Data imprinting device for camera

• US 5,128,702 A
• Filed: 07/03/1990
• Issued: 07/07/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ogawa, Yukio, Alyfuku, Kiyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gellner, Michael L.
• Application Number:
  US07/547,327
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• Field of Search: 354/105, 354/106, 355/39, 352/90
• US Class Current: 396/318
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/24 with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/243 Optical devices

Abstract

A data imprinting device for a camera which imprints data on a film, forming characters, numerals, etc. with dots by operating a plurality of dot imprinting parts in synchronism with the travel of the film, comprises: a detector for detecting whether the camera is in a lateral posture or a vertical posture; and a controller for causing the same dot imprinting parts to operate in such a manner that required data is imprinted in a correctly uprising state in a lateral position when the lateral posture is detected and in a vertical position when the vertical posture is detected.

Claims

1. A camera having a data recording device, comprising:

a) a plurality of dot recording parts, arranged in one train having A to N parts, and

b) a control circuit which causes said plurality of dot recording parts to operate in synchronism with travel of an image recording medium to form data with the dots,

said control circuit causing successive parts A and B of said A to N parts to operate in a first period during which the image recording medium is travelling, and causing successive plural parts C to N including part of the parts A and B to operate in a second period which is different from the first period to record data on the image recording medium.

2. A camera according to claim 1, wherein said camera further comprises detection means for detecting a posture of said camera and said control circuit operates in a first data recording state in which data are recording at different times using the A and B parts and the C to N parts, and operates in a second data recording state in which predetermined successive plural parts among the parts A to N are fixed and operated to record the data using the predetermined successive plural parts, and wherein said camera further comprises a selection circuit for selecting the first or second data recording state on the basis of the posture detected by said detecting means.

3. A camera arranged to imprint data on a film, forming the data with dots by operating a plurality of dot imprinting parts arranged in one line in synchronism with the travel of the film, comprising:

a) detecting means for detecting whether the camera is in a lateral posture or a vertical posture; and

b) control means for causing the same dot imprinting parts to operate in such a manner that required data is imprinted in a correctly upright state in a lateral position when the lateral posture is detected by said detecting means and in a vertical position when the vertical posture is detected by said detecting means,

said control means operating in a first mode in which a predetermined number of parts of the plurality of dot imprinting parts arranged in one line are made operable while the film is travelling a predetermined distance to imprint the data in a zone of the predetermined distance of the travel using the predetermined number of parts, said control means also operating in a second mode in which parts less in number than the number of parts operable in the first mode are made operable for a longer travel distance than the predetermined travel distance of the film in the first mode to imprint the data in a zone of travel longer than the predetermined travel distance of the film using the parts less in number than the number of parts used in the first mode, and

c) a selection circuit for selecting the first or second mode according to a camera posture detected by said detecting means.

4. A camera arranged to imprint data on a film, forming the data with dots operating a plurality of dot imprinting parts in synchronism with the travel of the film, comprising:

a) detecting means for detecting whether the camera is in a lateral posture or a vertical posture; and

b) control means for causing the same dot imprinting parts to operate in such a manner that required data is imprinted in a correctly uprising state in a lateral position when the lateral posture is detected by said detecting means and in a vertical position when the vertical posture is detected by said detecting means.

5. A camera according to claim 4, wherein said control means includes means for setting the form of imprinting data uprising in the travelling direction of the film to a vertically uprising form.

6. A camera according to claim 4 wherein said control means includes means for setting the form of imprinting data stretching perpendicular to the travelling direction of the film to a form of having the stretching state thereof obliquely compressed.

7. A data recording device for a camera arranged to record data on an image recording medium, forming the data with dots by operating a plurality of dot recording parts arranged in one line in synchronism with the travel of the image recording medium, comprising:

a) detection means for detecting a posture of the camera or an image frame; and

b) control means for recording the data using the dot recording parts in response to said detection means in such a manner that the data is recorded in a posture normal to the detected posture of the camera or the image frame,

said control means operating in a first mode in which a predetermined number of the dot recording parts arranged in one line are made operable while the image recording medium is travelling a predetermined distance to record the data in a zone of the predetermined distance of travel of the image recording medium using the predetermined number of recording parts, said control means also operating in a second mode in which recording parts less in number than the predetermined number of recording parts to be made operable in the first mode are made operable for a longer travel distance than the predetermined travel distance of the image recording medium in the first mode to record the data in a zone of travel longer than the predetermined travel distance using the recording parts less in number than the number of the recording parts used in the first mode, and

c) a selection circuit for selecting the first or second mode according to a posture of the camera or the image frame detected by the detection means.

8. A device according to claim 7, wherein said control means includes means for setting the form of recording data uprising in the travelling direction of the image recording medium to a vertically uprising form.

9. A device according to claim 8, wherein said control means includes means for setting the form of recording data stretching perpendicular to the travelling direction of the image recording medium to an obliquely compressed form.

10. A device according to claim 7, wherein said control means includes means for setting the form of recording data stretching perpendicular to the travelling direction of the image recording medium to an obliquely compressed form.

11. A device according to claim 7, further comprising clock means for forming the data and latch means for latching an output of said clock means immediately before the data recording to use the latched data as the recording data.

12. A camera arranged to record data on an image recording medium, forming the data with dots by operating a plurality of dot recording parts in one line in synchronism with the travel of the image recording medium, comprising:

a) detection means for detecting a posture of the camera of an image frame; and

b) control means for recording the data using the dot recording parts in response to said detection means in such a manner that the data is recorded in a posture normal to the detected posture of the camera or the image frame,

said control means operating in a first mode in which a predetermined number of recording parts of the plurality of dot recording parts arranged in one line are made operable while the image recording medium is travelling a predetermined distance to record the data in a zone of the predetermined distance of travel of the image recording medium using the predetermined number of recording parts, said control means also operating in a second mode in which recording parts less in number than the predetermined number of recording parts to be made operable in the first mode are made operable for a longer travel distance than the predetermined travel distance of the image recording medium in the first mode to record the data in a zone of travel longer than the predetermined travel distance using the recording parts less in number than the number of the recording parts used in the first mode, and

c) a selection circuit for selecting the first or second mode according to a posture of the camera or the image frame detected by said detection means.

13. A camera according to claim 12, wherein said control means includes means for setting the form of recording data uprising in the travelling direction of the image recording medium to a vertically uprising form.

14. A camera according to claim 13, wherein said control means includes means for setting the form of recording data stretching perpendicular to the travelling direction of the image recording medium to an obliquely compressed form.

15. A camera according to claim 12, wherein said control means includes means for setting the form of recording data stretching perpendicular to the travelling direction of the image recording medium to an obliquely compressed form.

16. A camera according to claim 12, further comprising clock means for forming the data and latch means for latching an output of said clock means immediately before the data recording to use the latched data as the recording data.