JPH11177912A - Image pickup device with printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the generation of a defective print due to the stop of printing operation by a photography instruction at optional time in printing operation by executing photographing operation after the completion of one scanning for printing at the time of receiving photography instruction in printing operation. SOLUTION: When a shutter button is depressed in printing operation and a switch 35 is closed, a control circuit 26 determines an image pickup condition in parallel with the printing operation. When the shutter button is depressed again and a switch 36 is closed, the circuit 26 communicates with a printer control circuit 20, checks the reading state of information stored in a memory 22 (24) and waits for the completion of one main scanning. After the completion of one main scanning, the printing operation is stopped and photographing operation is executed. Thus the circuit 26 executes image pickup operation during the stop of the printing operation and stores a photographed image in a memory 30. Then the circuit 26 drives a printer engine 18 through the circuit 20 to restart the printer operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image pickup device with a printer, and more particularly, to an image pickup device with a printer in which an electronic still camera and an image printer are integrated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been a demand for viewing a photographic print on the spot where a picture was taken. In response to such a demand, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,709,122, 3,727,529 and 4,
No. 000500, No. 4249811 and No. 421524
And US Pat. No. 3,707,711.
As described in No. 6, a system has been proposed in which an instant camera using a film cartridge or the like and an instant film can view prints within a short time after photographing.

[0003] In these conventional examples, all photographed images are recorded only on the film, and in particular, even if it is intended to obtain a plurality of prints, the only option is to copy the image formed on the film. In addition, the method of preserving the original image is inconvenient as compared with the silver halide film. Furthermore, not all scenes are desired to be printed out on the spot, but it is impossible to select an instant photograph to print out at a later time without printing out on the spot.

As a means for compensating for such a shortcoming of instant photography, there is a camera with a printer which stores image information picked up by electronic image pickup means such as a solid-state image pickup device in a memory and prints out the information arbitrarily. Conceivable. Printers used for printing out color images are generally a fusion type thermal transfer printer, a sublimation type thermal transfer printer, and an ink jet type printer. Among them, the ink jet printer is excellent in running cost, miniaturization, power saving and output speed, and is suitable for use in a camera with a printer which requires portability.

A camera with a printer is disclosed in US Pat.
JP-A-07-32424 and JP-A-54-136325 describe a camera with a printer that prints out an image captured by a solid-state imaging device or the like. Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 4-200181 describes a camera with a printer that supports several types of ink ribbons and several types of recording paper. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 4-200181 and 4-200182 describe a configuration in which a manual paper is inserted from outside and printed. JP 5
JP-A-64045 and JP-A-4-77183 describe a configuration in which a roll-shaped recording sheet is pulled out and printed.

[0006]

However, in a conventional camera with a printer, operability is complicated by integrating an imaging device for photographing a still image with a printer device for outputting image information to a recording medium such as paper. However, this does not provide a sufficient solution for preventing photographing and print output that the user easily intends, such as prevention of image formation and apparatus configuration and cost.

In this type of camera with a printer that requires portability, separate operations of photographing and printing must be performed efficiently. For example, suppose that the user wants the next shooting while printing out certain image information. In such a situation, it is not preferable that the photographing can be performed only after all the printing operations are accommodated, because an important photographing chance is missed.
Therefore, in such a situation, it is conceivable to forcibly stop the printing operation. However, if the printing operation is stopped at an arbitrary position during the printing operation,
When the printing operation is restarted, the recording paper or the print head may be slightly shifted, the printing position may be shifted, and a discontinuous portion may be generated in the printed image.

In general, in a printer device used in connection with a personal computer or the like, if the printing operation is to be stopped on the personal computer side for some reason, the printing operation is performed at a well-separated portion in printing (printing). Is to be stopped. And
When the user instructs to resume printing, the printer device resumes the subsequent printing operation.

Applying such a function to an image pickup apparatus with a printer is effective in preventing the above-described image shift. However, in the case of an image pickup apparatus, each time the user performs a print stop operation, the photographing is performed. In this case, the operability is too bad, and a shutter chance is missed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an image pickup apparatus with a printer that can immediately take a photograph during a printing operation and that does not cause a problem such as a deviation in a printed image. I do.

