JPS5947514B2 - Remote control devices such as TV cameras - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a remote control device for remotely controlling a controlled device, such as a television camera, which is placed apart from a console, and sequentially controlling the device in a predetermined setting manner.

Conventionally, various devices have been known that are remotely controlled based on operation signals from an operation console, but when a controlled device is to be remotely controlled in advance in multiple desired modes, there are 9 devices on the operation console corresponding to each mode. In most cases, a large number of potentiometers and the like are used and set in advance, and each potentiometer is sequentially selected and used as a remote control signal during remote control.

Since the potentiometer itself is inherently high resolution, 5
Although the signal accuracy of the control signal itself is good, if there are many desired settings, the number of potentiometers corresponding to each setting is required. When multiple potentiometers are required, the number of potentiometers increases dramatically.
It has become difficult to correspond between the potentiometer on the console and each setting mode, which is the main cause of lower operability. Yet another drawback of conventional remote control devices using such potentiometers is that when modified conditions are set in each aspect,
The problem is that the preset setting values are damaged and the setting mode cannot be duplicated. A case of a remote control device for a television camera to which such a known remote control device is applied will be specifically described. Generally, the six main control elements of a television camera are panning, telemetry, zooming, focusing, and aperture (iris) and camera height.

Therefore, when operating the camera from a console that is separate from the TV camera, these different types of control signals are sent from the console and the potentiometers are adjusted while watching the monitor on the console. Each control element of the television camera is adjusted so that the monitor image becomes a predetermined image, and the television camera is adjusted to the desired setting mode. If there are multiple settings, adjust other groups of potentiometers, and while monitoring the imaging status of the television camera, send a control signal to the camera control element to adjust the potentiometers. Set the yometer group. After the setting operation is completed, when images captured by cameras (hereinafter referred to as shots) are to be sequentially selected based on the setting mode of each television camera, each potentiometer group is sequentially selected. In other words, the above-mentioned conventional device mechanically stores the settings of the television camera using the adjustment amount of a potentiometer, and remotely controls the television camera based on this stored amount.

Therefore, as the number of setting modes and control elements that define each mode increases, the number of potentiometers increases accordingly.
Since the potentiometer knobs occupy a large area on the console, it is not possible to increase the number of shots too much.02 Since there are many potentiometers listed on the console, it is difficult to decide which knob is the control element for the TV camera. 〇3 Potentiometers control each control element independently and remotely, so each control element (
J, ., U is driven vertically, and the captured image is extremely unsightly.

4 After adjusting the potentiometer, if the adjustment is made again for correction, the shot in the original setting cannot be reproduced.

5. Since it is controlled by analog signals, it is impossible to link with an external computer.

6. If the operating power supply is stopped due to a power outage or failure, it will become unclear which shot was being played, so please change the start settings again.
It is necessary to search for the desired shot by searching for the desired shot.

In order to obtain the same setting mode after setting seven desired shots and reproducing them, there is an inconvenience that the setting operation must be repeated one by one.

There are various drawbacks such as.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of conventional remote control devices, and in particular to provide a remote control device that can eliminate the drawbacks described in items 1 to 7.
The feature is that the reproduction information storage circuit section (in the embodiment, the This corresponds to the MS in Figure 3B.

) and a reproduction order storage circuit section (embodiment, (corresponding to 416 in FIG. 3C), sequentially increments the address section of the reproduction order storage circuit section and sequentially transmits the designation signal stored in the address section of the reproduction order storage circuit section to the reproduction information storage circuit section, A reading circuit section (406, 407, 40 in FIG.
8, 409, and 413. ), and a drive circuit that drives the controlled member based on the amount of electricity from the readout circuit, sequentially drives the controlled member to the set state for each cut, and connects the playback information storage circuit and the playback sequential storage. It is connected to the circuit section, and non-volatilely stores the electrical quantity and designated signal stored in both storage circuit sections, and also transfers the stored electrical quantity to each address section of the reproduction information storage circuit section and the designated signal. A non-volatile memory device (embodiment, 6 in FIG. 3D
Corresponds to 01, 602, 603, and 604. ). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A specific embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings regarding a case where it is applied to a remote control device for a television camera. (I) External configuration FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the television camera remote control device and the television camera.
0 indicates a remotely controlled television camera that is connected to the console through an electric circuit.

