JPH1188747A - Photographing device, printer device and photographing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability of devices. SOLUTION: An image which is previously photographed is displayed on the left of an electronic view finder (S10). The image which is photographed at present is displayed on the right (S11) and they are photographed (S12-S15). Data of both images are stored in a memory (S16). A panoramic photograph where joints continue can easily be obtained without executing work for cutting/ sticking after printing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called electronic camera.

[0002]

[Prior art]

(Conventional Example 1) There has been a demand for viewing a photographic print on the spot where a photograph was taken. These are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,709,122, 3,727,529, 4,000,500, 4,249,811 and 4,212,524. And a system in which prints can be viewed in a short time after photographing using an instant camera and an instant film such as a film cartridge described in US Pat. No. 3,707,116.

[0003] However, the above-mentioned conventional apparatus has the following problems.

[0004] All images at the moment of photographing are recorded only on an instant film, and cannot be left on a high-quality recording medium with excellent preservability represented by a silver halide film and the like. In particular, even if a plurality of prints are to be obtained, the user must copy the image formed on the instant film, and the method of storing the original image is more inconvenient than a silver halide film or the like.

[0005] Not all shooting scenes need to be printed out on the spot. However, instant photos cannot be printed out on the spot but printed out later.

As a method of compensating for such a problem of the instant photograph, image information picked up by a solid-state image pickup device is fetched into a memory at a timing substantially equivalent to, for example, exposure to a silver halide film, and is arbitrarily printed out. Such a camera with a printer can be considered.

[0007] Printers used to print out such color image information generally include: a. Fusing type thermal transfer printer b. Sublimation type thermal transfer printer c. An inkjet printer is suitable.

[0008] Among them, the ink jet printer is
It is excellent in running cost, miniaturization, power saving, output speed, etc., and is very effective as a camera with a printer that requires portability.

[0009] One example of these is disclosed in US Pat.
In the apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 4,324, JP-A-54-136325, etc., there is disclosed a camera with a printer for printing out information electrically imaged by a solid-state image sensor or the like.

(Conventional example 2) Conventionally, silver halide film or the like is used for an event such as an athletic meet or a school festival while shooting using a video camera for recording a moving image on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape. There is a voice that a still camera that records a still image by using the camera wants to take a picture.

There is also a voice saying that it is troublesome to carry both a video camera and a still camera separately for carrying on a trip or the like, and a video camera with a still camera integrated with a video camera and a still camera has been answered. Various ideas have been devised.

For example, in US Pat. No. 3,546,375, a movable mirror is arranged in the optical path of an objective lens for photographing, and the position of the movable mirror is selectively switched, so that the movable mirror is stationary on a different recording medium. An image and a moving image that can be recorded are disclosed.

Alternatively, a published utility model 57-7644
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4 (2004) -175 discloses a video camera body in which an optical photographing unit for photographing on a silver halide film is provided integrally or separately and detachably attached to the body.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 1-185533 discloses a camera with a confirmation function, which is provided in a compound camera and displays on a monitor an image signal from a photoelectric conversion image sensor corresponding to an image formed on a silver halide film. is suggesting.

(Conventional Example 3) Conventionally, in a photographing apparatus such as a video camera, an electronic viewfinder for confirming a recording state and viewing a reproduced image is provided. Many of such electronic viewfinders are configured to be rotatable at an angle different from the direction of the photographing device in accordance with the photographing style of the photographer. Generally, in order to compensate for the fact that the position of the face of the photographer is higher than the height of the photographing optical system of the photographing apparatus, there are many electronic viewfinders that can be rotated above the photographing apparatus. Also, in recent years, there is a case in which an electronic viewfinder is rotatable below the photographing device so that the photographing state can be checked even when the photographing device is lifted from the position of the photographer's face when photographing from behind a crowd. .

A photographing apparatus having such a rotatable electronic viewfinder is generally superior in a variety of photographing styles to a silver halide still camera or the like having an optical viewfinder.

(Conventional Example 4) There has conventionally been a desire to view a photographic print on the spot where a photograph was taken. In contrast, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,709,122 and 3,727,52.
No. 9, No. 4,000,500, No. 4,249,811
No. 4,212,524, etc., and a so-called instant camera such as a film cartridge described in U.S. Pat. A system is disclosed.

However, the above-mentioned conventional apparatus has the following problems.

All images at the moment of photographing are recorded only on the instant film. In particular, even if it is intended to obtain a plurality of prints, it is necessary to copy the image formed on the instant film, and to copy the original image. The preservation method and the like are inconvenient as compared with silver halide films and the like.

Not all shooting scenes need to be printed out on the spot. However, instant photos cannot be printed out on the spot but printed out later.

As a method of compensating for such a problem of the instant photograph, a camera with a printer in which image information taken by a solid-state image pickup device is taken into a memory and printed out arbitrarily can be considered.

Printers used to print out such color image information generally include: a. Fusing type thermal transfer printer b. Sublimation type thermal transfer printer c. An inkjet printer is suitable.

Among them, an ink jet printer is
It is excellent in running cost, miniaturization, power saving, output speed, etc., and is very effective as a camera with a printer that requires portability.

On the other hand, the apparatus described in US Pat. No. 4,074,324, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-136325, etc. has a printer for printing out information that is electrically imaged by a solid-state image sensor or the like. A camera is disclosed. In addition, a camera with a built-in printer capable of loading several types of ink ribbons and several types of recording paper in the apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 4-200181 is disclosed.

[0025]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] (Problem 1) However, in the above-mentioned prior art example 1, operability due to the integrated construction of a device for photographing a still image and a printer for outputting image information to a medium such as paper. It does not provide a sufficient solution for preventing the image from becoming complicated, and for taking the photographing and printout that the user easily intends, such as the configuration and cost of the apparatus.

In recent years, a so-called panoramic print, in which a wide print is obtained by stretching a part of a film frame photographed as one of prints using a silver halide film, has become widespread. According to this, a relatively inexpensive and greatly enlarged print can be obtained, and in addition to the freshness of the appearance, the number of ways of enjoying the photograph is increased, which is very effective.

However, in the above-mentioned panoramic print, the width of the camera aperture is set to about 54% in the vertical direction and the aspect ratio is changed from the usual 2: 3 to about 1: 3 to give a pseudo wide feeling. It has become. Therefore, when the photographing lens is not changed to the wide-angle side, the range in the lateral direction in which photographing can be performed is the same as that of a normal print.

Therefore, when it is desired to take a very large angle in the horizontal direction, which is originally called a panoramic photograph, a plurality of images are taken, and the edges of the print are cut and pasted later to produce a horizontally long print. . When performing such photographing, unless the target object on the edge of the photographing frame on both sides is properly placed in the composition, the print will not be successfully connected later.

In order to solve such a problem, US Pat.
The apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 38,460 solves the problem of photographing by displaying joints of an already photographed image and a new image at the same time so as to be continuous, which is very effective.

However, in general, when a silver halide film is subjected to a printing process, the area printed on the entire film frame is about 90%, and the view ratio of the finder device including the image pickup unit to the film is 80% to 80%. In many cases, it was about 90%, and it was necessary to connect a plurality of completed prints by hand after all.

(Problem 2) In the above-mentioned conventional example 2, the operability is prevented from becoming complicated due to the fact that an apparatus that originally handles moving images and still images separately is integrally configured, and the user simply intends. It did not provide a solution that was sufficient to be able to shoot.

Here, the conventional video camera with a still camera has two trigger buttons for starting and stopping moving image shooting and a shutter button for shooting still images. In the composite camera disclosed in JP-A-63-261336, a trigger button for recording a moving image and a shutter button for recording a still image are individually arranged on different surfaces of the apparatus.

This has the effect that the start / stop operation of moving image shooting and the operation of starting still image shooting are performed by different fingers of the photographer, so that it is difficult to make mistakes.

The apparatus having the trigger button and the shutter button arranged as described above has the following problems. FIG.
Shows an example of a device in which a trigger button and a shutter button are individually arranged on different surfaces of the device.

In this case, the shutter button 6 is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus.
02, a trigger button 601 is provided on the back of the device, and each is pressed by the forefinger and thumb. At this time, it is desirable that an instep belt 604 for fixing the back of the hand to the device is provided on a side surface of the device in order to make it easier to hold the device.

Here, the fixed part of the back of the conventional backrest belt 604 on the back side of the hand is the rotation center axis 6 of the back lid 603 of the still camera part.
Since it is located on the side of the main body in a position to avoid 03-a, it has the following problem.

The instep belt 5 is inserted between the thumb pressing the trigger button 601 and the index finger pressing the shutter button 602.
Although the belt part of No. 04 comes out, the position of the instep is regulated by the position of the exit of the belt part. Therefore, when the finger of one hand is put on one of the buttons, many people have difficulty performing the other operation.

When the back cover 603 of the still camera section is opened, the back cover 603 hits the backrest belt 604. If the backrest belt 604 is sandwiched, the back cover 603 does not open to a predetermined position. If an attempt is made to change the film in such a state, the back lid 603 will be in the way and the workability will be significantly reduced.

(Problem 3) In the above-mentioned conventional example 3, the electronic viewfinder is held and made rotatable, and the electronic viewfinder has a friction mechanism or a click mechanism so that the electronic viewfinder can be stopped at an arbitrary rotation angle. Things are desirable.

Conventionally, there are many methods as described below for realizing this.

By tightening the vicinity of the pivoted center with a screw or the like, a frictional force is generated to enable fixing at an arbitrary position.

It is rotated using a link mechanism such as a parallel ring.

The above and the above are combined.

However, in each case, there were the following problems.

