JP4336511B2 - Data transfer device, data transfer system, and program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a data transfer device for transferring the data used in the digital camera to the digital camera, it relates to a data transfer system and programs.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in order to customize the state of an electronic device, a system has been provided in which several types of data are written in the electronic device and the electronic device behaves according to the data. For example, with a conventional digital camera, it was possible to rewrite shutter sound, self-timer sound, startup screen, and the like from a personal computer.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, conventionally, it has been necessary to set data in the camera for each type, such as first setting the shutter sound in the camera and then setting the self-timer sound. For this reason, for example, when setting a shutter sound and a self-timer sound with the theme of animals, it is necessary for the user to perform an operation of individually writing to the camera.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and enables a plurality of data related to a predetermined theme (including shutter sound, self-timer sound, etc.) to be collectively transferred to a digital camera, and the plurality of data is transferred to the digital camera. The object is to reduce the load on the user when setting .
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Data transfer apparatus according to the present invention, for example, a storage unit for a plurality of data store according to a common theme used in digital cameras, and access means for accessing a recording unit of the digital camera, through said access means Detecting means for detecting a plurality of data recorded in the recording unit of the digital camera, a display area for selectively displaying a plurality of pieces of information indicating a common theme of the plurality of data detected by the detecting means, A first button for instructing to reproduce a plurality of data corresponding to the information of the selected common theme among the information of the plurality of common themes displayed in the display area; and the first button displayed in the display area The common text stored in the storage means is replaced with a plurality of data corresponding to the selected common theme information among the plurality of common theme information. Display control means for displaying on the same screen a second button for instructing to record a plurality of data relating to the memory at a time, and displayed in the display area in response to an instruction from the first button. The plurality of data corresponding to the selected common theme information among the plurality of common theme information is read and reproduced, and the plurality of data displayed in the display area in response to an instruction by the second button Controlling the access means to record a plurality of data related to the common theme stored in the storage means in place of a plurality of data corresponding to the selected common theme information among the common theme information And a control means .
[0006]
A data transfer system according to the present invention includes, for example, the above-described data transfer device and a digital camera that uses the plurality of data transferred from the data transfer device.
[0007]
Further, the program according to the present invention, for example, a computer having a storage means for storing a plurality of data according to the common theme used in digital cameras, and access means for accessing a recording unit of the digital camera, A detection step of detecting a plurality of data recorded in the recording unit of the digital camera through the access means, and a display for selectively displaying a plurality of pieces of information indicating a common theme of the plurality of data detected in the detection step An area, a first button for instructing to reproduce a plurality of data corresponding to the information of the common theme selected from the information of the plurality of common themes displayed in the display area, and the display area In place of the plurality of data corresponding to the information of the selected common theme among the information of the plurality of common themes displayed in A display step for displaying on the same screen a second button for instructing to record a plurality of data related to a common theme stored in a stage, and in response to an instruction by the first button , Reading out and reproducing a plurality of data corresponding to the information of the selected common theme among the information of the plurality of common themes displayed in the display area, and in response to an instruction from the second button, A plurality of data related to the common theme stored in the storage means is recorded instead of a plurality of data corresponding to the information of the selected common theme among the information of the plurality of common themes displayed in the display area. And a control step for controlling the access means .
[0020]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0021]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a data transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 105 denotes a known personal computer (hereinafter referred to as PC).
A content storage unit 101 stores files such as start-up sound, shutter sound, operation sound, self-timer sound, and start-up screen set in the digital camera. This can be realized as a hard disk. Hereinafter, data that can be set in the camera, such as a start-up sound, shutter sound, operation sound, self-timer sound, and start-up screen, is referred to as content. In the present embodiment, for convenience, the types of content are the above five types, but may be more or less than this.
[0022]
FIG. 2 shows the contents of the content storage unit. Reference numerals 201 to 205 denote folders for categorizing and storing contents, which are classified and stored for each of the shutter sound, start-up sound, start-up screen, self-timer sound, and operation sound. The shutter sound is the sound that is played when the shutter button is pressed, the startup sound is the sound that is played when the camera is turned on, and the startup screen is the image that is displayed when the camera is turned on The self-timer sound is the sound that is played between the time the shutter button is pressed and the shutter is actually released during self-timer shooting, and the operation sound is the sound that is played when the camera button is operated. It is.