The operation console 100 is provided with buttons shown in the second figure on an operation surface 101, a television monitor 102, and a magnetic card reader section 103 that constitutes a part of an external storage device to be described later. On the other hand, on the TV camera 200 side, a TV camera 201. An imaging lens 202 is provided in the camera 201 and the pan head 203, respectively.
A servo motor for zooming, tailing, and vanning and a potentiometer for detecting set positions are each independently built-in. Therefore, when the setting amount of control elements such as focusing is sent as an electric signal via the electric line CO, all the servo motors start driving, and at the same time the setting signals of the potentiometers in the camera and the pan head are sent as electric signals. It is returned to the control console via the kitchen CO. Note that the C section is a signal transmission line for imaging such as video and synchronization signals. Each button arranged on the operation surface of the operation console 100 has the following operation functions (see Figure 2).Numbers 1 to 4 are knobs for adjusting tailing, panning, and focus zooming, respectively. A rotary encoder is provided on the rotating shaft, and a digital signal is generated in accordance with the rotation of the knob to set control elements such as panning on the television camera side. 5 is a shot memory button that is pressed when sequentially setting the camera to a desired mode and inputting the setting information of each knob 1 to 4 necessary for this mode into the storage device, and after pressing this button. , set each knob 1 to 4 so that the camera captures a desired shot, and press any of the shot buttons 61 to 616.The settings signal for each knob is stored in the form of a digital signal in a storage device, which will be described later. is input to the predetermined address section of.

T1 to Tl6 are symbols placed opposite each other on the shot buttons, and are provided on the shot buttons with a cartoon-like description of what kind of shot the shot will be. Reference numeral 8 denotes a time setting knob for selecting a cut transition time, which will be described later.A control signal for adjusting a timer, which will be described later, is formed by this knob, and is input into the storage device together with the setting information 1 to 4.

The buttons 61 to 616 have built-in red and yellow indicator lamps, and when writing a desired mode into a storage device, which will be described later, the red lamps are turned on by pressing the button corresponding to the lamp. When reproducing the desired mode stored in the storage device, the buttons 61 to 61 are turned on when the desired mode is stored in the storage device.
6 or indicates that a change button, which will be described later, has been selected and pressed. The yellow lamps in each of the buttons 61 to 616 indicate that the buttons 61 to 616 have already
is selected and pressed to sequentially display that the write operation has been completed.In addition, in the read operation, among the information read out sequentially by operating the change button described later, the next shot position to be read out is displayed. It is configured so that the yellow lamp in the corresponding button lights up. 9 is a cut memory button, and when the presetting operation for each shot is completed by operating the shot memory button 5,
When this button is pressed and the shot buttons 61 to 616 are pressed in the desired shot order, the desired shot order is stored in a storage device, which will be described later, together with the time element set by the time setting knob 8.

This ranking is simultaneously displayed as the number of shots on the display devices 101-1020. 11 is an operation button, and when the change button 12 is pressed, the shot order display device 1 is activated.
Information required for each shot mode is read out from the recording device in the order of displayed shots from 01 to 1020, and drives a servo motor on the television camera side via various circuits to be described later.

If the knob 8 is set to Auto, the shot will be automatically shifted to the next shot at a preset time in the storage device, which will be described later. Reference numerals 131 to 1320 indicate display devices which are turned on sequentially when storing the storage device shot order to display the next storage section corresponding to the address to be stored in the storage device, which will be described later; 141 to 1420, during shot reproduction; A display device for displaying the current reproduction position, 15 a button for clearing the contents of the storage device, 16 a power switch, 18 and 19,
Shift button to shift the shot setting order or playback order one shot forward or backward; 20 is a button to press to restart the shot setting order or playback order from the beginning; 2
1 to 23 are magnetic card operation buttons, a read button for reading out information on the card to the internal storage device, a write button for transferring and storing information in the card from the internal storage device,
Reference numeral 24 is a correction button, and when it is desired to correct the aspect of the television camera during shot reproduction, the knobs 1 to 4 are reset and the correction operation of pressing the shot correction button is performed.

25 is a fine adjustment/coarse adjustment switch, and by switching to the fine side, when knobs 1 to 4 are rotated, the output signal of the rotary encoder is gradually decreased and the set amount is changed over a wide range for fine adjustment. belongs to.

In addition, each of the above buttons 5, 9, 11, 12, 2122, 2
3 has all built-in operation confirmation lamps, which light up at the same time as the button is pressed, and are configured so that when another button is pressed, the originally pressed button is reset and the light goes out.

Further, each button 15, 18, 19, 20 lights up only when the button is pressed.

Moreover, each button except for the shot buttons 61 to 616 is configured so that even if it is pressed during execution of a calculation described later, no command will be accepted. 3A to 3E show the overall circuit configuration of the remote control device and the television camera control device, and FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the connection circuits in each figure.

The configuration diagram of the electric circuit of each part will be explained below. (H
) Television camera control signal control circuit configuration (see Figure 3A) In this circuit, the television camera side control elements are servo-controlled by the settings of knobs 1 to 4 and by control signals from the arithmetic circuit section described later. It is something to do.

In the figure, 201 to 204 are the tailing, panning, focus, and zooming adjustment knobs 1 to 4, respectively.
This is an angle-to-pulse number converter that uses a rotary encoder set by the rotary encoder to generate pulses with a number of pulses corresponding to the amount of rotation of the knob.The polarity of the generated pulses is reversed depending on the direction of rotation of the knob. 201A to 204A are frequency dividing circuits connected to the outputs of the rotary encoders 201 to 204, respectively, and each circuit has a frequency divider 201a and a selection circuit forming switch 225 as shown in the frequency dividing circuit 201A.
It is composed of a.