A. As described above, when a frictional force is obtained by tightening the rotating member and the fixed member at or near the center of rotation with a screw or the like, it is necessary to strictly control the tightening force of the screw. The electronic viewfinder, which should rotate when tightened a little, is so heavy that it does not move, and is tightened loosely, or if the screw gradually loosens during use, the frictional force decreases and conversely it will not stop at any position I do.

B. The use of composite parts such as links not only complicates the mechanism and increases costs, but also
The whole configuration becomes large and heavy.

C. In both cases, if the electronic viewfinder has a configuration that is suitable for the photographing device without considering the design uniformity, etc., for example, the link and the holding member may be changed. It may be on the outside. If the electronic viewfinder is provided on the side of the photographing device, the friction method is also an effective method.

However, when the electronic viewfinder is designed integrally with the photographing apparatus, it is not preferable that such links and holding members appear on the exterior. If the structure of the hinge portion is not made as small as possible, the size of the structure eventually becomes large. However, it is not suitable for miniaturization and weight reduction, particularly when a structure using a plurality of links is used.

(Problem 4) In the conventional example 4, it is possible to prevent the operability from becoming complicated by integrally forming a device for photographing a still image and a printer device for outputting image information to a medium such as paper. It does not provide a sufficient solution for photographing and print output that the user easily intends, such as the configuration and cost of the apparatus.

In general, the depth of field of image information using an electronic image pickup system such as a CCD is generally deeper than silver halide photographs taken at the same angle of view. It is well known that this is often due to the difference in the image area, which is the exposure area of the silver halide photographic film, and the light receiving area (image size) of an image sensor such as a CCD, and the focal length of the taking optical lens.

That is, in general, many images using an electronic image pickup system have a feeling that the whole object is in focus in the depth direction of the distance of the field, and a moving image such as a video image follows for a long time. When it is necessary, even if the focusing by the automatic focusing mechanism is slightly deviated, it does not affect the viewing, which is very effective.

When a still image is photographed here, in a silver halide photograph, for example, an image in which only the main subject is in focus with a blurred background like a portrait photograph often becomes a beautiful photograph. However, in the case of a still image camera using an electronic imaging system, the image often does not have a blurred background as described above, and it is possible to obtain an advanced image that reflects the intention of the author like a silver halide photograph. It has the problem of being difficult.

In order to deal with such a problem, a method of digitally treating image information by taking advantage of electronic imaging, transmitting the information to a computer, and performing image processing by software on the computer has recently been proposed. It is going to be done actively.

In this case, for example, when it is desired to obtain an image similar to a portrait photograph taken with a silver halide photograph, the operator first looks at the image on a computer, extracts a person or the like as a main subject, and extracts a background. It is necessary to perform an operation of separating from the part to be formed. Then, a desired image can be obtained by performing a blurring process on a portion desired to be set as a background.

As described above, in the case of an electronic image, the atmosphere of a silver halide photograph cannot be produced without post-shooting processing by an operator. It may be difficult to automatically separate the main subject from the background because there is no information about whether the subject is the subject.

The present invention has been made under such circumstances, and has as its object to provide a user-friendly photographing apparatus, printer apparatus, and photographing system.

[0057]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a photographing apparatus includes the following (1) to (11),
As described in (13) to (15), the printer device is changed to the next (1).
The imaging system is configured as in (2), and as in (16) below.

(1) display means, control means for displaying a photographed image on one of the display surfaces of the display means, and displaying the image being photographed on the other side to display a spliced image; An image data forming means for forming data of a displayed connected image.

(2) display means, instructing means for instructing movement of the image displayed on the display means, and displaying a plurality of photographed images on the display surface of the display means; A photographing apparatus comprising: a control unit that moves a designated image in accordance with an image to display a connected image; and an image data forming unit that forms data of the connected image displayed on the display unit.

(3) Imaging means for converting an optical image of the scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal, memory means for storing the electronic image signal captured by the imaging means, and the electronic image signal on a recording sheet. A printer device that prints the image of the electronic image signal visually, display means for displaying the image of the electronic image signal, and control means capable of selecting at least a plurality of output modes for print output, the control means comprising: A photographing apparatus which controls so that print output of at least two or more frames of electronic image signals is continuously printed without margins between frames when the connection panorama output mode is selected from the output modes.

(4) Imaging means for converting an optical image of the scene to be captured into an electronic image signal, memory means for storing the electronic image signal captured by the imaging means, and the electronic image signal on a recording sheet. A printer device that prints the image of the electronic image signal visually, display means for displaying the image of the electronic image signal, and control means capable of selecting at least a plurality of output modes for print output, the control means comprising: An image capturing apparatus that controls so that only an electronic image signal of an arbitrary area is printed out with respect to one captured electronic image signal when a predetermined output mode is selected from the above output modes.

(5) A video camera section for recording moving images,
A photographing apparatus integrally including a still camera section for recording a still image, wherein the photographing apparatus is held by a member holding a recording medium of the still camera section or an exterior member integrally fixed to the holding member. Device with a fixed part at one end of the backrest belt for the car.

(6) The photographing optical system of the still camera section of a member for holding the recording medium of the still camera section or an exterior member fixed integrally with the holding member, wherein the fixing section at one end of the instep belt is fixed. The imaging device according to (5), wherein the imaging device is disposed on a plane parallel to the optical axis.

(7) The fixing portion at one end of the instep belt is disposed on the side of the focus position in the optical axis direction of the photographing optical system of the still camera with respect to the position of the release button of the still camera. 5) The imaging device according to the above.

(8) A photographing apparatus having an electronic viewfinder unit rotatably mounted on a photographing apparatus main body via a friction hinge mechanism, wherein the friction hinge mechanism comprises:
A hinge member fixed to the electronic viewfinder unit, a shaft member configured to be rotatable integrally with the hinge member, and a groove shape substantially equivalent to a rotatable range of the shaft member; A photographing device comprising: a fixing member fixed to the photographing device main body, the fixing member being fixed to the photographing device main body, the groove shape having a portion smaller than the shaft diameter of the shaft member.

(9) The photographing apparatus according to the above (8), wherein at least one portion of the groove shape of the fixing member has a round groove having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the shaft member.

(10) Imaging means for converting an optical image of an object scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal, and a printer device for visually outputting the electronic image signal photographed by the imaging means on recording paper. A photographing apparatus comprising: a mode selecting unit capable of selecting a plurality of photographing modes; and a first image having parallax, the optical image of the object scene being displayed when a predetermined photographing mode is selected by the mode selecting unit. A discriminating means for discriminating image information into information and second image information, and performing predetermined image processing on the first or second image information having the parallax, or both, to obtain an image with a blurred background And a control unit for executing a printing operation based on the result of the image processing unit.

(11) Photographing means for converting an optical image of the scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal, mode setting means capable of selecting a plurality of photographing modes, and a predetermined photographing mode selected by the mode setting means A separating means for separating the image information into first image information and second image information having parallax, a memory means for storing the image information separated by the dividing means, and an image stored in the memory means. A photographing device comprising: control means for transmitting information to the outside.

(12) A printer device that prints out image information so that the image information can be visually perceived, and an identification for identifying that one piece of image information is classified into first image information having parallax and second image information. A printer device comprising: means; image processing means for performing predetermined image processing on image information identified by the identification means; and control means for executing a printing operation based on the result of the image processing means.

(13) A photographing apparatus provided with image pickup means for converting an optical image of an object scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal,
Detecting means for detecting an adapter mounted in front of the imaging optical system of the photographing apparatus, which divides a photographing angle of view with parallax, and sets a predetermined photographing mode when detecting the mounting of the adapter by the detecting means. Mode setting means, classification means for classifying image information from image information input to the photographing device when photographing is performed in the predetermined mode, and memory means for storing the image information classified by the classification means And a control unit for transmitting image information stored in the memory unit to the outside.

(14) There are imaging means for converting an optical image of the scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal, mode setting means for selecting a plurality of photographing modes, and display means for displaying image information. When a predetermined shooting mode is selected by the mode setting means, the first image information is displayed after the first image information is shot, and the first image information is displayed when the second image information is shot. Control means for controlling the display of the second image information so as to be superimposed.

(15) The photographing apparatus according to the above (10), wherein the classification means has two image pickup units having parallax.

(16) The photographing device according to (11),
A photographing system in which the printer device according to (12) is detachably combined, the photographing system including an interface for transmitting image information of the photographing device to the printer device.

[0074]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to an embodiment of a compound camera.

[0075]

【Example】

(Embodiment 1) A "combined camera" which is Embodiment 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a printer portion according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a central portion of the present embodiment. 4 to 6 are flowcharts showing the operation of the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the electronic viewfinder according to the embodiment.

FIG. 2 shows an ink jet recording apparatus section IJR.
A is shown.

Here, the carriage HC is driven by the drive motor 10.
13, the driving force transmission gears 1011 and 11
It has a pin (not shown) that engages with the spiral groove 1005 of the lead screw 1004 rotating via 1009, and reciprocates in the directions of arrows a and b.

An ink jet head cartridge 400 is mounted on the carriage HC. A paper holding plate 1002 presses the paper against the platen 1000 in the moving direction of the carriage. Reference numerals 1007 and 1008 denote home position detecting means for confirming the presence of the lever 1006 of the carriage in this area and switching the rotation direction of the motor 1013. Reference numeral 1016 denotes a member that supports a cap member 1022 that caps the front surface of the recording head, and 1015 denotes a suction unit that suctions the inside of the cap.
The suction recovery of the recording head is performed via 3.

Reference numeral 1017 denotes a cleaning blade, 101
Reference numeral 9 denotes a member that allows the blade to move in the front-rear direction, and these members are supported by a main body support plate 1018. It goes without saying that the blade is not limited to this form and a well-known cleaning blade can be applied to this embodiment.

