JP2005091659A - Camera device, camera control program, and camera system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera device or the like capable of automatically setting an appropriate shooting condition according to a shooting scene and shooting.
If the result of determination in step S101 is that the shutter key has been pressed halfway, it is determined whether there is a schedule corresponding to the current time (step S106). If there is, the shooting condition is read based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule (step S109). For example, “sport” shooting conditions “focus” = AF, “shutter speed” = 1/1000, “aperture” = auto, “strobe” = auto, etc. are read and the read shooting conditions are set ( Step S110). Further, the photographing process is executed when the shutter key is fully pressed (step S112). Therefore, when the user takes a picture at the scheduled time, it is possible to take a picture and store the image in a storage medium without performing a shooting condition setting operation.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a camera device, a camera control program, and a camera system that perform shooting by setting shooting conditions.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, camera devices that perform shooting by setting shooting conditions have been proposed. This camera device displays an image that has been previously captured and recorded when “set from playback image” is selected in the shooting condition setting mode. When any one of the displayed images is selected, the shooting conditions when the selected image is shot are read, the shooting conditions are set, the mode is shifted to the REC mode, and the shooting standby state is set. After that, when the user presses the shutter key, the user performs shooting under the set shooting conditions. This allows the user to perform shooting under the same shooting conditions as when shooting images recorded in the past. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-10134 A

  However, in the conventional camera device, as described above, since the shooting condition of the original image that has been previously recorded and recorded is set at the time of the current shooting, the user himself / herself is required when shooting the original image. However, an operation for setting shooting conditions such as an aperture value and a shutter speed must be performed. Therefore, the setting of shooting conditions cannot be completely automated according to the shooting scene. Also, since the shooting conditions that are called and set are set by the user in the previous shooting, they are not necessarily appropriate shooting conditions, and appropriate shooting conditions can be set according to the shooting scene. It was not a thing.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and provides a camera device, a camera control program, and a camera system capable of automatically setting and capturing an appropriate shooting condition according to a shooting scene. It is the purpose.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a camera apparatus according to the invention described in claim 1 is a shooting condition storage means for storing a plurality of shooting conditions, and a schedule for storing schedule information including schedule time, schedule contents, and shooting condition identification information. Information storage means, determination means for determining whether or not schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored in the schedule information storage means, and schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored by the determination means If determined, setting means for selecting and setting one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information and the setting means Photographing means for photographing under different photographing conditions.

  Therefore, when schedule information including schedule time, schedule contents, and shooting condition identification information is stored in advance in the schedule information storage means, when shooting is performed at the schedule time, the schedule information is stored based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information. Thus, any one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means is selected and set. Therefore, the user can perform shooting under automatically set shooting conditions without having to perform a shooting condition setting operation. In addition, since the shooting condition to be set is a shooting condition stored in the shooting condition storage unit, and this shooting condition is selected based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information, it corresponds to the schedule content of the schedule information. It is possible to automatically set appropriate shooting conditions for a scene.

  In the camera device according to a second aspect of the present invention, the shooting condition storage unit stores shooting conditions corresponding to each of a plurality of shooting condition identification information, and the setting unit identifies shooting condition identification of the schedule information. The shooting conditions corresponding to the information are read from the shooting condition storage means and set. Therefore, since shooting is performed with the shooting conditions corresponding to the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information stored in advance by the user, the user has automatically set the desired shooting conditions at the schedule time of the schedule information stored in advance. Shooting can be performed in the state.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera apparatus corresponding to a shooting time point, a shooting condition storage unit that stores a plurality of shooting conditions, a schedule information storage unit that stores schedule information including schedule time and schedule contents. A determination unit that determines whether or not schedule information is stored in the schedule information storage unit, and a schedule of the schedule information when the determination unit determines that the schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored. There is provided setting means for selecting and setting one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means based on the contents, and shooting means for shooting under the shooting conditions set by the setting means.

  Therefore, if schedule information including schedule time and schedule contents is stored in advance in the schedule information storage means, when shooting is performed at the schedule time, the shooting condition storage means is based on the schedule contents of the schedule information. Any one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in is selected and set. Therefore, the user can perform shooting under automatically set shooting conditions without having to perform a shooting condition setting operation. Also, the shooting conditions to be set are those stored in the shooting condition storage means, and since these shooting conditions are selected based on the schedule contents of the schedule information, they are appropriate for the scene according to the schedule contents. Shooting can be performed by automatically setting shooting conditions.