The switch 225a is the changeover switch 25 for the fine tuning of the suppression.
It is linked to and allows fine adjustments to be made when in the on state. 201B~
204B is a gate circuit connected to the output of the frequency dividing circuit, and each gate input is set by a synchronous control signal GSM3 from the discrimination circuit 201C and the CPU circuit described later, as illustrated in the gate circuit 201B. Gate circuit 2 that performs an AND gate with the flip-flop 201D output
0E output is connected.

201F to 204F are up ● down counters, A
-1D indicates the count output of each up-down counter, respectively.

205 is a data organization circuit and each counter 201F
~204F outputs A to D are connected to its input, time-divided into each output, and sent out from its output 206 in parallel.

Reference numeral 207 denotes a selection circuit which selects each of the counter outputs A-D using a sampling signal from a sampling signal generation circuit 208S, and sequentially sends one of the outputs A-D to the DA converter 208.

209G to 212G are sample and hold circuits and D-
The analog signal from the A converter 208 is selected by the sampling signal from the sampling signal generation circuit 208S, and each output of each of the counters 201F to 204F is held in each circuit after DA conversion.

Each sample and hold circuit has a comparison circuit (
212H), the amplification drive circuit (2161), and the servo motor (M1) are connected, and each servo motor controls the tailing, panning, focusing, and
Adjust zooming behavior. Each motor is linked with a potentiometer, and by feeding back the potentiometer to the comparator circuit (212H) input, the adjusted amount of each control element is inserted into the servo circuit. are doing. The determination circuit 201C determines whether the count value of the counter 201F is within a certain value, and adjusts whether the adjustment amount of knob 1 is within the maximum tailing adjustment amount of the camera. Other counter 202F
Each discrimination circuit (not shown) for ~204F also has a similar function.

The data organization circuit 205 is composed of a multiplexer 1, and receives digital signals of establishment elements to be set from each input A-D, and transfers them to a shot memory 1, which will be described later. The output digital signals of rotary encoders 201 to 204 are sent to gates 20IB to 204 by control signal GSM3.
In cycles where B is open, each counter 20
IF~204F) selection circuit 20T-. The motors M1, M2 to M4 (not shown) are servo-driven via the D-A converter 208 sampling and hold circuits 209G to 212G, and control elements on the TV camera side, that is, tailing, are controlled according to the settings of knobs 1 to 4. , panning, focus, and zooming. Therefore, the operator, while looking at the monitor 102 on the console side, sets the television camera to a desired mode and enables the camera to take an image of a predetermined shot. Above up/down counter 201F~20
4F each has a preset input terminal I, and the input is connected to a reference position digital signal generating section to be described later via a line 2291 via an OR gate 220J, and to the other OR gate 22.
The other inputs of 0J are maintained in the current location memory of the arithmetic and control circuit section, which will be described later, via the AND gate 224K. Therefore, in the cycle in which the control signal GSBl4 is input to the gate 224K, the counter 201F is set to a constant count value by the reference signal from the reference position digital signal generator, and the servo motor M1 for setting the tailing of the camera is activated. set in place. The same applies to other control elements, and each counter 202F~2
An OR gate and an AND gate circuit (not shown) are connected to the preset input of 04F and perform similar operations. (I
ID arithmetic control circuit configuration (see Figure 3B) This circuit unit sets and stores a desired time (desired cut time) for transitioning the television camera from a desired mode (shot) to the next mode, When playing, based on this set time,
Each control element of the television camera is provided to linearly change the set time to a shiftable time, and to cause the camera-side control elements to perform the setting operation linearly.

This necessity is due to the fact that the servo motor M1 (~M4) that drives each control element of the television camera requires the maximum speed, that is, the minimum time necessary to adjust each control element, and the control element In the case of this embodiment in which the control elements are driven and controlled separately and independently, the adjustment amounts of each control element are different, so each control element operates separately, resulting in an image that is extremely difficult to see when captured by a television camera. be. In order to eliminate such drawbacks, this circuit section calculates the set amount of each control element using the maximum speed of the servo motor as a function based on the required cutting time, and calculates the set required cutting time as necessary. It is used to modify the system so that each control element is adjusted linearly. In FIG. 3B, reference numeral 8 denotes a second time setting knob, which is used to set the required cutting time, and by rotating the knob, a pulse signal corresponding to the time is generated. The time set by the time setting knob is adjusted to a possible integer value that is an integral multiple of the pulse repetition time Tp generated from the update pulse generation circuit, which will be described later. SWI is a switch that is switched in conjunction with a knob, and is selectively switched between the AusO position and the M position. This゜“AutO'','“
The M'' position display index is displayed on the knob 8 and is selectively switched in conjunction with adjustment of the knob. 301
is a timer register, into which a time coded signal corresponding to the time set by the time setting knob is input via an AND gate 302, and is temporarily stored.

303 is a time reference value signal generation circuit which generates a reference timing signal TO.

304 is a multiplication circuit, and the output T of the reference signal generation circuit 303 is input to its inputs IA and IB.