Reference numeral 1021 denotes a lever for starting suction for recovery of suction. The lever 1021 moves with the movement of the cam 1020 engaging with the carriage HC.
Is controlled by a known transmission means such as clutch switching.

Although the capping, cleaning, and suction recovery are configured so that desired processing can be performed at the corresponding position by the action of the lead screw 1005 when the carriage HC is positioned in the home position side area, it is well known. If a desired operation is performed at the timing described above, any of the embodiments can be applied.

The present embodiment is provided with a means (for example, an electrothermal converter or a laser beam) for generating thermal energy as energy used for performing ink ejection, particularly in an ink jet recording system. The present invention brings about an excellent effect in a recording head and a recording apparatus of a type that causes a change in the state of ink.

The typical structure and principle are described in, for example, US Pat. Nos. 4,723,129 and 47407.
No. 96 is disclosed.

It is preferable to use the basic principle. In the case of the on-demand type, particularly, in the case of the on-demand type, the electrothermal transducer arranged corresponding to the sheet or the liquid path holding the liquid (ink) is provided with a rapid response exceeding the nucleate boiling corresponding to the recorded information. By applying at least one drive signal that gives rise to a significant temperature rise, heat energy is generated in the electrothermal transducer, causing the film to boil on the heat-acting surface of the recording head. This is effective because bubbles in the liquid (ink) can be formed. The liquid (ink) is ejected through the ejection opening by the growth and contraction of the bubble to form at least one droplet.

When the driving signal is formed into a pulse shape, the growth and shrinkage of the bubbles are performed immediately and appropriately, so that the ejection of the liquid (ink) having particularly excellent responsiveness can be achieved, which is more preferable.

As the pulse-shaped drive signal, those described in US Pat. Nos. 4,463,359 and 4,345,262 are suitable. still,
If the conditions described in US Pat. No. 4,313,124 of the invention relating to the temperature rise rate of the heat acting surface described above are adopted, more excellent recording can be performed.

As the recording head configuration, in addition to the combination of the discharge port, the liquid path, and the electrothermal converter (linear liquid path or right-angled liquid flow path) as disclosed in the above-mentioned respective specifications, a thermal action U.S. Pat. No. 4,558,333 and U.S. Pat.
A configuration using the specification of Japanese Patent No. 59600 may be used.

In addition, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication (Kokai) No. 123670/1984, which discloses a configuration in which a common slit is used as a discharge portion of an electrothermal transducer for a plurality of electrothermal transducers, or a pressure wave of thermal energy. A configuration based on JP-A-59-138461, which discloses a configuration in which a hole to be absorbed corresponds to a discharge portion, may be used.

Further, as a full-line type recording head having a length corresponding to the width of the maximum recording medium that can be recorded by the recording device, a combination of a plurality of recording heads as disclosed in the above-mentioned specification is used. A configuration that satisfies the length or a deviation of the configuration as one integrally formed recording head may be used, but these configurations can be made more effective.

In addition, the print head is replaceable with a print head of a replaceable chip type, which can be electrically connected to the main body of the apparatus or supplied with ink from the main body of the apparatus, or is integrated with the print head itself. The present invention is also effective when a cartridge type recording head provided in a fixed manner is used.
It is preferable to add recovery means for the printhead, preliminary auxiliary means, and the like, which are provided as components of the printing apparatus, since the effect can be further stabilized.

More specifically, by means of capping means for the recording head, cleaning means, pressurizing or suction means, an electrothermal converter, or another heating element or a combination thereof. It is also effective to perform a preliminary heating mode and a preliminary ejection mode in which ejection is performed separately from recording, in order to perform stable recording.

Further, the printing mode of the printing apparatus is not limited to a printing mode of only a mainstream color such as black, but may be a pair of printing heads or a combination of a plurality of printing heads. It is extremely effective that the apparatus is provided with at least one of full colors by color mixture.

FIG. 3 shows a central cross section of the present composite camera. A still camera unit in the present compound camera is provided with a so-called twin-lens reflex camera having a viewfinder for visually recognizing a subject separately from a photographing optical system at an upper portion of the printer unit. A second imaging optical system using a solid-state imaging device is arranged.

In the still camera section, lens units 1028a and 1028b of a photographing optical system are arranged for retractable two-stage barrels 1029 and 1030, respectively.
Reference numeral 1031 denotes a shutter unit which controls the photographing light beam and also controls the exposure amount, and is also disposed in the lens barrel 1029. Reference numeral 1032 denotes a helicoid member for rotating the lens barrel 1030, and a cam projection 103 of the lens barrel 1030.
0a. The helicoid member 1032 is driven by a helicoid drive motor (not shown).

The above-described photographing optical systems 1028a and 1028a and 102
8b and the light beam passing through the shutter unit 1031 form an image on the film 1033.

The film 1033 is pressed by a pressure plate 1034 urged by a pressure plate spring 1035 in order to maintain its planarity, and maintains an optical positional relationship. Reference numeral 1036 denotes a back cover of the still camera, which is opened / closed when the film 1033 is replaced.

1037a, 1037b, 1037c, 1
Reference numeral 037e is a lens of an optical system constituting a finder. Of these, 1037b, 1037c, 1037d
Moves with the adjustment of the angle of view (zoom operation) of the photographing optical system, and the angle of view substantially the same as the angle of view of the photographing optical system can be confirmed.

Reference numerals 1038a and 1038b denote lens units of an imaging optical system for image formation for transmitting image information to the printer unit. Reference numeral 1039 denotes an aperture unit, which is driven so as to appropriately maintain the exposure amount of the solid-state imaging device (CCD) 1040 by feedback control. These lens units 1038a and 1038b also move with the adjustment of the angle of view (zoom operation) of the photographic optical system of the still camera unit, and can capture an image angle of view substantially equal to the angle of view of the photographic optical system. An image signal from the solid-state imaging device 1040 for forming a printer image is processed by a signal processing board 1026.

When signal processing is performed to generate a printer control signal, the signal is transmitted to the printer control board 1027.
Is supplied to a drive motor and the like necessary for a printing operation together with information such as a position control signal of the ink jet cartridge 400 of the printer unit.

The print operation is performed by a print start button 20.
13 (see FIG. 2), the printer paper 1024a is pulled out from the rolled printer paper 1024 via the platen 1000 and printed.

Reference numeral 1041 denotes a paper cutter portion formed by an outer cover, which is used when the printed portion after printing is cut off by hand. Reference numeral 1025 denotes a power supply battery for driving the printer unit and the photographing device, and supplies power in common with the still camera unit.

The apparatus of this embodiment employs the ink jet recording system in the printer engine as described above, and stores an electronic image in a memory and simultaneously converts an optical image having substantially the same angle of view to a silver halide photographic film. It has a still camera section for taking pictures. This device will be described according to the operation procedure with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

When the photographer inputs power (S1), the control means 1 determines whether three days or more (72 hours or more) have elapsed since the device was last used and the power was turned off. (S2). If more than 3 days have passed,
The control unit issues a recovery pumping instruction to the printer control unit 5, which controls the printer unit, and drives the printer engine unit 4 (S3).

Here, the recovery pumping is to make the recording more effective in an apparatus of the ink jet recording system described later, and to clean the recording head by means of a suction pump or the like before recording on paper. is there.

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.

When the photographer presses the shutter button 2012 to the first stroke during photographing, the SW1 signal 9 is input (S4). The control unit 1 includes an imaging control unit 3
The image pickup unit 2 is driven via the CPU to determine the exposure control value, the distance measurement information, and various conditions necessary for the exposure operation, such as the presence or absence of flash emission (S5).

At this time, various conditions necessary for the exposure operation of the silver halide camera unit are also determined in consideration of the correction value in the information of the image pickup unit 2 described above. The correction value is preferable in consideration of a difference in ISO sensitivity and the like.

When the photographer further presses the shutter button 2012 in order to actually execute photographing, the control means 1
The W2 signal 10 is input (S6). The control unit 1 drives the imaging unit 2 via the imaging control unit 3 to perform a series of operations such as driving a lens for focusing, controlling the speed of a shutter, controlling the aperture of a diaphragm, and emitting light from a strobe if necessary. Is performed, and the image information from the solid-state imaging device 1040 is taken into the memory means 7 (S7, S8). Similarly, the silver halide camera section 12 is also driven to expose the silver halide film 1033.

When a wider subject is photographed by using two or more frames while repeating a series of these operations, the connecting panorama mode is selected in advance by the mode selecting means 6 (S9). As a result, the control unit 1 divides the electronic viewfinder 2014 into left and right halves, reads out the image information taken last time from the memory unit 8 on the left half, and displays it on the right half, and displays the image to be shot this time on the right half ( S10, S11).

FIG. 7 shows the electronic viewfinder 20 of the present apparatus.
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the viewer looks into the line 14, which is the state described above. That is, the display unit 1 of the electronic viewfinder 2014
In 3, the image shot this time is a through-right B
On the screen 14. On the other hand, the image information taken last time is read out from the memory means 7 and displayed on the screen A of the left half A.

Here, the screen A of A displays all the pixels that can be printed out, and the printout can be performed as it is viewed. In this state, the photographer determines the composition while checking the connection between the currently photographed image 14 and the previously photographed image 15 which can be seen in the right half, and presses the shutter button 2012 to the first stroke as before (S1).
2), the control means 1 determines various conditions necessary for the exposure operation (S13).

In the connection panorama mode, what is important together with the composition is the exposure control. In other words, if there is a difference between the exposure control values of the two preceding and succeeding frames, the color of the sky will suddenly change, and depending on the presence or absence of a strobe, one will become sunshine and one will become yellowish,
Because it becomes unsightly.

