JPH01201636A - motor driven camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a compact and low-cost motor-driven camera by storing the information on the number of frames in a non-volatile memory where writing and reading can be electrically performed based on signals generated interlocking with the feed of a film. CONSTITUTION:An electric film counter is used as the information on the number of frames in case of the sequence control of the camera. Since the information on the number of frames is stored in the non-volatile memory where writing and reading can be electrically performed in said electric film counter, the camera can always work according to the accurate information on the number of frames even if a battery is replaced in the middle of loading a film or a voltage temporarily lowers. Namely, reduction in cost and size can be attained by using a mechanical system film counter which is effective in terms of space and cost and using the electric film counter which uses the non-volatile memory only for controlling.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a pre-winding type motor-driven camera.

[Prior art]

With conventional cameras that take pictures while winding film, it is possible to take pictures until the film runs out and can no longer be wound, so it is not necessary to store the number of film frames electronically, and it is simply a matter of incorrect display. The purpose was to avoid making things worse. Therefore, even if the battery is removed during the game and replaced with a new one, storing the number of pieces using a backup power source or non-volatile memory only serves to increase the added value.

However, in cameras that use the so-called pre-winding method, in which the film is completely wound first and then taken while being rewound when loading the film, if the number of frames is not accurately counted during the pre-winding process, the photosensitive area at the time of loading must be This results in a fatal flaw in that the camera ends up photographing until the end of the image, or ends up leaving the unexposed part unexposed.

Therefore, the film counter can be stored electrically freely.
Non-volatile memory (EE) that stores data even when the power is removed
It is desirable to use PROM).

However, in order for the photographer to check the number of frames, an electric film counter requires an electro-optical element, such as a display element such as a light emitting diode or liquid crystal, and also has a drive circuit to drive the display element. Must-have.

This places a large burden on space for products such as cameras where portability is important, and also poses a major problem in terms of manufacturing costs.

[Purpose and characteristics of the invention]

Therefore, in the present invention, the display uses a conventional mechanical film counter that is effective in terms of space and cost, and an electric film counter that uses non-volatile memory exclusively for control. This makes it possible to provide a compact, low-cost motor-driven camera that takes advantage of the features of a pre-winding type camera.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.

Note that this embodiment shows a case where the present invention is applied to a single-lens reflex camera.

FIG. 1 shows the general arrangement of a single-lens reflex camera, and 10 indicates a camera body. This camera body is equipped with a detachable photographic lens 1. Reference numeral 2 indicates a release button, 3 a rewind button for forcibly rewinding all frames, and 4 a battery located at the bottom of the camera body.

It should be noted that the camera body 10 has a structure that allows the battery 4 to be easily taken out from the battery storage chamber by removing a member corresponding to the battery cover so that it can be easily taken out when replacing the battery. is configured. M
1 is a motor, and this motor M1 serves as a driving source for both the film winding system and the film rewinding system, and
Serves as a drive source for driving the charge mirror in the front panel system. 5
6 is a film winding drive mechanism, 6 is a film rewinding drive mechanism,
Reference numeral 7 indicates a mirror box drive mechanism as a front plate system, and reference numeral 8 indicates a film counter mechanism.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of each structure.

Next, each structure will be explained in detail based on the above-mentioned FIG. 2 and detailed drawings for each structure.

First, the motor M1 will be described. The motor M1 has two output shafts, an upper and a lower output shaft, and both output shafts are configured to rotate synchronously.

Next, the film winding drive mechanism will be explained.

In the figure, 20 is a first pinion fixed to the output shaft below the motor M1, 22 is a transmission gear that meshes with the first pinion 2o, and this transmission gear 22 is connected to a sun gear 26 via a connecting shaft 24. are doing. Reference numerals 26 to 30 constitute a planetary clutch, and a planetary gear 28 that can revolve around the sun gear 26 is meshed with the sun gear 26 by a planetary lever 30 (frictionally connected to the sun gear 26). Reference numeral 32 denotes a transmission gear, which is disposed at a position where the planetary gear 28 engages and disengages as it revolves, and engages with the planetary gear 28 by the revolution movement accompanying the counterclockwise rotation of the hole-in-the-wall gear 26, thereby transmitting the motor M1. The output rotation is transmitted. Also, when the motor Ml rotates in the opposite direction and the sun gear 26 rotates clockwise,
The meshing between the transmission gear 32 and the planetary gear 28 is broken. 34 and 36 are transmission gears for transmitting the rotation of the transmission gear 32, and here the transmission gear 36 has a two-stage gear shape.
meshes with the sun gear 38.