  The camera device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention further includes receiving means for receiving the schedule information transmitted from the outside, and the schedule information storage means stores the schedule information received by the receiving means. To do. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide a schedule creation function in the camera device itself, and it is possible to perform shooting by automatically setting appropriate shooting conditions for a scene according to the schedule contents without complicating the camera device.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera control program, a shooting condition storage means for storing a plurality of shooting conditions, and a schedule information storage means for storing schedule information including schedule time, schedule contents, and shooting condition identification information. , A computer having a camera unit, a determination unit for determining whether schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored in the schedule information storage unit, and the determination unit corresponding to the shooting time point Setting means for selecting and setting one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means based on shooting condition identification information of the schedule information when it is determined that the schedule information is stored And the shooting hand so as to shoot under the shooting conditions set by the setting means. To function as a control means for controlling. Therefore, when the computer executes processing according to this program, the same effects as those of the first aspect of the invention can be obtained.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera control program comprising: photographing condition storage means for storing a plurality of photographing conditions; schedule information storage means for storing schedule information including schedule time and schedule content; and photographing means. A computer included in the camera device includes a determination unit that determines whether schedule information corresponding to a shooting time point is stored in the schedule information storage unit, and schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored by the determination unit. A setting unit that selects and sets one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage unit based on the schedule content of the schedule information; Control means for controlling the photographing means so as to photograph under the photographing conditions To function as. Therefore, when the computer executes processing according to this program, the same effects as those of the third aspect of the invention can be obtained.

  The invention according to claim 7 is a camera system including a schedule creation device and a camera device, wherein the schedule creation device creates schedule information including schedule time, schedule contents, and shooting condition identification information. A creation unit; and a transmission unit that transmits the schedule information created by the creation unit. The camera device transmits a shooting condition storage unit that stores a plurality of shooting conditions, and a transmission unit of the schedule creation device. Receiving means for receiving the schedule information, schedule information storage means for storing the schedule information received by the receiving means, and whether or not schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored in the schedule information storage means A judging means for judging whether or not When it is determined that schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored, one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage unit is selected based on shooting condition identification information of the schedule information Setting means for setting, and shooting means for shooting under the shooting conditions set by the setting means.

  Therefore, the user creates schedule information including schedule time, schedule contents, and shooting condition identification information in advance by the schedule creation device, and transmits this schedule information from the schedule creation device to the camera device. Then, the camera device receives and stores this, and when shooting is performed at the schedule time, based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information, a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means Select and set either. Therefore, the user can perform shooting under automatically set shooting conditions without having to perform a shooting condition setting operation. In addition, since the shooting condition to be set is a shooting condition stored in the shooting condition storage unit, and this shooting condition is selected based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information, it corresponds to the schedule content of the schedule information. Therefore, it is possible to construct a system that can automatically set an appropriate shooting condition for a scene.

  The invention according to claim 8 is a camera system comprising a schedule creation device and a camera device, wherein the schedule creation device includes creation means for creating schedule information including schedule time and schedule contents, Transmitting means for transmitting the schedule information created by the creating means, wherein the camera device stores imaging condition storage means for storing a plurality of imaging conditions, and the schedule information transmitted by the transmitting means of the schedule creating device. A receiving unit for receiving the schedule information, a schedule information storing unit for storing the schedule information received by the receiving unit, and a determination for determining whether or not the schedule information corresponding to the photographing time is stored in the schedule information storing unit Means, and this judgment means Setting means for selecting and setting one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means based on the schedule content of the schedule information when it is determined that the schedule information to be stored is stored And photographing means for photographing under the photographing conditions set by the setting means.