Therefore, in this apparatus, various photographing conditions at the time of the previous photographing are stored in the memory means 7 together with the image information, and various values of the current photographing are determined with reference to these values. For example, in this embodiment, if the strobe fired last time, the strobe is also fired this time. Further, the exposure value is set to an exposure value of a difference of up to two stops after a warning is given when a difference of two stops or more occurs from the previous photographing.

Thereafter, when the photographer further depresses the shutter button 2012 to input the signal 10 of SW2 (S1).
4), a series of imaging operations are performed in the same manner as described above (S1).
5) The image information is stored in the memory means 7 (S1).
6).

In this embodiment, when the continuous panoramic mode is selected, the exposure operation on the silver halide film is not performed. This is because, even if a plurality of prints obtained by developing and stretching a silver halide film are connected, they are often not connected accurately by trimming during the stretching process.

If a printout is desired after a series of photographing operations, a printout mode is selected from the mode selection dial 2015 (see FIG. 2) to input a print processing signal 11 to the control means 1 (S17). ).

The control means 1 displays two frames of image information photographed in the connection panorama mode in the electronic viewfinder 2014 (S18). The photographer selects an arbitrary number of pieces of image information to be printed out while watching this display (S19). When the print start button 2013 is input after the selection is completed, the control unit 1 drives the printer engine unit 4 via the printer control unit 5 to perform a printing operation (S20).

Here, the printer control unit 5 includes the recording head 4
At the home position of 00, in order to make the printing operation more effective, first, preliminary ejection is performed, and the recording head 40
Zero clogging is eliminated, the evaporating nozzle is recovered, and the like (S21). Next, the printer control unit 5 outputs the image information stored in the memory unit 7 from the printer engine unit 4 after performing image processing for printer output. For image processing, error diffusion or the like is effective. In particular, a difference in color and a step in the background are apt to be noticeable around the boundary between two pieces. In this device, when the density change between two images is small near the boundary between two frames, multi-value information is diffused to adjacent bits in a direction in which the density becomes uniform before binarization by error diffusion processing. By doing so, it is possible to obtain a joint print with less noticeable boundaries (S22). Print paper 1024 printed by the printer engine unit 4
a is automatically fed to a position where it is separated from the printer paper 1024 wound in a roll shape (S23).

By cutting out the printer paper 1024a, the photographer can obtain a continuous panoramic print in which a plurality of frames are connected as one print. 2011 (see FIG. 2) is an information display liquid crystal plate;
The current mode and progress are displayed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
By a simple operation at the time of photographing, one continuous continuous panoramic print can be easily obtained without the act of cutting and pasting the print later.

In this embodiment, the connection image is printed out. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The connection image data is output as a line, or the connection image data is detachably stored in the apparatus. It can also be implemented in a form such as transfer to a medium.

(Embodiment 2) Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be described. Note that the portions performing the same operations as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

In the apparatus of this embodiment, when performing continuous printing of a plurality of frames, or when printing out one frame, an extra area of image information is deleted and only an arbitrary area is printed out. Is what you can do.

When performing the above-described link panoramic print, it is necessary to pay attention to the part that should be connected while viewing the previously taken scene adjacent to the previous scene when taking a picture. .

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present apparatus. An image correcting means 201 is added to the apparatus of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a part specific to the present apparatus. The flowcharts before this part are the same as those in the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a display on the display means 202.

When the printout mode is selected after photographing, the display means 202 displays two frames of image information photographed in the continuous panoramic mode. Now, image A203 is displayed on the left and image B204 is displayed on the right.
Assume that the two frames are connected to perform a panoramic printout (see FIG. 10A). In this state, the images A and 203 and the images B and 204 are the background mountain part 205-a and the house part 2
05-b deviates vertically and horizontally (S25).

Here, the photographer presses the select button 208 to select an image to be corrected (S26) (image B2).
04 will be modified). Next, the photographer moves the image to be corrected (image B, 204 in this case) using the image correction buttons 206-a, 206-b, 207-a, and 207-b. As a result, the images B and 204 move up, down, left, and right, so that the shifts 205-a and 205-b from the adjacent images A and 203
Can be reduced (S27). When the image position correction is completed, a print start button 2013 (see FIG. 2)
Is input, the control means 1 drives the printer engine unit 4 via the printer control unit 5 to start a printing operation and performs preliminary ejection (S28, S29). Next, of the image information stored in the memory unit 7, the printer control unit 5 performs a replacement process on the information of each pixel according to the amount of position correction for the image whose image position has been corrected. Therefore, an area 209 without information is generated after the movement. In this embodiment, neither the horizontal blank area 209-a nor the vertical blank area 209-b is printed.
Further, at this time, control is performed so that an area 210 having the same width as 209-b in the vertical direction of the uncorrected images A and 203 is not printed out. As a result, the printed image becomes a good connected panoramic image without any missing portions. (S30, S31).

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
A single continuous panoramic print can be easily obtained by a simple photographer's operation of the camera. As described above, since no troublesome operation is required during shooting, panoramic shooting can be performed on a moving subject.

In this embodiment, the position of the image to be corrected is changed as an example. However, when the image magnification changes due to a difference in the focal length of the photographing optical system during photographing, enlargement and reduction are performed. It is also possible to change the printout area by performing a small amount of processing, or to delete a portion of one frame that does not require printout.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing the structure of a "composite camera" which is Embodiment 3. In FIG. 11, reference numeral 501 denotes an exterior cover constituting the present apparatus, which is composed of several parts such as screws and other fastening parts, 502 denotes a lens unit for capturing an image on a silver halide film, and 503 denotes a lens unit constituting a lens unit. A lens barrel for holding the element; 504, an iris diaphragm for silver halide still photography;
5 is a silver halide film. In this embodiment, the lens unit 502 is a zoom lens, and is driven by information from a variable power lens element group that can move on the optical axis in conjunction with automatic or manual zoom operation, and information from an automatic focus adjustment device described later. Focusing lens element group.

Reference numeral 506 denotes a shutter device which is disposed immediately before the silver halide film 505.
b. Reference numeral 507 denotes a translucent thin film mirror for distributing an image from a subject to a silver halide film side and a video image sensor side, 507a denotes an optical axis of light incident from the subject side, and 507b denotes a light transmitted through the translucent thin film mirror 507. The optical axes 507c and 507d reaching the silver halide film 505 are the translucent thin film mirror 50.
7 shows the optical axis reflected by 7. 508a, 508b
Is a field lens provided on the optical axis 507c for performing pupil alignment of a subject image, 509 is a reflecting mirror for deflecting the photographing optical axis 507c, 510 is a reduction lens unit provided on the optical axis 507d, It includes a video aperture unit 511 for shooting video moving images. 512 is an optical low-pass filter, and 513 is a solid-state imaging device. 51
Reference numeral 4 denotes an aerial image formed at a position equivalent to the silver halide film 505, which is re-imaged on the solid-state imaging device 513 via the reduction lens unit 510.

Reference numeral 515a denotes a sub-mirror which can be retracted at the time of photographing behind the translucent thin film mirror 507, and guides a part of the photographing light to the automatic focus detecting device 515b. The automatic focus detection device according to the present exemplary embodiment compares a plurality of images generated by light beams passing through a plurality of different regions of the photographing lens with a conventionally known phase difference shift detection method, and compares the images on a film surface 505.
Although the amount of defocus and the direction of the above are detected, the subject image is always obtained on the solid-state imaging device 513, so that the automatic focusing of the blur system is performed based on the high-frequency video signal from the solid-state imaging device 513. May be performed, or a combined system with the displacement system of the present embodiment may be used.

Reference numeral 516 denotes a light-shielding plate which can be retracted at the time of photographing in order to prevent light leakage because the translucent thin-film mirror 507 is used.

Reference numeral 517 denotes a back cover unit which can be opened and closed when the silver salt film 505 is loaded. In this embodiment, a 135 type silver halide film is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a film of a drop-in type or a disk type may be used.

An electronic viewfinder unit 518 outputs an image to a small liquid crystal 519 to monitor an image signal from the solid-state imaging device 513, and observes the image via a reflection mirror 520 and an eyepiece 521. The electronic viewfinder unit 518 is rotatable about a rotation shaft 522 as a support shaft.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 11, during video moving image shooting, the iris diaphragm 504 for shooting silver halide stills is always kept open, and when a release switch for shooting silver halide stills described later is depressed, a predetermined value is set. Squeezed down to diameter. Therefore, during movie shooting, the reduction lens unit 510 is used.
Exposure is controlled only by the video aperture unit 511 in the
A proper exposure is obtained by changing the accumulation time of the image sensor 513 and the gain of the signal processing system as needed.

Reference numeral 523 denotes a secondary battery detachably attached to the lower part of the apparatus, which is a common single power supply for supplying all power used in the apparatus. An openable / closable barrier 525 incorporating a strobe 524 is provided in front of the lens unit 503.
Is arranged. Reference numeral 526 denotes a microphone for recording sound during video shooting, and 527 denotes an external terminal as an interface with an external device such as a television or a stereo device.

FIG. 12 is a top view of this embodiment. FIG.
Reference numeral 528 denotes a patrone chamber for the silver halide film 505, and 529 denotes a spool for winding the film. In this embodiment, a print wide method is adopted in which the last frame is wound up on a spool before loading the film, and the exposed frames are sequentially rewound during photographing.

Reference numerals 530 and 531 denote a zoom drive motor and a focus drive motor of the photographing lens. Reference numeral 532 denotes a zoom button arranged at a position operable by the right hand of the user. Reference numeral 533 denotes a main mode selection switch also serving as a power switch. Reference numeral 534 denotes a trigger button for video / video shooting. Reference numeral 535 denotes silver halide alone. This is a still shutter button that can be used at the time of shooting, or at the same time as moving images and silver halide still shooting.

