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- This invention relates to hybrid camera systems capable of capturing both electronic and photographic film images, and more particularly to a hybrid camera system, method and apparatus for selectively reviewing and creating album formats for film images captured by the camera.
- Hybrid cameras that concurrently capture both photographic film and electronic images of a scene are shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,716,470, which describes a hybrid camera containing systems for capturing respective images onto a photographic film and an electronic imaging element, such as an area array of charge coupled devices (CCD).
- the camera has an optical system, in combination with a shutter release mechanism, allowing a still image to be captured by the photographic film and the electronic imaging element, either sequentially using a single optical system or essentially simultaneously using parallel optical systems.
- Hybrid cameras also may include a display, usually a liquid crystal display (LCD) provided in the rear of the camera which allows the user to either review or preview the image.
- LCD liquid crystal display
- the user then may opt to process the captured photographic image based on the still electronic image, or in the review mode, the user may alternately decide not to process the reviewed image as captured on the photographic film.
- a hybrid camera is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,742,369 in which the user is given an option as to whether to preview a selection after electronic image capture or review after the photographic and electronic images have been captured.
- instructions can be given as to whether exposure control, illumination, etc., should be augmented based on the still image, therefore providing guidance to the photo finisher.
- an image verifier camera in which the electronic sensor is used to control the recording of the image onto photographic film.
- the user is allowed to select those frames captured by the camera which are to be processed and printed by use of the electronic display. Additionally, these cameras can also record data relating to how the selected frame(s) are to be printed; that is, information relating to cropping, zoom, and exposure.
- Each of the above examples are indeed useful for previewing an electronic image to determine whether a silver halide (conventional photographic) image of interest should be taken, or alternately, if the image has already been taken, whether or not instructions should be given to the photo finisher to modify processing or providing cropping, enlargement, etc.
- a more recent development in the photographic field commonly referred to as the Advanced Photographic System (APS), includes cameras sold under the trademark Advantix, by the Eastman Kodak Company. These camera utilize a photographic filmstrip having a transparent magnetic layer including plural longitudinal magnetic tracks on the border of the filmstrip which begin and end within individual frames. Each magnetic track is dedicated to the reading and writing of data in a predetermined format, the data relating to the corresponding frame, for easy access by a user or photo finisher. Each user has the capability to read and/or write information in self-identifying data in the corresponding tracks.
- An example of this format is contained in U.S. Pat. No. 5,229,810, which hereby is incorporated by reference as part of the disclosure of the present invention.
- the creation of a meaningful album of photographs is also enhanced by a system embodying the invention which enables combination of textual information, such as screen-related data or other information, in addition to date stamping, with the photographic prints selected for album formatting in order to provide text on the same album pages as the prints of a processed order.
- textual information such as screen-related data or other information
- a primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved system which increases the capability of hybrid cameras.
- Another primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved hybrid camera system which allows a user to select images captured using a hybrid camera and determining a specific page and orientation onto which a selected image will be produced in an album-like format.
- Another primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved hybrid camera system which allows a user to select a particular image in a particular order for composing the album pages which can be composed automatically by the photo processor.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide an improved hybrid camera having the ability to magnetically record text annotation via voice recognition, keyboard, or other input means and to transfer the information so that the processor can create an album where the annotation is combined with the prints.
- a hybrid camera system embodying the invention has image capture means, such as an electronic sensor and an optical and film transport mechanism, which simultaneously capture an optical image onto a photographic film and corresponding electronic image on the electronic sensor within a camera housing.
- image capture means such as an electronic sensor and an optical and film transport mechanism, which simultaneously capture an optical image onto a photographic film and corresponding electronic image on the electronic sensor within a camera housing.
- a display means can display the image captured electronically by the image capture means.
- input means are operated by the user while observing the electronic image to selectively input album related instructions relating to the image displayed.
- the instructions can provide information or relate to the orientation and formatting of the prints in an album or album-like format.
