Voice operating shutter and voice data informing device
Abstract
PURPOSE:To eliminate camera blurring and improve photographing speed, recording capacity, safety and operation efficiency by operating a shutter by voice instruction and hearing information on photographing. CONSTITUTION:A microphone 2 that converts voice to electric signal is incorporated on the bottom etc. of a camera 1 body. Voice pattern of vowels of voice instruction 18 is analysed by a voice recognizing device 6 and stored in LSI3. When the same instruction 18 is given in photograhing, the LSI3 lets flow current 23 to a shutter circuit 4 immediately whenever the LSI recognizes it as the same voice pattern and operate the shutter mechanism 5. On the other hand, voice that records each item of photographing information 17 is converted to digital signal and stored in a memory 8, LSI3. When primary current 23 flows in the shutter circuit 4 in a state that the shutter dial 20 of the camera is set to AUTO and linked with AE mechanism, a microprocessor 11 immediately detects proper item of information 17 such as aperture, shutter speed, warning of over and under-exposure etc. converts it to analog in a form close to voice and reproduces it by a speaker 13.
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- 1[Claim(s)] 【特許請求の範囲】 1. A Microphone (2) Which Changes a Sound into an Audio Signal is Built in a Camera (1), A voice pattern of a voice command (18) specified as LSI (3) of voice recognition equipment (6) linked to it is beforehand changed into an electric signal, and is made to be memorized. A shutter with voice recognition equipment characterized by sending current (23) through a shutter circuit (4) of a camera (1), and making it operate a shutter mechanism (5) as soon as LSI (3) has recognized the same voice pattern again. 1.カメラ(1)に、音声を音声信号に変換するマイクロホン(2)を内蔵し、それに接続する音声認識装置(6)のLSI(3)に指定した音声命令(18)の音声パターンを予め電気信号に変えて覚えさせておき、LSI(3)が再度同一音声パターンを認識次第、カメラ(1)のシャッター回路(4)に電流(23)を流し、シャッター機構(5)を作動させるようにしたことを特徴とする音声認識装置付きシャッター。
- 2Conversation Which Occurs Microphone (2) Built in Bottom of Camera (1), Etc. from Less Than Several Centimeters Proximity Distance thru/or Thing of Low Sensitivity about which it Whispers and Which is Felt [ of a Grade ], Or be moved by voice command (18) from 1 thru/or 5 meters, A shutter with voice recognition equipment given in the 1st paragraph of an application-for-patent range which shall be changed also to high sensitivity with a change switch (7), specifies a voice command (18) before and behind 2 syllables, and was made to carry out the memory of the voice pattern of a vowel of them to LSI (3). 2.カメラ(1)の底部等に内蔵したマイクロホン(2)を、数センチ以内の近接距離から発生される会話ないし囁き程度の音量にのみ感ずるような低感度のもの、または1ないし5メートルからの音声命令(18)に感ずるように、切換スイッチ(7)で高感度にも切替えられるものとし、音声命令(18)を2音節前後で指定し、そのうちの母音の音声パターンをLSI(3)にメモリーさせるようにした特許請求範囲第1項記載の音声認識装置付きシャッター。
- 3It is in a State Which Made it Learn to a Memory (8) Which Changed into a Digital Signal of 0 and 1 the Feature of an Input Waveform of a Sound Which Speaks about an Item of Photography Information (17), or Frequency, Set a Shutter Dial (20) to A (Auto), and was Interlocked with AE Mechanism (21), a time of the first current (231) flowing into a shutter circuit (4) -- or When current (23) flows into a circuit (10) of a focal sensor (9), a microprocessor (11) discovers an applicable item of the photography information (17) in an instant, and is a digital analog conversion circuit (12), A synthetic voice communication device of photography information characterized by analog-izing the digital signal in a form near a sound, and making it reproduce with a speaker (13) whose volume can be adjusted. 3.撮影情報(17)の項目を話す音 声の入力波形や周波数の特徴を0と1のデジタル信号に変換したメモリー(8)に覚えこませ、シャッターダイヤル(20)をA(オート)にしてAE機構(21)と連動した状態で、シャッター回路(4)に第1次電流(231)が流れた時、もしくは、フォーカスセンサー(9)の回路(10)に電流(23)が流れた時に、マイクロプロセッサー(11)が瞬時に撮影情報(17)のうちの該当項目を探しだし、ディジタル-アナログ変換回路(12)で、そのデジタル信号を音声に近い形でアナログ化し、音量調節可能のスピーカー(13)で再生するようにしたことを特徴とする撮影情報の合成音声通報装置。