On the side opposite to the operation member described above, a program exposure mode, a portrait mode using a wide aperture range, a sports mode giving priority to a shutter speed, a backlight mode, and the like can be selectively used for both moving image shooting and still shooting. A mode selection dial 536 is provided.

Photometry is feedback-controlled in accordance with the luminance signal level of the solid-state imaging device 513 in accordance with the various modes described above. In this embodiment, the imaging element 5 for video is used.
Although 13 is electrically divided into areas and is also used as a photometric element, a dedicated photometric element may be separately arranged.

Reference numeral 537 denotes a video tape cassette storage portion disposed on the right side of the lens unit 502. In this embodiment, a video tape having a tape width of 8 mm is used as a video recording medium. is not. The cassette housing section 537 has a recording mechanism including a magnetic head cylinder, a capstan, a pinch roller, and the like. A control panel 538 for controlling recording and reproduction of a video tape and the like are provided on the upper surface thereof, and instructs an automatic loading operation. Button 539 and the like are arranged. Reference numeral 547 is an upper belt.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the system control in this embodiment. The system control is roughly classified into a camera microcomputer 540 that receives and controls operation inputs such as zoom, exposure, and AF, a mode microcomputer 541 that controls the release and mode setting of the camera body, and a mechanical microcomputer 542 that drives and controls a tape recording / reproducing servomechanism. And a video signal processing board 543, an audio signal processing board 544, and a strobe board 54
5, a power supply board 546 and the like are connected to these.

More specifically, the camera video signal processing board 543 provided with the camera microcomputer 540 includes:
The AF and AE blocks are connected to each other, and control the main lens 502 and the reduction optical system 510 for video shooting in accordance with the focus detection value and photometric value detected by the AF and AE blocks.

The camera microcomputer 540 includes a zoom switch for performing a zoom operation, a BLC switch for performing backlight correction, a DATE switch for inputting a date, a fade switch for performing a fade, an AF lock switch, and a program AE for selecting a shooting mode. A switch group 557 related to camera operation, such as switches, is connected, and controls the main lens 502 and the reduction optical system 510 for video shooting according to these operations.

The camera video signal processing board 543 is connected to a video / system control board 558 which performs video signal processing for recording a video signal on a recording medium such as a video tape and performs system control of the entire camera. A video / system control board 558 has a mechanical microcomputer 5 for controlling a tape deck mechanism.
And a mode microcomputer 541 for controlling various operation modes including a camera and a deck.

Video / system control board 558
Includes a color electronic viewfinder (EVF) 5 for monitoring a video signal supplied from the camera video signal processing board 543 or a video signal reproduced on a tape deck.
In the camera control section, a camera release, a self-timer, a strobe forcible OFF, an external liquid crystal display control, a POWER indicator as a POWER indicator are connected.
A control / display block 559 including various operation switches such as an R-LED and a display unit is connected, and a control block 5 for performing operations such as standby, panorama detection, video trigger, date LED, and forced rewind of the silver halide film.
60, and a DX code detection block 562 for detecting film data are connected.

In connection with decks, a deck control block 561 for controlling various modes and operations during reproduction, ejecting a cassette, searching for recording, resetting a counter, and the like is connected.

In addition, JAs for various input / output terminals
CK, tape deck (mechanical deck), remote control receiver /
Tally lamp block RT, strobe light control sensor E
F, POWER-SW, and a power supply circuit board 546 are connected, and a strobe board 545 for driving a xenon tube is connected to the power supply circuit board 546.

Video / system control board 5
The microphone MIC, the external priority remote controller LANC, the headphones HP
Are arranged.

FIG. 14 is a schematic rear perspective view. FIG.
In FIG. 4, reference numeral 547 denotes an instep belt, which is a subject-side fixed portion (hereinafter referred to as a front fixed portion) 547-a and a film surface-side fixed portion (hereinafter, a rear fixed portion) with respect to the optical axis direction of the photographing optical system of the apparatus. 547-b).

FIG. 15 shows the still camera section in the vicinity A of the optical axis center.
It is the drawing cut in -A. Here, the rear fixing portion 547-b
Is a screw 549 on the side of the back lid 517 of the still camera.
It is fixed using.

The back cover 517 is provided with a trigger button 534 for shooting a moving image, and a moving image is shot when the tact switch 555 is turned on / off.

An inner lid 550 is screwed to the back lid 517. A tact switch 555 is fixed to a surface of the inner lid 550 on the back lid side.
Parts related to 5 are fixed. A film cartridge 553 is set in a cartridge chamber 528 of the apparatus main body, and is fixed by a cartridge pressing spring 551 fixed to the inner lid 550. 556 is the film 50
5 is a pressure plate that holds the exposure light 5 at the exposure position, and is pressed by a pressure plate spring 552 fixed to the inner lid 550.

The film 505 is guided by a guide roller 554 fixed to the inner lid 550, and
It is wound up to 29.

The back cover 517, including the inner cover 550 and the parts fixed thereto, is configured to be openable and closable about the hinge shaft 548.

Here, the rear fixing portion 547-b is attached to the back lid 517.
The upper back belt 547 is less likely to be caught in the back cover 517 during opening and closing.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the film is exchanged, the backrest belt is not pinched by the back cover, so that the workability is good, and the rear fixing portion of the backrest belt is attached to the back cover. , The index finger for pressing the shutter (release) button is easy to use without taking an unreasonable posture.

(Embodiment 4) A "composite camera" which is Embodiment 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. The same parts as in the third embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description is omitted.

In the apparatus of this embodiment, the member for holding the film of the still camera section is constituted by a single part which also serves as an exterior part, thereby reducing the thickness and reducing the cost. FIG. 16 is a sectional view of a still camera unit of the apparatus.
A patrone pressing spring 551, a pressure plate spring 552, and a guide roller 554 are fixed to the inner side of the back cover 560, and the film 505 is fixed.

Trigger button 534 and tact switch 5
55 is attached from the inside of the back cover 517 by a holding plate 562. Rear fixing part 5 of instep belt 547
47-b is fixed to the side surface of the back lid 560 by screws 549. Reference numeral 561 denotes a decorative plate for hiding the instep belt 547 fixed to the back cover 560.

FIG. 17 is a side view showing a state where the apparatus is held. Rear fixing portion 54 of instep belt 547
Since the distance l _{1 in} the optical axis direction between 7-b and the shutter button 535 is longer than the distance l ₂ between the hinge axis 548 of the back lid and the shutter button, the rear fixing portion 547-b of the backrest belt 547 is attached to the back lid 560. compared with the case of not provided, the rear fixing portion 547-b and back of the hand the end of the distance l ₃ can be taken sufficiently.

As a result, the bird can easily press both buttons by pressing the button 534, the index finger pressing the shutter button 535, and the palm supporting the apparatus.

(Embodiment 5) A "combined camera" which is Embodiment 5 will be described with reference to FIG. The same parts as in the third embodiment or the fourth embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description is omitted.

The apparatus of this embodiment is of a type in which the still camera unit uses a film with a magnetic storage unit (such as APS). In this type of still camera unit, film exchange is performed by a drop-in method without opening and closing the back cover.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the apparatus of the present embodiment as viewed from obliquely below. Reference numeral 571 denotes a back cover that holds the film 576 with a magnetic storage unit of the still camera unit. The back cover 571 is fixed with screws by screws 571a to 571f, and the back cover 571 is not opened and closed. The exchange of the film 576 with the magnetic storage portion is performed from below the apparatus by opening the bottom cover 572 with the opening / closing claw 573. The rear fixing portion 547-b of the instep belt 547 is disposed on the side surface of the back cover 571. The exterior of the device includes an upper lid 575, a lower lid 5 in addition to the back lid 571.
74 and a side cover.

[0169] These outer casings are screws 574-a to 5-7, respectively.
74-d, 575-a and the like.

The front fixing portion 547 of the instep belt 547-
a is a belt passing portion 57 formed on the side surface of the lower lid 574.
4-g.

Since the force is concentrated on the rear fixing portion 547-b of the back lid 571 by carrying the backrest belt 547 or the like, the fixing portion is provided near the rear fixing portion 547-b of the back lid 571. Many screws are provided (571-c-5)
71-f).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
Since the rear fixing part of the backrest belt can be the rearmost part of the compound camera, the freedom of the thumb pressing the trigger button, the index finger pushing the shutter button and the palm supporting the device increases, and both buttons are pressed. It will be easier.

(Embodiment 6) FIG. 19 is a longitudinal sectional view for explaining the structure of a "composite camera" which is Embodiment 6.

In FIG. 19, reference numeral 701 denotes an electronic viewfinder unit. Since the entire configuration other than the configuration of this unit is the same as that of FIG. 11, the same parts as those of FIG. 11 are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted.

The electronic viewfinder unit 701 is
In order to monitor a video signal from the solid-state imaging device 513, an image is output to the small liquid crystal 519 and the reflection mirror 52
Observe through 0 and the eyepiece 521. The electronic viewfinder unit 701 is connected to the friction member 3 via a hinge member 702 by a rotation center shaft 705 and is rotatable.

With this configuration, the design processing of the exterior cover 501 and the electronic viewfinder 701 is simple, the hinge mechanism 702 and the like do not appear in the exterior, and the space on the main body side is minimized. I'm done.

Referring to FIGS. 20 to 23, the hinge mechanism, which is a main part of this embodiment, will be described in detail.

The hinge mechanism according to the present embodiment is a friction hinge mechanism. In a compound camera, the hinge mechanism enables the electronic viewfinder 701 to be turned upward by about 90 ° from a horizontal position. Further, the photographer can view the electronic viewfinder 701 at an arbitrary angle.
Can be stopped.