[0011]

An image pickup apparatus with a printer according to the present invention converts an optical image of a field into an image signal and prints out the image signal picked up by the image pickup apparatus on a recording sheet. An image pickup device with a printer, comprising: a printer device, wherein the printer device is configured to perform a plurality of scans to form one image, A control unit that controls the imaging device and the printer device so as to wait for the completion of one scan of the device, temporarily stop the printing operation, execute shooting, and restart the printing operation after the shooting is completed. Features. As a result, the photographing is executed after the completion of one unit of the printing operation, so that even if the printing operation is restarted, the printing position is not shifted.

[0012] The image pickup device with a printer according to the present invention further comprises an image pickup device for converting an optical image of a field into an image signal, and a printer device for printing out an image signal picked up by the image pickup device on recording paper. An image pickup apparatus with a printer, a power supply voltage detecting means for detecting a state of a power supply, an information storage means for storing information of print output,
In response to a warning unit and a shooting instruction during the printing operation, the printing operation is suspended after one scan of the printer device is completed, the shooting is performed, and after the shooting is completed, the imaging operation is restarted. A control unit for controlling the printer and the printer, wherein the control unit determines whether the power required for the remaining printing operation is insufficient based on the detection result of the power supply voltage detection unit and the information of the information storage unit. It is characterized in that a predetermined warning is output by the warning means when it is determined that there is a shortage. This allows
It is possible to check in advance whether there is power required to complete the printing operation.

An image pickup apparatus with a printer according to the present invention is a printer comprising: an image pickup apparatus for converting an optical image of a field into an image signal; and a printer apparatus for printing out an image signal picked up by the image pickup apparatus on recording paper. An imaging device with a printer, wherein the printer device is configured to perform a plurality of scans to form one image, and is required for shooting in response to a shooting instruction during a printing operation. Detecting the photographing information is executed in parallel with the printing operation, the printing operation is temporarily stopped after one scanning of the printer device is completed, the photographing is executed, and after the photographing is completed, the imaging device and the imaging device are restarted. It is characterized by comprising control means for controlling the printer device.

Since the photographing conditions (for example, exposure and subject distance) are determined during the printing operation, photographing can be executed immediately after one scan of the printer device is completed. Therefore, the time lag until actual photographing is minimized. it can.

When a photographing operation is performed during a print operation, the photographed image information is displayed for a predetermined time, and then the display is switched to the image being printed so that the photographed image and the print operation can be performed. You can visually check the resumed image.

There are a print priority mode in which the print operation is prioritized, and a photographing priority mode in which the photographing operation is prioritized. By controlling the printer device, photographing and printing operations can be selected by the user.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 10 denotes a camera, which includes an imaging circuit 12 and an imaging control circuit 14. 16 is a printer device,
It comprises a printer engine 18, a printer control circuit 20, and memories 22,24. Reference numeral 26 denotes a control circuit for controlling the whole, and includes a display device 28, a memory 30, a photographing mode setting device 32, a print mode setting device 34, a shutter
A switch 35 that is closed in the middle of the release, a switch 36 that is closed in the final stage of the shutter release, and a print switch 38 that instructs execution of printing are connected.

FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show operation flowcharts of the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view mainly showing the internal structure of the printer device 16. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a central cross-sectional structure of the present embodiment.

When the photographer turns on the power switch 40 (S1), the control circuit 26 determines whether three days or more (72 hours or more) have elapsed since the previous power-off (S1).
2). If three days have elapsed (S2), the control circuit 2
6 instructs a recovery control pumping to the printer control circuit 20 which controls the printer device 16 (S3). Recovery pumping refers to an operation of cleaning the recording head by means of a suction pump or the like before performing recording on paper in an ink jet recording type printer device.
As a guide for this cleaning, in this embodiment, the cleaning is performed when the power is turned on when there is an unused period of three days or more.

