Claims
- 1. A data recording camera and print making system comprising:
- a) camera first recording means for recording time data on a camera photographic photosensitive means or on a matter that is ancillary to the camera photographic photosensitive means;
- b) camera second recording means for recording, on a camera photographic photosensitive means or on a matter that is ancillary to the camera photographic photosensitive means, area data or language format information for use in printing said data recorded by said camera first recording means on a print; and
- c) printing means for making a print and for recording, on said print, said data recorded by said camera first recording means on the basis of said language format information recorded by said camera second recording means or for recording on said print, said data recorded by said camera first recording means on the basis of area data recorded by said camera second recording means.
- 2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said data recorded on said print is printed by said printing means in a language which is in accordance with said language format information recorded by said camera second recording means.
- 3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said printing means further includes computing means for receiving said time data and said area data and for correcting said received time data on the basis of said area data to provide corrected time data and wherein said printing means records only said corrected time data.
- 4. A system according to claim 1, wherein said area data is indicative of an area name and wherein said printing means includes means for printing, on said print, an area name based on area data recorded by said camera second recording means.
- 5. A data recording camera and print making system according to claim 1 in which the time data represents at least one of year, month, day and hour.
- 6. In combination:
- a) a camera comprising
- 1) first indication means for indicating a time data,
- 2) second indication means for indicating a print format for said data indicated by said first indication means or an area data; and
- b) a printing apparatus including
- 1) input means for receiving said data indications of said first and second indication means of said camera, and
- 2) printing means for performing printing according to said data indications received by said input means, said printing means printing time data in format according to the print format or correcting the time data according to the area data input by the input means and printing the corrected time data.
- 7. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said first indication means data indication is indicative of at least one of year, month, day, hour, minute and second as said time data.
- 8. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said first indication means includes means responsive to operation of said camera for indicating time data corresponding to a photographing time as said time data.
- 9. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said first indication means includes means for indicating said time data as a code information.
- 10. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said first indication means includes means for indicating said time data as a numerical indication.
- 11. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said second indication means includes means for indicating said print format as a code information.
- 12. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said second indication means includes setting means for setting said print format.
- 13. The invention claimed in claim 12, wherein said setting means includes selection means for selecting said print format.
- 14. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said printing apparatus further includes computing means for receiving said time data and said area data and for correcting said received time data on the basis of said area data to provide corrected time data.
- 15. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said second indication means includes setting means for setting said area data.
- 16. The invention claimed in claim 15, wherein said setting means includes selection means for selecting said area data.
- 17. The invention claimed in claim 6, wherein said printing means includes means for printing said time data in preselected correspondence to a photographic picture image.
- 18. The invention claimed in claim 17, wherein said camera further includes means for applying said data indication of at least one of said first and second indication means to a photographic film disposed in said camera.
- 19. The invention claimed in claim 18, wherein said camera data indication applying means is operable to apply said data indication to an area of said photographic film which is exterior to a film frame thereof within which a photograph is to be recorded.
- 20. The invention claimed in claim 18, wherein said camera data indication applying means is operable to apply to said photographic film both of said data indications of said first and second indication means.
- 21. The invention claimed in claim 18, wherein said camera data indication applying means is operable to apply said data indications of both of said first and second indication means to an area of said photographic film which is exterior to a film frame thereof within which a photograph is to be recorded.
- 22. The invention claimed in claim 17, wherein said camera further includes means for applying said data indication of at least one of said first and second indication means to an image recording medium disposed in said camera.
- 23. The invention claimed in claim 18, wherein said camera data indication applying means is operable to apply said data indication to an area of said image recording medium which is exterior to an image recording medium frame thereof within which an image is to be recorded.
- 24. The invention claimed in claim 6, further including first and second recording means for recording the respective data indications of said first and second data indication means.
- 25. The invention claimed in claim 24, wherein each of said first and second recording means comprises optical recording means.
- 26. The invention claimed in claim 6, further comprising display means for displaying said data indications of said first and second indication means.
- 27. A camera having facility for input thereto of time data and language print format or area data for said time data, said camera comprising:
- a) first indication means for indicating input time data,
- b) second indication means for indicating input language print format or input area data; and
- c) recording means for applying said indications of said first and second indication means to a photographic film.
- 28. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said first indication means data indication is indicative of at least one of year, month, day, hour, minute and second as said time data.
- 29. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said first indication means includes means responsive to operation of said camera for indicating time data corresponding to a photographing time as said time data.
- 30. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said first indication means includes means for indicating said time data as a code information.
- 31. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said first indication means includes means for indicating said time data as a numerical indication.
- 32. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said second indication means includes means for indicating said language print format as a code information.
- 33. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said second indication means includes setting means for setting said language print format.
- 34. A camera according to claim 33, wherein said setting means includes selection means for selecting said language print format.
- 35. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said printing means includes means for printing said time data in preselected correspondence to a photographic picture image.
- 36. A camera according to claim 35, wherein said camera further includes means for applying said data indication of at least one of said first and second indication means to a photographic film disposed in said camera.
- 37. A camera according to claim 36, wherein said camera data indication applying means is operable to apply to said photographic film both of said data indications of said first and second indication means.
- 38. A camera according to claim 35, wherein said camera further includes means for applying said data indication of at least one of said first and second indication means to an image recording medium disposed in said camera.
- 39. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said recording means includes first and second recorders for recording the respective data indications of said first and second data indication means.
- 40. A camera according to claim 39, wherein each of said first and second recorders comprises optical recording means.
- 41. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said second indication means includes means for indicating the area data as a code information.
- 42. A camera according to claim 27, wherein said second indication means includes setting means for setting the area data.
- 43. A camera according to claim 42, wherein said setting means includes selection means for selecting the area data.