FIGS. 20 and 21 are perspective views showing the structure of the hinge mechanism. In the figure, reference numeral 701 denotes an electronic viewfinder unit main body. The electronic viewfinder unit main body 701 is equipped with a liquid crystal display panel, backlight illumination, a circuit for driving the liquid crystal display panel and backlight illumination, an eyepiece, and the like. Is transmitted.
A hinge member 702 is fixed to the electronic viewfinder unit main body 701 by screws 707.
The hinge member 702 has left and right arm portions 702-a and 702-b.
At the tip of each of the arms 702-a and 702-b, and away from the rotation center holes 702-c and 702-d and the rotation center holes 702-c and 702-d by a distance of l _1. Bearing holes 702-e and 702-f. FIG. 22 is a view of the friction member as viewed from the side.

Reference numeral 703 denotes a friction member, and a bearing portion 703 for receiving a rotation center shaft 705 (both left and right) passing through the rotation center holes 702-c and 702-d of the hinge member 702.
a, a 703-b, and has a groove 703-c of the bearing portion 703-a, 703-b width D of the l ₁ and radius l ₁ distance from the center of.

At the start point and the end point of the groove 703-c, a circular hole having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter P of the friction shaft 704 passing through the bearing holes 702-e and 702-f of the hinge member 702. 703-d and 703-e are formed.

[0182] In the state where these are integrally assembled, the rotation center shaft 705 is aligned with the grooves 706-a and 706-b of the case member 706 and assembled. Pressing plate 7 in this state
07 and friction member 703 and case member 7
06 is fixed by screwing.

The pressing plate 707 has a standing bent portion 707-a
There is a stopper when the hinge member 702 rotates. Thereby, the electronic viewfinder unit body 7
01 is forcibly rotated by more than a predetermined rotation amount.

FIG. 23 is a side view of the friction member 703 with the electronic viewfinder unit main body 701 rotated to an arbitrary position.

When the photographer rotates the electronic viewfinder unit main body 701 while holding it, the hinge member 702 fixed to the electronic viewfinder unit main body 701 also rotates integrally about the rotation center shaft 705, and the frictional movement occurs together therewith. The shaft 704 also tries to rotate.

Here, the friction shaft 704 moves from the groove 307-d of the friction member 703 to an arc-shaped groove 703-c having a width D. However, at this time, the friction shaft 7
The groove 70 of the friction member 703 is larger than the diameter P
Since the width D of 3-c is small, the force F is applied in the direction of pinching, and the resistance F becomes a resistance (friction) force, thereby preventing the rotation of the electronic viewfinder unit main body 701.

Thus, the friction member 703 must be elastically deformable by the difference between the diameter P of the friction shaft 704 and the width D of the groove 703-c.

Therefore, as the friction member 703, PO
An elastically usable plastic such as M, ABS, or PC may be used.

In addition, when plastic deformation occurs during repeated use, the resistance force to penetrate is lost, and it becomes impossible to stop at an arbitrary position. Therefore, in this embodiment, the groove 703-c
It is constituted always by providing a thin region thick l ₂ on the outside of such a spring force.

The diameter P of the friction shaft 704 and the groove 70
Dimensional relationship of the width D of the 3-c, depending on the outside of the thickness of the thickness l ₂ of the groove 703-c, can not of course movable friction shaft 704 and too wide D is small. Therefore, l ₂ ≒ 0.
In the case of 7D to 1.3D, D> 0.8P is required, and preferably D ≒ 0.9P.

In this embodiment, l ₂ = 0.7D, D
= 0.9P, material has been a POM resin, the movable and the weight and position of the center of gravity, etc. The distance l ₁ of the rotation center and the friction shaft 704 of the hinge member 702 of the object such as an electronic viewfinder To stop parameters The optimum value may be set according to the value, and the present invention is not limited to this.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
The relatively heavy electronic viewfinder can be stopped at any position with a small mechanism, and a neat design is possible without exposing any structure to the exterior.

Further, it is not necessary to control the torque for screw tightening, etc., so that the assembly is easy and the cost is low.

(Embodiment 7) A "composite camera" which is Embodiment 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. The same operation as in the sixth embodiment is denoted by the same reference numeral, and the description is omitted.

The apparatus of this embodiment enables the electronic viewfinder main body 701 to rotate not only upward but also downward.
This enables a wider range of shooting.

The overall configuration of this embodiment is the same as that of the sixth embodiment.
This is as shown in FIG.

Electronic viewfinder unit main body 701
Is held by a hinge member 702 and rotates about this via a rotation center shaft 705 as in the sixth embodiment. The left and right arm portions 702 of the hinge member 702
a, 702-b Rotation center hole 702 at each end portion
Similarly, bearing holes 702-e and 702-f are located at a distance of l ₁ from -c and 702-d, respectively.

Reference numeral 721 denotes a friction member in this embodiment, and a bearing portion 721 for receiving the rotation center shaft 705.
And -a, has a groove 721-b of width D of the l ₁ from the center of the bearing portion 721-a to l ₁ distance away a radius.

FIG. 25 is a side view of the friction member 721.

In the present embodiment, in order to make the electronic viewfinder unit main body 701 vertically rotatable with respect to the neutral position S, the grooves 721-b having a width D of the friction member 721 are vertically moved by θ ₁ , respectively. It has an angle portion of theta _2.

At the neutral position S, a round hole-shaped groove 721-e having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter φP of the friction shaft 704 is provided.
Are formed and are normally locked in this position.

When the user lifts the electronic viewfinder unit main body 701 upward, the friction shaft 704
Moves downward in FIG. 25, is stopped at theta ₂ of the angle by the rotation to the groove 721-e the same shape was groove 721-d (position of U).

[0203] If on the other hand lowering the electronic viewfinder 701 downward, the friction shaft 704 is moved upward in FIG. 25, is stopped at a likewise groove portion 721-c is rotated by an angle of theta ₁ (T position).

Thus, the electronic viewfinder 701 is provided.
Is a groove D having a width smaller than the diameter φP of the friction shaft 704 at an arbitrary position therebetween.
It can be stopped by resistance due to passing through.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
The electronic viewfinder can be rotated in both the up and down directions, and further, a stop position having a click feeling can be set at the upper, lower and horizontal positions, so that the operability is excellent.

(Eighth Embodiment) A "composite camera" according to an eighth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. This device is
The printer employs an ink jet recording system to store an electronic image in a memory and to print out image information stored in an arbitrary memory for an arbitrary number of prints.

FIG. 26 is a conceptual diagram of a central section of the compound camera of this embodiment. The still camera unit of the present compound camera has a so-called twin-lens reflex camera having a finder for visually recognizing a subject separately from a photographing optical system, which is disposed above a printer unit.

In the still camera section, lens units 1028a and 1028b of a photographing optical system are arranged for collapsible two-stage barrels 1029 and 1030, respectively.
Reference numeral 4031 denotes an aperture unit which controls the photographing light beam and also controls the exposure amount, and is also disposed in the lens barrel 1029. Reference numeral 1032 denotes a helicoid member for rotating the lens barrel 1030, and a cam projection 1030a of the lens barrel 1030.
Is engaged. The helicoid member 1032 is driven by a helicoid drive motor (not shown).

A light beam having passed through the photographing optical systems 1028a and 1028b and the aperture 3031 is
Image on top.

Reference numeral 1036 denotes a back cover of the still camera unit.
It is opened and closed when the solid-state imaging device 1040 is replaced.

1037a, 1037b, 1037c, 1
Reference numerals 037d and 1037e denote optical lenses constituting a finder. Of these, 1037b, 1037c, 1
Reference numeral 037d moves according to the angle of view adjustment (zoom operation) of the photographing optical system, so that the same angle of view as the angle of view of the photographing optical system can be confirmed.

The aperture unit 4031 is driven so that the exposure amount of the solid-state imaging device (CCD) 1040 is properly maintained by feedback control.

A solid-state image sensor 104 for forming a printer image
The image signal from 0 is processed by the signal processing board 1026.

When the signal processing is performed to generate a printer control signal, the signal is sent to the printer control board 1027, and the signal is transmitted to the printer unit together with information such as the position control signal of the ink jet head cartridge 400 in the printer unit to perform the printing operation. It is supplied to necessary drive motors and the like.

The print operation is started by a print start button (not shown), and the printer paper 1024 is wound from a roll of printer paper 1024 via the platen 1000.
024a is pulled out and printed.

Reference numeral 1041 denotes a paper cutter portion formed by an outer cover, which is used when the printed portion after printing is cut off by hand.

Reference numeral 1025 denotes a power supply battery for driving the printer unit, which supplies power to the printer unit. 4039
Is a second power supply battery for supplying power to the imaging unit.

FIG. 27 is a perspective view showing the structure of the printer portion, which is the same as the printer portion of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, so that the same reference numerals are given to the same functional portions, and description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 2014 denotes a liquid crystal display panel, which is used for displaying an image. On the other hand, reference numeral 2011 denotes a liquid crystal display panel for displaying photographing information and the like.

FIG. 28 is a block diagram showing the structure of this embodiment.

The apparatus of this embodiment will be described in accordance with the procedures shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. When the photographer turns on the power (S41), the control means 901 determines that the apparatus has been used last time and the power has been turned off for three days or more (7).
It is determined whether or not two hours have elapsed (S4).
2). If three days have passed, the control unit 901 controls the printer control unit 9 which controls the printer unit.
05, and issues a recovery pumping instruction to the printer unit 904.
Is driven (S43).

Here, the recovery pumping is to make the recording more effective in an ink jet recording system to be described later, and to clean the recording head by means of a suction pump or the like before recording on paper. . In this embodiment, this cleaning is performed when the power is turned on when there is an unused period of three days or more.

