Printer-equipped digital camera and displaying control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11736631-B2
Application number	US-202117189751-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2021
Priority date	Sep 13, 2018
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

A printer-equipped digital camera and a displaying control method thereof capable of printing a high quality image and reducing a power load are provided. A printer-equipped digital camera 1 includes a film loading chamber 50 in which an instant film pack 100 is loaded, an exposure display 56, a louver plate 62 that is included on a displaying surface of the exposure display 56, an imaging lens 12, an image sensor 42, and an image displaying display 16, in which an image is recorded on the instant film 110 by displaying the image on the exposure display 56. Displaying of the image displaying display 16 is switched OFF while the image is displayed on the exposure display 56.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer-equipped digital camera comprising:
an instant film pack loader configured to load therein an instant film pack including an exposure opening;
a first display including a liquid crystal display having a backlight and a displaying surface arranged to face an exposure surface of an instant film in the instant film pack through the exposure opening with respect to the instant film pack loaded in the instant film pack loader, the first display being configured to expose the instant film by displaying an image;
a light exit direction restriction member that is included on the displaying surface of the first display and restricts a light exit direction of light from each pixel of the first display to a constant range;
an imager configured to electronically capture a subject image;
a second display including a liquid crystal display having a backlight, the second display being configured to display an image to an outside; and
a processor configured to:
control ON and OFF of displaying of the first display and the second display by controlling ON and OFF of the backlight of each of the first display and the second display; and
switch OFF displaying of the second display while the instant film is exposed by displaying the image on the first display.

2. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to display the same image on the first display and the second display.

3. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the first display and the second display are connected to the same image output interface.

4. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
switch ON the backlight of the first display in a case of exposing the instant film; and
switch ON the backlight of the second display in a case of displaying the image on the second display.

5. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the backlight of each of the first display and the second display includes a white light source and a light guide plate.

6. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the first display and the second display are arranged to be stacked with a light blocking member interposed between the first display and the second display.

7. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the first display and the second display are arranged with the instant film pack interposed between the first display and the second display.

8. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to process the image to be displayed on the first display.

9. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to perform inversion processing.

10. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to perform edge highlighting processing.

11. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the light exit direction restriction member is configured with a louver plate that is included on the displaying surface of the first display.

12. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control ON and OFF of the imager; and
switch OFF the imager during displaying of the image on the first display.

13. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a touch operation detector configured to detect a touch operation performed on a displaying surface of the second display.

14. A printer-equipped digital camera comprising:
an instant film pack loader configured to load therein an instant film pack including an exposure opening;
a first display having a displaying surface arranged to face an exposure surface of an instant film in the instant film pack through the exposure opening with respect to the instant film pack loaded in the instant film pack loader, the first display being configured to expose the instant film by displaying an image;
a light exit direction restriction member that is included on the displaying surface of the first display and restricts a light exit direction of light from each pixel of the first display to a constant range;
an imager configured to electronically capture a subject image;
a second display configured to display an image to an outside; and
a processor configured to:
control displaying of the first display and the second display;
switch OFF displaying of the second display while the instant film is exposed by displaying the image on the first display; and
adjust brightness of the second display,

wherein the second display is configured to display the image at brightness set by the processor, and the first display is configured to display the image at constant brightness.

15. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control ON and OFF of the imager; and
switch OFF the imager during displaying of the image on the first display.

16. A printer-equipped digital camera comprising:
an instant film pack loader configured to load therein an instant film pack including an exposure opening;
a first display including an organic EL display having a displaying surface arranged to face an exposure surface of an instant film in the instant film pack through the exposure opening with respect to the instant film pack loaded in the instant film pack loader, the first display being configured to expose the instant film by displaying an image;
a light exit direction restriction member that is included on the displaying surface of the first display and restricts a light exit direction of light from each pixel of the first display to a constant range;
an imager configured to electronically capture a subject image;
a second display including an organic EL display configured to display an image to an outside; and
a processor configured to:
control displaying of the first display and the second display;
switch OFF displaying of the second display while the instant film is exposed by displaying the image on the first display; and
control ON and OFF of displaying of the first display and the second display by controlling ON and OFF of the organic EL display of each of the first display and the second display.

17. The printer-equipped digital camera according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
control ON and OFF of the imager; and
switch OFF the imager during displaying of the image on the first display.

18. A displaying control method of a printer-equipped camera including a first display and a second display, the first display including a liquid crystal display having a backlight, a displaying surface, and on the displaying surface, a light exit direction restriction member restricting a light exit direction of light from each pixel to a constant range, the first display being configured to expose a surface of an instant film by displaying an image, the second display including a liquid crystal display having a backlight, the second display being configured to display an image to an outside, the displaying control method comprising:
controlling ON and OFF of displaying of the first display and the second display by controlling ON and OFF of the backlight of each of the first display and the second display; and
switching OFF displaying of the second display while the instant film is exposed by displaying the image on

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Kurase Hiroyuki
• Sato Tsuneo

Classifications

• H04N1/00278 Primary

  with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer · CPC title

• B41J3/445

  Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras · CPC title

• G09G3/3208

  organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title

• H04N1/00411

  the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen · CPC title

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title