Then, the timer register 301 outputs (N.TO). This multiplication result is the time code (n) set with time setting knob 8 when each servo motor is driven at maximum speed.
shows the amount by which each control element is driven. Note that the multiplication circuit executes an arithmetic cycle in response to a control signal GSB18 from a CpU circuit, which will be described later. 305, 306}
In the game, the control signal G from the CPU circuit described later
Gates are opened by SB2 and GSB3, respectively.

Reference numeral 30T designates an OR game circuit that calculates the logical sum of the gate outputs of both gates 305 and 306.

Mp, Md, and Mc are memories each composed of a group of storage circuits such as registers, where Mp is a current location memory, Md is a destination memory, and Mc is an updated data memory. When a control signal GSB2 is input to the gate 305 from the CPU circuit, which will be described later, the current location memory Mp is sent to the counter 201F (to 204F) via the line 206.
When the count value of is transferred, the count value is temporarily stored.

Since each count value of each counter 201F to 204F corresponds to the amount by which the servo motors M1 to M4 should be driven immediately, each control element on the television camera side
It has a current position adjusted according to the count value of 01F to 204F. The destination memory Md} receives the transfer information from the shot memory 1, which will be described later, through the gate 308, and temporarily stores a part of the information stored in the shot memory 1 in a cycle in which a control signal GSB9 from the CPU circuit, which will be described later, is applied. It is something to remember. The shot memory will be described in detail later, but when setting the TV camera in the desired mode in advance and setting the shot, the values stored in the counters 201F to 204F necessary for the setting mode are entered on the line 20.
61 (-2064), and stores and holds in advance the control element setting amount necessary for each setting mode of each shot. Therefore, when the gate 308 is opened and the stored information from shot memory 1 is stored in the memory Md, the control element settings required for the next shot or destination are held in the memory Md. Mc indicates an update data memory for holding the calculation results of the calculation circuit described later. 309 is a subtraction circuit, and the current location memory M
The information stored in p and the information stored in destination memory are subtracted.

Now, on the TV camera side, the setting values from the reference position (center) of the control elements, namely tailing, panning-focusing, and zooming, are expressed as T, p, f, and z, respectively, and the current location and setting values are expressed as Tm, If the set values of pm, fm, Zm, and destination are Tm+1, pm+, Fm+1, Zm+1, then the subtraction circuit calculates Tm+1 −Tm, pm+1−Pm, f
m+1-Fm and zm+1-Zm are sequentially calculated. 310} indicates a size discrimination circuit, and a multiplication circuit 304
Determine the magnitude of the output.

ANS1 is a discrimination signal of the discrimination circuit 310, and when the output of the multiplication circuit 304 is larger than the output of the subtraction circuit 309, it is generated and applied to the CPU circuit described later, and the control signal GSB1 is generated.
2 and starts execution of the arithmetic circuit. Note that when the output of the multiplication circuit 304 is smaller than the output of the subtraction circuit 309, the output of the size discrimination circuit 310 is output from the doubling circuit SL (
Since the processed signal is a digital code signal, it is applied to the up input side of the timer register 301 through the circuit (which consists of a right shift circuit), so the content of the timer register 301 is doubled and multiplied. circuit 30
4 is input. Subtraction circuit 309 and size discrimination circuit 3
10 and the calculation steps of the calculation circuit 311 are shown in FIG. In Fig. 5, the destination is loaded into the destination memory Md (Am+1={Tm+1, Pm+1
, fm+1, Zm+1}) Also, the current location (Am={Tm, Pm, fm, Zm}) is imported into the local memory Mp,
After the distance calculation (D=Am+1-Am) is performed in the subtraction circuit 309, when it is applied to the input of the discrimination circuit 310, since NTO is applied to the other inputs of the discrimination circuit, the size discrimination of both starts. be done. TO is servo motor M1 (~M
4) When viewed from the side, when each servo motor drives each control element at the maximum speed, the set amount that can be driven within unit time TO, in other words, the limit speed Tvmax, pvmax, tv
max, Zvmax, so in the discrimination circuit 310, Tm+1-Tm and NOtvmax, pm+1-Pm and N
IPvmax, fm+1 −Fm and n●Fvmax,z
A small discrimination between m+1-Zm and Zvmax is performed. If Tm+1-Tm>n●Tvmax, it is impossible to move from the current location Tm to the tailing value Tm+1 required for the destination within the set time (n) within the limit speed. It means that. In this case, M is the time (n) set by time setting knob 8.
is doubled (2n, R+1 in binary system) and the determination is made again. This determination and change of setting time are Tm+1-Tm<n
- Repeated until Tvmax is reached. Other control elements P,
This determination time change is also performed sequentially for f and Z. As a result of the above determination for each control element T, P, f, z, if there is a time change in the set time (n) for the control element with the largest difference between the destination and the current location, the amount of time change is the maximum, and other control elements are also adjusted according to this maximum change time.