- the film has a magnetic recording media and the user selections are recorded directly onto the magnetic media allowing the selections to be read by photoprocessing apparatus capable of digitally reproducing the film images selected in the selected order and automatically composing the album pages to comprise the photographing order.
- the invention also provides a method for selectively captured images in an album-like format using a hybrid camera having a display for displaying a captured image.
- a hybrid camera having a display for displaying a captured image.
- an image is simultaneously captured onto a photographic film and electronic imager or sensor contained with the camera.
- the film has a magnetic media for receiving information thereon.
- the captured image is then displayed.
- album related data is selectively inputted onto the magnetic media of film corresponding to the displayed image.
- An advantage of the present invention is to provide for automatic creation of an album which satisfies the need to organize photographs without the necessity of two separate events, a first picture taking event and a later album making event.
- An album making event can become burdensome because the specific details of the picture taking event have become lost over time, the camera system of the present invention on the other hand, allows for capturing an image, previewing the image in an album format, supplying orientation and other formatting instructions for encoding onto the magnetic track, and selectively providing text annotation corresponding to the previewed image.
- Another advantage of the present invention is that all of the proceeding steps can be done by the user and at the camera level, as opposed to having some of the steps performed at the photo finisher level.
- Another advantage of the present invention is that customization of images captured by the camera (i.e. orientation, fonts used, etc.) in an album-like format can be done at the time of the picture taking event using the camera and by writing directly onto the film. The photographs can then be produced at a later date by the photo finisher without further intervention of the photographer required
- FIG. 1 is a rear view of a camera according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic side view of the camera of FIG. 1 illustrating dual image capture paths
- FIG. 3 (a) is a diagrammatic view of the rear of the camera of FIGS. 1 and 2 , including electronic imaging and text displays and controls;
- FIG. 3 (b) is an alternate display for use with the camera of FIGS. 1 and 2 ;
- FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing other input features as displayed in the text display of FIG. 3 (A);
- FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the camera of FIGS. 1-4 ;
- FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the logic used to select and process album decisions and annotation using the camera of FIGS. 1-5 ;
- FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) are flow charts of the photoprocessing logic used with the camera of FIGS. 1-6 for calling out and printing orders selected and for processing album decisions and annotation;
- FIG. 8 is a display selection of possible album page layouts showing different orientations and sizes for selection by a user
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the interface between the electronic display and the electronic imager of the described embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a partial sectional view of the camera of FIG. 1 , taken through line 10 — 10 ;
- FIG. 11 is a partial top view of the magnetic layer of a photographic filmstrip used in accordance with the present invention.
- NLR non-single lens reflex
- FIGS. 1 and 2 show a non-single-lens-reflex camera 10 which includes a rectangular camera housing or body 12 having an optical viewfinder 13 .
- the optical viewfinder 13 includes a through opening in the body 12 and windows on the front and rear sides 15 , 22 respectively and is used by the photographer for composing a scene to be recorded on a photographic medium contained within the camera 10 , as is commonly known.
- a liquid crystal information display (LCD) 16 is provided on a top surface 14 of the camera body 12 , along with a depressible shutter release button 18 .
- the liquid crystal display 16 is used to present information as the operator exercises the various functions of the camera 10 . For purposes of this embodiment, the functions displayed by the information display 16 do not relate to the present invention.
- Messages may be present on the LCD 16 as pictograms and/or actual text. In either case, this data comes from the internal memory of the camera where it has been recorded, such as prior to the delivery of the camera. Messages may be presented in the display 16 relating to loading of the film cartridge, the type of cartridge loaded, the status of the cartridge, lighting conditions, etc.
- the depressible shutter release button 18 is used for actuating a shutter mechanism, allowing image capture as described in greater detail below.
- a pair of electronic displays 20 , 24 which do pertain to the present invention are adjacently provided on the rear side 22 of the camera body 12 .
- the first electronic display 20 is a flat color liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, such as Model LQ3GN31, manufactured by Sharp Electronics, Inc., preferably capable of presenting high resolution color images.
