JPH1055015A - Still photographing camera and information read-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a photographer to concentrate on a photographing action and easily confirm a photographing condition after a film is developed by simultaneously recording surrounding voices, the comment of the photographer and the photographing condition at a digital recording part attachably and detachably fitted to a camera. SOLUTION: The digital signal recording part 22 is composed of a memory card 23 using a semiconductor storage element and the control circuit thereof. In the case that the condition of the recording part 22 is set by a switch 28 but both of the photographing condition and a voice signal are recorded, a control signal is transmitted to respective control parts from a control signal generation part 21 when the composition of an object 11 is decided and a shutter button 27 is depressed. Then, a lens group 13, a reflection mirror 14, a shutter 15 and the like are controlled and a stop value, shutter speed and the other photographing conditions are transmitted to the recording part 22. At this time, a digital signal is simultaneously transmitted to the recording part 22 from a voice signal conversion part 26 and recorded on the card 23 together with the photographing conditions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a still photo camera for taking a picture and an information reading device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a still photo camera for recording sound together with an optical image is known, for example, from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-224320. FIG. 6A shows a front part of a conventional still photo camera with sound recording. FIG.
(A) As shown in FIG.
A lens 2, a finder 3, a shutter button 4, a flash 5 and the like are arranged in the same manner as a normal camera (hereinafter, abbreviated as a camera), and a microphone 6 for recording voice and a voice recording unit (not shown). Is provided.

FIG. 6B shows a part of a film used for photographing with the camera 1. In this case, an audio recording area 9 having a magnetic recording layer formed in an area other than the optical image recording area 8 is formed on the film 7.

Although not shown in FIG. 6A, the camera 1 includes an electronic circuit for controlling shutter speed, exposure, flash, etc., an audio processing circuit for processing audio captured from the microphone 6, and a film. A magnetic head for recording sound in the sound recording area 9 and a magnetic head control circuit are provided.

When an optical image is printed on photographic paper using this film, a signal read from the audio recording area 9 is processed at the same time, and a print photograph in which an audio signal is printed on a part of the photographic paper using a bar code or the like is created. . The photograph is inserted into a dedicated reading device so that sound is read from the area where the sound signal is printed.

[0006]

Generally, when a still picture is taken, if the surrounding sounds at the time of taking the picture, the voices of the people, the explanation of the taking situation, etc. can be recorded at the same time, it is more convenient to organize and appreciate the picture at a later date. Can be demonstrated. Furthermore, if shooting conditions such as shutter speed and aperture can be recorded at the same time, it is possible to save the trouble of handwriting and concentrate on shooting. Of course, if a video camera is used, audio and images can be recorded simultaneously, but it is inferior to a still photo camera in terms of resolution and definition when printed on photographic paper.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a still photo camera capable of recording voice and photographing conditions and an apparatus for reading information from a film photographed by the still photo camera.

[0008]

According to the camera of the present invention, an audio signal conversion unit for converting audio into a digital signal;
A control signal generating unit for generating a control signal for controlling the camera, a digital signal recording unit for recording an audio digital signal, a control signal, and the like, and an optical image photographing recording unit for photographing an optical image on a photographic film And a configuration provided with:

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily record the surrounding voice at the time of photographing, the explanation by the photographer himself, the photographing conditions, etc., while focusing on the photographing without removing the hand from the camera.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an audio signal conversion unit for converting audio into a digital signal,
A control signal generating section for generating a control signal for controlling the camera, a digital signal recording section for recording digital signals and control signals, and an optical image photographing recording section for photographing an optical image on a photographic film. , Which can record shooting conditions for controlling the camera simultaneously with audio.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the camera according to the first aspect, a light emitting element for recording a mark for making a correspondence between a photographed optical image and a recording area of a digital signal recording section on a photographic film is provided. The correspondence between an optical image and a recording signal can be easily provided by using an information reading device described later.