The arithmetic circuit 311 calculates D/n to determine the time update rate to determine how much time change is necessary for the set time (n) as a result of the distance calculation (own). This causes arithmetic operations to be performed on control elements that require time changes, but since the arithmetic circuit executes the arithmetic operations in binary notation, the arithmetic operations are performed by simply shifting the D signal by R bits.

Note that the calculation results are transferred to the update data memory Mc,
The value is stored in the memory, and the memory Mc is updated by the calculation output of the calculation circuit 311 when an input signal larger than the stored value is input, and the maximum value among the calculation results is stored. 312 is an adder circuit 313 is an update pulse oscillator, 314
indicate the size discrimination circuit, respectively, and the update data memory M
The data in c is added to the stored value in the current location memory Mp every time a pulse from the update pulse oscillator (pulses and oscillations with period TO) is generated, and the gate 306 is opened by the control signal GSBl3 from the CPU circuit, which will be described later. During the cycle, the output of the adder circuit 312 is transferred to the current location memory Mp.

Therefore, the contents of the current location memory Mp are sequentially updated, and the current location memory Mp increases at the updated time every time an update pulse is generated.

This state is shown in the rightmost cycle of the fifth illustrated flowchart. This execution cycle will be explained below with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. 3B. In FIG. 3B, the calculation result d=D/n of the calculation circuit 311 is stored in the update data memory M.
c and is applied to the addition input of the addition circuit 312. Therefore, when the calculation circuit 311 calculates an updated value and the calculation result is given to the addition circuit via the update data memory Mc, the addition circuit 312 Then, every time a constant periodic pulse from the update pulse oscillator 313 is applied, the update data d is added to the current location memory Mp value.

When j pulses are input to the adder circuit 312, the cycle at the right end of FIG. 5 is executed j times, and the output of the adder circuit 312 is A.
It becomes mfjd. This fruitful current location register Mp will match the contents of the destination memory Md after a time extended from the time set by the time setting knob 8. During this time, the gate 224K (~22TK) is open, and each counter 201F~204F drives each servo motor M1 (~M4) according to the contents of the current location register Mp.
The determining circuit 314 determines the size of the contents of both memories Mp and Md, and when they match, a match signal ANS2 is outputted and input to the CPU circuit described later, and the arithmetic operation is completed. In the drawing, Ms is a shot memory whose address section is specified by a signal from the actual setting mode operation control circuit section, and the setting digital signals formed by the rotary encoders 201 to 204 are transmitted via the line 2061 and the gate 316. The data is then transferred and sequentially stored in the designated address field.

The shot memory Ms has a storage capacity of 16 shots, and is formed by rotary encoders 201 to 204 in the address portions of addresses 1 to 16, respectively. Control element setting values Tm, Pm required to obtain each shot. fm.
Zm is stored digitally. 316, 31
T is an AND gate, which is opened by a control signal from a CPU circuit, which will be described later.

Reference numeral 318 denotes a reference position signal generating section, which applies a predetermined number of digital signals to the shot memory Ms when the gate 31T opens in an execution cycle, sets all addresses of the memory Ms to predetermined values, and at the same time outputs a line 2291 ( ~22
94), the counters 20IF to 204F are set to the same value, and each control element of the camera is set to the median value.

Each of the above-mentioned memories Mp, . Md,. Mc,. Ms clears its memory contents when the device is powered on, as will be described later.

Since the signal PUC is applied (not shown), no previous history contents remain at the start of the operation. (M Setting mode operation control circuit configuration (see Figure 3c) In Figure 3c, 401,
402 is a constant signal generation circuit, and 403 and 404 are AND gate circuits, which receive a control signal GC from the CPU circuit, which will be described later.
Gate controlled by M2GRSI. 405 is an OR gate, 406 is a current location address register with a counting function, 40T is a next address register with a counting function,
408 to 412, 418, and 420 are AND gates, and the gates are opened by a control signal from a CpU circuit, which will be described later.

413 is a 1 addition circuit, 414 is a 1 subtraction circuit, 415 is an OR gate circuit, and 416 is a cut register for storing a desired shot order.

When you press the cut memory button (Fig. 2), the CP
The gate 403 is opened by the control signal GCM2 from the U circuit, and the address register 406 is set to ``0'' by the constant signal generation circuit 401 output.
1 is opened by the control signal GCM3, and the contents of the register 406 ""o" are transferred to the next address register 40T via the 1 addition circuit 413, and the address register becomes "1".
is set to ゛. Then press the desired shot button 61-6
When any one of the 16 buttons is pressed, the coded signal KSMA corresponding to the number of the pressed shot button is transferred via line 417 to cut memory 1 via gate 418. At this time, a command signal from address register 406 is applied to cut memory 1 via gate 408 in response to control signal GCM5. Specifies the storage address of the coded signal transferred via gate 418 and OR gate 419. As a result, the cut memory is ``0''.
The KSMA signal is stored at address 1. At this time, the CP mentioned later
The control signal GCM5 from the U circuit is applied to the gate 420, the gate is opened, and the time coded signal (n) set by the time setting knob 8 is stored in the cut memory address "0" in parallel with the specified number of shots. be remembered. When this routine is completed, the control signal GSB6 from the CPU circuit
is applied to the gate, and the contents of address register 407 are transferred to address register 406.