- 4In Iris Diaphragm Priority AE Photography, Let Items of Photography Information (17) be Shutter Quick motion, Warning Shutter Speed Outside, and the Completion Propriety of Flash Charge, Or a synthetic voice communication device of photography information of an application for patent given in the 3rd paragraph of a range which puts in a distance scale which presupposes that it is like "focus Fit" or "OK" when a focus of a lens (14) suits by a manual or autofocus, or is interlocked with a lens, and told it by a synthetic voice. 4.撮影情報(17)の項目を、絞り優先AE撮影の場合は、シャッター速動、シャッター速度外警告、フラッシュ充電完了可否とし、あるいは、マニュアルまたはオートフォーカスでレンズ(14)のピントが合った場合は「ピント合い」または「OK」の如くとし、またはレンズと連動する距離目盛を入れ、それを合成音声で知らせるようにした特許請求の範囲第3項記載の撮影情報の合成音声通報装置。
- 5a Report of a Movie Studio Method (17) -- Photography, Such as "Excess" or an "Undershirt", -- Case it is Unsuitable, The 3rd paragraph of a range of an application for patent or a synthetic voice communication device of photography information given in the 4th paragraph using [ become and ] a stroboscope into which an iris diaphragm is changed and with which a shutter circuit (4) is intercepted, and current (23) does not flow, but kept a shutter mechanism (5) from operating unless it became and corrected to a state which can be photoed. 5.撮影所法(17)の通報が、「オーバー」または「アンダー」など撮影不適の場合は、絞りを変えるなり、ストロボを使うなり撮影可の状態に修正しない限り、シャッター回路(4)が遮断され、電流(23)が流れずシャッター機構(5)が作動しないようにした特許請求の範囲第3項または第4項記載の撮影情報の合成音声通報装置。
- 6A Time of the First Current (231) Flowing into a Shutter Circuit (4) is Considered as a Time of Pushing a Shutter Release (22) a Little, When current (23) flows into a circuit (10) of a focal sensor (9), A focus of a lens (14) suits and light reflected by a mirror (15) ties an image on a focal sensor (9) placed on a field equivalent to a film (16), A synthetic voice communication device of photography information of either the 3rd paragraph of a range of an application for patent considered as a time when a focal sensor (9) has detected it and he was able to buy an electric signal thru/or the 5th paragraph given in a paragraph. 6.シャッター回路(4)に第1次電流(231)が流れる時を、シャッターボタン(22)を少し押した時とし、また、フォーカスセンサー(9)の回路(10)に電流(23)が流れる時を、レンズ(14)のピントが合い、ミラー(15)で反射した光がフィルム(16)と等価な面に置かれたフォーカスセンサー(9)上に像を結び、それをフォーカスセンサー(9)が感知して電気信号に買えた時とした特許請求の範囲第3項ないし第5項のいずれかの項記載の撮影情報の合成音声通報装置。
- 7When First Voice Command (181) is Emitted for Time of First Current (231) Flowing into Shutter Circuit (4), A time of the second current (232) flowing and the shutter mechanism (5) operating was considered as a time of emitting the second voice command (182), Or a device of either the 1st paragraph of a range of an application for patent considered as a time of the second current emitting a voice command (18) when the first current pushed an information button (19) of the camera (1) upper part thru/or the 6th paragraph given in a paragraph. 7.シャッター回路(4)に第1次電流(231)が流れる時を第1次音声命令(181)を発した時、第2次電流(232)が流れシャッター機構(5)が作動する時を第2次音声命令(182)を発した時とした、または第1次電流はカメラ(1)上部の情報ボタン(19)を押した時、第2次電流は音声命令(18)を発した時とした特許請求の範囲第1項ないし第6項のいずれかの項記載の装置。
- 8Face position composition display which will be characterized by displaying face position composition mark (25) on the finder (24) inner upper part if first current (231) flows into shutter circuit (4). 8.シャッター回路(4)に第1次電流(231)が流れると、ファインダー(24)内上部に、顔位置構図マーク(25)が表示されることを特徴とする顔位置構図表示装置。
- 9Let a Face Position Composition Mark (25) be an Elliptical Form, a Cross Shape, Etc. Which Symbolize a Face, A face position composition display of an application for patent displays per 1/4 thru/or 1/3 from on length or a horizontal screen, and it made it turn on the upper and lower sides or the central point of the mark by LED out of a view in a finder (24) given in the 8th paragraph of a range. 9.顔位置構図マーク(25)を、顔を象徴する楕円形や十字形などとし、ファインダー(24)内の視野外に、縦または横画面の上から1/4ないし1/3あたりに表示し、同マークの上下または中心点をLEDで点灯するようにした特許請求の範囲第8項記載の顔位置構図表示装置。
- 10A Film (16) Side is Established in a Place with a Pentaprism (26) of the Conventional Single-lens Reflex Camera, A single-lens reflex camera for zoom allocating a lens (14) in parallel with a camera body (1') by bending ON light from a lens (14) right-angled by a mirror (15), making it image there, and placing an eye contacting part (27) behind a lens (14). 10.従来の一眼レフカメラのペンタプリズム(26)の在る所にフィルム(16)面を置き、レンズ(14)からの入光をミラー(15)で直角に曲げてそこに結像させ、レンズ(14)の後方に接眼部(27)を置くことにより、レンズ(14)をカメラボディ(1′)と平行に配設するようにしたことを特徴とするズーム用一眼レフカメラ。