The photographer sets the photographing mode using the mode setting means. In the present embodiment, there are two modes, a normal shooting mode and a portrait mode. The mode setting means 907 is specifically performed by a mode switch 2015, and this signal is transmitted to the control means 901. When the photographer presses the shutter button 2012 to the first stroke during photographing, the SW1 signal 10 is input (S4).
5). The control unit 901 drives the imaging unit 902 via the imaging control unit 903, and determines the exposure control value, the distance measurement information, and various conditions necessary for the exposure operation, such as the presence or absence of flash emission (S46). . When the photographer further presses the shutter button 2012 to actually execute photographing, the SW2 signal 11 is input to the control means 901 (S47).

The control unit 901 drives the imaging unit 902 via the imaging control unit 903 to drive a lens for focusing, to control the aperture of a diaphragm, and, if necessary, to perform a series of exposure operations such as flash emission. And the solid-state imaging device 1040
Image information to be input to the memory means 913 (S
48). Thereafter, the control unit 901 drives the display unit 908, specifically, the liquid crystal display panel 2014, and displays the image information that has just been captured (S49).

Here, if the portrait mode has been selected, the control means 901 warns the photographer to prompt the second photographing immediately. The photographer photographs the subject with the same composition in a state where the photographer is slightly shifted left or right with respect to the previous photographing. At this time, it is more desirable to move as parallel as possible. When the second photographing is performed in this manner, the control unit 901 performs the exposure operation and performs the
13 stores the image information. Here, the control means 901 simultaneously records in the memory means 913 that these two photographing operations become one photographing (S50).

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing that the first shooting A and the second shooting B have been performed. In FIG. 32, 5-a is image information of the first shooting A, and 5-b is second image. The image information of the photographing B is shown, and such information is stored in the memory unit 913.

At this time, the image information of the second photographing operation photographed is displayed on the display means 908. At the time of the second photographing, the result of the first photographing is displayed, and the second photographing result is displayed thereon. Since the shooting situation is overlaid, it is easy to understand (S52) (the effect will be described later).

As the photographing operation is repeated, video information is accumulated in the memory means 913.

If the user wants to print out, pressing the print button 2013 causes the control
1, the print signal 912 is input (S53).

The control means 901 reads out the stored image information from the memory means 913 and reads out the image information.
Is used to perform predetermined image processing (S54).

As described above, in the portrait mode, the image information in which the left and right images are paired is stored. Therefore, the image processing means 909 extracts an outline of the main subject using the two pieces of image information, separates the main subject from the background, and performs individual image processing as if the background was blurred in a silver halide photograph. Try to get a print that looks like a nice photo.

More specifically, in the two pieces of image information a and b in FIG. 32, the corresponding image information of each part of the image should be compared and set as a reference (in this case, A) When the position of the other image information relative to the image information A) is more than a predetermined distance, this is set as the main subject. In FIG. 32, the upper left of the image is considered as the origin. Now let the pixel point of each image be Ga
Addresses are individually determined as (0, 0) and Gb (0, 0). Ga (x, y) and Gb (x, y) are the same image position. Here, the first imaging and the second imaging are stereo imaging by the parallel method when viewed macroscopically. That is, a subject closer to the photographer has a larger displacement on the screen, and a farther subject has a smaller displacement on the screen. So this 2
If it is possible to compare the pieces of image information and discriminate a portion having a large deviation, a subject can be extracted.

In this embodiment, first, the distance to the coordinates where the luminance information of each pixel of the two pieces of image information (a plurality of pixels may be treated as a block) is similar is calculated. In the present embodiment, the calculation based on the luminance is performed in consideration of the case where there is a difference between the information amount of the luminance signal and the information amount of the chrominance signal due to the compression of the information to be stored. It is also possible to increase the probability of the extraction work by using the method described above.

The control means 901 makes the same control such as the angle of view, the distance measurement information, and the exposure control during the first shooting and the second shooting, so that each pixel Ga (x, y), Gb (x, y)
Can obtain substantially the same information, but it is inevitable that the overall angle of view of each shooting slightly shifts up, down, left, and right. Therefore, the image processing unit 909 first sets Gb corresponding to the pixel Ga (0,0) such that the difference value between the image information of the first image and the image information of the second image is minimized.
After shifting (x, y), the actual difference value is calculated.

By the calculation, the background which is a distant view is a pixel G
A point Gb (x2, y2) where luminance information of a (x1, y1) is substantially equal.
Since the distance L1 to y2) is x1 ≒ x2 and y1 ≒ y2, they are almost at the same position. On the other hand, the main subject in the foreground is at a point Gb substantially equal to the luminance information of the pixel Ga (x3, y3).
The distance L2 to (x4, y4) is x3 ≠ x4, and it is a far position (represented by a vector in FIG. 33).

From the above, based on the magnitude of the shift amount on the pixel Ga (x, y) of the image information of the first photographing as a reference,
Each pixel of the image information of the first photographing as a reference is set as a main subject portion when the deviation amount is equal to or more than a predetermined shift amount (FIG. 34-a),
If the difference is smaller than a predetermined amount, the image is classified as a background portion (FIG. 34-b). By adding a blurring process to the background portion, a portrait photograph in which only the main subject is in focus can be obtained (S54).

Here, as described above, since the second photographing can be performed while displaying the result of the first photographing on the display means 908, the origins of the respective photographing are adjusted at the photographing time. Can be done quickly.

After these processes have been performed, the printer control unit 905 first performs preliminary ejection at the home position of the recording head 400 in order to make the printing operation more effective, thereby eliminating clogging of the recording head 400 and evaporating. The recovery of the running nozzle is performed (S55).

Next, the printer control unit 905 adds necessary processing such as color separation processing and binarization processing for printer output, and outputs the result from the printer engine unit 904 (S5).
6).

The printed printer paper 1024-a printed by the printer engine unit 904 is automatically fed to a position where it is separated from the rolled printer paper 1024 (S57).

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
It is possible to obtain a print that has the effect of a silver halide photograph with a blurred background, even though the electronic camera has an electronic imaging system without the need for complicated operations and post-processing by simply taking a picture at the time of shooting. it can.

(Embodiment 9) A "combined camera" which is Embodiment 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. The parts performing the same operations as in the eighth embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

The apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured so that the imaging section and the printer section are detachable, and can use only the camera section or only the printer section as necessary.

In FIGS. 35 and 36, the lower portion 3000a of the exterior cover 3000 of the still camera portion SC has a fixing portion 3000 which engages with the fixing portion 3001b of the printer portion P.
b. The still camera unit SC includes a printer unit P
When inserted into the plate spring 301,
4 to be fixed and integrated. In the apparatus of the present embodiment, the first image information and the second image information having parallax with respect to one image information from the still camera SC, and The lower surface 3000a of the still camera unit SC and the printer unit P so that the information of the mode set at the time is transmitted.
Has a communication contact on the upper surface portion 3001a. A fixed contact 300 made of SUS or the like is provided on the printer section P side.
2 to 3007 are arranged.

On the other hand, on the still camera section SC side,
Rod-shaped movable contacts 3008 to 301 made of US material or the like
3 are arranged. The movable contacts 3008 to 3013 are guided by the lower surface 3000a and are urged by a spring to enable reliable contact with the fixed contacts 3002 to 3007 of the printer unit P.

In this apparatus, control signals via four-terminal contacts, image information via two-terminal contacts, and photographing mode signals are distributed as shown in FIG. However, the information to be communicated is not limited to this,
The present invention is not limited by the number of terminals, the contact means, or the type of signal. In FIG. 37, NO1 is a GND contact that takes a common ground for other signals. NO
Reference numeral 2 denotes a control signal when a print output instruction is issued on the still camera unit SC side. NO3 and NO4 are signals for notifying the printer unit P of the selected state of the output mode of the printer unit P. In this case, four types of output modes can be input. Thus, the print output of the printer unit P set using the still camera unit SC can be transmitted. NO5 and N
O6 is a terminal for transferring image information and information on the code of the shooting mode.

Reference numeral 3017 (see FIG. 35) denotes a print start button of the still camera unit SC, and reference numeral 3016 denotes a print button used when printing is performed by the printer unit P alone. Reference numeral 3015 denotes an input terminal for supplying drive power for the printer unit P. As a result, power can be supplied from various power sources such as a home power source and an automobile power source, which is more convenient for long-time use. Confirmation of these print output modes is performed by the liquid crystal display panel 3019 on the upper surface of the still camera unit SC.

The still camera unit SC performs a shooting operation by the same operation as that of the eighth embodiment (S201 to S201).
07). Here, the imaging unit of the present apparatus includes two imaging units 3050a and 3050b having parallax, and two image information can be obtained by a single imaging operation by simultaneously performing an imaging operation of the two imaging units. It has become.

Thereafter, the two image information are stored in the portrait mode in the same manner as in the eighth embodiment so as to store the same scene, and the image information is stored at the same time. (S20 is required but is identified as the same scene.) (S20)
8).

If this is output using the printer unit P, the still camera unit SC is attached to the printer unit P,
When a print start instruction is input, the still camera unit SC
Sends two pieces of image information with parallax to the left and right together with a code indicating that the shooting was performed in the portrait mode (S209).

The printer section P stores the corresponding two pieces of image information having parallax in its own memory based on these pieces of information. Then, as in the eighth embodiment, the two image information are compared to extract the main subject from the background. Then, necessary image processing is performed on one of the images to be used as a reference (either one may be used) and print output is executed (S210 to S210).
214).

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
By simply setting the shooting mode when shooting and shooting, it is possible to easily obtain a print such as a silver halide photograph with a blurred background without the need to extract the main subject later. In addition, since the photographer does not need to give an instruction at the time of printing work, it is more convenient to use.

Further, since the camera portion and the printer portion can be separated, only the camera portion needs to be carried at the time of photographing.