As a result, the address registers 406 and 407 are set to the "1" state, and the cut memory 416 is instructed that the next storage address is address "1".
After this cycle, the gate 410 is opened by the control signal GSB7 from the CPU circuit, and the contents of the address register 407 are added by 1 via the 1 addition circuit 413, and the contents of the register 4
07, the contents of the address register 407 are set to the "°2" state.

According to the above routine, the address command signal is formed by the cooperation of both the address registers 406 and 407, so if the shot button is pressed again, a coded signal corresponding to the next possible shot size will be reproduced during playback. K.S.M.
Along with A, the time coded signal is stored in the cut memory 416.
The gate 410 is also opened by the control signal GSB7 from the CPU circuit when the change button 12 or the skip button 19 in FIG. 1 416 is set as a shot address register for temporarily storing the sequentially stored shot shop command coded signals, and when the shot buttons 61 to 610 are pressed, the C
The KSMA signal is transferred through the gate 451 which is opened by the control signal GSBl from the PU circuit, and is stored.

In response to a command signal from the shot address register 452 via the line 323, the shot memory Ns causes the stored information in the specified address section stored in the shot memory Ms to be transferred to the destination memory Md by opening the gate 308. After the above routine is completed, the arithmetic operation described in the above (own) circuit component is executed by the control signals GSBll, GSBl8, GSBl2, GSBl, , GSBl, from the CPU circuit described later.
SB, 5, etc. are applied to each circuit, and in the television camera, each control element is linearly driven based on the time set for the destination, that is, the next designated shot.

As a result, just by pressing the shot button, the cut memory can be set to 4.
16, the number of reproduction shots of the desired shot is stored in sequence. Reference numerals 501 and 502 indicate decoder circuits for lighting and driving the first illustrated display devices 14 to 1420 and the display devices 131 to 1320.

The decoder circuit 502 decodes the contents of the address register 407, and the decoder circuit 501 decodes the contents of the address register 406, and lights up the lamps of each display device. When the cut memory button 9 is pressed as described above, the address 406 is set to "0" and the address 407 is set to "1", so the green lamp 1 in the display devices 131 to 1320
Only 31 lights up. When the desired shot button is then pressed, the green lamp 132 and the red lamp 141 light up, and both display devices can display the position of the next cut number and the current cut number. As mentioned above, the yellow lamps 503A1 are attached to the shot buttons 61 to 616.
・No503A2...and red lamp 503B1・
...503B2... is provided.
Reference numerals 504 to 507 indicate drive circuit elements provided for each lamp, with 504 representing an OR gate, 505 and 506 representing an AND gate, and 507 representing an inverter circuit.

(In the drawing, each button is indicated by a suffix.) 508 is a flip-flop;
509 is a latch, decoder circuit, and gate 5
12 shows a circuit for decoding and holding a digital signal applied through 12. Reference numeral 510 indicates a shot test circuit which detects whether a shot coded signal is stored in the shot address register 452 via an AND gate 513, and 511 indicates a decoder circuit.

(Each circuit 509 to 511 has the same number of decode output lines as the lamps 503A and 503B, but they are omitted in the drawing.) LA-LH are for operation confirmation built in each button shown in the second figure. As buttons, LA is shot memory button 51, LB is cut memory button 9, L
C is the activation button 11. LD is card operation button 21, L
E is provided with a read button 22, and LF is provided with a write button 23. LG indicates a lamp provided in the warning lamp section AL, and LH indicates a lamp provided in the malfunction lamp section AE. 514 to 520 are FFs for operating each lamp, and 521 is an inverter overnight circuit.

M Magnetic Card Circuit Section Configuration (See Figure 3D) In Figure 3D, 601 schematically shows a part of the card reader, and 602 schematically shows a magnetic card.

Reference numerals 603 and 604 indicate a write circuit and read circuit for the magnetic card, respectively, and 605 indicates a control circuit.

When the write button 23 is pressed, the monitor of the card reader section is activated by a control signal GCR4 from the CPU circuit, which will be described later, and the card 602 is fed and the control signal GCR4 is activated.
8, the write circuit 603 is activated, and the cut memory 41 is operated via the 3C illustrated game Gc and the feed line 606.
Cut information of all addresses recorded in 6 and 3B
The setting information of each shot in the illustrated shot memory-Ms is transferred and written to the magnetic card 602. on the other hand,
When the read button 22 is pressed, the read circuit is activated by GCR4 and GCR5 signals from the CPU circuit, which will be described later.
The cut information and shot setting information stored on the card can be transferred to each memory again and stored again. Therefore, if you store the setting information in each memory and then store the same information on a magnetic card, even if the power to the device is cut off and the contents of each memory volatize, you will not be able to reset the settings again. This is not necessary, and each shot can be easily reproduced by simply transferring the information to the card and distributing it to each memory.