In actual photographing, the photographer sets a photographing mode using the photographing mode setting device 32 (S4).
In the present embodiment, there are several types of shooting modes such as a normal shooting mode, a portrait mode, and a continuous shooting mode.
By operating the photographer 2, a desired photographing mode is instructed to the control circuit 26. After the photographer adjusts the angle of view with the zoom lever 44 and then pushes (half-presses) the shutter button 46 to the first stroke, the first switch 35 closes (S5). In response, the control circuit 26
Drives the imaging circuit 12 via the imaging control circuit 14,
Various conditions necessary for photographing, such as an exposure control value, a subject distance, and the presence or absence of strobe light emission, are determined (S6).

When the photographer further presses (fully presses) the shutter button 46 to actually execute photographing, the second
The switch 36 is closed (S7). In response to this, the control circuit 26 drives the imaging circuit 12 via the imaging control circuit 14 to drive a lens for focusing, a shutter drive,
The aperture of the stop is controlled, and if necessary, strobe light is emitted (S8), and the image sensor 46 is exposed (S8). The image signal output from the image sensor 46 is stored in the memory 30 after a predetermined process (S9).

Thereafter, the control circuit 26 drives the liquid crystal display panel 50 of the display device 28 to display the image just taken (S10).

Photographing is performed by repeating the above, and photographed images are stored in the memory 30.

If the photographer desires a print output, a print mode is set by the print mode setting device 34 (S11). Specifically, a size setting button 52 for switching between large, medium and small print areas of an image to be printed out, and a print number setting button 54 for designating the number of prints are used. The image information captured in the memory 30 is searched by the image forward button 56 and the image return button 58 while looking at the display image on the liquid crystal display panel 50, and the image information to be printed out is determined. here,
When the print button 60 is pressed, the print switch 38 is pressed.
Is closed, and the control circuit 26 causes the printer device 16 to start the printing operation in response thereto (S12).

First, the printer control circuit 20 performs preliminary ejection at the home position of the recording head 62 to eliminate clogging of the recording head 62 (S13). Next, the printer control circuit 20 applies image processing for print output to the image information stored in the memory 30 and designated for printout, and then outputs the image data to the printer engine 18.
To fix the image on the recording paper 64 (S14).
The printer engine 18 includes a printed recording paper 64a.
Is supplied to a predetermined position, the recording paper is cut off from the unrecorded recording paper 64 from the recording paper roll 66 (S15). As will be described in detail later, the recording head 62 moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the recording paper 64 is fed, and prints a predetermined number of lines at a time.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a printing procedure on recording paper. It is assumed that the recording paper 64 is fed in the K direction, and the image G is printed thereon. The image G has H pixels in the width direction and N pixels in the length direction. The printer 16 prints n pixels at a time in the length direction. The horizontal main scan is k
By repeating (= N / n) times, printing of one image is completed.

The control circuit 26 alternately divides image information for one scan (SS1, SS2,...) From one image information and sends it to the memories 22 and 24 connected to the printer control circuit 20. I do. For example, when the printer engine 18 is printing an image stored in the memory 22 (for example, SS1), the control circuit 26 stores the image information (SS2) for the next scan in the memory 24. When printing of the image stored in the memory 22 is completed, the printer engine 18 prints out the image (SS2) stored in the memory 24 next.

As described above, the two memories 22 and 24 are alternately used for writing and reading. Accordingly, each of the memories 22 and 24 has a storage capacity capable of storing n × H pixel information.

Here, the following situation is assumed. Suppose you want to take a picture while performing a print operation.

When the shutter button 46 is depressed during the printing operation and the switch 35 is closed (S16), the control circuit 26 executes the imaging conditions (exposure value, subject distance, etc.) as described above in parallel with the printing operation. Is determined (S1).
7). The determination of the exposure value and the distance measurement for the imaging operation can be performed regardless of the printing operation.
Time loss until actual shooting can be minimized.

