Photography – With data recording
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-05
2001-12-25
Gray, David M. (Department: 2851)
Photography
With data recording
C396S287000, C396S434000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06334030
ABSTRACT:
This application is based on patent application No. 9-271492 filed in Japan, the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
THE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a date generator capable of generating time data or other, and a portable apparatus provided with such a data generating device.
In portable apparatus such as cameras, conventionally, a date display device is generally provided on the rear surface of a camera main body to imprint date data in a part of a photographed frame when photographing is performed. The date display device provided in the camera also enables an adjustment of time, a change of a display mode (a display mode of month/day/year) and a selection of date display (i.e., whether or not a date is to be imprinted in a photographed picture).
In some known cameras, a world map is displayed on the rear surface of a camera main body and, when a preset country is designated, a date displayed is changed to the one based on the standard time of the designated country. Portable information input apparatus such as electronic organizer or PDA have been commercially available to allow an easy input of a travel schedule and the like.
The content of the date display is manually changed in the date display device provided in the conventional camera and portable information input apparatus. Accordingly, if a user brings them to a country or an area which has a time difference from a country or area where he lives such as when he travels abroad, a cumbersome operation is required to manually change a date to be displayed to a date in that country or area. In the portable information input apparatus, a period during which the user stays in the foreign country or other area is known by inputting a travel schedule. Thus, in the case that the user travels to the foreign country as scheduled, it is convenient if the date display is automatically changed to the date in that country or area during his stay. However, since the content of the schedule and the date are not linked to each other, the date to be displayed cannot automatically be switched to the one in that country or area during the period of the travel.
In the case of cameras, the date displayed in the date display device is imprinted in the photographed picture. Accordingly, unless a user changes the date display of the date display device during the travel to a foreign country, the automatic date imprinting causes a problem. Thus, in cameras, if the displayed date of the date display device is automatically changed to a local date when the user travels to a foreign country or the like, it can advantageously avoid a cumbersomeness to manually change the date and prevent an error date imprinting. Therefore, a function of automatically changing the date display becomes more effective.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a data generating device and a portable apparatus which have overcome the above problems residing in the prior art.
According to an aspect of the invention, a data generating device comprises: a basic date data generator which generates basic date data of a basic place; a memory which stores data concerning places, and data concerning schedule of travel between places; and a field date data generator which judges, based on the place data and the schedule data stored in the memory, where a field place is, and generates date data of a judged field place based on the basic date data and the judged field place.
According to another aspect of the invention, a data generating device comprises: a first date data generator which generates first date data; a memory which stores a relationship between the first date data and date data of a field place; and a second date data generator which judges, based on the first date data, where a field place is, and generates second date data based on the first date data and the relationship.
According to still another aspect of the invention, a portable apparatus comprises: a basic date data generator which generates basic date data of a basic place; an input section through which place data concerning places and travel schedule data are input; a memory which stores input place data and schedule data in connection with the input place data; and a field date data generator which judges, based on the place data and the schedule data stored in the memory, where a field place is, and generates date data of a judged field place based on the basic date data and the judged field place.
According to yet another aspect of the invention, a portable apparatus comprises: a first date data generator which generates first date data; an input section through which date data of places are input; a memory which stores a relationship between the first date data and date data of places; and a second date data generator which judges, based on the first date data, where a field place is, and generates second date data based on the first date data and the relationship.
According to further another aspect of the invention, a camera comprises: means for generating basic date data based on a standard time of a first place; means for displaying date data; first means for storing data on a second place and data on travel schedule for the second place; second means for storing data on time difference between the standard time of the first place and a standard time of the second place; means for changing generated basic date data into field date data of the second place based on the time difference data stored in the second storing means; means for judging, based on the travel schedule data, whether generated basic date data corresponds to a traveling period of the second place; and means for controlling the displaying means to display the field date data of the second place when the generated basic date data is judged to correspond to a traveling period of the second place.
These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent upon a reading of the following detailed description and accompanying drawings.
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Ando Makoto
Mizumo Yoshiyuki
Gray David M.
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
Morrison & Foerster / LLP
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