  Therefore, the user creates schedule information including the schedule time and schedule contents in advance by the schedule creation device, and transmits the schedule information from the schedule creation device to the camera device. Then, the camera apparatus receives and stores this, and when shooting is performed at the schedule time, any of the plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage unit is determined based on the schedule content of the schedule information. Is selected and set. Therefore, the user can perform shooting under automatically set shooting conditions without having to perform a shooting condition setting operation. Also, the shooting conditions to be set are those stored in the shooting condition storage means, and since these shooting conditions are selected based on the schedule contents of the schedule information, they are appropriate for the scene according to the schedule contents. It is possible to construct a system that can automatically set shooting conditions and perform shooting.

  As described above, according to the camera device and the camera control program according to the present invention, the schedule information including the schedule time, the schedule content, and the shooting condition identification information in the schedule information storage unit in advance, or the schedule information including the schedule time and the schedule content. By storing this, when shooting at the scheduled time, the user can perform shooting under automatically set shooting conditions without having to perform shooting condition setting operations. In addition, since the shooting condition to be set is a shooting condition stored in the shooting condition storage unit, and this shooting condition is selected based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information, it corresponds to the schedule content of the schedule information. Shooting can be performed by setting appropriate shooting conditions for the scene.

  Also, according to the camera system of the present invention, schedule information consisting of schedule time, schedule contents and shooting condition identification information or schedule information consisting of schedule time and schedule contents is created in advance and transmitted to the camera apparatus. In this way, when shooting is performed at the scheduled time, the user can perform shooting under automatically set shooting conditions without having to perform shooting condition setting operations. In addition, since the shooting condition to be set is a shooting condition stored in the shooting condition storage unit, and this shooting condition is selected based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information, it corresponds to the schedule content of the schedule information. Therefore, it is possible to construct a system that can perform shooting by setting appropriate shooting conditions for a scene.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a camera system common to each embodiment of the present invention includes a personal computer 1 as a schedule creation device and a digital camera 4 that is detachably connected to the personal computer 1 via a USB cable 2. It consists of. The digital camera 4 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main body 401, and an optical lens 407 and a light emitting unit 406 described later are disposed on the front surface of the main body 401. In addition, a liquid crystal display unit 402 is disposed on the back surface, and a shutter key 405 is disposed on the top surface.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic electrical configuration of the personal computer 1. The personal computer 1 is a system in which a control unit 101, a ROM 102, a RAM 103, a communication unit 104, a display unit 105, and an operation unit 107 are connected to each other via a system bus 106. The control unit 101 operates based on a program stored in the ROM 102, executes schedule creation / display processing, and controls each unit. The ROM 102 stores a control program for each of the above sections, and stores a schedule creation application program for executing a schedule creation display process described later. The RAM 103 stores the created schedule information and is used as a work area for the control unit 101. The communication unit 104 has a function of performing communication with the communication unit 417 of the digital camera 4 to be described later via the USB cable 2. The display unit 105 includes a CRT or LCD, and the operation unit 107 includes a keyboard.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical circuit configuration of the digital camera 4. This digital camera includes an optical lens 407 arranged on the front surface of the main body 401, a photographing element 408 such as a CCD imaged by the optical lens 407 through a diaphragm 430, and a TG 409 for driving the photographing element 408. , A unit comprising a CDS for holding a photographing signal output from the photographing element 408, a gain adjusting amplifier (AGC) for amplifying the photographing signal, and an A / D converter (AD) for converting the amplified photographing signal into a digital signal. A circuit 410 is included. Then, an image of the subject is formed on the imaging element 408 via the optical lens 407 and the diaphragm 430, and the imaging element 408 outputs a signal. The signal output from the imaging element 408 is sampled, amplified, and digitized by the unit circuit 410, sent to the image processing circuit / CPU 411, converted into luminance within the image processing circuit / CPU 411, and the luminance Integration and histogram processing are performed.

  The optical lens 407 is held by a lens driving circuit 412 having an AF motor or the like, and the lens driving circuit 412 is driven by the control of the image processing circuit / CPU 411 to move in the optical axis direction. Adjust the focus and magnification of the subject image to be formed. Further, at the time of AE control, the imaging element 408 is driven by the TG 409 based on the shutter pulse sent from the image processing circuit / CPU 411, and its charge accumulation time is controlled. Thereby, an electronic shutter is realized.