- the second adjacent electronic display 24 is a black and white single liquid crystal display (LCD) 24 capable of displaying single line text.
- LCD black and white single liquid crystal display
- each of the imaging the textual displays 20 , 24 also present specific information as the operator exercises specific functions of the camera 10 .
- the details regarding the workings and details of LCDs in general are already commonly known in the field and do not form an essential part of the present invention. Therefore, further discussion is not required, except as needed.
- the camera 10 is designed to be used with a film cartridge 180 containing a photographic filmstrip 182 which includes a virtually transparent magnetic recording layer 184 having a series of longitudinal parallel tracks 186 along the adjacent edges 188 of a film frame 190 .
- a perforation 185 separates adjacent frames 190 of the filmstrip 182 .
- the magnetic tracks 186 are located outside the photographic capture area of the filmstrip 182 . Additional details relating to the magnetic layer 184 and parallel tracks 186 are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,229,810, which hereby is incorporated by reference into the disclosure of the present invention.
- the film cartridge 180 which is received in a cartridge receiving chamber 192 of the camera body 12 , includes a light-lock door (not shown) which is movable between a closed position, sealing the cartridge in a light-tight fashion, and an open position for allowing the filmstrip 182 to exit the cartridge through the light-lock door.
- a light-lock door (not shown) which is movable between a closed position, sealing the cartridge in a light-tight fashion, and an open position for allowing the filmstrip 182 to exit the cartridge through the light-lock door.
- the filmstrip 182 is thrust from the confines of the cartridge by rotation within the cartridge 180 of a spool 194 around which the filmstrip has been wound.
- the filmstrip 182 is then thrust along a film travel path, shown as arrow 195 and stopped across an exposure gate 198 which allows ambient light to impinge on a frame 190 of the photographic film.
- the film After exposure, the film is advanced to an oppositely disposed film roll chamber 200 having a take-up spool 202 onto which the exposed film 204 is wound.
- a film rewind mechanism (not shown) rewinds the exposed film 204 from the take-up spool 202 back onto the confines of the film cartridge 180 , as is conventionally known.
- the workings themselves of the so-called “thrust-type” cartridges, as well as those of the film advance and take-up mechanisms are commonly known in the prior art and do not form a basis for the present invention.
- a magnetic head 40 is fixedly disposed along the film travel path 195 in a location adjacent one of the longitudinal magnetic tracks 186 of the passing filmstrip 182 .
- the magnetic head 40 is capable of recording information to one of the magnetic tracks 186 based on specific data input by the camera user, as described in greater detail below.
- camera 10 includes dual film and electronic image capture systems. A length of the photographic filmstrip 182 corresponding to a track 186 is advanced from the film cartridge 180 , and into the exposure gate 198 , of the camera body 12 .
- ambient light is passed through an objective imaging lens 30 which focuses the light through a shutter aperture 32 along an optical axis 42 into the exposure gate 198 , FIG. 10 , and onto a film plane 28 , in a manner commonly known in the field.
- a solid-state imaging element or imagery 34 such as a charge coupled device (CCD) is adjacently and fixedly positioned by known means within the interior of the camera body 12 to receive an optical image as focused by a separate focusing lens 38 through a shutter aperture 36 along a parallel optical axis 44 .
- CCD charge coupled device
- hybrid camera 10 includes a contained microprocessor 68 ; for example, an 8-bit or 16-bit microprocessor such as Model MC68HC11, manufactured by Motorola Corporation, having sufficient logic for interconnecting each of the operational components or control blocks, including an autofocus block 70 , a lens control block 72 , an autoexposure block 74 , a flash control block 76 , and a timer block 78 , respectively, shown herein for completeness. Additional details relating to each of the above control blocks are found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,949,117. Otherwise, for purposes of the present invention, no further discussion is supplied herein, except as needed.