Note that the gate 605 is connected to the recircuits 603 and 604, and is used to light up an error lamp LH that indicates a parity check and a write failure. 60
Reference numeral 9 is a magnetic counter of the type in which a stepping drum is mechanically stepped by activation of a plunger by application of a commercially available driving pulse.

Reference numeral 610 denotes a drive circuit which is mechanically stepped by the output of a gate 611.

610 is a drive circuit, and by the output of gate 611,
The counter 609 is incremented in accordance with the increment of the address register 406 shown in FIG. 3C.

Reference numeral 613 designates an output circuit for decoding and reading out the rest position of the counter, which is generated when the power switch is turned on as described later.

Gate 614 is connected to the gate input of gate 405 (FIG. 3C) via line 615, which is opened by the PUC signal. The magnetic counter 609 mechanically remembers the contents of the address register 406 even in the event of a power cut or power outage, so when the device is restarted, the register 406 is set to the previous position, so that if the power is interrupted, the register 406 is set to the previous position. As already mentioned, the set number is immediately commanded to the cut memory 416. (To) Power supply circuit configuration (see Figure 3E) The power supply circuit includes power supply unit T02, servo motor M1~
The power supply section T02 includes a circuit section TO2R that generates a reset signal PUC that clears all the memories and register counters when the power is turned on.

T04 turns the motor circuit ON/OFF by the CPU circuit described later.
It is an FF for F. I Central electronic process circuit configuration (see FIG. 4) As shown in FIG.
A designation circuit 801 that specifies the address of the built-in microprogram section 802 is started, and a program corresponding to the button operated from the program section is selected, transferred to the command register 803, and a series of programs are sent via the command decoder 804. Command execution control signals GSM, GSB, GCM,
KSMA, GOP, GCA, GRS, and GCR are generated sequentially, and the timing will be described later. Note 8
06 indicates a clock pulse oscillator, and 80T indicates a timing distribution circuit. Next, operations based on each of the above configurations will be explained. A. Desired mode setting operation (shot setting operation) The desired mode (shot) setting operation is performed as follows.

1 Press shot memory button 5 → 1 Setting knob 1
~4 operation mute? ) Pressing the shot buttons 61 to 61o 1
When the shot memory button 5 is pressed, the following control signals are sequentially generated from the CPU circuit to execute the cycle shown on the right.

When you press any of the 2-shot buttons 61 to 64,
The following control signals are generated from the CPU circuit to execute the cycle described below.

In other words, while looking at the monitor 102, the user sets knobs 1 to 4, matches the desired shot one after another with the pattern on the monitor, and presses the shot button.

By this operation, the control element adjustment amount required to set each shot is stored as a digital signal in the shot memory Ms. Regarding the display lamps 503A1, 503B1, etc. in the shot buttons 61 to 610, when the button is pressed, the red lamp of the button lights up, and when another shot button is then pressed, the decoder 511 turns on the red lamp of only the button that was pressed. Since only the lamp is lit, the red lamp that was lit will turn off. This light-off signal is passed through the inverter 507, . . . and the AND gate 506, (~
50616), the lit red lamp goes out and the yellow lamp of the button part lights up. As a result, the color of the lighting lamp of the shot button changes to yellow, indicating that the required control element setting amount of the shot corresponding to the button is stored and held in the shot memory Ms. Therefore, if the yellow lamps on all of the shot buttons 61 to 616 turn on, it will be displayed that the setting operations for all shots have been completed. B. Cut memory setting operation This operation is an operation for determining the order of the cuts when reproducing each shot stored in the shot memory Ms, and for storing the cuts in the cut memory 416. Press memory button 9 →
2 Set the time using the hour setting knob → 3 Press the shot button corresponding to the desired first shot → 4 Press the shot button you want to reproduce next → Repeat steps 3 and 4 below.

When the 1-cut memory button 9 is pressed, the lamp of the previously pressed shot memory button 5 goes out, the next control signal is generated from the CPU circuit, and the cycle shown on the right is executed.

GSML: Set FF7O4 and start the motor (?)
Next, when the shot button 6 is pressed, the next control signal is generated from the CPU circuit, and the cycle shown on the right is executed.

When the time setting knob 8 is set as described above and the shot button 6 of the desired order is then pressed, the television camera is set to the desired mode as described above, and the desired position stored in the shot memory Ms is set. While confirming the control element settings required to set the television camera according to the mode on the monitor 102, it is possible to proceed with the recording operation of the shot order, that is, the cuts.

The characteristic feature of this routine is that the set time is
When the destination mode is shorter than the possible destination mode set by pressing the shot button, it is possible to calculate the extension rate of the set time and monitor the actual linear movement of the TV camera when the cut is memorized and reproduced. It is a point. C. Operation for Reproducing Desired Mode The following operations are performed to sequentially set the television camera to the desired mode in the order in which cuts are stored.

1 Pressing the operation button 11 - + (2) Pressing the reset button 20 → 3 Pressing the change button 12 Pressing the 1 operation button 11 (?) Pressing the set button 20 and pressing the 3 change button 12 causes the CPU circuit to sequentially release the following information. Various control signals are generated to complete the cycle.