  The image processing circuit / CPU 411 has various signal processing and image processing functions. The image processing circuit / CPU 411 generates a video signal from a shooting signal converted into a digital signal through the unit circuit 410, and a subject image shot by the shooting element 408. Is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 402 including a TFT liquid crystal monitor or the like as a through image. During shooting, the shooting signal is compressed to generate a JPEG format image file, which is finally stored in a removable storage medium 413 such as a flash memory, and the compressed image file is expanded during playback. Are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 402. The image processing circuit / CPU 411 includes a clock unit 414 that measures the current date and time, and the storage medium 413 is detachable.

  Further, the image processing circuit / CPU 411 includes an operation key unit 415 having the shutter key 405 and other keys (not shown), a ROM 416, a communication unit 417, a strobe circuit 418, an aperture driving unit 419, a RAM 420, and an alarm generation unit 460. It is connected. The ROM 416 stores an operation program necessary for control of each unit and various data processing by the image processing circuit / CPU 411, and receives a program and schedule information for executing processing shown in a flowchart described later and receives a schedule described later. A program to be stored in the storage unit 450 is stored. Further, the ROM 416 is provided with an imaging condition storage unit 440.

  The communication unit 417 is connected to the communication unit 104 of the personal computer 1 via the USB cable 2 to exchange data. The strobe circuit 418 is a circuit that causes the light emitting unit 406 to emit light, and the aperture driving unit 419 is a circuit unit that drives the aperture 430. The RAM 420 is used as a storage area for various data and as a work area for the image processing circuit / CPU 411 and has a schedule storage unit 450. The alarm generation unit 460 is a circuit unit that generates an alarm sound in accordance with an instruction from the image processing circuit / CPU 411.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a memory configuration of the photographing condition storage unit 440. The photographing condition storage unit 440 stores photographing conditions for each piece of photographing condition identification information such as “AUTO”, “landscape”... “Sports”, “manual”. The photographing conditions are those in which appropriate photographing conditions are stored for each photographing condition element such as “focus”, “shutter speed”, “aperture”, and “strobe”.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a memory configuration of the schedule storage unit 450. The schedule storage unit 450 includes a schedule time / date storage area 451, an alarm time storage area 452, and a schedule content (subject / location) storage area 453. , And a photographing condition identification information storage area 454.

  In the present embodiment having the above configuration, the user starts up the personal computer 1 and activates the schedule creation application program. As a result, the schedule input screen shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display unit 105 of the personal computer 1. This schedule input screen is composed of “schedule” “subject”, “location”, “start time”, “end time”, “alarm” input items and “priority shooting mode” selection items. "" Consists of options of "AUTO", "Landscape", "Portrait", "Night view", "Macro", "Sports", and "Manual". The user operates the operation unit 107 to input each input item and select an option, thereby completing the input as shown in FIGS. 6 (A) and 6 (B). After the input is completed, a predetermined storage instruction operation is performed on the operation unit 107, whereby schedule information including input results corresponding to the illustrated input items and selection items is stored in the RAM 103.

  Thereafter, the user connects the digital camera 4 to the personal computer 1 via the USB cable 2 as shown in FIG. 1 and transmits the schedule information stored in the RAM 103. Then, in the digital camera 4, the image processing circuit / CPU 411 controls the communication unit 417 to receive schedule information and store it in the schedule storage unit 450. Accordingly, the schedule time / date storage area 451 of the schedule storage unit 450 stores the “start time” and “end time” of the schedule information, and the alarm time storage area 452 includes the time of “alarm” in the schedule contents (subject name). , Location) in the storage area 453, “subject” and “location”, and in the shooting condition identification information storage area 454, the selected “priority shooting mode” is “sports” in the case of FIG. ), “Landscape”) is stored.

  When the storage of data in the schedule storage unit 450 is completed in this way, the digital camera 4 is detached from the USB cable 2 and the digital camera 4 is taken out for taking a picture. When the user operates the mode switch provided on the operation key unit 415 to set the shooting mode, the image processing circuit / CPU 411 of the digital camera 4 executes the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 based on the program. To do.

  That is, it is constantly monitored whether or not the shutter key 405 has been pressed halfway (step S101). If there is no operation on the shutter key 405, the current time measured by the clock unit 414 is compared with the time stored in the alarm time storage area 452 to determine whether or not the schedule alarm time has come. Judgment is made (step S102). When the alarm time comes, the alarm generation unit 460 is activated to generate an alarm (step S103). Therefore, the user can know from this alarm that the schedule start time is approaching.