When the shutter button 46 is further depressed and the switch 36 is closed (S18), the control circuit 26
Communicates with the printer control circuit 20 and communicates with the memory 22 or 2
Then, the reading status of the information stored in No. 4 is confirmed, and the completion of one main scan is waited (S19). When one main scan is completed (S19), the printing operation is stopped (S20), and the photographing operation is executed (S21). Since the printing operation is temporarily stopped after the completion of the main scanning, the printing operation can be restarted from the start position of the next main scanning, so that print unevenness does not occur.

The control circuit 26 performs the same imaging operation as described above while the printing operation is stopped, and stores the captured image in the memory 3.
0 is stored (S22). After storing the captured image in the memory 30 (S22), the control circuit 26 drives the printer engine 18 via the printer control circuit 20 to restart the printing operation (S23). The image newly stored in the memory 30 is displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel 50 for only a few seconds (S24). This allows the photographer
You can visually check the actual shooting content. Thereafter, the temporarily interrupted image being printed is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 50, and the photographer is reconfirmed that the image is being printed.

Referring to FIG. 4, the structure of the paper feed and head moving mechanism of the printer device 16 of this embodiment will be briefly described. The carriage 70 has a pin (not shown) that engages with a spiral groove 82 of a lead screw 80 that rotates via driving force transmission gears 74, 76, 78 in conjunction with forward and reverse rotation of a driving motor 72. It is moved in the direction of arrow a or b by the rotation of the drive motor 72. The carriage 70 has a recording head (ink-jet head cartridge) 62.
Is attached. Reference numeral 84 denotes a guide rod that is arranged along the moving direction of the carriage 70 and guides the carriage 70.

Reference numeral 86 denotes a paper pressing plate,
And presses the recording paper 64 against the platen 88 in the moving direction of the recording paper. Reference numerals 90 and 92 denote a light emitting element and a light receiving element which constitute a photocoupler. The carriage 70 is at a position where the lever 94 blocks an optical path between the light emitting element 90 and the light receiving element 92 at the home position. The printer control circuit 20 determines that the lever 94 has the light emitting element 90 and the light receiving element 92.
When the optical path is interrupted, the rotation direction of the motor 72 is reversed. The photocoupler including the light emitting element 90 and the light receiving element 92 functions as a home position detecting unit.

Reference numeral 95 denotes a cap member that conceals the ink ejection surface of the recording head 62 at the standby position, 96 denotes a support member that supports the cap member 95, and 98 denotes an inner portion when the ink ejection surface of the recording head is concealed by the cap member 95. This is a suction member that sucks the space, and performs suction recovery of the recording head 62 through the opening 100 in the cap.

Reference numeral 102 denotes a cleaning blade, 104 denotes a holding member for holding the cleaning blade 102 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and 106 denotes the cleaning blade 1.
02 and a main body support plate that supports the holding member. It goes without saying that other types of cleaning means may be used instead of the illustrated cleaning blade 102.

Reference numeral 108 denotes a suction start lever for starting suction for recovery from suction, and comes into contact with one surface 98a of the suction member 98. The suction start lever 108 moves with the movement of the cam 110 engaged with the carriage 70. The driving force for the movement is the output of the driving motor 72, and the suction start lever 10 is transmitted through a known transmission means such as clutch switching.
8 is transmitted.

The capping, cleaning, and suction recovery are configured such that when the carriage 70 is located at a predetermined position in the home position side area, desired processing is executed at the corresponding position by the action of the lead screw 80. Have been. Since the configuration and function are well known and do not directly relate to the features of the present embodiment, detailed description will be omitted.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view showing a central cross section of this embodiment. The camera section is a collapsible two-stage barrel 120,
122, in which lens units 124 and 126 of the photographing optical system are arranged. Reference numeral 128 denotes an aperture unit that regulates a photographing light beam and controls an exposure amount, and is disposed in the lens barrel 120. 130 is a lens barrel 122
, And is engaged with the cam projection 122 a of the lens barrel 122. Helicoid member 130
Is driven by a helicoid drive motor (not shown). The light beam that has passed through the lens units 124 and 126 and the aperture unit 128 forms an image on the solid-state imaging device 48. The aperture unit 128 is driven by feedback control so as to appropriately maintain the exposure amount of the solid-state imaging device 48.