[0023]
Reference numerals 206 to 210 in FIG. 2 denote files of stored contents. Here, each file name is named according to the following rules.
・ The extension indicates the data format. WAVE format audio is [.wav], and JPEG format is [.jpg].
-The part before the extension consists of two parts separated by [_], and the first part is an arbitrary name that represents the contents of the data. For example, the name such as [Animal] for the animal theme Can be attached. The second half shows the type of data. For example, if it is a shutter sound, a name such as [RS01] is given.
[0024]
Reference numeral 103 in FIG. 1 denotes a playback unit that plays back content on a PC, and can play back shutter sound on the PC and display a startup screen. A name display unit 102 displays the file name and name of the content on the display device. A transfer unit 104 transfers content to the digital camera 106 described later. Reference numeral 106 denotes a digital camera.
[0025]
A content storage unit 107 stores the content transferred from the PC. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of the content storage unit. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that two types of data can be held for each of five types of content. No.1 and No.2 in the figure represent storage areas for two types of data, and the data indicated by the file names are stored in the No.1 and No.2 areas of the respective contents. Show. In the figure, reference numeral 901 denotes a flag indicating data actually set in the digital camera among No. 1 and No. 2, and in the figure, No. 1 data is set for all contents. Indicates.
[0026]
A receiving unit 108 receives the content transferred from the PC and records it in the content storage unit 107.
[0027]
Reference numeral 109 denotes a playback unit that plays back the content stored in the content storage unit on the digital camera. The playback unit 109 can play the shutter sound on the digital camera and display the start-up screen.
[0028]
A list display unit 110 displays a list of contents stored in the content storage unit on a liquid crystal display device of the camera.
[0029]
Next, the operation of the data transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed by the name display unit. In the figure, reference numeral 301 denotes a list box for selecting the type of content to be displayed. This figure shows the case where the shutter sound is selected. As will be described later, here, in addition to individual contents such as shutter sound, a “theme” can be selected, and when the “theme” is selected, the above-described five types of contents can be set together in the camera.
[0030]
Reference numeral 302 denotes an area for displaying a file name included in the selected content. In the figure, as an example, the files included in the ReleaseSound folder of FIG. 2 are displayed. An area 304 displays the file name of content stored in the camera. The camera can store two files for each content. In the present embodiment, these two are numbered as No. 1 and No. 2 for distinction. FIG. 3 shows that “KYOTO_RS01.wav” is already stored in camera No. 1 and “Camera_RS01.wav” is stored in No. 2.
[0031]
Reference numeral 303 denotes a button for transferring the content selected in 302 to the number selected in 304 of the camera. When this button is pressed, the selected content is transferred to the content storage unit of the digital camera by the transfer unit. When the button 303 is pressed in FIG. 3, “Animal_RS01.wav” is stored in the camera No. 1.
[0032]
The above operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 801, it is selected whether contents such as a shutter sound are individually set in the camera or five types of contents are collectively set. When individual contents are set individually, for example, when a shutter sound is selected in 301 of FIG. 3, the process proceeds to step 802. Processing for setting all contents together will be described later. In step 802, the file selected in 302 of FIG. 3 is read from the content storage unit 101 and transferred to the reception unit 108 by the transfer unit 104. In step 803, the receiving unit 108 records the transferred file in the content storage unit 107. At that time, it is recorded in the area of the content storage unit 107 corresponding to the number designated in 304 of FIG. 3 (No. 1 in the figure). In the example of FIG. 3, Animal_RS01.wav is written in the No. 1 area of the shutter sound.
[0033]
Next, the “play / display” button will be described.
[0034]
Reference numeral 305 denotes a button for reproducing / displaying the data selected in 302.
[0035]
Reference numeral 306 denotes a button for reproducing / displaying the data selected in 304. The operation when this button is pressed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 1101, it is determined whether to reproduce camera data or PC data. When the “play / display” button 305 is pressed, the PC data is played back, and the data to be played back is acquired from the content storage unit 101 in step 1102. When the “play / display” button 306 is pressed, the digital camera data is played back, so that the data to be played back is acquired from the content storage unit 107 in step 1103. In step 1104, the acquired data is reproduced and displayed.