  If the result of determination in step S102 is not the alarm time, it is determined whether or not the mode switch of the operation key unit 415 has been operated (step S104). When the mode change switch is not operated and the state of the photographing mode is continued (step S104; NO), the processing from step S101 is repeated. When the mode switch is operated (step S104; YES), the mode switching process is executed (step S105), and the mode is shifted to another mode.

  On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S101 is that the shutter key 405 has been pressed halfway, the current time measured by the clock unit 414 and the schedule time stored in the schedule time / date storage area 451 are displayed. By comparing, it is determined whether there is a schedule corresponding to the current time (step S106). If it is not the schedule time and there is no schedule corresponding to the current time (step S106; NO), it is further determined whether there is a schedule within one hour before and after (step S107). If there is, the process in step S109 described later is performed. If not, the photographing condition manual selection process is performed (step S108). In this shooting condition manual selection process, a preset aperture value and shutter speed are selected and set by operating a shooting condition setting key provided in the operation key unit 415 at the time of manual shooting, and then the process proceeds to step S111. move on.

  On the other hand, if there is a current schedule as a result of the determination in step S106, one (one set) of shooting conditions is read based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule (step S109). That is, since the schedule information shown in FIG. 6A is stored in the schedule storage unit 450 as described above, assuming that the current time is “9:00 on August 20, 2003”, the schedule storage is performed. The part 450 has a current schedule, and the photographing condition identification information of this schedule is “sports”. The shooting conditions of the shooting condition identification information “sports” are “focus” = AF, “shutter speed” = 1/1000, “aperture” = auto, “strobe” as shown in the shooting condition storage unit 440 of FIG. "= Auto ...

  Therefore, in step S109, the “focus” = AF, “shutter speed” = 1/1000, “aperture” = auto, “strobe” = auto... The shooting conditions set are set (step S110). Accordingly, the lens driving circuit 412 operates to focus the optical lens 407, the shutter speed is fixed to 1/1000, the diaphragm 430 is automatically adjusted by the diaphragm driving unit 419, and the strobe circuit 418 is adjusted to the ambient brightness. In response to this, processing such as enabling the light emission is executed.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the shutter key 405 has been fully pressed (step S111), and photographing processing is executed when the shutter key 405 is fully pressed (step S112). In other words, a signal from the imaging element 408 in which an image of the subject is formed through the optical lens 407 and the diaphragm 430 is digitized by the unit circuit 410 and processed in the image processing circuit / CPU 411 according to the imaging conditions. Is necessary, it is generated into an image file in JPEG format and stored in the storage medium 413.

  Therefore, when the user takes a picture at the scheduled time, it is possible to take a picture under automatically set photographing conditions and store the image in the storage medium 413 without performing a photographing condition setting operation. Moreover, the shooting condition set in step S110 is an appropriate shooting condition stored in the shooting condition storage unit 440, and this shooting condition is selected and set based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information. . Therefore, it is possible to perform shooting by automatically setting appropriate shooting conditions for a scene corresponding to the schedule content (sports athletic meet) of the schedule information.

  (Second Embodiment)

  FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram showing the memory configuration of the schedule storage unit 450 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The schedule storage unit 450 includes a schedule time / date storage area 451, schedule contents (subject, location). Only the storage area 453 is provided. Therefore, when the digital camera 4 is connected to the personal computer 1 via the USB cable 2 as shown in FIG. 1 and the schedule information stored in the RAM 103 is transmitted, the schedule time / date storage area of the schedule storage unit 450 is transmitted. The “start time” and “end time” of the schedule information are stored in 451, and “subject” and “location” are stored in the schedule content (subject, location) storage area 453.

  When the storage of data in the schedule storage unit 450 is completed in this way, the digital camera 4 is detached from the USB cable 2 and the digital camera 4 is taken out for taking a picture. Then, when the user operates the mode switch provided on the operation key unit 415 to set the shooting mode, the image processing circuit / CPU 411 of the digital camera 4 executes the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 based on the program. To do.