Reference numeral 132 denotes lenses 132a, 132b, 132c, 132d, 132e constituting a finder optical system.
Is a finder comprising: Lens 132b, 132
c and 132d move in conjunction with the angle-of-view adjustment (zoom operation) of the photographing optical system so that the angle of view of the finder optical system becomes substantially the same as the angle of view of the photographing optical system. This type of optical finder is more advantageous in terms of power consumption than using the liquid crystal display panel 50 as a finder monitor.

The image signal output from the image sensor 48 is
The image data is processed by the image processing circuit mounted on the image processing board 134 and the printer control circuit 2 of the printer control board 136 is processed.
0 is applied to the recording head 62. The printer control circuit 20 also controls the position of the recording head 62 at the same time.

When the print button 60 is pressed, a printing operation is started, and the recording paper 64 pulled out from the recording paper roll 66 is pulled out around the platen 88 and printed by the recording head 62. Reference numeral 138 denotes a paper cutter formed by an outer cover.
4a is used to cut off the unprinted recording paper 64. 140 is a power supply.

The printer device 16 of this embodiment is an ink jet recording type printer device that generates air bubbles in ink nozzles by an electrothermal converter or laser light or the like to discharge ink, and for monochrome printing. And bazu,
Widely used and widely used for color applications. Its typical configuration and principle are described, for example, in US Pat.
No. 129 and No. 4,740,796. This method, particularly in the case of an on-demand type, corresponds to information to be recorded on an electrothermal transducer arranged with respect to a sheet or a liquid passage holding ink (liquid) and has a nucleate boiling. By applying at least one drive signal that provides a rapid rise in temperature, the thermal energy is generated in the electrothermal transducer, causing film heating on the heat-acting surface of the recording head. As a result, air bubbles are formed in the ink (liquid) in one-to-one correspondence with the drive signals. Due to the growth and contraction of the bubble, ink (liquid) is ejected from the ejection opening as one droplet.

When the driving signal is formed into a pulse shape, the growth and shrinkage of the bubbles are immediately and appropriately performed, so that the ink ejection with particularly excellent responsiveness can be achieved. This pulse-shaped drive signal is specifically described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,463,359 and 4,345,262.
The rate of temperature rise of the heat acting surface is described in US Pat.
If the conditions described in the specification of JP-A No. 13124 are adopted, more excellent recording can be performed.

The configuration of the recording head is not limited to the combination of a discharge port, a liquid path and an electrothermal converter (a linear liquid path or a right-angle liquid flow path) as disclosed in the above-mentioned US patents. Alternatively, a configuration using U.S. Pat. No. 4,558,333 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,459,600, which disclose a configuration in which a heat acting portion is arranged in a bending region, may be used.

In addition, JP-A-59-123670 describes a configuration in which a slit common to a plurality of electrothermal transducers is used as a discharge portion of the electrothermal transducer, and a pressure wave of thermal energy is absorbed. A configuration based on JP-A-59-138461, which describes a configuration in which an opening to be made corresponds to a discharge portion, is also useful.

As a full-line type recording head having a length corresponding to the maximum recording paper width that can be printed by the printer device 16, a combination of a plurality of recording heads disclosed in the above-mentioned documents and an integrated recording head can be used. Any of the configurations as one recording head formed in the first embodiment may be used. The recording head 62 is a replaceable chip tank type recording head that enables electrical connection with the printer apparatus main body and supply of ink from the printer main body when mounted. A recording head may be used. The addition of preliminary auxiliary means and the like in addition to the recovery means of the recording head 62 serves for recovery and maintenance of the printer function.

That is, capping means for the recording head 62, cleaning means, pressurizing or sucking means, preheating means using an electrothermal transducer or another heating element or a combination thereof, and discharging separately from printing. Providing a pre-ejection means for performing is useful for recovery and maintenance of the printer function.

FIG. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention. The same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. This embodiment has a function of restarting the printing operation and checking whether the printing operation can be performed reliably when the shooting operation is performed during printing. 1
42 is a power supply voltage detection circuit, 144 is a warning device, 146 is a print information storage device, and 148 is a control circuit replacing the control circuit 26. The control circuit 148 has the following functions in addition to the functions of the control circuit 26.