The invention according to claim 3 is provided with a means for recording the date, month, day, hour, minute and second as a mark to be attached to a photographic film. is there.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the digital signal recording section comprises a semiconductor memory element and is detachably attached to the camera body. The unit can be stored as it is, and further, regardless of the camera, the photographed and developed film and the digital signal recording unit can be combined with the information reading device described later to easily associate the film with the recorded information. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the digital signal recording section, at least one of a photographing condition such as a shutter speed controlled by a control signal from a control signal generating section, an aperture value, whether or not a flash is turned on, and sound. The recording capacity of the digital signal recording unit can be effectively used by making it possible to select one as appropriate.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the audio signal conversion section has a first microphone attached to the front of the camera and a second microphone attached to the back of the camera. The first audio signal from the microphone and the second audio signal from the second microphone are simultaneously sent to a digital signal recording unit, or the second audio signal is subtracted from the first audio signal to obtain a digital signal recording unit. , Or by subtracting the first audio signal from the second audio signal and transmitting it. Any one of the surrounding audio, the voice of the photographer, and the imaging conditions is recorded alone or in combination. Thus, unnecessary recording can be removed at the time of shooting.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a configuration having a timer for limiting a time for capturing audio into the audio signal conversion unit. Effective use of recording capacity.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a film inserting and holding means for inserting a film photographed and developed by the still photographic camera according to the first aspect, and a digital camera mounted on the still photographic camera at the time of photographing. Digital signal recording section holding means for inserting a signal recording section, optical image reproduction means for reproducing an optical image from the film, mark reading means for reading a mark attached when recording the optical image from the film, Signal processing means for processing a signal output from the mark reading means; information reading means for reading information from a digital signal recording unit using a control signal output from the signal processing means; Means for outputting via a speaker, and means for extracting a character signal such as a shooting condition from the information and displaying it on a monitor screen. A reading apparatus, the or sound around the time of shooting when playing images from developed film on the monitor screen, it is possible to hear the comment by the photographer, and further can confirm the imaging conditions on the screen.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the information reading apparatus according to the eighth aspect, the optical image generating means comprises a solid-state imaging device and a signal processing circuit including a negative / positive inversion circuit. The optical image can be reproduced regardless of whether the photographed film is positive or negative.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mark reading means for reading a mark attached to a photographic print generated from a film photographed by the still photographic camera according to the first aspect, and a mark outputted from the mark reading means. Signal processing means for processing a signal, information reading means for reading information from a digital signal recording section using a control signal output from the signal processing means, and means for extracting an audio signal from the information and outputting it via a speaker And a means for extracting a character signal such as a photographing condition from the information and displaying the character signal on a monitor screen, wherein a photograph print and a digital recording unit are associated with each other, and a voice and a photographing condition are associated with each other. be able to.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a still photo camera according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Denotes a subject, 12 denotes an optical image photographing and recording unit, which comprises a lens group 13 (hereinafter abbreviated as a lens group) including an optical diaphragm, a reflecting mirror 14 for guiding an optical image to a finder (not shown), and a shutter 15. 16 is inserted. Reference numeral 17 denotes a camera control unit for controlling the operation of the camera, a lens group control unit 18 for controlling the lens group 13, a reflector control unit 19 for controlling the reflector 14, a shutter control unit 20 for controlling the shutter, and these control units. And a control signal generating unit 21 for generating a control signal to be sent to the control unit.
Reference numeral 22 denotes a digital signal recording unit, which comprises a memory card 23 using a semiconductor storage element and a control circuit therefor. An audio signal processing unit 24 includes a microphone 25 and an audio signal conversion unit 26. Reference numeral 27 denotes a shutter button for starting photographing, 28 denotes a switch for setting conditions of the digital signal recording unit 22, and only one of a signal from the audio signal processing unit 24 and a signal from the control signal generation unit 21 or Set whether to record both, audio capture time, etc. Note that functions other than those described above that are generally used in a still photo camera are omitted.

The operation of the still photo camera configured as described above will be described below. First, the condition of the digital signal recording unit 22 is set by the switch 28. In the present embodiment, a case where both the photographing condition and the audio signal are recorded will be described. Next, when the composition of the subject 11 is determined and the shutter button 27 is pressed, a control signal is sent from the control signal generation unit 21 to each control unit, and the lens group 1
3, the reflecting mirror 14, the shutter 15, and the like are controlled, and the aperture value, shutter speed, and other photographing conditions are sent to the digital signal recording unit 22. At this time, a digital signal is simultaneously output from the audio signal conversion unit 26 to the digital signal recording unit 2.
2 and is recorded on the memory card 23 together with the photographing conditions.

