KR20010094610A - Digital fan-tilt device in video camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A pan tilt apparatus of an image camera is provided to selectively enlarge and display a part of a photographed image. CONSTITUTION: A CCD(15) pickups an image of a subject and outputs a corresponding analog signal. A frame memory(35) stores an image signal of one frame to be displayed from a DSP(30). A microprocessor(40) controls a generation, a storage, a display operation, and a pan tilt display operation of the image signal. An image signal pan tilt section(45) selectively enlarges and displays a part of an image signal stored in the frame memory(35). A display device(55) operates by an image signal from a DSP(30) and displays a corresponding image. A timing signal generator(60) generates a timing signal according to a control of the microprocessor(40). A driving signal generator(65) generates a driving signal for driving a pickup operation of the CCD(15) in response to the timing signal.

Description

Digital pan tilt device of video camera {DIGITAL FAN-TILT DEVICE IN VIDEO CAMERA}

The present invention relates to a digital pan tilt device of a video camera, and more particularly, to a digital pan tilt device in which a part of a photographed image can be selected and enlarged in a video camera for photographing a subject electrically.

In general, an image camera electrically records two-dimensional information of a subject, converts an optical image of the subject into an electrical image, and stores the image in a memory, and if necessary, reads and prints the image stored in the memory or to a computer. It is a camera that can be transmitted and processed, and there are a digital still camera and a charge coupled developer (CCD) camera.

These video cameras are mainly used for general subject shooting, observation of areas that cannot be observed by humans, surveillance of specific areas, and video conferences. The device is added.

The pan tilt device is a device that allows the camera's shooting lens and the image capturing unit to be moved and rotated up, down, left, and right. Therefore, it is possible to observe and monitor a large area more effectively.

However, the pan tilt apparatus installed in the conventional video camera is composed of a power supply unit, a motor that rotates in accordance with the supply of power from the power supply unit, and a rotating structure that rotates the photographing unit of the video camera in conjunction with the motor. Larger, the noise due to the rotation of the motor has a big disadvantage.

In addition, as it is made up of a plurality of parts as described above, there is a possibility that the manufacturing cost is increased and the failure of each part occurs frequently.

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to produce an effect of the mechanical pan tilt apparatus by processing the image data captured electronically in the image camera.

1 is a block diagram of a digital pan tilt apparatus of an image camera according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing an image output state in the digital pan tilt device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the digital pan tilt apparatus of the video camera according to the present invention selects and enlarges only a predetermined portion of a subject image of one frame photographed through a wide-angle lens.

To this end, the digital pan tilt apparatus of the video camera according to the present invention includes a photographing unit which generates an image signal by capturing an image of a subject, a memory in which an image signal output from the photographing unit is compressed and stored for each frame, A selector for selecting only a predetermined region of the image signal, a microprocessor for reading only the image signal corresponding to the region selected by the selector among the image signals stored in the memory, and an image for enlarging and outputting the image signal of the region read by the microprocessor And a display unit for displaying an image of one frame according to an image signal output from the image enlarger.

The photographing unit preferably includes a wide-angle lens.

In addition, the selector may select only a predetermined region of a video signal of one frame according to position information input through a switch or an RS-232C interface.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a digital pan tilt apparatus of an imaging camera according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an image output state according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the digital pan tilt apparatus of the video camera according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a wide-angle photographing lens 10, a CCD 15, an analog signal processor 20, and an A / D converter. 25, digital signal processor (DSP) 30, frame memory 35, microprocessor 40, video signal pan tilt unit 45, signal input unit 50, display unit 55, timing signal generator ( 60) and the bulb signal generation unit (65).

The wide-angle photographing lens 10 is a lens having a larger angle of view than a photographing lens used in a general video camera. In the embodiment of the present invention, a lens having an angle of view of 60 ° or more is used.

The CCD 15 captures a subject image formed on the incident surface by the wide-angle imaging lens 10 and outputs the analog signal.

The analog signal processor 20 includes a correlated double sampling (CDS) for correlating double sampling of an analog signal output from the CCD 15 in a general digital still camera, an AGG for adjusting the gain of the analog signal, and the like.

The A / D converter 25 converts the analog signal output from the analog signal processor 20 into a digital signal, and the DSP 30 processes the digital signal to generate an image signal. The frame memory 35 stores an image signal of one frame to be displayed, which is output from the DSP 30.

The microprocessor 40 controls the image signal generation, storage, display operation, and pan tilt display operation of the image signal. The video signal pan tilt unit 45 selects, enlarges and outputs only a part of the video signals stored in the frame memory 35 under the control of the microprocessor 40.

The signal input unit 50 is composed of an RS-232C interface unit and receives a tilt signal applied from an external computer or the like, or receives a tilt signal according to a separate switch operation. The tilt signal is a signal for selecting a part of an image signal of one frame photographed, and the microprocessor 40 controls the image signal pan tilt unit 45 according to the tilt signal.