Below, in the same way as described in B2 above, the control signals GSBLO, G
SBl7, GSBl8, GSBll, GSBl2, GS
Each signal of Bl3 and GSBl4 is generated by the CPU circuit,
Executing the calculation routine, the television camera will react linearly in the desired manner.

3 Press the change button 12.

GSB6; The contents of the cut next address register 407 are input into the cut current position address register 406 by opening the gate 406'.

This output causes the decoder 501 to turn on the red lamp 142. The above calculation routine is then executed to set the television camera to the next desired mode. D. Shot change operation during reproduction operation If you wish to modify the television camera while reproducing a shot, all you have to do is reset each knob 1 to 4 and press the modification button 24.

When the correction button is pressed, the following control signal is generated from the CPU circuit, and the cycle described on the right is executed.

However, if you want to temporarily correct the camera without correcting the stored values in the shot memory -Ms, each knob 1~
This can be done by simply rotating 4. Note that when the forward skip button 19 or the reverse skip button 18 is pressed, the gate to the addition circuit 413 or the subtraction circuit 414 is opened, and the contents of the address register 407 are corrected to correct the designated address number.

Writing to and reading from an E-card To write to and read from a magnetic card, first press the card reader preparation button 21. When the write button 23 is pressed, the following control signal is generated from the CPU circuit, and the cycle shown on the right is executed. Execute.

GCR7: Set FF5l8R to Clear button CL as other buttons.GCAl signal is generated from the CPU circuit, and the contents of the shot memory Ms are cleared.

In the above embodiment, an example was shown in which a magnetic card reader section was provided on the console side as an external storage device, but various storage devices such as a magnetic tape device, a punch card device, etc. can be used instead of the magnetic card.

It goes without saying that the storage device may be provided separately by being connected to the console through an electrical circuit. As described above, in the present invention, information corresponding to the settings of a desired mode of a controlled device such as a television camera is preliminarily stored in an internal storage device, and at the time of reproduction, specified address portions of the storage device are sequentially reproduced. The system is configured so that a series of desired settings can be automatically performed, and at the same time, the information in the storage device is configured to be transferable to an external storage device, so that the information in the internal storage device is not destroyed due to power failure or interruption. Since the information on the external storage device can be transferred to the internal storage device and the operation can be reproduced again, there is no need to redo complicated preliminary storage, making it extremely easy to operate and effective as a remote control device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a television camera remote control device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a layout diagram of the operation panel of the operation console illustrated in FIG. 1, FIG. 3A
Figures 3 to 3E show each electrical circuit that constitutes the connection diagram in Figure 3. Figure 3A is a block diagram of the camera control signal control circuit, Figure 3B is a block diagram of the arithmetic control circuit, and Figure 3C is a block diagram of the operation control circuit. 3D is a block diagram of the magnetic card circuit section; FIG. 3E is a block diagram of the power supply circuit; FIG. The figure shows a flowchart diagram of the operation of the illustrated block diagram 3B. Ms, Mp, Md, Mc, 4l6 are storage devices, respectively.
; Shot memory 1, Mp; Current location memory, Md; Destination memory, Mc; Update data memory, 416; Cut memory 1, 101; Operation panel, 301 to 320;
450 to 452: memory 1 Ms, 4l6 readout circuit,
201-216, 201-204; rotary encoder, 201A-2
04A; Minute circuit, 201F to 204F; Up/down counter 1, 207; Selection circuit, 208; DA converter, 209G to 212G; Sample and hold circuit, 2
12H: comparison amplification circuit, 216H: drive circuit, M2 to M
4; Servo motor, 800-807; CPU circuit, 31
1; Arithmetic circuit, 601; Magnetic card reader section, 609;
Magnetic counter one.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. It has a reproduction information storage circuit section that stores in a predetermined address section the amount of electricity corresponding to the setting state of a controlled member such as the aperture or focus state for each cut in a television camera, etc., and a plurality of address sections, each of which has a plurality of address sections. a playback order storage circuit section that stores a designation signal for selectively specifying a predetermined address section of the playback information storage circuit section in each address section; and a playback order storage circuit section that sequentially increments the address section of the playback order storage circuit section. a readout circuit section that transmits a designation signal stored in the address section of the reproduction order storage circuit section to the reproduction information storage circuit section, specifies the address section of the information storage circuit section, and reads out the amount of electricity in the specified address section; The drive circuit includes a drive circuit that drives the controlled member based on the amount of electricity from the readout circuit, sequentially drives the controlled member to a set state for each cut, and is connected to the reproduction information storage circuit and the reproduction order storage circuit. The electric quantity and designated signal stored in both storage circuit parts are stored in a non-volatile manner, and the stored electric quantity is stored in each address part of the reproduction information storage circuit part, and the designated signal is stored in the order. 1. A remote control device for a television camera, etc., comprising a nonvolatile memory device for writing to each address section of a circuit section.