[0036]
Next, an operation for collectively setting shutter sound, operation sound, start-up sound, start-up screen, and self-timer sound will be described. First, an operation example on the PC side will be described with reference to FIG. When “theme” is selected in 401, the name display unit checks whether data created based on a certain theme is included in all content folders in common. This can be checked by the file name naming rules described above. This procedure will be described with reference to FIG.
[0037]
First, in step 501, a part before [_] is extracted from parts other than the file name extension. Next, in step 502, it is checked whether a file having the same content is included in all contents. If there is the same, in step 503, that portion is displayed in 302 of FIG. For example, in the example of FIG. 2, since all folders include files beginning with Animal, SF, and KYOTO, these three are displayed in 402 of FIG. Files starting with Camera are not recognized as themes because they are only included in the shutter sound folder.
[0038]
As another embodiment, the theme name is described in the header part of each file, the name display unit obtains the theme name from the file header, and if there is a theme name that exists in all folders in common, It can also be displayed.
[0039]
By the same method, the theme name of the content stored in the content storage unit 107 in the digital camera is also displayed in 404 of FIG. If the content file stored in the camera does not follow the theme, the theme name is not displayed, for example, “1: set” is displayed.
[0040]
In FIG. 4, when a theme name is selected from 402, a number of content in the camera is selected from 404, and a “transfer to camera” button 403 is pressed, five types of data included in the theme are digitalized at once by the transfer unit. It is transferred to the content storage unit of the camera.
[0041]
This operation will be described with reference to FIG. In step 1001, the transfer unit 104 acquires five types of files included in the theme name from the content storage unit 101. In step 1002, the transfer unit 104 transfers it to the reception unit 108. In step 1003, the reception unit 108 records the transferred file in the content storage unit 107. At that time, it is recorded in the area of the content storage unit 107 corresponding to the number designated in 404 of FIG. 4 (No. 1 in the figure).
[0042]
Next, the function of the “play / display” button will be described.
[0043]
When the “play / display” button 405 or 406 is pressed, five types of data included in the theme are continuously played by the playback unit.
[0044]
During reproduction, the screen of FIG. 6 is displayed. The right side is an area for displaying the startup screen, and the left side shows the order in which the remaining contents are reproduced. A sign (indicated by a black circle in the figure) is displayed for the type of sound being played back. This function can be realized by the same operation as the flowchart of FIG.
[0045]
Next, the operation of the digital camera 106 will be described. In the present embodiment, two types of shutter sound, start-up sound, self-timer sound, operation sound, and start-up screen can be stored in the camera, and the user can select which one to use. For example, this operation is performed using a user interface as shown in FIG. This figure is an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device of the digital camera, and the list display unit 110 performs display. In the figure, reference numeral 701 represents the type of content. The user first selects the type of content to be set using an operation member such as a button of a digital camera. Reference numeral 702 represents two types of data possessed by each content. The user selects either No. 1 or No. 2 using the operation member of the digital camera. Thus, for example, the user selects “shutter sound” in 701 and selects No. 1 in 702, whereby the sound of No. 1 is set as the shutter sound. At that time, the selected shutter sound is reproduced by the reproduction unit of the digital camera. When the startup screen is selected, the playback unit 109 displays it on the liquid crystal screen of the digital camera. When “theme” is selected in 701 and either No. 1 or No. 2 in 702 is selected, five types of contents (shutter sound, start-up sound, self-timer sound, operation sound, start-up screen) ) Are all set to No.1 or No.2. At that time, No. 1 of the startup screen is displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the digital camera by the playback unit 109, and at the same time, the shutter sound, startup sound, self-timer sound, and operation sound are sequentially played back.
[0046]
The above operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In 1201, it is first determined whether or not a theme has been selected in 701 of FIG. When the theme is selected, in 1202, data of each content corresponding to the number selected in 702 of FIG. 7 is acquired from the content storage unit. If a non-theme content (for example, shutter sound) is selected in 701 in FIG. 7, in step 1203, data corresponding to the number selected in 702 in FIG. 7 is acquired from the content storage unit. In step 1204, the acquired data is played back / displayed by the playback unit 109. In step 1205, a flag is set in the content storage unit in order to register the acquired data as a shutter sound of the camera. Specifically, the flag indicated by 901 in FIG. 9 is set. As a result, it is registered as the shutter sound of the digital camera.