The display unit 55 is formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) and is driven according to an image signal applied from the DCP 30 to display the corresponding image. The timing signal generator 60 generates a timing signal under the control of the microprocessor 40, and the driving signal generator 65 generates a drive signal for driving the imaging operation of the CCD 15 according to the timing signal. Create

The operation of the digital pan tilt apparatus of the video camera according to the embodiment of the present invention having such a structure will be described.

When power is applied to the digital still camera, the microprocessor 40 drives the timing signal generator 60, and the timing signal generator 60 generates a timing signal under the control of the microprocessor 40. The drive signal generator 65 generates a drive signal for driving the CCD 15 in accordance with this timing signal and outputs it to the CCD 15.

Light corresponding to the subject passes through the wide-angle imaging lens 10 and forms an image on the incident surface of the CCD 15, and the CCD 15 forms an image of the subject formed according to a driving signal applied from the driving signal generator 65. It picks up and outputs the corresponding analog signal.

The analog signal generated according to the imaging operation is input to the analog signal processor 20, and the analog signal processor 20 correlates the input analog signal to remove noise and adjusts the signal gain to output the signal. The analog signal processed by the analog signal processor 20 is converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 25 and input to the DSP 30.

The DSP 30 processes the input digital signal according to a conventional signal processing method to generate a corresponding video signal. The image signal is stored in the frame memory 35 under the control of the microprocessor 40 to form one frame corresponding to one screen. This video signal includes a color signal and a luminance signal.

The image signal of one frame is output to the display unit 55 through the DSP 30, and the display unit 55 is driven according to the applied image signal to display the image of the corresponding one frame. An image of one frame is displayed on the display unit 55 in size A as shown in FIG. 2.

As described above, when a user displays an image of one frame on the display unit 55 and manipulates an external computer or a separate switch in order to view a predetermined portion of the displayed image in more detail, the corresponding tilt signal is displayed in the microprocessor ( 40).

For example, in the image displayed in size A, as shown in FIG. 2, the user selects the portion a by using an external computer or a predetermined switch in order to view only the image of the portion a in detail. At this time, as a method of selecting only a predetermined portion, the microprocessor 40 displays an arbitrary method for selecting a predetermined portion on the display unit 55 so that the user selects it or the user selects using a separate manual. Can be.

When the user selects only a portion of the image displayed on the display unit 55, the corresponding tilt signal is input to the microprocessor 40. The microprocessor 40 controls the video signal pan tilt unit 45 according to the tilt signal to read a video signal of a predetermined region stored in the frame memory 35. The video signal pan tilt unit 45 designates an address for a portion selected from the frame memory 35 under the control of the microprocessor 40.

Accordingly, the video signal stored at the designated address is output and input to the video signal pan tilt unit 45, and the video signal pan tilt unit 45 is enlarged to display the applied video signal as an image corresponding to one frame. To the DSP 30.

Therefore, the DSP 30 outputs the enlarged processed image signal applied from the image signal pan tilt unit 45 to the display unit 55, thereby making one frame photographed through the wide-angle imaging lens 10 on the display unit 55. Only the video signal of a portion of the video signal of is enlarged and displayed.

On the contrary, when the user selects the video signal of the b part rather than the video signal of the a part, as shown in FIG. 2, the b part of the video signal of one frame stored in the frame memory 35 as described above. Only the video signal stored in the corresponding address is extracted and enlarged by the video signal pan tilt unit 45. Therefore, only the image signal of the portion b is enlarged and displayed on the display unit 55.

As described above, in the subject image photographed through the wide-angle photographing lens 10, only the middle portion, the left and right portions, and the upper and lower portions of the image are selected and enlarged to display the wide-angle photographing lens 10 in a predetermined direction by a mechanical tilting device. The same effect as that taken by photographing is obtained.

As described above, according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the image camera selects and enlarges and displays a part of the image photographed by the wide-angle lens having a wider angle of view, thereby photographing without using a separate mechanical pan tilt device. The wealth can be moved up and down or left and right to produce the same effect as the shot.

Therefore, since no separate mechanical parts are used, the overall structure is simplified and miniaturization is possible. In addition, manufacturing costs are reduced.

This invention is capable of various modifications and implementations without departing from the scope of the following claims.

Claims (3)

A photographing unit which captures an image of a subject and generates a corresponding video signal; A memory in which an image signal output from the photographing unit is compressed and stored for each frame; A selection unit which selects only a predetermined region of the image signal of the one frame; A microprocessor for reading only an image signal corresponding to the area selected by the selection unit among the image signals stored in the memory; An image enlarger configured to enlarge and output an image signal of the area read by the microprocessor; And And a display unit for displaying an image of one frame according to an image signal output from the image enlargement unit. The method of claim 1, The photographing unit is a digital pan tilt device of an image camera comprising a wide-angle lens. The method of claim 1, And the selector selects only a predetermined region of the video signal of the one frame according to position information input through a switch or an RS-232C interface.