FIGS. 8 to 10 show operation flowcharts of a modified portion of the embodiment shown in FIG. From preparation for shooting,
Until the photographing is performed and the photographed image is displayed, it is the same as the embodiment shown in FIG.

First, the user sets the print size and the number of prints (S31). Thereafter, when the user presses the print button 60, the control circuit 148 starts the printing operation in response to this (S32). At this time, the control circuit 148 detects the remaining amount of the power supply battery by the power supply voltage detection device 142, and checks whether or not the printing operation can be performed under the specified conditions (number of sheets and size) (S3).
3). For example, the power consumption per sheet is obtained in advance as an experimental coefficient, and it is determined whether the specified number of sheets can be printed. Of course, other methods may be used. When power shortage is predicted (S33), a predetermined warning is displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display panel 50 by the warning device 144 (S3).
4) Forcibly disable the printing operation and prompt the user to restore the power supply (replace the battery).

If it is determined that the printing operation is possible by checking the power supply voltage (S33), the preliminary ejection is performed (S35), as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and then the printing operation is executed (S36). If the shutter button 46 is not pressed during execution of this print (S37),
The printing is completed and the sheet is ejected, and the series of printing sequence ends (S38).

When the user wants to take a picture again during the printing operation, the user presses the shutter button 46 and presses the switch 3.
5 is closed (S37), the control circuit 148 again executes
The power supply voltage is checked (S39). This is because it is necessary to consider the power required for the shooting operation, and if the power supply is not checked before shooting, for example, a power shortage occurs in the middle of the last one, and This is because printing may not be obtained.

The control circuit 148 includes the power supply voltage detector 14
2, the power supply voltage is measured again, and the designated print operation is performed even if a shooting operation is added from the remaining number of prints stored in the print information storage device 146 and the power supply voltage information measured first. It is guessed whether all can be completed, and if it is determined that it is impossible, the warning device 14
A predetermined warning is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 50 by 4 (S40). This warning is continued until the shutter button 46 is released (S42). When the shutter button 46 is released (S42), the printing operation is continued (S43). The warning is displayed even during printing,
After printing, the user is prompted to replace the battery without forgetting (S44).

As an optional mode, when a warning of insufficient power supply voltage is displayed during shooting during printing,
There is provided a photographing priority mode in which the printing operation is interrupted at the end of the main scanning and the photographing operation can be executed. The user
In response to the warning display (S40), the shooting mode setting device 32
Can select this option mode (S4
1). Thus, in the case of important photographing, photographing can be prioritized over printing.

When the photographing priority mode is selected (S4
1) The control circuit 148 waits for the completion of one scan of the printer device 16 to execute shooting, and stores the shot image in the memory 30 (S54 to S59), similarly to S17 to S22. Since the printing operation is being performed, the warning device 144 is issued.
Is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 50 to prompt the user to replace the battery (S60).

On the other hand, when the power supply voltage is sufficient even if the photographing operation is applied (S39), S17 to S24, S
As in the case of 15, the completion of one scan of the printer device 16 is executed to execute photographing, the photographed image is stored in the memory 30, and the printing operation is restarted (S45 to S53).

[0059]

As can be easily understood from the above description, the present invention has the following effects. That is, in response to a photographing instruction during the printing operation, the photographing operation is performed after the completion of one scan of the printing. Therefore, the photographing instruction can be given at any time during the printing operation, and the printing operation during the printing operation can be performed. Can be prevented from being defective.

When photographing is to be performed while the printing operation is interrupted, the power supply state is checked in consideration of the power consumption by the photographing operation, and a warning is issued. Therefore, the possibility of a printing failure due to insufficient power after the printing operation is resumed can be reduced.

By executing the preparatory processing for the photographing operation during printing, the photographing operation can be performed immediately after the print operation is stopped, and a shutter chance is enhanced.

By displaying the image photographed during printing for a predetermined time, the photographed image can be confirmed and the printed image can be confirmed again.