[0047]
When the digital camera is turned on, the currently selected startup sound and startup screen are read from the content storage unit, the startup sound is played back from the digital camera speaker, and the startup screen is displayed on the digital camera display device. Is displayed. When the shutter is pressed, the current shutter sound is read from the content storage unit and reproduced from the speaker. When the operation button of the digital camera is pressed, the current operation sound is read from the content storage unit and reproduced from the speaker. When the self-timer shooting is performed, the current self-timer sound is read from the content storage unit, and the self-timer sound is reproduced from the speaker from when the shutter is pressed until the release is released.
[0048]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a plurality of types of data related to each other are written to the peripheral device, the data can be designated and written at a time by automatically recognizing the related data, so that the user's Operation can be reduced.
[0049]
Another object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the storage medium. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in.
In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.
As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.
Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the actual processing and the processing is included.
Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function is determined based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the CPU or the like provided in the expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of data related to a predetermined theme (including shutter sound, self-timer sound, etc.) can be collectively transferred to a digital camera, and the plurality of data are set in the digital camera. Can reduce the load on the user .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a data transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the contents of a content storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed by a name display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating another example of a screen displayed by the name display unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the personal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example when the personal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention reproduces content.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed when a personal computer according to an embodiment of the present invention selects content.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when content is transferred from the personal computer to the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a view showing the contents of a content storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation flow when content is transferred from the personal computer to the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a flow of playback and display operations of the personal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of operations of the digital camera according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (8)

Storage means for store a plurality of data according to the common theme used in digital cameras,
Access means for accessing a recording unit of the digital camera;
Detecting means for detecting a plurality of data recorded in the recording unit of the digital camera through the access means;
A display area for selectively displaying a plurality of pieces of information indicating a common theme of a plurality of data detected by the detecting means, and a common theme selected from among a plurality of common theme information displayed in the display area A first button for giving an instruction to reproduce a plurality of data corresponding to the information of the information, and a plurality of information corresponding to the information of the common theme selected from the information of the plurality of common themes displayed in the display area Display control means for displaying on the same screen a second button for instructing to record a plurality of data related to a common theme stored in the storage means in place of the data,
In response to an instruction from the first button, a plurality of data corresponding to the selected common theme information among the plurality of common theme information displayed in the display area is read and reproduced, and the first In response to an instruction from the second button, the data is stored in the storage unit in place of a plurality of data corresponding to the selected common theme information among the plurality of common theme information displayed in the display area. A data transfer apparatus comprising: control means for controlling the access means so as to record a plurality of data relating to a common theme . The plurality of data includes audio data;
  In response to an instruction from the second button, the control means reads and continuously reproduces a plurality of audio data recorded in the selected specific area,
  2. The data transfer apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control means displays information indicating which operation of the digital camera the audio data being reproduced is related to. Before one Kifuku number of data, the data transfer apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the corresponding to the sound to be played when operating the shutter button of the digital camera. Wherein the plurality of one data, the data transfer apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that corresponding to the reproduced sound when the imaging using the self-timer. One of said plurality of data, the data transfer apparatus according to any one of 4 claims 1, characterized in that corresponding to the sound to be played when you turn the digital camera. Wherein the data transfer apparatus, a data transfer apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is a personal computer. A data transfer device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 ;
And a digital camera using the plurality of data transferred from the data transfer device. Storage means for storing a plurality of data according to the common theme used in digital cameras, the computer having an access means for accessing a recording unit of the digital camera,
A detection step of detecting a plurality of data recorded in the recording unit of the digital camera through the access means;
A display area for selectively displaying a plurality of pieces of information indicating a common theme of the plurality of data detected in the detection step, and a common theme selected from the plurality of common theme information displayed in the display area A first button for giving an instruction to reproduce a plurality of data corresponding to the information of the information, and a plurality of information corresponding to the information of the common theme selected from the information of the plurality of common themes displayed in the display area A display step for displaying on the same screen a second button for instructing to collectively record a plurality of data relating to a common theme stored in the storage means instead of the data;
In response to an instruction from the first button, a plurality of data corresponding to the selected common theme information among the plurality of common theme information displayed in the display area is read and reproduced, and the first In response to an instruction from the second button, the data is stored in the storage unit in place of a plurality of data corresponding to the selected common theme information among the plurality of common theme information displayed in the display area. And a control step of controlling the access means so as to record a plurality of data relating to a common theme .

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