- 44. A data recording camera and print making system comprising:
- a) camera first recording means for recording time data on a camera photographic photosensitive means;
- b) camera second recording means for recording on a camera photographic photosensitive means language format information or area data for use in printing said data recorded by said camera first recording means on a print; and
- c) printing means for making a print and for recording, on said print, said data recorded by said camera first recording means on the basis of the language format information recorded by said camera second recording means or for recording on said print, said data recorded by said camera first recording means on the basis of the area data recorded by said camera second recording means.
- 45. A data recording camera and print system according to claim 44, where the camera photographic photosensitive means includes a photosensitive film.
- 46. A data recording camera and print system according to claim 45, where the camera photographic photosensitive means is a surface of a photosensitive film.
- 47. A camera having facility for input thereto of time data and language print format or area data for said time data, said camera comprising:
- a) first indication means for indicating input time data;
- b) second indication means for indicating input language print format or area data; and
- c) recording means for applying said indications of said first and second indication means to a photographic photosensitive means or a matter that is ancillary to the photographic photosensitive means.
- 48. A device for recording data of a camera, comprising:
- a) first indicating means for indicating data relative to time;
- b) second indicating means for indicating format second information of the data relative to time; and
- c) recording means for recording the indications of the first and second indicating means separately on a matter ancillary to an image recording medium or on the image recording medium, and for enabling a printer, after reading out separately the recording contents, to print the indication of the first indicating means in accordance with the indication of the second indicating means.
- 49. A device according to claim 48, wherein said recording means includes means for recording the indications of said first and second indicating means on a photographic film.
- 50. A device according to claim 48, wherein said second indicating means includes means for indicating to print the data relative to time in a format.
- 51. A device according to claim 48, wherein said second indicating means includes means for indicating to print the data relative to time according to the time corresponding to the area information.
- 52. A camera, comprising:
- a) first indicating means for indicating data relative to time;
- b) second indicating means for indicating format second information of the data relative to time; and
- c) recording means for recording the indications of the first and second indicating means separately on a matter ancillary to an image recording medium or on the image recording medium, and for enabling a printer, after reading out separately the recording contents, to print the indication of the first indicating means in accordance with the indication of the second indicating means.
- 53. A camera system, comprising:
- (A) a camera comprising:
- a) first indicating means for indicating data relative to time;
- b) second indicating means for indicating format of the data relative to time;
- c) recording means for recording the indication of said first and second indicating means separately on a matter ancillary to an image recording medium;
- (B) a printer comprising:
- a) reading-out means for reading out the indications of the first and second indicating means separately recorded by said recording means; and
- b) printing means for printing on the basis of the indications of the first and second indicating means separately read out by said reading-out means, said printing means printing the indication of the first indicating means according to the indicating means of the second indicating means.
- 54. A printer comprising:
- a) reading-out means for reading out separately first data containing data relative to time separately recorded on an image recording medium or on a matter ancillary to the image recording medium and second data containing format information or area information of the first data; and
- b) printing means for printing according to the first and second data read out by said reading-out means, said printing means printing contents of the first data according to contents of the second data.
- 55. A printing apparatus comprising:
- a) input means for receiving from a camera
- (1) time data, and
- (2) indication of a print format for said received data or area data; and
- b) printing means for printing said received data in accordance with said received format indication or for printing a corrected time data in accordance with said time and area data.
- 56. A data recording camera and print making system according to claim 55 in which the time data represents at least one of year, month, day and hour.
- 57. A data recording device, comprising:
- a) first indicating means for indicating data;
- b) second indicating means for indicating one or more of language-related characteristics and area data; and
- c) recording means for recording a first information indicated by said first indicating means and a second information indicated by said second indicating means on one of an image recording medium or an apparatus accessory to the recording medium.
- 58. A device according to claim 57, wherein the accessory apparatus is a printing device and wherein said second indicating means includes means for indicating a language format according to which said printing device prints said first information.
- 59. A device according to claim 58, wherein said second indicating means further includes means for indicating a language according to which said printing device prints said first information in said language format.
- 60. A device according to claim 57, wherein the accessory apparatus is a printing device and wherein said first indicating means includes means for indicating time data and wherein said second indicating means includes means for indicating area data, said printing device including means for modifying the indicated time data in accordance with the indicated area data, said printing device printing the modified time data.
- 61. A device according to claim 57, wherein the accessory device is a printing device and wherein said recording means records the first information indicated by said first indicating means and the second information indicated by said second indicating means in such a manner that the printing device can read the recorded information and perform printing in accordance therewith.
- 62. A device according to claim 57, wherein said recording means includes means for recording the first information indicated by said first indicating means and the second information indicated by said second indicating means on a film.
- 63. An optical apparatus, comprising:
- a) first indicating means for indicating data;
- b) second indicating means for indicating one or more of language-related characteristics and area data; and
- c) control means for causing a recording unit to record the first information indicated by said first indicating means and the second information indicated by said second indicating means on one of a recording medium and an apparatus accessory to the recording medium.
- 64. An apparatus according to claim 63, which further comprises a recording unit.
- 65. An apparatus according to claim 63, wherein the optical apparatus is a camera.
- 66. A control device for use in data recording, comprising:
- a) first indicating means for indicating data;
- b) second indicating means for indicating one or more of language-related characteristics and area data; and
- c) control means for causing a recording unit to record the first information indicated by said first indicating means and the second information indicated by said second indicating means on one of a recording medium and an apparatus accessory to the recording medium.
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation application under 37 CFR 1.62 of prior application Ser. No. 07/942,346, filed Sep. 9, 1992 (abandoned), which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/666,492, filed Mar. 6, 1991 (abandoned), which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/569,759, filed Aug. 21, 1990 (abandoned), which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/441,166, filed Nov. 27, 1989 (abandoned).
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