(Embodiment 2) As described in the first embodiment, the voice and the shooting
3, in order to read out the recorded contents corresponding to the photographed contents later, it is necessary to match the recorded contents with the number of the film that has been photographed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a marker for marking a part of the film. Numeral 29 denotes a light-emitting diode, which is used to encode or encode a mark indicating the position of a storage area of the memory card 23 in which sound and photographing conditions are recorded at the time of photographing on a part of the film 16, and write a digital signal. What is necessary is just to control by the signal from the processing circuit of the recording part 22. The mark may be written in a free area other than the subject recording area for recording the subject on the film 16, or may be written at the end of the subject recording area. Note that the content to be written as the mark may be the shooting date, month, day, hour, minute, and second.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 3 shows an improved audio signal converter of a camera according to Embodiment 1. In this figure, the same parts as those in FIG. In FIG. 3, 25a is a first microphone attached to the front of the camera, 25b is a second microphone attached to the back of the camera, and 30 is the first microphone 2
5a, a second microphone 25b, and an audio selection switch for selecting whether to record at least one or more of photographing conditions or not to record at all.

First, the voice selection switch 30 is operated in advance to select and determine the content to be recorded on the memory card 23.
Next, when the shutter button 27 is pressed, sound is recorded within a preset recording time simultaneously with shooting. By arranging the microphones 25a and 25b separately on the front and the back of the camera in this way, it is possible to record only necessary sounds. That is, it is possible to select and record only the surrounding sound, only the photographer's sound, or both sounds.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are external views of the camera described in the first to third embodiments. FIG. 4A is a front view, and FIG. 4B is a rear view. In FIG. 4, portions corresponding to the portions shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

31 is a camera, 32 is a finder, 10
Is a flash. As shown in FIG. 4B, a digital signal recording unit 22 is provided on the back of the camera 31, into which a memory card 23 with a built-in semiconductor memory element such as a flash memory is detachably inserted. . Before shooting, a memory card 23 having a sufficient storage area capacity is inserted into the digital signal recording unit 22 to start shooting. After photographing, the film is developed, the developed film and the memory card 23 are inserted into the information reading device, and the sound or photographing condition corresponding to the reproduced image may be read.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information reading apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 33 denotes an information reading device, reference numeral 34 denotes a monitor, reference numeral 35 denotes a speaker, reference numeral 36 denotes a solid-state imaging device for reproducing an optical image photographed on a film, reference numeral 37 denotes a video signal processing circuit, and reference numeral 38 denotes a mark recorded on the film. A mark reading circuit for reading, 39 is a mark signal processing circuit for processing a signal from the mark reading circuit 38, 40 is a character display signal processing circuit, 41 is an audio signal processing circuit, 42 is a photographed and developed film, 43 is a film 42 , A mark 44, and a memory card 45, which is a digital signal recording unit.

The operation of the information reading device configured as described above will be described below. First, the photographed and developed film 42 and the memory card 45 in which sound and photographing conditions are recorded at the time of photographing are inserted into predetermined portions of the information reading device 33. The optical image of the subject recording area 43 of the film 42 is read by the solid-state imaging device 36, subjected to signal processing by a video signal processing circuit 37, and the signal is sent to the monitor 34. The mark 44 on the film 42 is read by a mark reading circuit 38, and the signal is sent to a mark signal processing circuit 39.
Sent to The mark signal processing circuit 39 reads predetermined recording contents from the memory card 45 based on the signal.
Among the recorded contents, signals related to character display, such as photographing conditions, are processed by a character display signal processing circuit 40 and output to a monitor 34.
The audio signal is sent to the monitor and displayed on the monitor screen, and a signal related to audio is processed by the audio signal processing circuit 41 and output through the speaker 35.

The shooting date, month, day, hour, minute, and second are recorded as the mark 44 on the film 42, and the shooting date, month, day, hour, minute, and second are also recorded on the memory card 45 side. Other encoded marks or symbolized marks may be used as long as they correspond to the object recording area 43 of the film and the recording position of the memory card 45.
Alternatively, a mark for simply specifying the subject recording area 43 of the film 42 may be provided, and voice and shooting conditions may be recorded together with the mark on the memory card side. Easy handling of cards.

Although the information reading apparatus using the film 42 and the memory card 45 has been described with reference to FIG. 5, the present invention can be similarly applied to a photographic print having a mark printed thereon by changing the means for reading the mark. Voice and shooting conditions can be read from the memory card and displayed or reproduced.

[0032]

As described above, in the still picture camera and the information reading apparatus according to the present invention, the surrounding voice, the comment of the photographer, and the photographing conditions at the time of photographing are simultaneously recorded in the digital recording section detachably attached to the camera. Therefore, the photographer can concentrate on the photographing, and can easily confirm the photographing conditions after developing the photographed film, and also have an advantageous effect that the surrounding atmosphere can be sensed by voice together with the reproduced image of the subject.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a still photo camera according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a marker for adding a mark to a part of a film according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an audio signal conversion unit according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an external view of a camera according to Embodiments 1 to 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information reading device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 (a) is a front view showing a front part of a conventional still photo camera with audio recording. FIG. 6 (b) is a plan view of a main part of a film photographed by the camera.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 12 optical image recording unit 21 control signal generation unit 22 digital signal recording unit 26 audio signal conversion unit

Claims (10)

[Claims] An audio signal conversion unit for converting audio into a digital signal, a control signal generation unit for generating a control signal for controlling a camera, and a digital signal for recording the digital signal, the control signal, and the like A still photographic camera having a recording unit and an optical image photographing recording unit for photographing an optical image on a photographic film. 2. A light-emitting element for recording a mark on a photographic film for associating an optical image with a digital signal recorded on a digital signal recording section in conjunction with recording the optical image. A still photo camera according to claim 1. 3. The still according to claim 2, wherein the mark for associating the optical image recorded in the optical image photographing recording section with the digital signal recorded in the digital signal recording section is photographing year / month / day / hour / minute / second. Photo camera. 4. The still photographic camera according to claim 1, wherein the digital signal recording section is constituted by a semiconductor memory element and is detachably attached to the camera body. 5. A digital signal recording section for recording at least one of a photographing condition such as a shutter speed controlled by a control signal from a control signal generating section, an aperture value, whether or not a flash is turned on, and sound. Claims 1 and 2
Or the still photo camera according to 4. 6. The audio signal conversion unit has a first microphone attached to the front of the camera, a second microphone attached to the back of the camera, and a first microphone from the first microphone.
Whether the second audio signal and the second audio signal from the second microphone are sent to the digital signal recording unit simultaneously, or the second audio signal is subtracted from the first audio signal and sent to the digital signal recording unit. 2. The still picture camera according to claim 1, wherein the first audio signal is subtracted from the second audio signal and transmitted. 7. The still photographic camera according to claim 1, further comprising a timer for limiting a time during which sound is taken into the sound signal conversion unit. 8. A film inserting and holding means for inserting a film photographed and developed by the still photographic camera according to claim 1, and a digital signal for inserting a digital signal recording unit mounted on said still photographic camera at the time of photographing. A signal recording unit holding unit, an optical image reproducing unit that reproduces an optical image from the film, a mark reading unit that reads a mark attached when recording the optical image from the film, and a mark output unit that is output from the mark reading unit. Mark signal processing means for processing the signal, information reading means for reading information from a digital signal recording unit using a control signal output from the mark signal processing means, an audio signal from the information, and a speaker And character display means for extracting a character signal such as a shooting condition from the information and displaying it on a monitor screen. Information reading device. 9. An information reading apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said optical image reproducing means comprises a solid-state imaging device and a signal processing circuit including a negative / positive inverting circuit. 10. A mark reading means for reading a mark attached to a photographic print generated from a film photographed by the still photographic camera according to claim 1, and a mark signal for processing a signal output from said mark reading means. Processing means, information reading means for reading information from a digital signal recording unit using a control signal output from the mark signal processing means, means for extracting an audio signal from the information, and outputting it via a speaker, Means for extracting a character signal such as a photographing condition from information and displaying the character signal on a monitor screen.