- 11Set a Camera (1) to Half Size or 110, and Let a Lens (14) be a Zoom Lens or a Telephoto Lens, What made zooming or focusing an electromotive type or a manual type, and combined object distance with a device of either the 1st paragraph of a range of an application for patent thru/or the 10th paragraph given in a paragraph which gives an indication in a finder (28) according to focusing. 11.カメラ(1)をハーフサイズまたは110とし、レンズ(14)をズームレンズまたは望遠レンズとし、ズーミングまたはフォーカシングを、電動式または手動式とし、フォーカシングに応じ撮影距離をファインダー内表示(28)できる特許請求の範囲第1項ないし第10項のいずれかの項記載の装置と組み合せたもの。
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[Detailed Description of the Invention]
the face position composition display which can take the good figure photograph of the synthetic voice communication device (III) composition of the photography information which can hear this invention with the shutter (II) ear with voice recognition equipment to which the shutter of a camera goes out by (I) voice command -- and (IV) It is related with four inventions of single-lens reflex camera , for zoom which made the lens parallel with the camera body. (I) Conventionally [ with voice recognition equipment / shutter ], since the shutter of the camera was a push button type, camera-shake was not avoided. It is said that most beginners' failure photographs are camera-shake. An object of this invention is to provide the shutter with voice recognition equipment which removed the above faults of conventional technology and which camera-shake does not produce at all. Drawing 1 is a block which shows the composition of the outline of the 1st invention. It is a filter of the voice recognition equipment, (6) which contains the microphone (2) which changes a sound into an audio signal in the bottom of a camera (1), etc., and it connects to them at it which conducts frequency analysis of the audio signal, If analyze the sound pattern of the vowel of the voice commands (18) of specification, LSI (3) is made to memorize it, a camera (1) is established and the same voice command (18) is emitted, Immediately after recognizing that LSI (3) is the same voice pattern, current (23) is sent through the shutter circuit (4) of a camera (1) in an instant, and a shutter mechanism (5) is operated. A microphone (2) is used as the single directional microphone of the conversation thru/or LOW about which it whispers and which it feels [ of a grade ] from less than several centimeters which established the camera, and a shutter is kept from malfunctioning from a distance to "a mischievous voice command." The change switch (7) to high sensitivity may be formed in a microphone (2) so that one can be copied by themselves and a shutter (5) may go out by the voice command (18) from around 3 meters. A voice command (18) is specified before and behind 2 syllables like "cheese" and "Such", The memory only of the voice pattern of the vowel "E" of the prolonged sound of them may be carried out, and like "you" and "Mitchie", the vowel "A" may make only a voice pattern continuous two times memorized to LSI (3), and may measure the prevention from malfunction. As the effect of this invention, (1) Since a shutter is cut with a voice command instead of a push button, whether it makes a camera light small or attaches zoom and a telephoto lens to it, camera-shake does not arise at all. (2) Since the mouth can work early simply certainly from a finger, in Shot, man tends to catch a "decisive moment" certainly early. (3) If it is made to interlock an auto winder with the voice command type shutter of the present invention, snapshootability will increase. (4) The muscles of both cheeks will go up and people will become a smiling face, if the sound of a "A line" is uttered. If everybody is made to call it "Mitchie" when taking a photograph of a group, it will become a good photograph of an all the members smiling face. If a voice command (18) is "Mitchie" at this time, a shutter will go out with sufficient timing with a chorus. (5) A voice command (18) can be specified according to needs. It seems that for example, it is made with "Beautiful" etc. those who are mainly concerned with the byname of "Mitchie", a family, or a favored star, and a scenery photograph to those who mainly make "you" and a figure photograph the person of Shot priority. (6) Since the memory only of the voice pattern of the vowel which a voice command (18) does not recognize it to be a short thing as it is 2 syllable order, but a motion of the frequency of sound tends to catch greatly among syllables is carried out, there are few storage cells, they end and end at low cost. (II) People and the beginner who become absorbed in copying conventionally [ of photography information / synthetic voice communication device ] pushed the shutter suddenly, overlooked the information system of the display in a finder, and were not able to employ efficiently well. There was also a camera which cannot read data well in a dark place. In photography by the gloomy room or a super-wide-angle lens, it was not understood well whether the photographic subject image seen through a finder would be too dark, and the focus would be correct. An object of this invention is to provide the communication device of the photography information by a synthetic voice from which the above faults of conventional technology were removed. Drawings 2 are a block diagram showing the composition of the outline of the 2nd and 3rd inventions, a partial sectional view of the 2nd invention, and a front view of the 3rd invention. In iris diaphragm priority AE photography, about the item of photography information (17), it is first, "Excess", "1000", "500", and "250" Like ... "30", an "undershirt", etc., In the case of shutter speed, warning shutter speed linkage outside, the completion propriety of flash charge, and shutter speed priority AE, in the case of an iris diaphragm, others, and programmed AE, it extracts as shutter speed, and it is referred to as "focus Fit", "OK", etc. when others and a focus suit. Or the object distance scale interlocked with a lens is put in. The feature of the input waveform of the sound which records them, or frequency is changed into the digital signal of 0 and 1, and it is made to learn to a memory (8). Next, it is in the state which united the shutter dial (20) of the camera with A (auto), and was interlocked with AE mechanism (21), It is carried out whether a shutter release (22) is pushed a little or the information button (19) which emitted the first voice command (181) toward the microphone (2), or was newly provided in the camera upper part is pushed, When the first current (231) flows into a shutter circuit (4), Or the focus of a lens (14) suits by a manual or autofocus, for example, it passes the half mirror part of the first mirror (151) like PENTAX ME-F and a single-lens reflex camera, If the light reflected by the second mirror (152) ties an image on the focal sensor (9) placed on the field equivalent to a film (16), When the focal sensor (9) has detected it, it changes into an electric signal and current (23) flows into a circuit (10), A microprocessor (11) discovers the applicable item of the photography information (17), and analog-izes the digital signal in the form near a sound in a digital analog conversion circuit (12) in an instant, It is a device which notifies the photography information reproduced with the speaker (13) whose volume control is possible to a synthetic sound. the report of photography information (17) -- photography, such as "excess" or an "undershirt", -- case it is unsuitable, Even if become and it comes to use a stroboscope, and a No training limitation and a shutter circuit (4) will be in the state of OFF and push [ which extracts an iris diaphragm ] a shutter release at the state which can be photoed, current (23) does not flow but it may make it the shutter mechanism (5) not operate. As an effect of this 2nd invention, even when it is poor at them to see the conventional display in a finder one by one, a Ri store has them, if the bad person and the hasty person of (1) eyesight, and a troublesome smell hear information. [ easy ] (2) In the case of the method which hears photography information by the first voice command, and cuts a shutter with the second voice command, don't overlook the display in a finder like the former. (3) the former -- the -- missing and coming out -- photography -- even when unsuitable, the shutter was pushed and went wrong, but since this invention does not have failure in hearing, failure is avoided. (4) photography -- in an unsuitable report, if a shutter circuit (4) is automatically come by off, failure can be prevented completely. (5) Since it is comfortably more certain than to see the display in a finder early to hear it, snapshootability increases. (6) If exposure, such as programmed AE, becomes completely automatic, the data of shutter speed, an iris diaphragm, etc. will not be clear anymore, but it will be easy to record if it can be heard with an ear. (7) Although focus Matching was troublesome conventionally at the person with bad eyes, or the gloomy place, if "focus Fit" etc. can be heard, a photograph with a focus can be taken and snapshootability will also increase. (8) although the electronic sound of focus Fit is somewhat small in PENTAX ME-F and sound is hard hearing at a noisy place -- the speaker (13) of this invention -- the time -- a place and a case -- volume -- it can adjust . (III) Face position composition display although the conventional camera became foolproof cameras, such as exposure, -- the camera for beginners -- blur and a pin -- a Japanese quince -- although the wide angle system lens with deep depth of field sticks for prevention Since they had the peculiarity by illusion of bringing a face in the center of a photograph screen when, as for this, a photographic subject's being small reflected more than appearance and most beginners took a figure photograph, the unnecessary thing was greatly reflected to the upper half and right and left of the photograph, and it became the so-called bad photograph of composition. An object of this 3rd invention is to provide the face position composition display from which the above faults which conventional technology has were removed and in which anyone can take the good figure photograph of composition. If the first current (231) flows into the shutter circuit (4) of Drawing 2, The upper and lower sides or the central point of a part which has arranged the face position composition mark (25) of an elliptical form or a cross shape which symbolizes a face per 1/4 thru/or 1/3 from on length or a horizontal screen out of the view in a finder (24) lights up or blinks by LED. (1) Although the peculiarity in which beginners brought a photographic subject's face in the center of a screen is the thing which is not, Unanimous et al., to the extent that it was said with the thing reason based on a difference of vision and a lens, and the mouth, Since LED lights up by this invention each time just before cutting a shutter, it can remember "raising a face up more and copying it from middle of the screen, on composition." (2) Although only the thing of hardware was described in the directions for use of the conventional camera, the photograph can incorporate the software which explains that composition is important with a pro's example of a photograph by this invention. (3) If the photograph of better composition can be taken and got from beginners, automatically, as for this camera, reputation of being a good camera will be formed, and sale will be extended. (IV) The single-lens reflex camera for zoom This invention relates to the single lens reflex camera for zoom kept the long lens of the lens barrel from becoming obstructive. When the zoom lens and the telephoto lens were conventionally attached to the 35mm camera, the long lens of the lens barrel projected and was bulky at the camera body and the right angle, and there was a risk of a lens with it contacting others, and being damaged. [ bad and portability and ] [ long ] An object of this invention is to provide the portable good single lens reflex camera for zoom from which the above faults of conventional technology were removed. Drawing 3 is a sectional view showing the outline of the 4th invention. A film plane (16) is put on the place which had the pentaprism (26) of a single-lens reflex camera (1) conventionally, The ON light from a lens (14) is bent right-angled by the quick return mirror (15') or a half mirror (15''), and a film plane (16) is made