSC monitor 9 and the PC monitor 10.

The operation of the digital camera device configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a connection diagram showing a connection example of the digital camera device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a connection diagram showing another connection example of the digital camera device of FIG. 2 and 3, reference numeral 18 denotes a public switched telephone network (PSTN), reference numeral 19 denotes a G3 facsimile apparatus (G3 fax apparatus) for transmitting and receiving G3 facsimile data via the public switched telephone network 18, reference numeral 20 denotes the digital camera apparatus of FIG. Reference numeral 21 denotes a monitor for displaying data taken into the digital camera device 21. The monitor 21 is a monitor such as an LCD monitor 8, an NTSC monitor 9, and a PC monitor 10.

First, the receiving operation in the connection of FIG. 2 will be described. When receiving G3 facsimile data from the G3 facsimile apparatus 19 via the TEL jack 13 which is an input / output terminal with the G3 facsimile apparatus 19,
The facsimile data is subjected to G3 FAX signal processing by the G3 FAX signal processing circuit 14, sent to the image processing circuit 7, and stored in the memory card unit 11A. Then, the accumulated G3 facsimile data is output to the monitor 21 at each monitor timing. That is, G3
Data from the facsimile machine 19 is stored in the public switched telephone network 1
This analog data is transmitted through the NCU circuit 15 which performs a public switched telephone network control (PSTN control) such as an incoming call operation and 2-wire to 4-wire conversion.
The data is converted by the AX modem 16 into digital data. The converted digital data is sent by the controller 12
G is input to a compression / expansion circuit 17 for performing expansion processing.
Converted to 3 facsimile data size and processed.
The processed digital G3 facsimile data is stored in the memory card unit 11A via the image processing circuit 7.

The stored digital G3 facsimile data is transferred to the image processing circuit 7 at each monitor timing.
Are output to the LCD monitor 8, the NTSC monitor 9, and the PC monitor 10 in the monitor 21.

Next, the transmission operation in the connection of FIG. 2 will be described. The G3 facsimile data stored in the memory card unit 11A, the image data and the text data imaged by the CCD solid-state imaging device 2 and taken into the memory card unit 11A are taken out via the image processing circuit 7, and are faxed.
It is input to a G3 FAX signal processing circuit 14 for performing signal processing. The digital data is first compressed by a compression / expansion circuit 17 of a G3 FAX signal processing circuit 14, and the compressed digital data is converted by a controller 12 into a facsimile to convert the digital data into analog data.
Input to the modem 16. The analog data from the FAX modem 16 is output from the TEL jack 13 via the NCU circuit 15 which performs a transmission operation and analog processing such as 4-wire to 2-wire conversion.

The transmission / reception operation in the connection shown in FIG. 3 is performed directly through the public switched telephone network 1 without passing through the G3 facsimile machine 19.
8 is different from the operation in FIG. That is, since the data from the G3 facsimile apparatus 19 and the data from the public switched telephone network 18 are the same analog data, and the data transmitted and received via the TEL jack 13 are the same analog data, the digital camera in the connection of FIG. The operation of the device 20 is the same as the case of the connection in FIG. 2, and the description of the operation is omitted.

In this embodiment, the data to be transmitted and received is G3 facsimile data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, G4 facsimile data can be applied.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, TE
Since the G3 FAX signal processing circuit 14 can transmit and receive facsimile data via the L jack 13, the facsimile data can be transmitted and received with a remote place. G
The document is fetched into the facsimile device by using the 3 facsimile device 19 as a scanner, and the fetched document data (text data) is fetched into the digital camera device 20 to be displayed on the monitor 21 or the memory card unit 11.
A. In addition, analog data,
By having the FAX modem 16 for converting digital data into digital data and analog data, image data and text data in the digital camera device 20 can be transmitted to a remote place via the public switched telephone network 18,
Image data and text data from a remote place can be received via the public switched telephone network 18. Further, by having the compression / expansion circuit 17 for compressing / expanding digital data, digital data such as facsimile data can be transmitted and received efficiently. Furthermore, since the memory card is composed of a plurality of memory cards, it is possible to increase the memory capacity, copy between memories, enlarge, reduce, rotate,
Processing such as scrolling can be easily performed. For example, necessary parts can be easily found by displaying a list on a multi-screen in which each part is enlarged and displayed on a monitor. Furthermore, if a collection of postcard examples is stored in any one of the plurality of memory cards, a New Year's card can be easily created.

[0024]

As described above, according to the digital camera device of the present invention, the facsimile data can be transmitted through the TEL jack by providing the TEL jack and the facsimile signal processing circuit for processing the facsimile data.
An advantageous effect that transmission and reception can be performed by the AX signal processing circuit is obtained.

Further, the FAX signal processing circuit has an advantageous effect that communication with the public switched telephone network can be performed by having the NCU circuit for controlling communication with the public switched telephone network.

Further, the facsimile signal processing circuit has a facsimile modem for converting analog data and digital data into digital data and analog data, so that image data and text data in the digital camera device can be transmitted via the public switched telephone network. An advantageous effect is obtained that the image data and the text data can be transmitted to a remote place and the image data and the text data can be received from the remote place via the public switched telephone network.

Further, since the FAX signal processing circuit has a compression / expansion circuit for compressing / expanding digital data, an advantageous effect is obtained that digital data such as facsimile data can be transmitted and received efficiently.

Further, by providing a memory card unit for accommodating a plurality of memory cards, it is possible to easily perform processing such as increase in memory capacity, copying between memories, enlargement / reduction / rotation / scrolling, etc. An advantageous effect is obtained in that a necessary portion can be easily searched by displaying a list on a multi-screen in which each portion is enlarged and displayed on a monitor.

Further, by storing a collection of actual postcards in any one of the plurality of memory cards, it is possible to obtain an advantageous effect that the creation of a New Year's card can be facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a digital camera device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a connection diagram showing a connection example of the digital camera device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a connection diagram showing another connection example of the digital camera device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional digital camera device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 imaging lens 2 CCD solid-state imaging device 3 CCD driver 4 timing generator 5 AGC circuit 6 A / D converter 7 image processing circuit 8 LCD monitor 9 NTSC monitor 10 PC monitor 11A memory card unit 12 controller 13 TEL jack 14 G3 FAX signal processing Circuit 15 NCU circuit 16 FAX modem 17 Compression / expansion circuit 18 Public switched telephone network (PSTN) 19 G3 facsimile device (G3 FAX device) 20 Digital camera device 21 Monitor A1-An Memory card

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FI H04N 1/32 H04N 1/32 Z 1/387 1/387 5/907 5/907 B

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A digital camera device which converts an image signal obtained by imaging a subject into digital image data, performs image processing, displays an image after the image processing on a monitor, and stores the image in a memory card. A digital camera device having a TEL jack for connecting to a facsimile apparatus and a public switched telephone network, and a facsimile signal processing circuit for processing facsimile data. 2. The digital camera device according to claim 1, wherein said facsimile signal processing circuit has an NCU circuit for controlling communication with a public switched telephone network. 3. The digital camera device according to claim 2, wherein said FAX signal processing circuit has a FAX modem for converting analog data and digital data into digital data and analog data. 4. The digital camera device according to claim 3, wherein said FAX signal processing circuit has a compression / expansion circuit for compressing / expanding digital data. 5. The digital camera device according to claim 1, further comprising a memory card unit for storing a plurality of memory cards. 6. The digital camera device according to claim 5, wherein an example collection of postcards is stored in one of the plurality of memory cards.