  That is, it is constantly monitored whether or not the shutter key 405 has been pressed halfway (step S201). When the shutter key 405 is pressed halfway, the current time is measured by comparing the current time measured by the clock unit 414 with the schedule time stored in the schedule time / date storage area 451. It is determined whether there is a schedule (step S202). If it is not the schedule time and there is no schedule corresponding to the current time (step S202; NO), it is determined whether there is a schedule for the current day (step S203). If there is, the schedule closest to the current time is selected (step S204), and the process of step S206 described later is performed. If not, the shooting condition manual selection process is performed (step S208). That is, a preset aperture value and shutter speed are selected and set by operating a shooting condition setting key provided in the operation key unit 415 at the time of manual shooting, and then the process proceeds to step S208. On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S202 is that there is a current schedule, imaging conditions are selected and read based on the schedule contents of the schedule (step S206). In this step S206, the process of selecting and reading out the imaging conditions based on the schedule contents is performed as follows, for example.

  In the present embodiment, a keyword table storing keywords for each photographing condition such as “AUTO”, “landscape”, “portrait”, “night view”, “macro”, “sports”, and “manual” shown in FIG. Keep it. In the keyword table, keywords such as “athletic meet” and “ground” are stored corresponding to “sports”, and keywords such as “hiking” and “plateau” are stored corresponding to “landscape”. Further, as described above, the subject “town athletic meet” and the place “** town ground” shown in FIG. 6A are stored in the schedule content storage area 453 of the schedule storage unit 450. The keywords “athletic meet” and “ground” can be extracted from the schedule contents stored in the storage area 453. Then, based on the extracted keyword, “sport” is selected from the keyword table, and the shooting condition corresponding to this “sport” is read from the shooting condition storage unit 440.

  However, since the keywords stored in the keyword table are not necessarily stored in the schedule content storage area 453, it is determined whether or not selection is possible in the next step S207. If YES, the process proceeds to step S205 described above.

  If it is selectable (step S207; NO), the read photographing condition is set (step S208). Therefore, in this embodiment, if the current time is “August 20, 2003, 9:00”, the schedule storage unit 450 has a current schedule. "** Town Ground", the shooting conditions for "Sports" ("Focus" = AF, "Shutter Speed" = 1/1000, "Aperture" = Auto, "Flash" as in the previous embodiment "= Auto ...) is set.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the shutter key 405 has been fully pressed (step S209). When the shutter key 405 has been fully pressed, shooting processing is executed (step S210). Thereby, as described above, the image file is generated in the JPEG format and stored in the storage medium 413. Therefore, when the user takes a picture at the scheduled time, it is possible to take a picture under automatically set photographing conditions and store the image in the storage medium 413 without performing a photographing condition setting operation. In addition, the shooting conditions set in step S209 are appropriate shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage unit 440, and the shooting conditions are selected and set based on the contents of the schedule. Therefore, it is possible to perform shooting by automatically setting appropriate shooting conditions for a scene corresponding to the schedule content (sports athletic meet) of the schedule information.

In the second embodiment, the schedule storage unit 450 having only the schedule time / date storage area 451 and the schedule content (subject, location) storage area 453 shown in FIG. 8 is used. As shown in FIG. 6, a schedule storage unit 450 having an alarm time storage area 452 may be used. As a result, as indicated by the chain line in FIG. 9, when the determination in step S201 is NO, the same processing as steps S102 to S105 in the first embodiment can be performed.
In each embodiment, the digital camera 4 is used as the camera device. However, a camera-equipped mobile phone or a camera-equipped PDA may be used.

It is a system configuration diagram common to each embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the schematic circuit structure of the personal computer common to each embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the digital camera common to each embodiment. It is a memory block diagram of an imaging condition storage unit. It is a memory block diagram of the schedule memory | storage part in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a schedule creation screen. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in 1st Embodiment. It is a memory block diagram of the schedule memory | storage part in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the same embodiment. It is a memory block diagram of the schedule memory | storage part in other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer 2 USB cable 4 Digital camera 101 Control part 104 Communication part 107 Operation part 405 Shutter key 406 Light emission part 407 Optical lens 408 Image pick-up element 409 TG
410 unit circuit 411 image processing circuit / CPU
412 Lens drive circuit 413 Storage medium 414 Clock unit 415 Operation key unit 416 ROM
417 Communication unit 418 Strobe circuit 420 RAM
440 Shooting condition storage unit 450 Schedule storage unit 451 Schedule time / date storage region 452 Alarm time storage region 453 Schedule content (subject, place) storage region 454 Shooting condition identification information storage region 460 Alarm generation unit