to image it. By placing a finder (24) and an eye contacting part (27) behind a lens (14), so that an image may stand erect, the lens (14) was put side by side in parallel with a camera body (1'). A camera body is set to half size or 110, and it is considered as the zoom lens or telephoto lens fixed as put the lens (14) on the camera body, According to focusing, object distance may often also as an electromotive type or a manual type be combined with either the 1st thru/or the 3rd invention for zooming or focusing often also as a display in a finder (28). As the effect of this invention, (1) Since the long lens of lens barrels, such as zoom and looking far, becomes a camera and parallel, compare with the conventional projected type, it becomes compact, and the contact damage rate of a lens also decreases. (2) Since a pentaprism is lost, a design also changes, receipt and Bulk also decrease, and it is made to budget prices. (3) If zooming and focusing are made into an electromotive type, operation will be easy, and can prevent malfunction and snapshootability will increase. (4) In fact, the conventional camera for beginners' class persons with a wide-angle lens was a camera which the good photograph of composition cannot take easily for the beginners' class person. That can take a good photograph of composition is a camera with a zoom lens in which flaming is free. However, the 35-mm single lens reflex camera with zoom was bulky by the effect, and heavy. Since the voice command type shutter of the large 1 invention made possible the micro zoom camera without camera blur, it can provide the camera which can take a photograph good at how the beginner of portable good budget prices also takes composition more with the combination of the above invention. (5) Although there is no single lens reflex camera of half size in a market conventionally, film cost and development cost are halves and it ends, and since portability is also good, it should improve. Since the conventional half-size camera was a vertical screen when the finder was looked into, the photographs of the vertical screen surely increased in number. In the single lens reflex camera for zoom of the 4th invention, this point is corrected, and if a camera is turned sideways and established, it will become a horizontal screen. the minimum films 12 35mm films conventionally -- it is -- half size -- twice -- it became photographing 24 sheets and there was a trouble which is not, Taking a close look et al. Supposing this half size single lens reflex camera spreads, it will be saved if the 35mm film filmed around six sheets is marketed and got.
[Brief Description of the Drawings]
Drawing 1 is a block diagram showing the composition of the outline of the 1st invention. Drawings 2 are a block diagram showing the composition of the outline of the 2nd and 3rd inventions, a partial sectional view of the 2nd invention, and a front view of the 3rd invention. Drawing 3 is a sectional view showing the composition of the outline of the 4th invention. 1 [ ... Shutter circuit 5 / ... Shutter mechanism 6 / ... Voice recognition equipment 7 / ... Sensitivity change switch 8 / ... Memory 9 / ... Focal sensor 10 / ... The circuit ] ... Camera 2 ... Microphone 3 ... LSI4 11 [ ... Lens 15 / ... Mirror 16 / ... Film 17 / ... Photography information 18 / ... Voice command 181 / ... The first voice command ] ... Microprocessor 12 ... Digital analog conversion circuit 13 ... Speaker 14 182 ... The second voice command 19 ... Information button 20 ... Shutter dial 21 ... AE mechanism 22 ... Shutter release 23 ... Current 231 [ ... Face position composition mark 26 / ... Pentaprism 27 / ... Eye contacting part 1' / ... Camera body 151 / ... The 1st mirror 152 / ... The 2nd mirror ] ... The first current 232 ... The second current 24 ... Finder 25 15' ... Quick return mirror 15'' ... Half mirror
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Numbers
- Publication
- 58-137828
- Application
- 1966182
Titles2
- Japanese
- 【発明の名称】音声作動式シヤツタ-と撮影情報音声通報器
- English
- VOICE OPERATING SHUTTER AND VOICE DATA INFORMING DEVICE
Classification
- CPC, 1
- G03B17/38
- IPC, 2
- G03B17 38
- G10L15 00