Sound-recording instant-printing film and camera therefor

• US 4,270,853 A
• Filed: 03/21/1979
• Issued: 06/02/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: West Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: West Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Iwata, Hiroshi, Higuchi, Masaru, Hatada, Kotaro
• Primary Examiner(s): GONZALES, JOHN F
• Application Number:
  US06/022,930
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 354/75, 354/76, 354/83, 354/174, 354/180, 354/86, 360/2, 360/1, 360/3, 360/101, 353/15, 353/19, 353/120, 96/76 R, 96/76 C, 96/201
• US Class Current: 396/33
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/52 of the Land type
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/244 Magnetic devices
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 31/06 in which sound track is associated with successively-shown still pictures
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 358/906 Hand-held camera with recorder in a single unit

Abstract

Instant-printing film further comprises a magnetic sound-recording band on one end part thereof, and is installed in an instant-printing camera which has a sweeping magnetic recording/reproducing head that sweeps touching and along the magnetic sound recording band, thereby enables recording of ambient sound of the photographic scenery, or reproducing of the recorded sound while seeing the instant-printed photography.

Claims

1. In combination:

an instant-printing film including;

a surface layer,

a back sheet,

a photo-sensitive emulsion layer in between said surface layer and said back sheet,

a frame surrounding the periphery of said surface layer, back sheet and photo-sensitive emulsion layer,

a bag of developing solution disposed on a part of said frame, and

a magnetic recording band disposed on at least one side of said frame of said instant-printing film; and

a film pack case adapted to receive said film and to be disposed in an instant-printing camera said case including means defining a recording opening through which a magnetic head may touch said recording band.

2. A combination in accordance with claim 1, wherein said magnetic recording band comprises a layer of a mixture of a binder and a powdered ferromagnetic substance, said layer being magnetically oriented in lengthwise direction of said magnetic recording band.

3. A combination in accordance with claim 1, wherein said magnetic recording band is an oblong sheet having a layer containing ferromagnetic substance powder, the layer being bonded with an adhesive layer on said photographic film.

4. A combination in accordance with claim 1, wherein said film pack case has a light shielding cover which covers said recording opening until the film pack case is installed in said instant-printing camera.

5. An combination in accordance with claim 4, wherein said light shielding cover comprises a light-shielding film and an adhesive layer.

6. An instant-printing camera comprising:

a dark box;

a photographic lens;

an instant-printing film pack case having a plurality of instant-printing films, each of said films being formed by a surface layer, a back sheet, a photo-sensitive emulsion layer disposed between said surface layer and back sheet, a frame surrounding their periphery and a magnetic band disposed on at least one side of said frame, said frame having a bag of developing solution on a part of said frame and an instant-printing means, said case including means defining an aperature for exposing said band;

a shutter for making a photographic exposure of light focused by said photographic lens on said instant-printing film;

magnetic recording means for magnetically recording a signal on said magnetic band, said magnetic recording means including a magnetic recording/reproducing head;

a driving means for moving said magnetic recording/reproducing head with respect to said magnetic band; and

an electric control circuit for operatively controlling said driving and switching of said magnetic recording/reproducing head.

7. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 6, wherein

said magnetic recording/reproducing head has a specified number of individual heads for recording and reproducing signals on plural channels in said magnetic band and

said electric control circuit comprises a switching means which connects said individual heads in turn to a recording/reproducing circuit in relation to said relative driving of the magnetic head.

8. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 6, wherein

said magnetic head comprises a specified number of individual heads arranged in a row vertical to the lengthwise direction of the magnetic recording band and

said electric control means has head switching means which switches the connection of said unit heads in turn to the recording reproducing circuit, and another switching means which reverses the direction of the rotation of said driving means.

9. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 6, wherein said magnetic recording/reproducing head is mounted on a slider which is driven lengthwise of the magnetic recording band by rotation of a driving screw.

10. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 9, wherein:

said camera further comprises a rotating means for said driving screw, said rotating means including a reversible electric motor coupled through a speed reduction means to said driving screw means;

said magnetic head includes a plurality of individual heads; and

said control circuit further comprises means for connecting said individual heads in turn to the recording or reproducing circuit, and another switching means for reversing direction of the rotation of the reversible electric motor.

11. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 8, wherein said driving means comprises

a slider on which said recording/reproducing head is mounted and which is driven lengthwise of the magnetic recording band by the reversible rotation of a driving screw driven by a reversible electric motor, and

a direction control circuit for generating electric output to said motor and switching the direction of the electric output responding to the relative position of said recording/reproducing head.

12. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 8, wherein said head switching means is connected to said individual heads and comprises an electronic change-over switching circuit for selectively switching one individual head in turn in response to motion of the magnetic head.

13. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 12 further comprising a recording amplifier circuit for amplifying recorded sound signals and a bias circuit for generating a recording bias signal with a frequency higher than that of the recording signals to be fed to said recording/reproducing head.

15. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 6, wherein said reproducing apparatus is disposed along a side face of a camera body.

16. An instant-printing camera in accordance with claim 6, wherein said magnetic recording means further comprises a sound reproducing apparatus for reproducing signals recorded on said magnetic recording band, said reproducing apparatus comprises a recording/reproducing change-over circuit and a reproducing amplifier circuit for reproducing the recorded sound signals.

14. An instant-printing camera in accordance with 6, wherein said reproducing apparatus is disposed with said magnetic recording means in a camera body.