(Embodiment 10) A "composite camera" which is Embodiment 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the portions performing the same operations as those in the eighth and ninth embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. The apparatus according to the present embodiment is designed so that an equivalent result can be obtained relatively easily and at low cost as compared with an apparatus having two shootings or a plurality of imaging systems.

In this apparatus, a subject is easily extracted by attaching a so-called stereo adapter for dividing a photographic light beam into two parts in front of an image pickup system of a camera with a printer. As shown in FIGS. 40 and 42, the stereo adapter 4000 is mounted in front of the imaging optical system of the apparatus. A mounting detection switch 4050 for detecting the mounting of the adapter 4000 is provided on the front surface of the imaging optical system. When the adapter 4000 is mounted, it is detected and set to the subject extraction mode.

In the subject extraction mode, the control means (not shown) drives the visual field mask 4051 provided in the finder to limit the angle of view to about half. Stereo adapter 4
000 forms an image having two parallaxes by dividing the photographing field of view of the image pickup optical system into two parts left and right, so that it is necessary to set the finder field angle to match that at the time of photographing.

FIG. 42 shows the luminous flux of the left and right images taken with the adapter 4000 attached. The image sensor 1040 has a pair of mirrors 4001 and 40 symmetrically.
The light beam twice bent by 02 enters with a parallax between left and right. FIG. 43 shows an image pickup state of the image pickup element 1040 (a light beam originally incident on the image pickup element is inverted, but is considered to be in the same state as print for easy understanding).

Assuming that the upper left of the image information on the left is the origin,
The image information on the left side is the pixel GL.
The image information corresponding to half of the whole pixel starting from (0,0), and the image information on the right side is the pixel of another half area starting from the pixel GR (X0,0). The control means is the adapter 400
In the subject extraction mode by mounting 0, the imaging device 1
It is assumed that the division of the image 040 is separated into these two pieces of information. When a photographing operation is actually performed, pixel points GL (X1, Y1) and GR (X0 + X
2, Y2) are compared, and the distance to substantially the same information is calculated as in the eighth embodiment. Here, the adapter 400
When 0 is attached, image information especially near the center of the image sensor 1040 is not clear. This is structurally mounting the mirror 4002 at a predetermined angle,
Since the light beam on the optical axis of the imaging optical system becomes the end face of the mirror, there may be a portion where the light beam does not come.
This is due to the fact that light beams from the left and right are mixed at the mounting accuracy of 02. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the image sensor 104
By not calculating the image information near the center of 0, it is possible to prevent a problem that the difference between the right end of the left image and the left end of the right image is apparently large.

This image information is stored in the memory of one image information. At this time, by storing a code indicating that the image information is classified into left and right, the image information can be distinguished from a normal image. It is carried out.

When the printout is performed, a process of blurring only a portion having a small difference based on one of the left and right image information from the calculation result of the difference is performed, and then the printout is performed using the printer unit. The execution is the same as in the eighth embodiment.

As described above, according to the present embodiment,
Simply by mounting the adapter and taking a picture, it is possible to obtain a print like a silver halide photograph with a blurred background, which is convenient.

[0262]

As described above, according to the present invention,
An easy-to-use photographing device, printer device, and photographing system can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a printer unit.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a central portion.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the first embodiment (part 1);

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment (part 2);

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the first embodiment (part 3);

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of an electronic viewfinder.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a display unit.

FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of a third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a top view of the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system control.

FIG. 14 is a rear perspective view.

15 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a main part of a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory view of a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 20 is an exploded perspective view of a hinge mechanism.

FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of a hinge mechanism.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory view of a friction member.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory view of a friction member.

FIG. 24 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory view of a friction member.

FIG. 26 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a printer unit.

FIG. 28 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an eighth embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing the operation of the eighth embodiment (part 1).

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing an operation of the eighth embodiment (part 2);

FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram of the operation.

FIG. 32 is an operation explanatory diagram

FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram of an operation.

FIG. 34 is an operation explanatory view

FIG. 35 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of the ninth embodiment.

FIG. 37 is an explanatory view of a contact point.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ninth embodiment (part 1);

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ninth embodiment (part 2);

FIG. 40 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 41 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of the tenth embodiment.

FIG. 42 is an operation explanatory diagram.

FIG. 43 is an explanatory diagram of the operation.

FIG. 44 is an explanatory diagram of an operation in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control means 2 Imaging part 7 Memory means 8 Display means

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code FI H04N 5/781 G06F 15/66 470J H04N 5/781 510C

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. Display means, control means for displaying a photographed image on one of the display surfaces of the display means, and displaying the image being photographed on the other side to display a spliced image, and display on the display means An image data forming means for forming data of the connected spliced image. 2. A display means, an instruction means for instructing movement of an image displayed on the display means, and a plurality of photographed images displayed on a display surface of the display means. A photographing apparatus comprising: a control unit for moving a designated image in accordance with the displayed image to display a connected image; and an image data forming unit for forming data of the connected image displayed on the display unit. 3. An image pickup means for converting an optical image of a scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal, a memory means for storing an electronic image signal picked up by the image pickup means, and A printer device for visually printing an image, display means for displaying the image of the electronic image signal, and control means capable of selecting at least a plurality of output modes for print output, wherein the control means comprises a plurality of output modes. A photographing apparatus characterized in that when a connection panorama output mode is selected from an output mode, a print output of at least two or more frames of electronic image signals is controlled so as to be continuously printed without margins between frames. 4. An image pickup means for converting an optical image of a scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal; a memory means for storing an electronic image signal picked up by the image pickup means; A printer device for visually printing an image, display means for displaying the image of the electronic image signal, and control means capable of selecting at least a plurality of output modes for print output, wherein the control means comprises a plurality of output modes. An imaging apparatus, wherein when a predetermined output mode is selected from an output mode, control is performed such that only an electronic image signal of an arbitrary area is printed out with respect to an electronic image signal of one captured frame. 5. A photographing apparatus integrally provided with a video camera unit for recording a moving image and a still camera unit for recording a still image, wherein the member holds a recording medium of the still camera unit or is integrated with the holding member. A photographing apparatus characterized in that a fixing portion at one end of an instep belt for holding the photographing apparatus is provided on an exterior member fixed to the photographing apparatus. 6. A photographing optical system of the still camera section, wherein a fixing portion at one end of the instep belt is a member for holding a recording medium of the still camera section or an exterior member fixed integrally with the holding member. 6. The photographing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the photographing apparatus is disposed on a plane parallel to the optical axis. 7. A fixing portion at one end of an instep belt is disposed on a focus position side in an optical axis direction of a photographing optical system of the still camera portion with respect to a position of a release button of the still camera portion. The photographing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein 8. A photographing apparatus comprising an electronic viewfinder unit rotatably mounted on a photographing apparatus main body via a friction hinge mechanism, wherein the friction hinge mechanism is fixed to the electronic viewfinder unit. A hinge member, a shaft member configured to be rotatable integrally with the hinge member, and a groove shape substantially equivalent to a rotatable range of the shaft member, wherein the groove shape is a shaft diameter of the shaft member. A photographing apparatus, comprising: a fixing member having a thinner portion, which is fixed to the photographing apparatus main body. 9. The photographing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein at least one portion of the groove shape of the fixing member has a circular groove having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the shaft member. 10. An image pickup device for converting an optical image of a scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal, and a printer device for visually outputting the electronic image signal picked up by the image pickup device on a recording sheet. A photographing apparatus, comprising: a mode selecting unit capable of selecting a plurality of photographing modes; and a first image information having a parallax on an optical image of an object scene when a predetermined photographing mode is selected by the mode selecting unit. A classifying unit for classifying the image information into the second image information and the first or second image information having the parallax, or a predetermined image processing is performed on both of them, and an image with a blurred background is obtained. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an image processing unit for obtaining; and a control unit for executing a printing operation based on a result of the image processing unit. 11. A photographing means for converting an optical image of a scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal, a mode setting means capable of selecting a plurality of photographing modes, and a predetermined photographing mode is selected by the mode setting means. Then, a separating unit for separating the image information into first image information and second image information having parallax, a memory unit for storing the image information separated by the dividing unit, and the image information stored in the memory unit A photographing apparatus, comprising: a control unit that sends the image to the outside. 12. A printer device that prints out image information so that the image information can be visually recognized, and an identification unit that identifies that one piece of image information is classified into first image information and second image information having parallax. And image processing means for executing predetermined image processing on the image information identified by the identification means, and control means for executing a printing operation based on the result of the image processing means. Printer device. 13. An image pickup apparatus provided with image pickup means for converting an optical image of a field to be picked up into an electronic image signal, wherein the image pickup apparatus has an image pickup angle of view mounted in front of an image pickup optical system of the image pickup apparatus. Detecting means for detecting an adapter to be divided with parallax;
A mode setting means for setting a predetermined photographing mode when the detection of the adapter is detected by the detecting means; and a classification for separating image information from image information input to the photographing apparatus when photographing is executed in the predetermined mode. Means,
An image capturing apparatus comprising: a memory unit for storing image information separated by the separating unit; and a control unit for transmitting the image information stored in the memory unit to the outside. 14. An image pickup apparatus for converting an optical image of a scene to be photographed into an electronic image signal, mode setting means for selecting a plurality of photographing modes, and display means for displaying image information, When a predetermined photographing mode is selected by the mode setting means, the first image information is displayed after the first image information is photographed, and the first image information is displayed when the second image information is photographed. A photographing apparatus comprising: control means for controlling the display of the second image information so as to be superimposed. 15. The photographing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the classification unit has two imaging units having parallax. 16. A photographing system in which the photographing device according to claim 11 and the printer device according to claim 12 are detachably combined, wherein an interface for transmitting image information of the photographing device to the printer device is provided. An imaging system characterized by comprising: