CN1726696A - Electronic device and imaging method using the electronic device - Google Patents
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The present invention provides an electronic device having imaging means that realizes a flash function without need to install any additional component and an imaging method using the electronic device are disclosed. A flash-only image at luminance level 1 is displayed on a back display part (109) before imaging. A preview operation for displaying image data from a back imaging part (111) continuously on a display part (108) is carried out. When a shutter key (116) is pressed down during the preview operation, the display luminance of the back display part (109) is set to luminance 2 brighter than luminance 1, and a flush operation is carried out. In synchronism with the flash operation, the back imaging part (111) images the object to capture image data on the object and store it in a memory. After the capture of the image data, the display luminance of the back display part (109) is returned from luminance 2 to luminance 1 to end the flash operation.
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Technical field
The image capture method that the present invention relates to realize the electronic equipment of flash function and use this electronic equipment.
Background technology
In recent years between, improve all the time, and the various types of communication terminal is existing sells such as the high-performance and the high function of the mobile communication terminal of mobile phone or PHS.Today, in the middle of them, the mobile phone that has camera is subjected to the most inundatory support of user.From now on, improving the picture quality have the camera mobile phone, to make its picture quality that is equal to digital camera be desirable.
In order to improve picture quality, need improve the performance such as sensitivity or resolution of solid-state image pickup assembly (ccd sensor, cmos sensor etc.).Yet,, can consider flash function in order to improve the picture quality of under low luminosity environment, being made a video recording.Thereby, designed the internal or external mobile phone of flasher (for example, referring to patent documentation 1).Especially nearest, built-in high-brightness LED provides the mobile phone of flash function also under consideration.
Also have, common mobile phone or fixed telephone comprise a lamp, receive that it does flicker to arouse the user when calling out; Comprise that perhaps the flasher that photoflash lamp constituted such as discharge tube is used for luminous.Also have a kind of mobile phone, external rather than built-in described lamp or described flasher.
Certain (cordless telephone) handset of separating with base comprises a photoflash lamp, and when receiving when calling out, this is to represent the common examples of sending a telegram here with the visible light that glimmers for this photoflash lamp and call signal synchronously luminous (for example, referring to patent documentation 2).Have, a kind of mobile phone comprises and has liquid crystal indicator backlight again, this can glimmer luminous (for example, referring to patent documentation 3) backlight.Also have, a kind of mobile device comprises the light-emitting component that is independent of the mobile phone body, and receiving when calling out this light-emitting component when this mobile phone can luminous (for example, referring to patent documentation 4).
Moreover, as being contained on the used video camera or being built in flasher in this used video camera, this flasher comprises second illuminating part, is independent of first illuminating part of emission flash of light, and it is used for rubescent look and two kinds of different monochromatic light of blueness, so, when first illuminating part emission flash of light, (by second illuminating part) sends ruddiness or blue light continuously in the given time, or ruddiness and blue light, the colour temperature of flash of light is adapted to the colour temperature (for example, referring to patent documentation 5) that sets.
(patent documentation 1) JP-A-2001-320622
(patent documentation 2) JP-UM-A-7-14739
(patent documentation 3) JP-A-3-280778
(patent documentation 4) JP-UM-B-3082867
(patent documentation 5) JP-A-10-206942
But the above-mentioned regular handset that has video camera requires flasher or LED recently, is used for realizing that flash function is to improve the picture quality under the low luminosity environment.Thereby cause following problems.That is exactly that when the parts of all flashers as described or described LED were installed in described mobile phone, because the increase of erection space or thickness, this mobile phone can not be microminiaturized.Also have, generate big noise when glistening owing to launch, this noise causes adverse effect irrelevantly to other parts.Have, since be new part, the parts that are exactly all flashers as described or described LED need new the installation again, and cost can more rise.
Consider that above-mentioned general issue proposes the present invention then, and the present invention aims to provide and a kind ofly can realize flash function and the electronic equipment of new parts is not installed and is used the image capture method of this electronic equipment.
Summary of the invention
In order to reach above purpose, comprise display unit and image unit according to electronic equipment of the present invention.The shooting direction of the display surface of described display unit and described image unit is located at equidirectional.Described electronic equipment comprises indicative control unit, and the display brightness of its control display unit is switching between the two-stage at least, and when using described image unit to make a video recording, it is being controlled described display unit and is showing a predetermined image with the maximum brightness level.Therefore, new parts are not installed and just can be realized flash function.Thereby increase, the noise when sending out flash of light that can eliminate the erection space that causes because of additional new parts or thickness generates and the rising of cost.
And then in electronic equipment of the present invention, in the front and back moment of described image unit shooting, described indicative control unit changes the display brightness of described display unit; Before the shooting of described image unit, described indicative control unit switches to the maximum brightness level with the display brightness of described display unit, and after described image unit shooting, and the display brightness of described display unit is switched to the intensity level low than the maximum brightness level.In this way, because brightness only increases in the moment of making a video recording, consumes power can reduce.
In according to electronic equipment of the present invention, described predetermined image is such image, and wherein all pixels of display unit are all launched white light.Allow all pixels all launch white light, can obtain required brightness most effectively when being intended to send out flash of light.
Also have, in according to electronic equipment of the present invention, described predetermined image is the image of selecting in advance before the image unit shooting.
Also have, in according to electronic equipment of the present invention, described display unit comprises, first display unit that has in the front of described electronic equipment one side, and second display unit that has in the back side of described electronic equipment one side.Described image unit comprises, first image unit that has in the front of described electronic equipment one side, and second image unit that has in the back side of described electronic equipment one side.When second image unit was made a video recording, described indicative control unit was suitably controlled second display unit and is shown described predetermined image with the maximum brightness level, and controlled first display unit with the described image of any intensity level demonstration from second image unit.When making a video recording with first image unit, described indicative control unit is controlled first display unit and is shown described predetermined image with the maximum brightness level, and controls second display unit with any intensity level demonstration arbitrary image.
Also have, a kind of image capture method that uses electronic equipment, this electronic equipment has display unit and image unit, and the shooting direction of the display surface of described display unit and described image unit is located at equidirectional.The display brightness of described display unit is controlled at least and switches between the two-stage, and when image unit was made a video recording, display unit showed predetermined image with the maximum brightness level.
Also have, in the described image capture method of electronic equipment of the present invention, in the moment before described image unit shooting, the display brightness of described display unit is switched to the maximum brightness level.In the moment after described image unit shooting, the display brightness of described display unit is switched to the intensity level low than the maximum brightness level.
Also have, the luminescence unit that provides electric current just luminous is provided electronic equipment of the present invention; Control the luminous luminous controling unit of described luminescence unit; And luminous indicating member, it indicates described luminous controling unit to control the luminous of described luminescence unit.Described luminous controling unit, luminous with the described luminescence unit of first brilliance control that the first luminous purposes is used.When described luminous indicating member sent luminous indication, described luminous controling unit was luminous with the used described luminescence unit of second brilliance control of the second luminous purposes.
According to this configuration, a luminescence unit can be next luminous with multiple different brightness, and be used for all kinds of luminous purposes, just can obtain suitable luminance respectively at these purposes.For example, having in the electronic equipment of image unit, suppose that the first luminous purposes is to report the user to receive call and so on, and used second brightness of the second luminous purposes first brightness used than the first luminous purposes is brighter, then when making a video recording with described image unit, the luminescence unit of all LED as described can be used as photoflash lamp (being used for the shooting illumination).On this occasion, just need not special-purpose luminescence unit, be used to use photoflash lamp to improve the picture quality of hanging down under the luminosity environment.Therefore, can suppress the increase of additional new erection space that parts caused or thickness and cost rising etc.This device can be microminiaturized, and its cost can reduce with noise and can reduce.
Also have, as one aspect of the present invention, receive the situation of calling at communication unit, described luminous controling unit is controlled the luminous of described luminescence unit, reports the user and receives calling, as the first luminous purposes.
According to this configuration, described luminescence unit is used for reporting user's receipt of call, has received call etc. so the user can visually know visibly.
Also have, as one aspect of the present invention, Yu Ding quarter-bell is provided with the time when arriving, and described luminous controling unit is controlled the luminous of described luminescence unit, reports user's quarter-bell time, is used as the first luminous purposes.
According to this configuration, described luminescence unit is used for reporting user's quarter-bell time, is intended to make this quarter-bell time visually to be reported visibly.
Also have, as one aspect of the present invention, it is next luminous that described luminous controling unit is controlled described luminescence unit, is intended to as the second luminous purposes, for image unit provides the shooting illumination.
According to this configuration, described luminescence unit is used for the shooting illumination of the second luminous purposes, thereby a luminescence unit can be used for reporting the user and receives calling or quarter-bell time, also can flash, and is used for the shooting illumination.
Also have, as one aspect of the present invention, when the shooting of the image unit that is used for the second luminous purposes is thrown light on, before the image unit shooting, it is luminous with second brightness that described luminous controling unit is controlled described luminescence unit, and during the image unit shooting, it is luminous with 3rd brightness brighter than second brightness to control described luminescence unit.
According to this configuration, when described luminescence unit is used for the shooting illumination, for example, and the flash of light during preceding flash of light and shooting before the shooting, an all available luminescence unit is realized.Thereby, can obtain to have the image of taking the photograph of high image quality.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the handset structure of expression one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the external view of the handset structure of expression one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram, represents when the time with the shooting of back side image pickup part, and during preview action and shooting are moved, the corresponding displaying contents of display part and back displays portion and corresponding display brightness;
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram, expression when make a video recording with image pickup part, during preview action and shooting are moved, the corresponding displaying contents and the corresponding display brightness of described display part and described back displays portion;
Shooting operation process chart when Fig. 5 is the image pickup part shooting of the described back side of expression use;
Fig. 6 is the shooting operation process chart of expression when using described image pickup part shooting;
Fig. 7 is the handset structure block diagram of further embodiment of this invention;
Fig. 8 is the outer handset structure chart of expression further embodiment of this invention; Fig. 8 a represents a positive side, Fig. 8 (b) expression back side one side;
Fig. 9 is the shooting action operation process chart when schematically illustrating second image pickup part that uses further embodiment of this invention mobile phone;
Figure 10 is a schematic diagram, the luminance state of LED portion when expression further embodiment of this invention mobile phone carries out preview action and shooting action;
Figure 11 is the action schematic diagram that the brightness of expression further embodiment of this invention mobile phone LED portion changes;
Figure 12 is the appearance assumption diagram of first application examples of expression further embodiment of this invention mobile phone;
Figure 13 is the appearance assumption diagram of second application examples of expression further embodiment of this invention mobile phone; And
Figure 14 is the appearance assumption diagram of the 3rd application examples of expression further embodiment of this invention mobile phone;
In the accompanying drawing, Reference numeral 101 expression mobile phones; 102 expression wireless transmission and acceptance divisions; 103 expression transfer voice and acceptance divisions; 104 expression hand microtelephones; 105 expression operating portions; 106 expression memories; 107 expression control parts; 108 expression display parts; 109 expression back displays portions; 110 expression image pickup parts; 111 expression back side image pickup parts; 112 expression antennas; 201 expression antennas; 202 expression wireless transmission and acceptance divisions; 203 expression hand microtelephones; 204 expression transfer voice and acceptance divisions; 205 expression operating portions; 206 expression storage parts; 207 expression LED portions; 208 expressions, first display part; 209 expressions, second display part; 210 expressions, first image pickup part; 211 expressions, second image pickup part; The light source portion of 212 expressions, first display part; The light source portion of 213 expressions, second display part; 214 expression control parts; 215 expression reflecting materials.
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With reference to accompanying drawing, the following embodiment that will describe electronic equipment of the present invention and use this electronic equipment image capture method.In this embodiment, as according to electronic equipment of the present invention, describe for example with the mobile phone (after this, the mobile phone that has video camera being abbreviated as mobile phone) that has video camera.
In the application, the electronic equipment that has display part is not limited to mobile phone, and is applicable to PDA (personal digital assistant), notebook personal computer and digital filming equipment.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of expression one embodiment of the invention handset structure.The mobile phone 101 of present embodiment comprises antenna 112, wireless transmission and acceptance division 102, transfer voice and acceptance division 103, hand microtelephone 104, operating portion 105, memory 106, control part 107 corresponding to the indicative control unit in the claim, corresponding to wherein the display unit and the display part 108 of first display unit, corresponding to wherein the display unit and the back displays portion 109 of second display unit, corresponding to wherein the image unit and the image pickup part 110 of first image unit, corresponding to wherein this image unit and the back side image pickup part 111 of second image unit.
When the user during with the power supply of starting hand-set 101, just makes each several part be in running status but control part 107 detects electric power starting to operating portion 105 operation.Then, operating portion 105 is operated the telephone number with input the other side, or to operating portion 105 operations, calling is kept at the other side's telephone number in the memory 106, and when supressing the call transfer key, just can finish the wireless transmission of calling by wireless transmission and acceptance division 102 from antenna 112 to the base station.When the other side responds when calling out, control part 107 is by antenna 112, receives response signal from the base station at wireless transmission and acceptance division 102, but and makes transfer voice and acceptance division 103 be in running status.Therefore, the user of mobile phone 101 can be by hand microtelephone 104 and the other side's conversation.
Also have, when the electric power starting of mobile phone 101, display part 108 and back displays portion 109 demonstrate cellular phone power supplies and are in opening.When input or calling telephone number, display part 108 and back displays portion 109 show this telephone number.When the other side responded calling, display part 108 and back displays portion 109 showed that all the other side responds this calling.When shooting was waited to take the photograph object, control part 107 was being controlled display part 108 and back displays portion 109.As user after operation is made a video recording to operating portion 105, control part 107 transmits and stores captured data to memory 106.
Fig. 2 is the external view of expression present embodiment mobile phone 101 structures.As shown in Figure 2, mobile phone 101 is folded forms, and wherein upper casing 101a and lower casing 101b are by shaft 101c folding freely.Shown in Fig. 2 (A), display part 108 and image pickup part 110 are placed on the same panel, just, and the medial surface of upper casing 101a (front).Simultaneously, operating portion 105 comprises various types of buttons, such as power key 115 or the shutter key 116 purchased at lower casing 101b medial surface (front).In addition, shown in Fig. 2 (B), back displays portion 109 and back side image pickup part 110 are placed on the same panel, just, and the back side of upper casing 101a.As mentioned above, present embodiment mobile phone 101 has been installed two image pickup parts.
When the image of waiting to take the photograph object was taken, according to the difference of employed image pickup part, the displaying contents of display part 108 and back displays portion 109 was different with display brightness.Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram, represents when making a video recording with back side image pickup part 111, and during preview and shooting, the displaying contents separately of display part 108 and back displays portion 109 and display brightness separately.Fig. 4 is a schematic views, represents when making a video recording with image pickup part 110, and during preview and shooting, the displaying contents separately of display part 108 and back displays portion 109 and display brightness separately.
As shown in Figure 3, during with 111 shootings of back side image pickup part, between preview period, be presented on the display part 108 with any brightness from the image of back side image pickup part 111, and the special-purpose picture of flash of light is presented in the back displays portion 109 with brightness 1.Also have, when with 111 shootings of the back side image pickup part, during making a video recording,, be presented on the display part 108, and the special-purpose picture of flash of light is presented in the back displays portion 109 with brightness 2 with any brightness from the image of back side image pickup part 111.With regard to brightness 1 and brightness 2, the brightness of brightness 2 is higher than brightness 1.The special-purpose picture of flash of light that shows with brightness 2 can provide flash function.And, be presented at the special-purpose picture of flash of light in the back displays portion 109 during the preview action, not necessarily be presented at back displays portion 109 on shooting the time the flash of light special use as identical, also can be with different images.
On the other hand, as shown in Figure 4, during with image pickup part 110 shooting, during preview action, be presented on the display part 108 with brightness 3 from the image of image pickup part 110, and show arbitrary image with any brightness on the display part 109 overleaf.In addition, when with image pickup part 110 shootings, during making a video recording, the flash of light special image is presented on the display part 108 with brightness 4, and shows arbitrary image with any brightness on the display part 109 overleaf.With regard to brightness 3 and brightness 4, the brightness of brightness 4 is higher than brightness 3.The special-purpose picture of flash of light that shows with brightness 4 can be used as flash function.
The special-purpose picture of described flash of light can show that also can adopt all pixels only is the demonstration of white by reading the view data that before is stored in the memory 106.All pixels emit white light, and just can obtain required brightness most effectively when sending out flash of light.In this situation, when the rubescent look of pixel, blueness and green light, can realize being different from the special shooting of general shooting.For example, when all pixel burn reds, give institute's image of taking the photograph spectacular effect.
For the special-purpose picture of flash of light, can prepare one type, also can prepare polytype.For example, polytype glistens special-purpose as being kept in advance in the described memory, and before beginning shooting, the particular key of operating operation portion 105 just can select the flash of light special use of an expectation to look like.
Below, with reference to Fig. 5 and 6, when describe using 101 shootings of present embodiment mobile phone to the operation (flash of light image capture method) of mobile phone 101.
Shooting flow chart when Fig. 5 is image pickup part 111 shootings of the described back side of expression use is carried out memory (not shown) lining of the procedure stores of the flow process of making a video recording as shown in Figure 5 at control part 107.For example, enter shooting during the preproduction phase when the user operates a particular key, the CPU (not shown) in the control part 107 just carries out relative program.
When using 111 shootings (back side shooting) of back side image pickup part, be to replace view finder, and back displays portion 109 is used as stroboscopic light sources with display part 108.At first, during preview action as the shooting preproduction phase, the special-purpose screen of flash of light is presented in the back displays portion 109 with the intensity level of brightness 1, and the execution preview action shows image (step S11) from back side image pickup part 111 continuously with any brightness on display part 108.In the preview action of step S11, have the blank screen of brightness 0, also may be displayed in the back displays portion 109 to replace the bright degree of brightness 1.Yet, under low lighting environment, wait to take the photograph under the situation of object very black consequently almost cannot see of preview screen, replacing is used to throw light on waits to take the photograph the light of object, back displays portion 109 preferably uses brightness 1 to carry out illumination, and brightness 1 has certain bright degree so that use back displays portion 109.
Then, during preview action, judge whether shutter key 116 presses (step S12).When shutter key 116 is not pressed, turn back to step S11, proceed preview action.When shutter key 116 is pressed (shooting action during), the display brightness of back displays portion 109 is made as specific luminance 1 brighter brightness 2 operation of glistening.The opportunity that cooperates the flash of light operation, back side image pickup part 111 make a video recording (step S13).Brightness 2 is set to the brightness corresponding to described flash of light in advance.Thereafter, obtain back side image pickup part 111 take the photograph view data and store in the memory 106 (step S14).When making a video recording in step S13, the display brightness of display part 108 can be to satisfy any luminosity that preview shows.
After obtaining described view data, the display brightness of back displays portion 109 turns back to brightness 1 from brightness 2 and shows described flashlight images (step S15).After this, by this particular key in the operating operation portion 105, whether finish (step S16) to distinguish shooting.When the shooting action was not finished, the process of step S11 was returned in this operation.When the shooting action is finished, this operation constipation bundle.
Fig. 6 is the shooting operation process chart of expression when using described image pickup part 110 shootings.Carry out memory (not shown) lining of the procedure stores of the operation of making a video recording as shown in Figure 6 at control part 107.For example, enter shooting during preliminary step when the user operates particular key, the CPU (not shown) in the control part 107 just carry out relative program.
When using described image pickup part 110 shootings (positive shooting), display part 108 is used for replacing view finder, and also as stroboscopic light sources.On this occasion, because back displays portion 109 is not used as stroboscopic light sources, during preview action and shooting action, back displays portion 109 all shows image arbitrarily with any brightness.At first, during the preview action of shooting action preproduction phase, carry out described preview action, on display part 108, show image (step S21) continuously from image pickup part 110 with brightness 3.
Described preview action during, judge whether shutter key 116 press (step S22) thereafter.When shutter key 116 was not pressed, operation turned back to step S21, proceeded described preview action.When shutter key 116 is pressed (shooting action during), the display brightness of display part 108 is made as the brightness 4 brighter than brightness 3, and display screen is switched to the flash of light special image and carries out the flash of light action simultaneously.The opportunity that cooperates the flash of light operation, image pickup part 110 make a video recording (step S23).Brightness 4 sets in advance and is the brightness corresponding to flash of light.Then, the view data of image pickup part 110 picked-ups is acquired and stores in the memory 106 (step S24).
After obtaining view data, the display brightness of display part 108 turns back to brightness 3 from brightness 4, and described display screen switches to the image (step S25) from image pickup part 110.After this, by the particular key of operating operation portion 105, differentiate shooting and whether finish (step 26).Do not finish when shooting, the processing of step S21 is just returned in this operation.When shooting is finished, this operation constipation bundle.
As described above, 101 li of present embodiment mobile phones, when shooting, the light that sends of display part 108 or back displays portion 109 is used as described stroboscopic light sources.Therefore, the new parts such as flasher or LED are not installed, can be realized flash function yet.So additional new parts cause erection space to increase and the increase of thickness, the noise that causes during flash of light, and cost rising or the like problem has all disappeared thereupon.As in display part 108 or back displays portion 109 shown brightness during as stroboscopic light sources, this brightness only improves in moment (during the shooting action), so the electric weight of its consumption can be very little.
On present embodiment mobile phone 101, two image pickup parts and two display parts are installed respectively.But three or more image pickup parts and display part also can be installed in the described mobile phone, and perhaps the quantity of image pickup part is different from the quantity of display part.Also have, brightness can be that stepping or continous way change.Also have, the user can at random be provided with the brightness 2 of back displays portion 109 and the brightness 4 of display part 108 in preset range, to satisfy the requirement of flash of light.Also have,, can adopt for example with liquid crystal indicator backlight, plasma demonstration, organic EL (organic electroluminescent), FED (Field Emission Display), light emitting diode matrix etc. as display part 108 and back displays portion 109.
(embodiment 2)
Referring now to accompanying drawing, another embodiment of the present invention is described below.
In the present embodiment, the topology example of electronic equipment is described by an example that is applied to mobile phone.Fig. 7 is the handset structure block diagram according to another embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 8 is the outer handset topology view of expression according to this embodiment of the invention.Fig. 8 a shows positive, and Fig. 8 b shows the back side.
In Fig. 7, the mobile phone of present embodiment comprises antenna 201, as the wireless transmission and the acceptance division 202 that are used to transmit and receive the communication unit of wireless signal, the hand microtelephone 203 that has microphone and loud speaker, transfer voice and acceptance division 204, have a plurality ofly be used for the operating portion 205 of the button of operating handset, by the memory of forming such as the memory element of semiconductor memory 206 and be used for reporting user's receipt of call or such as the LED portion 207 of the mobile phone state of charge condition etc.Also have, described mobile phone comprises the control part 214 that the used light source portion 212 of image unit, first display part, the used light source portion 213 of second display part and control that first display part 208 be made up of liquid crystal display cells (LCD) and second display part, 209, the first image pickup parts 210 and second image pickup part 211 be made up of CCD (charge coupled device) camera assembly or CMOS (CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)) camera assembly constitute the each several part of described mobile phone.
Transfer voice and acceptance division 204 are to loud speaker output talk the other side's of hand microtelephone 203 sound, and the transfer voice of the cellphone subscriber in handheld transmitter-receiver 203 microphones is to control part 214.First display part 208 and second display part 209 are used for showing the movement content when carrying out described mobile phone types of functionality.
Here, shown in Fig. 8 a, first display part 208 and first image pickup part 210 are provided at front one side of described mobile phone.Also have, shown in Fig. 8 b, second display part 209 and second image pickup part 211 are provided at the back side one side of described mobile phone.LED portion 207 is placed in the upper end of described mobile phone body shown in Fig. 8 ab, make and can both see luminous from the front and back both sides.
The used light source portion 212 of first display part is made up of LED etc., constitutes back side light or front lighting, is intended to make under the dark surrounds first display part 208 also in sight easily.Similarly, the used light source portion 213 of second display part is made up of LED etc., constitutes back side light or front lighting, is intended to make under the dark surrounds second display part 209 also in sight easily.
Below explanation has the working method of the present embodiment mobile phone of above-mentioned formation.
When the user uses operating portion 205 to finish the operation of power-on,, control part 214 just make described mobile phone each several part be in running status but detecting this operation.After mobile phone is in up state, the user is by operating portion 205, finish the other side's phone number dial, perhaps the key button is transmitted in operation, finish and call out the operation that is stored in the other side's telephone number in the memory 206, and control part 214 sends the wireless signal that is used to call out by wireless transmission and acceptance division 202 from antenna 201, finishes call operation.
The wireless signal of antenna 201 transmission is received by base station (not shown).When this wireless signal was received in the base station, the callee of conversation was with it expected in base station just calling party.When the other side responded calling, wireless transmission and acceptance division 202 received the wireless signal of this response by antenna 201.Like this, transfer voice and acceptance division 204 just can move under the control of control part 214, make the user to speak to the other side by hand microtelephone 203.
Also have, when cellular phone power supplies is opened, show under the control at control part 214, first display part 208 and 209 demonstrations of second display part show that power supply is in the state of unlatching.Also have, when input telephone number or calling were stored in the telephone number of memory 206, under the control of control part 214, this telephone number showed at first display part 208 or on second display part 209 respectively.When the other side responded this calling, the other side's information was displayed on first display part 208 or second display part 209.
Based on the control of control part 214, LED portion 207 is luminous, sends simultaneously to call out to receive sound, reports the user and receives calling.Also have, LED portion 207 usefulness luminances are represented mobile phone state, such as in talking, in the charging or charging state such as finish; Perhaps even when first display part 208 or second display part, 209 display power supplies are closed, also can report the user and insert power supply.
Also have, when shooting was waited to take the photograph object, control part 214 control first image pickup parts 210 or second image pickup part 211 obtained photographic images.At this moment, under the shooting indication operation of operating portion 205, when the operation shutter key, first image pickup part 210 or second image pickup part 211 are taken and are obtained view data, and control part 214 sends this view data and stores storage part 206 into as camera data.
Here, the shooting action when using 211 shootings of second image pickup part, and the luminance state of LED portion 207 will be described below in this shooting action.The flow chart of shooting action operation when Fig. 9 is expression use second image pickup part 211.Figure 10 is the action schematic diagram, the luminance state of LED portion 207 during expression preview action and the shooting action.
In the present embodiment, when using 211 shootings of second image pickup part, adopt first display part 208 or second display part 209 to replace view finder to show the image being shot of waiting to take the photograph object.LED portion 207 is as stroboscopic light sources.When beginning to make a video recording, as shown in figure 10, the red LED of LED portion 207 is luminous, represents the operate condition of second image pickup part 211, represents that also this image pickup part is to move (step S31) under brightness " 2 " state.Then, carry out this preview action, wherein second image pickup part, 211 gained view data are presented on first display part 208 or second display part 209 (step 32) continuously.
At this, replacement obtains the state of brightness " 2 ", can close LED portion, make have with down period between the brightness " 0 " of the same (during the non-action).But, when taking under the dark surrounds as indoor, red eye phenomenon will appear, this be since in the dark the pupil of eye can amplify, (red) light by eye reflections so that eyes are clapped red.In the present embodiment, owing to use LED portion 207 to replace the light that subject is thrown light on, 207 usefulness brightness " 2 " illumination of LED portion, brightness 2 has the photoemissive the preceding brightness in the time of can serving as flash light emission to a certain extent.
Then, whether the shutter key of decision operation portion 205 presses (step S33).When this shutter key is not pressed, the preview action of repeating step S32.When shutter key was pressed, control section 214 made the green LED of LED portion 207 and blue led (difference) luminous simultaneously, set up the brightness " 3 " brighter than brightness " 2 " to send out flash of light (step S34).Then, cooperate with the timing of flash light emission, the view data of second image unit, 211 gained is stored in the storage part 206 (step S35) as camera data.When obtaining camera data, the green and the blue led of LED portion 207 end respectively, make brightness " 3 " return brightness " 2 ", finish luminous (the step S36) of flash of light.
Figure 11 is the operation chart that the brightness of expression LED portion 207 changes.In Figure 11, suppose to represent a unit interval in the rectangular grid that the red, green, blue side is arranged, then the part of " conducting " description is to have represented unit interval of this LED conducting.