Since the print priority and the photographing priority can be selected for the photographing during the printing operation, it is possible to prevent the print output from being defective while obtaining the result according to the user's desire.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a part of a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a part of a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the appearance of the first embodiment and a mechanism of the printer device 16;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a central cross section of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a printing operation of the printer device 16;

FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a part of a flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a part of a flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a part of a flowchart of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Camera 12: Imaging circuit 14: Imaging control circuit 16: Printer device 18: Printer engine 20: Printer control circuit 22, 24: Memory 26: Control circuit 28: Display device 30: Memory 32: Shooting mode setting device 34: Print mode setting device 35: Switch 36: Switch 38: Print switch 40: Power switch 42: Mode switch 44: Zoom lever 46: Shutter button 48: Image sensor 50: Liquid crystal display panel 52: Size setting button 54: Print Number setting button 56: Image feed button 58: Image return button 60: Print button 62: Recording head 64: Recording paper 64a: Printed recording paper 66: Recording paper roll 70: Carriage 72; Drive motors 74, 76, 78: Driving force transmission gear 80: D screw 82: spiral groove 84: guide rod 86: paper holding plate 88: platen 90: light emitting element 92: light receiving element 94: lever 95: cap member 96: cap member supporting member 98: suction member 100: opening in the cap 102: Cleaning blade 104: holding member 106: main body support plate 108: suction start lever 110: cam 120, 122: lens barrel 122a: cam projection 124, 126: lens unit 128: aperture unit 130: helicoid member 132: finder 132a , 132b, 132c, 132d, 132e:
Lens 134: Image processing board 136: Printer control board 138: Paper cutter 140: Power supply 142: Power supply voltage detection circuit 144: Warning device 146: Print information storage device 148: Control circuit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An image pickup device with a printer, comprising: an image pickup device for converting an optical image of an object scene into an image signal; and a printer device for printing out an image signal picked up by the image pickup device on recording paper. The printer device is configured to perform a plurality of scans to form one image, and in response to a photographing instruction during the print operation, waits for completion of one scan of the printer device, and temporarily stops the print operation. An imaging device with a printer, comprising: a control unit that controls the imaging device and the printer device to stop, execute imaging, and restart a printing operation after the imaging is completed. 2. An image pickup apparatus with a printer, comprising: an image pickup apparatus for converting an optical image of a field into an image signal; and a printer apparatus for printing out an image signal picked up by the image pickup apparatus on recording paper. Power supply voltage detecting means for detecting the state of the printer, information storing means for storing print output information, warning means, and a printing operation in response to a photographing instruction during the printing operation, after one scanning of the printer device is completed. A control unit for controlling the imaging device and the printer device so as to temporarily stop and execute photographing, and to resume a printing operation after photographing is completed, wherein the control unit detects the power supply voltage detection unit. Based on the result and the information in the information storage unit, it is determined whether the power required for the remaining print operation is insufficient. Printer with imaging device and outputs a warning. 3. An image pickup device with a printer, comprising: an image pickup device for converting an optical image of an object scene into an image signal; and a printer device for printing out an image signal picked up by the image pickup device on recording paper. The printer device is configured to perform a plurality of scans to form one image, and in response to a shooting instruction during a printing operation, detection of shooting information necessary for shooting is defined as a printing operation. Run in parallel,
The image forming apparatus further includes a control unit that controls the image capturing apparatus and the printer apparatus so as to suspend a print operation after completion of one scan of the printer apparatus, perform photographing, and restart the print operation after photographing is completed. Characteristic photographing device with printer. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when a photographing operation is performed during the printing operation, the photographed image information is displayed for a predetermined time, and then the display is switched to the image being printed. An imaging device with a printer as described in the above. 5. The control means has a print priority mode in which a print operation is prioritized and a photographing priority mode in which a photographing operation is prioritized, and a selection state of the print priority mode and the photographing priority mode in response to a photographing instruction during the print operation. And controlling the image capturing device and the printer device in accordance with the conditions.
The photographing device with a printer according to any one of claims 1 to 4.