Claims (8)

Shooting condition storage means for storing a plurality of shooting conditions;
Schedule information storage means for storing schedule information including schedule time, schedule contents, and photographing condition identification information;
Determining means for determining whether schedule information corresponding to the photographing time point is stored in the schedule information storage means;
When it is determined by the determining means that the schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored, based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information, a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means are stored. A setting means for selecting and setting one of them,
A camera apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to perform imaging under an imaging condition set by the setting unit. The shooting condition storage means stores shooting conditions corresponding to each of a plurality of shooting condition identification information,
2. The camera apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting unit reads and sets a shooting condition corresponding to the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information from the shooting condition storage unit. Shooting condition storage means for storing a plurality of shooting conditions;
Schedule information storage means for storing schedule information including schedule time and schedule content;
Determining means for determining whether schedule information corresponding to the photographing time point is stored in the schedule information storage means;
If it is determined by the determination means that schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored, any one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means based on the schedule content of the schedule information. Setting means for selecting and setting,
A camera apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to perform imaging under an imaging condition set by the setting unit. A receiving means for receiving the schedule information transmitted from the outside;
The camera apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the schedule information storage unit stores the schedule information received by the receiving unit. A computer having a camera apparatus comprising: imaging condition storage means for storing a plurality of imaging conditions; schedule information storage means for storing schedule information including schedule time, schedule content, and imaging condition identification information; and imaging means.
Determining means for determining whether schedule information corresponding to the photographing time point is stored in the schedule information storage means;
When it is determined by the determining means that the schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored, based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information, a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means are stored. A setting means for selecting and setting one of them,
A camera control program that functions as a control means for controlling the photographing means so that photographing is performed under the photographing condition set by the setting means. A computer having a camera apparatus comprising: an imaging condition storage means for storing a plurality of imaging conditions; a schedule information storage means for storing schedule information including schedule time and schedule content; and an imaging means.
Determining means for determining whether schedule information corresponding to the photographing time point is stored in the schedule information storage means;
If it is determined by the determination means that schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored, any one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means based on the schedule content of the schedule information. Setting means for selecting and setting,
A camera control program that functions as a control means for controlling the photographing means so that photographing is performed under the photographing condition set by the setting means. A camera system composed of a schedule creation device and a camera device,
The schedule creation device includes:
Creating means for creating schedule information composed of schedule time, schedule content and shooting condition identification information;
Transmission means for transmitting the schedule information created by the creation means,
The camera device is
Shooting condition storage means for storing a plurality of shooting conditions;
Receiving means for receiving the schedule information transmitted by the transmitting means of the schedule creation device;
Schedule information storage means for storing the schedule information received by the receiving means;
Determining means for determining whether schedule information corresponding to the photographing time point is stored in the schedule information storage means;
When it is determined by the determining means that the schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored, based on the shooting condition identification information of the schedule information, a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means are stored. A setting means for selecting and setting one of them,
A camera system comprising: photographing means for photographing under photographing conditions set by the setting means. A camera system composed of a schedule creation device and a camera device,
The schedule creation device includes:
Creating means for creating schedule information including schedule time and schedule content;
Transmission means for transmitting the schedule information created by the creation means,
The camera device is
Shooting condition storage means for storing a plurality of shooting conditions;
Receiving means for receiving the schedule information transmitted by the transmitting means of the schedule creation device;
Schedule information storage means for storing the schedule information received by the receiving means;
Determining means for determining whether schedule information corresponding to the photographing time point is stored in the schedule information storage means;
If it is determined by the determination means that schedule information corresponding to the shooting time point is stored, any one of a plurality of shooting conditions stored in the shooting condition storage means based on the schedule content of the schedule information. Setting means for selecting and setting,
A camera system comprising: photographing means for photographing under photographing conditions set by the setting means.

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