When not receiving call, and show that just, in the example shown in Figure 11 (a), LED portion 207 has brightness " 0 " when having stopped.Under this state, when receiving calling, shown in Figure 11 (b), conducting simultaneously/is simultaneously carried out repetition (being per six unit interval formation one-period) (luminous be meant the luminous of first kind of luminous purposes) by the pattern of green and blue led here with predetermined all period interval.Then, when carrying out preview action, shown in Figure 11 (c), have only red LED to continue conducting and.Under this state, when pressing shutter key when shooting, shown in Figure 11 (d), green and blue led is distinguished unit interval of conducting, flash (luminous be meant the luminous of second kind of luminous purposes).
As described above, according to the present embodiment mobile phone, need not newly to add flasher or light-emitting diode just can be realized flash function.Thereby, causing the increase of erection space or thickness such as additional new parts, cost rises, and problem such as noise increase can solve.Also have, brightness is only in shooting moment increase, so consumes power can reduce.
In embodiment as described above, the brightness of LED portion 207 changes and is by conducting or lights that the LED of different colours realizes.But brightness changes also and can realize by the supply current that uses a plurality of homochromy LED or increase LED.
In embodiment as described above, first kind of luminous purposes of LED portion 207 is to report the user to receive call, and second kind of luminous purposes is the emission flash of light.Yet as first kind of luminous purposes or the 3rd kind of new luminous purposes, LED can be used for when predetermined quarter-bell setting-up time arrives, and time is up to report user's quarter-bell, perhaps reports the user and receive Email etc.
Also have, described in the foregoing description with the operation in the example of second image pickup part, 211 shootings.But above-mentioned example also can be realized similarly by first image pickup part 210.
Also have, in embodiment as described above, expressed and have two image pickup parts (first image pickup part 210 and second image pickup part 211) and two display parts (first display part 208 and second display part 209) are installed in the topology example on the described mobile phone.It is the same that the camera operation flow process during shooting action and the displaying contents of display part and brightness can be thought, has nothing to do with the quantity of described image pickup part and described display part.Thereby, do not do any change and just can realize the embodiment of the invention.
Also have, in the above-described embodiments, described flash function is by the 207 luminous realizations of LED portion.But described flash function can be realized by used light source portion 212 of first display part and the used light source portion 213 of second display part.In other words, when first image pickup part, 210 shootings used in the front, thereby the brightness that can improve the used light source portion 212 of first display part is flashed.When use second image pickup part 211 is overleaf made a video recording, can improve the brightness of the used light source portion 213 of second display part and send out flash of light.
Have, the foregoing description has represented that a control with described LED brightness is applied to the example of described mobile phone again.Be appreciated that control to LED brightness for example not only may be used on the PDA electronic equipments such as (portable information terminals) with camera, and may be used on personal computer (personal computer of so-called notebook type).
Now, be described below the application example of present embodiment mobile phone.
Figure 12 is the external structure view of first application examples of expression present embodiment mobile phone.In first application examples, LED portion 207 mounting meanss are such: they can front and back slips (direction is perpendicular to the shooting surface of image pickup part) with respect to the mobile phone body.Use this structure, can improve the luminosity when sending out flash of light.
Figure 13 is the external structure view of second application examples of expression present embodiment mobile phone.In second application examples, LED portion 207 mounting meanss are such: it can slide up and down (the shooting surface that direction is parallel to image pickup part) with respect to the mobile phone body.Use this structure, the same with first application examples, can improve the luminosity when sending out flash of light.
Figure 14 is the external structure view of the 3rd application examples of expression present embodiment mobile phone.In the 3rd application examples, around LED portion 207, have reflecting material 215.Reflecting material 215 disposes angledly so that light can be with respect to (extension forward on the shooting surface of the image pickup part relatively) expansion forward of mobile phone body.Have identical reflecting material at the back side of mobile phone body.Use this structure, the same with first and second application examples, can improve the luminosity when sending out flash of light.
The riding position of LED portion 207 is not limited to the position shown in Fig. 8 and Figure 12 to 14, depends on described handset structure, can settle at an arbitrary position.For example, LED portion can be placed in suitably, and for example, the front portion of mobile phone body, back portion, both sides, lateral parts, casing corner portions located, shaft or rotating shaft be the end etc. of part, operating portion nearby.
According to the above embodiments, luminous by the luminescence unit that LED forms with the different brightness that are used for different purposes, can be used for a plurality of purposes.For example, when the first luminous purposes was to report user's receipt of call, the second used brightness of the second luminous purposes was to be higher than the first used brightness of the first luminous purposes.Thereby, the flash of light the when luminescence unit that LED forms can be used as the filming apparatus photographic images.So, just needn't be provided for having improved the special-purpose luminescence unit of low luminosity environment hypograph quality.Because increasing the problem of erection space or thickness, additional new parts just can solve.Also can solve problem that cost that the fee of material cost causes increases and owing to increase the problem that noise that luminescence unit causes increases.So, in the above-described embodiment, having in the electronic equipment of image unit, with when improving the picture quality under the low luminosity environment, also can realize microminiaturization, low cost and low noise at the flash function of packing into.
Also have, the first luminous purposes of described luminescence unit is to report the user to receive call.Thereby the user can visually discern call of receiving etc.Also have, the first luminous purposes of described luminescence unit is to report user's quarter-bell time.So the user can visually discern the quarter-bell time regularly.Also have, the second luminous purposes of described luminescence unit is the shooting illumination.So a described luminescence unit not only can be used to report the user and receives calling or quarter-bell time, and may be used on the shooting illumination.
Above reference a plurality of specific embodiments describe the present invention in detail.But those skilled in the art are appreciated that various changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and revise.
The application is based on the Japanese patent application 2002-377208 of Japanese patent application 2002-360843 that proposed on December 12nd, 2002 and proposition on December 26th, 2002, and its content merges to here as a reference.
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As described above, in the described image capture method of described electronic equipment and this electronic equipment of use, new parts are not installed the electronic equipment of realizing flash function just can be provided. Thereby, can eliminate the increase of erection space or thickness, the noise that generates when sending out flash of light and cost and rise.
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1. an electronic equipment comprises
Display unit;
Image unit, the shooting direction of described image unit and the display surface of described display unit are arranged on equidirectional;
And
Indicative control unit, the display brightness that it controls described display unit is switching between the two-stage at least, and controls described display unit show a predetermined image with the maximum brightness level in the shooting of described image unit.
2. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, in the front and back moment of described image unit shooting, described indicative control unit changes the display brightness of described display unit;
Before described image unit shooting, described indicative control unit switches to the maximum brightness level to the display brightness of described display unit; And
After described image unit shooting, described indicative control unit switches to the intensity level low than the maximum brightness level to the display brightness of described display unit.
3. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described predetermined image is such image, and all pixels of wherein said display unit are all launched white light.
4. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described predetermined image is an image that chooses in advance before described image unit shooting.
5. as claim 1,2,3 or 4 described electronic equipments, it is characterized in that described display unit is included in first display unit that front one side of described electronic equipment is provided with and second display unit that is provided with in the back side of described electronic equipment one side;
Described image unit is included in first image unit that front one side of described electronic equipment is provided with and second image unit that is provided with in the back side of described electronic equipment one side;
When being made a video recording by described second image unit, described indicative control unit is controlled second display unit and is shown described predetermined image with the maximum brightness level, and controls first display unit, with the image of any intensity level demonstration from second image unit; With
Described image is when being made a video recording by first image unit, and described indicative control unit is controlled first display unit, shows described predetermined image with the maximum brightness level, and controls second display unit, shows arbitrary image with any intensity level.
6. a use has the image capture method of the electronic equipment of display unit and image unit, and the shooting direction of the display surface of described display unit and described image unit is located at equidirectional, and described method comprises:
The display brightness of controlling described display unit is switching between the two-stage at least; And
When described image unit is made a video recording, control described display unit and show a predetermined image with the maximum brightness level.
7. method as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, before described image unit shooting, the display brightness of described display unit is switched to the maximum brightness level; And
After described image unit shooting, the display brightness of described display unit switches to the intensity level low than the maximum brightness level.
8. an electronic equipment comprises
Provide electric current just luminous luminescence unit;
Luminous controling unit is controlled the luminous of described luminescence unit; With
Luminous indicating member indicates described luminous controling unit to go to control the luminous of described luminescence unit;
It is characterized in that, described luminous controling unit, with the first used brightness of the first luminous purposes, it is luminous to control described luminescence unit; And
When described luminous indicating member provided luminous indication, described luminous controling unit was luminous with the used described luminescence unit of second brilliance control of the second luminous purposes.
9. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, when communication unit was received calling, described luminous controling unit was controlled the luminous of described luminescence unit, reports user's receipt of call, as the first luminous purposes.
10. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, when the arrival quarter-bell was preset constantly, described luminous controling unit was controlled the luminous of described luminescence unit, and time is up to report user's quarter-bell as the first luminous purposes.
11. as the described electronic equipment of arbitrary claim in the claim 8 to 10, it is characterized in that it is luminous that described luminous controling unit is controlled described luminescence unit, be used for the shooting illumination of image unit, as the second luminous purposes.
12. electronic equipment as claimed in claim 11,
It is characterized in that when the described shooting of the described image unit that carries out the second luminous purposes was thrown light on, before the described shooting action of described image unit, described luminous controling unit was luminous with the described luminescence unit of second brilliance control; And
It is characterized in that during the described shooting action of described image unit, described luminous controling unit is with 3rd brightness brighter than second brightness, it is luminous to control described luminescence unit.
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