- MC68HC11 manufactured by Motorola Corporation
- the microprocessor 68 also controls each of the imaging and textual displays 20 , 24 through an electronic display control block 88 .
- an annotation control block 82 supplies text input through the back and white display 24 via an annotation input path 80 which loads the text information for writing onto the magnetic layer 184 of the filmstrip 182 , FIG. 11 , and more specifically to a magnetic track 186 through an output data path 84 to the electrical interface circuitry block 86 controlling the magnetic head 40 , FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 9 An example of a useful electronic display control block 88 pertaining to the imaging display 20 is illustrated in FIG. 9 .
- CCD driver circuitry 132 allows an electronic image to be captured by the photodiodes (not shown) of the image sensor 34 , having appropriate analog signal processing circuitry and amplifying circuitry 134 .
- a corresponding analog signal is converted to a digital signal by an analog-to-digital converter 136 and processed by a digital signal processor 138 prior to storage in a digital memory 140 using address generators 156 .
- a digital-to-analog converter 142 and NTSC converter 144 allows an NTSC video signal to be transmitted through signal conditioning electronics 146 for display by the LCD 20 , preferably having a powered backlight 148 as is commonly known.
- a battery 150 powers microprocessor 68 via a voltage regulating block 152 , the microprocessor also being interconnected to a high speed slave timing generator 154 . Additional details relating to the processing of the image signal are commonly known in the field, such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,949,117.
- a series of control switches 50 , 52 , 54 are provided on the rear side 22 of the camera body 12 preferably adjacent the flat imaging and textual displays 20 , 24 , for controlling each of the display and input functions of the camera 10 .
- the user as described in greater detail momentarily, reviews the displayed image 48 and selectively determines whether or not the image should be printed as a part of an album page, as well as the specific features and format of the selected images as prints on the album page.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a typical operational logic flow for camera 10 .
- an image capture forms the first step 90 of the operation.
- An optical image of a scene of interest is first viewed through the optical viewfinder 13 , representative of the image perceived by each of the imaging lenses 30 , 38 .
- Depression of the shutter release button 18 causes simultaneous image capture by the photographic filmstrip 182 and the electronic imager 34 by opening of respective shutter apertures 32 , 36 , in a commonly known manner.
- the capture of the image on the electronic imager 34 enables the electronic display control block 88 , as described above with reference to FIG. 9 , to transmit a digitized version of the captured image onto the imaging display 20 .
- a corresponding user prompt message is transmitted by the microprocessor 68 through similar circuitry to the textual display 24 , as shown more clearly in FIG. 3 (a).
- the series of default prompts is relate to the automatic album making function as displayed by the textual display 24 in a series of discrete fields.
- the initial display includes a query field 56 , a query response field 58 , an image sequence number 60 and a page break field 62 , respectively, sequentially disposed across the single line text display 24 .
- the initial default parameters which are displayed by display 24 indicate to the user that the displayed image will be placed in an album.
- the corresponding frame number of the filmstrip 182 is assigned as the album order number with no defined page breaks as in each of the respectively displayed fields.
- the user may elect to alter the present default parameters by depressing the control button 50 until the query response field 58 is flashing. For example, if the user does not desire to place a displayed image in an album, then depression of either of the scroll buttons 52 , 54 increments the query response to NO. This election is confirmed by subsequent depression of the control button 50 . Non-election of the automatic album feature shifts the software to step 104 and the filmstrip 182 is readied for subsequent advance.
- the scrolling buttons 52 , 54 allow movement through a menu of available choices relating to the orientation and format of the displayed prints on album pages. These buttons can be used to prompt a set of alternate menu choices, as programmed into the logic of the microprocessor 68 in a commonly known manner.
- a convenient menu logic for the textual information according to this embodiment is a series of choices which are conveyed similarly to those used in a Microsoft Windows environment.
- FIG. 8 One specific example of a formatting option is illustrated in FIG. 8 , used for selecting the format of an album page. Depending on the memory available in the microprocessor 68 , this option allows an operator to visually see several selected imagettes on a number of album pages 130 . In each case, an album related selection is stored in the volatile memory (not shown) of the microprocessor 68 after confirmation by depression of the control button 50 . By scrolling in either menu direction, album format, orientation and page selections can be modified prior to adding of text annotation.
- step 98 and after all of the album input parameters have been selected for a displayed image by the user according to the menu, depression of the control button 50 will trigger the microprocessor 68 to engage the annotation feature and the user will be initially prompted for input.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,742,369 describes a voice recognition system for a camera that can be modified to provide the necessary input.
- the 4,742,369 patent also describes an alphanumeric keypad which can be used in conjunction with the present invention according to the annotation input path 80 shown in FIG. 5 .
- Cameras such as the Ricoh RZ-105 also include a keypad inputting feature.
- the specific input device is not critical to the present invention; therefore, other similar devices can be used.
- An initial text display 24 is depicted in FIG. 4 .
- a variety of menu options are available. Accoridng to the present embodiment, the font style and size of the annotated text information that the photo finisher will use on the selected album pages can be preselected in a font control field 66 by the user and written onto the magnetic layer 184 , FIG. 11 , of the filmstrip 182 , FIG. 11 .
- scroll buttons 52 , 54 can be used to prompt a set of alternate menu choices, as programmed into the logic of the microprocessor 68 in a commonly known manner for confirmation by depression of the control button 50 .
- a convenient menu logic for the textual information is a series of choices which are similar to those used in a Microsoft Windows environment.
- the text LCD display 24 is also an advantageous way of displaying the results of annotation input for caption text used on the album page corresponding to the selected image, also by election of the user by depression of the button 50 using electronic display control block 88 , in a manner previously described.
- step 100 the input annotation data is then written onto the magnetic tracks 186 of the contained photographic filmstrip 182 using output data path 84 and the interface magnetic head circuitry 86 of FIG. 5.
- a preferable scheme is contained in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 5,450,149 which is hereby incorporated by reference into the disclosure of the present invention.
- step 102 and if no textual information was written onto the filmstrip 182 , or if annotation is completed, then the filmstrip can be advanced using the film advance mechanism (not shown), the features of which are commonly known in the field. Alternately, if no annotation was selected, or if the automatic album feature was not selected, then the film can be advanced.
- step 104 and once the filmstrip has been advanced to the next frame, the LCD information display indicates the camera 10 is ready for another imaging sequence and steps 90 - 104 are repeated.
- the user can repeatedly scroll through the displayed images stored in memory prior to unloading the film cartridge 180 from the camera body 12 .
- the microprocessor 68 can be programmed to store all captured images, whether or not album related data has been correspondingly written onto the film 182 .
- FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b) depict flow diagrams of the logic used by the microprocessor 68 to automatically print the album pages during the photofinishing process.
- the film cartridge is delivered to a photo processor.
- a high resolution scanner (not shown) is preferably used to scan the negatives.
- the designated magnetic tracks 186 of the exposed film 204 are read by the photofinishing apparatus (not shown) to determine if the automatic album feature is present. According to step 110 , and if the automatic album feature is not present on the magnetic layer 184 of the exposed photographic film 204 , then standard photofinishing will occur.
- step 112 and if the automatic album feature is detected, then photofinishing apparatus, (not shown) connected to a computer network (not shown), creates a folder/path on an attached file server.
- the images, annotated text, and attached album directions are then digitally scanned according to step 114 .
- the photofinishing apparatus creates an Image Pack for albuming and according to step 118 transfers it along with the album composition data to the newly created folder on the file server.
- a workstation also attached to the file server executes software that takes the image pack along with the album composition data to display on the workstation's video display terminal (VDT) (not shown).
- VDT video display terminal
- step 122 the workstation operator then inspects the pages and corrects for any orientation problems per step 124 . If any orientation problems are present, then they are fixed according to step 126 . Otherwise, finished album pages are printed when the soft-display VDT looks appropriate.
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