38 to 42 constitute the first planetary clutch;
A first planetary gear 40, which is movable in revolution, meshes with the small gear of the two-stage gear-shaped sun gear 38 by a first planetary lever 42 (frictionally connected to the small gear of the sun gear 38). Further, 38, 44 and 46 constitute the second planetary clutch, and the small gear of the sun gear 38 is the second planetary lever 4.
4 (friction coupling with the small gear of the sun gear 38), a second planetary gear 46 that can revolve around the sun gear 38 is engaged.

Reference numeral 48 denotes a transmission gear for driving the spool, which is disposed at a position where the first planetary gear 40 engages and disengages as the first planetary gear 40 revolves. It meshes with the gear 40 to transmit the output rotation of the motor Ml.

Note that if the motor M1 rotates in the reverse direction, the transmission will be cut off by the planetary clutch mechanisms 26 to 30 on the upstream side, so in particular, the first planetary lever 42 will not rotate counterclockwise. do not have.

50 is a spool gear for driving the spool, and 52 is a spool for winding the film. This spool gear 50 is always meshed with the transmission gear 48 and is in a fixed relationship with the spool 52 (in FIG. 2, the spool gear 50 and spool 52 are drawn apart for ease of understanding, but Both are actually fixed). The above spool 52
A spool claw 52a that engages with the perforations of the film F is formed on the circumferential surface of the film F.

On the other hand, 54 is a transmission gear for driving a sprocket, and 2
The larger gear is formed into a stepped gear shape, and the larger gear is the second planetary gear 4.
The second planetary gear 46 is disposed at a position where it engages and disengages as the sun gear 38 rotates in the clockwise direction, and engages with the second planetary gear 46 due to the revolution movement accompanying the clockwise rotation of the sun gear 38, thereby transmitting the output rotation of the motor Ml. be exposed.

56 is a sprocket gear for driving a sprocket, and 58 is a driving sprocket. The sprocket gear 56 is always meshed with the small gear of the transmission gear 54, and is in a rotationally interlocking relationship with the drive sprocket 58 (in FIG. 2, the sprocket gear 56 and the drive sprocket 58 are Although the interlocking mechanism is omitted, the two are actually connected by a shaft etc. so that they can rotate in conjunction).

The driving sprocket 58 is formed with teeth 58a that mesh with the perforations of the film F.

Note that the circumferential speed ratio of the spool 52 is set to be larger than that of the drive sprocket 58.

A structure is formed near the tip of the second planetary lever 44 of the second planetary clutch mechanism to disengage the second planetary gear 46 and the transmission gear 54 and to hold them in this state. Regarding this structure, the third section showing the enlarged bottom of the main part
Explanation including diagrams.

That is, there is a notch 4 near the tip of the second planetary lever 44.
4a, a protrusion 44b, and a chevron-shaped click crest 44c are formed. Reference numeral 60 denotes a reset lever supported by the swing itself by the rotation center 60a, and the bent regulating portion 6
0b, a first protrusion 60c, and a second protrusion 60d protruding toward the back cover side.

Reference numeral 62 denotes a holding lever, which is supported concentrically with the rotation center 60a of the reset lever 60, and is supported by the regulating portion 60b.
It can be freely swung at a slight angle regulated by.

This holding lever 62 is attached to the second planetary lever 4.
A pin 62a is formed at a position corresponding to the notch 44a of No. 4, and a click protrusion 62b is formed at a position corresponding to the mountain-shaped click ridge 44c. 64 is a holding spring fixed to the reset lever 60;
2 is elastically pressed to bring the click protrusion 62b into contact with the click crest 44c.

A reset spring 66 elastically presses the reset lever 60 in the counterclockwise direction (in FIG. 3).

Reference numeral 70 denotes a back cover of the camera that is supported by a rotating shaft 70a so as to be able to swing open and close.
by pushing the second protrusion 60d, the reset lever 60 is moved against the reset spring 66 as shown in FIG.
Push and hold in the positions shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b).

Therefore, in the starting state of film winding, the second planetary lever 44 is connected to the second planetary gear 4 as shown in FIG. 3(a).
6 and the transmission gear 54 are in mesh with each other. After a part of the leader of the film is wound around the spool 52 due to film winding, the drive sprocket 58 is now driven by the film F, and the rotational speeds of the second planetary gear 46 and the transmission gear 54 are matched. I won't be able to do it. Therefore, at the beginning of film winding, a force that rotates the second planetary lever 44 clockwise (as viewed from the bottom in FIG. 3) acts as a repulsive force, causing the lever 44 to rotate clockwise. let During this rotation, as shown in FIG. 3(b), the click protrusion 62b moves to
4c, the second planetary gear 46 and the transmission gear 54
The connection between the two is severed. Further, this state is maintained because the holding lever 62 is pushed toward the second planetary lever 44 by the holding spring 64, and the click protrusion 62b presses the position where the click ridge 44c extends from the top to the slope.

In this state (the state shown in FIG. 3(b)), the back cover 70
The spool 52 is held until the next opening, and from then on, only the spool 52 (spool drive) exerts the driving force for winding the film F.

When the back cover 70 is opened as shown in FIG. 3(c), the reset lever 60 is pressed by the reset spring 66 and swings counterclockwise, so the holding lever 62 similarly swings counterclockwise. This time, the pin 62a pushes the protrusion 44b to swing the second planetary lever 44 counterclockwise, returning the second planetary gear 46 to its initial position where it can mesh with the transmission gear 54.

Next, to explain the film counter mechanism and film feed detection mechanism, returning to FIG. 2, 80 is a driven sprocket, which does not work in conjunction with the drive sprocket 58 and rotates only in accordance with the movement of the film F. do. 82 is a transmission gear fixedly connected to the driven sprocket 80. 8
Reference numeral 4 denotes a detection gear that meshes with the transmission gear 82, and is set to rotate once when the film is fed for one frame of film (normally, eight perforations).

A counter feed shaft 86 has notched teeth 86a formed on its upper end, and rotates in conjunction with the detection gear 84.

The interlocking of the two rotations is achieved by the meshing between the internal teeth 84a formed in the center hole of the detection gear 84 (see Fig. 4) and the external teeth 86b formed at the lower end of the counter feed shaft 86 (see Fig. 4). carried out by. However, the meshing between the internal teeth 84a and the external teeth 86b is set to be loose in terms of radial dimension, so that the counter feed shaft 86 can move slightly in the radial direction with respect to the detection gear 84. become. A counter gear 88 is rotatably supported by a central shaft 88a and is biased to rotate clockwise by a spring (not shown). A toothed portion 88b is formed to rotate by one pitch with one rotation of the toothed portion 88b, and the toothed portion 88b is formed on the upper surface.
Film frame number display 88 at intervals matching the pitch of 8b
It is marked with c. 90 is a counter reset lever swingably supported by a central shaft 90a, and a protruding pin 90 that is pushed by the pushing part 70c when the back cover 70 is closed.
b, and a pushing portion 90c that pushes the counter feed shaft 86 during counterclockwise rocking. Reference numeral 92 denotes a spring whose center part is supported by a pin 90d formed on the counter reset lever 90. One end of this spring 92 is in contact with the fixed pin 92a, and the other end is in contact with the counter feed shaft 86, so that the back When the lid 70 is closed (the state shown in FIG. 2), the counter feed shaft 86 is elastically pressed toward the center of the counter gear 88, and the upper end of the feed shaft 86 (the notched tooth 86a
position) and the tooth portion 88b of the gear 88, thereby ensuring proper feeding of the gear 88 and preventing return to the initial position. On the other hand, when the back cover 70 is opened, the holding of the counter reset lever 90 itself is released, and the reset lever 90 is swung counterclockwise by the biasing force of the spring 92, and the pushing part 90c is moved to the counter The shaft 86 is pushed in the opposite direction to the counter gear 88. As a result, the counter gear 88 becomes free to rotate, and is rotated clockwise to an initial position (rEJ as a film frame number display is located in the display window) by a spring force (not shown).

Note that when the back cover 70 is closed after that, the upper end of the counter feed shaft 86 will be connected to the teeth 88 of the counter gear 88.
b, and rotates the gear 88 into the notched tooth 86.
It is possible to intermittently feed one tooth at a time in the addition direction by a.

Reference numeral 94 denotes a detection board, which is disposed on the lower surface of the detection gear 84. This detection gear 84 and detection board 94 are
It constitutes a mechanism for detecting the feeding fireflies of the film F, and the detailed structure will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

FIG. 4 shows a view of the detection gear 84 from the back side.
A sliding brush 85 is attached to this back surface. FIG. 5 shows the detection board 94 viewed from the front side, and the sliding area of the sliding brush 85 as the detection gear 84 rotates has a comb tooth pattern 94a and a duty control pattern 94b.

Brake control pattern 94c and ground pattern 94
d is formed. Then, each pattern 94a to 94
d is connected to terminals 95-97. Note that the width area in which the sliding brush 85 actually slides is indicated by the number 98 using a two-dot chain line. Here, since a ground level signal is supplied to the terminal 96 by a circuit described later, the terminal 96
5 makes it possible to detect the movement signal (pulse signal) during frame feeding of the film F, and terminal 97 makes it possible to detect the duty control range near the end of frame feeding of the film. It becomes possible to detect the brake control range at the end of frame feeding of the film F. Specifically, referring to the time chart for rewinding the film in FIG.
A pulse-like signal is obtained at the terminal 95 by sliding the comb-tooth pattern 94a and the ground pattern 94d. Since the generation interval of this pulse-like signal is synchronized with the film feeding speed, if the generation interval of this pulse-like signal is shorter than a predetermined time, the film F has been properly fed (both winding and rewinding). On the other hand, if it is longer than the predetermined time, either the battery voltage has decreased or the winding or rewinding of the film F has been completed for the entire amount (this is commonly known as the film bulge state). or the state in which the film has been wound into the cartridge) can be detected.

Next, the sliding brush 85 slides on the duty control pattern 94b and the ground pattern 94d, thereby causing the terminal 9
7, a ground level signal is obtained. This timing is set so that the start end 94b-1 of the duty control pattern 94b is synchronized with the vicinity of the end of one frame of the film F (rewinding one frame), and the motor Ml is decelerated from this point. Deceleration control is performed by switching from full energization to duty pulse energization.

Furthermore, as the sliding brush 85 slides on all of the duty control pattern 94b, brake control pattern 94c, and ground pattern 94d, a ground level signal is obtained at both terminals 95 and 97. This timing is set at the start end 94cm1 of the brake control pattern 94c so as to be synchronized with just before the end of rewinding one frame of film (taking into account the overrun), and from this point the motor M1 stops rapidly. The circuit is switched to short circuit and stop control is performed.

Next, the film rewind drive mechanism and mirror box drive mechanism will be explained.

Returning to FIG. 2, 100 is a second pinion fixed to the output shaft above the motor M1, and 102 is a second pinion 10.
This is a two-stage gear-like transmission gear that meshes with 0. 104-1
08 constitutes a planetary clutch, and transmission gear 1
A two-stage gear-like planetary gear 106 that can revolve around a planetary lever 108 (frictionally connected to the sun gear 104) meshes with a two-stage gear-like sun gear 104 that meshes with the sun gear 104. Reference numeral 110 denotes a rewinding gear, which rotates the planetary gear 10 by the revolution of the planetary gear 106 in the first direction (clockwise rotation of the sun gear 104 due to the clockwise rotation of the motor M1).
It is located at a position where it meshes with the small gear No. 6. 1
Reference numeral 12 denotes a rewinding fork that meshes with a well-known film cartridge shaft, and is connected to the rewinding gear 110 with strong friction.

On the other hand, 120 is a transmission gear in the mirror charge drive transmission system, and the planetary gear 106 rotates in the second direction (counterclockwise rotation of the sun gear 104 due to the counterclockwise rotation of the motor M1). It is located at a position where it meshes with the large gear of.

A transmission shaft 122 has one end fixed to the transmission gear 120, and a worm gear 124 fixed to the other end.

126 meshes with the worm gear 124 and rotates clockwise (
It is a mirror drive gear that rotates when the motor M1 rotates counterclockwise), and a mirror drive cam 128 is integrally formed on the front side, and a position detection brush 130 (described later) is fixed on the back side. There is. Reference numeral 132 denotes a mirror drive lever consisting of two levers, which are connected to the mirror drive cam 128.
It has the role of a cam follower. That is, one end 132a of this mirror drive lever 132 is connected to the ascending cam surface 128a of the mirror drive cam 128 (see FIG. 7).
By slidingly contacting the
The counterclockwise rotating state is maintained by slidingly contacting the flat cam surface 128b (see FIG. 7), and slidingly contacting the downward cam surface 128c (see FIG. 7) (even if it does not actually come into sliding contact). The state in which the one end portion 132a and the downward cam surface 128C correspond in position) allows clockwise rotation (return). The other end 132b of the mirror drive lever 132 drives the mirror by receiving swing control according to the rotational position of each cam surface of the mirror drive cam 128 described above. Reference numeral 134 designates a movable mirror, which reflects the subject light that has passed through the photographic lens to the finder optical system (not shown) at the finder observation position (see FIG. 2).

The mirror down position (shown in Figure 7(a)) and the exposure retreat position (mirror down position shown in Figure 7(a)) where it rotates to direct the subject light toward the film.
It is rotatably supported so that two states can be obtained: the mirror-up state shown in FIG. 7(b). Reference numeral 136 designates a support frame to which the movable mirror 134 is fixed, and rotation shafts 136a are formed at both ends thereof, and the support frame 136 is rotatably supported within the mirror box by the rotation shafts 136a. 13
8 is a mirror pin formed on one side of the support frame 136, and this mirror pin 138 and the mirror drive lever 1
The other end portion 132b of 32 is in contact with the other end portion 132b. Note that the support frame 136 is constantly biased by a spring 140 in a counterclockwise direction (mirror-down direction). Therefore, the mirror drive lever 132 is rotated counterclockwise by slidingly contacting the rising cam surface 128a of the mirror driving cam 128 with one end 132a, and counterclockwise by slidingly contacting the flat cam surface 128b. The clockwise rotation (return) is allowed by maintaining the rotating state in the direction and slidingly contacting the downward cam surface 128c. and,
The other end 132b of this mirror drive lever 132 is controlled according to the rotational position of each cam surface of the mirror drive cam 128 described above, thereby pushing the mirror pin 138 to move the movable mirror 134 up. The mirror pin 1
38 is continued to maintain the mirror up state, and the mirror pin 138 is released to allow the mirror to move down.

142 is a shutter charge gear that meshes with the mirror drive gear 126 and rotates counterclockwise, and a shutter charge cam 144 is integrally formed on the front surface side.

Note that this shutter charge gear 142 performs l:l transmission (reduction ratio 1.0) with the mirror drive gear 126. Here, the shutter charge cam 144
is a climbing cam surface 144a for driving a shutter charge lever 146 (described later) counterclockwise (see FIG. 7);
A flat cam surface 144b (see FIG. 7) for maintaining the rotational position (charged state) of the lever 146 and the lever 14
Downward cam surface 144c that allows clockwise rotation of 6
(See FIG. 7) is formed.

Reference numeral 146 denotes a shutter charge lever formed in the shape of an abbreviation, which is rotatably supported by a central shaft 146a and serves as a cam follower of the shutter charge cam 144. In other words, this shutter charge lever 1
46, a roller 146b supported at one end is rotated in the counterclockwise direction by contacting with the ascending cam surface 144a of the shutter charge cam 144, and is rotated counterclockwise by contacting with the flat cam surface 144b. The roller 14 is maintained in the rotating state, and the roller 14
6b reaches, clockwise rotation is permitted.

The roller 146c supported at the operating end of the shutter charge lever 146 is controlled according to the rotational position of each cam surface of the shutter charge cam 144, so that the lever for charging in the shutter unit is controlled. Push one end to charge the shutter, and continue pushing the lever for charging to maintain the charging operation (at this time, simultaneously move the shutter leading blade group and trailing blade group to the travel preparation position. It is possible to maintain the target.

In addition, the shutter unit itself has already been applied for in 1986-39.
Since the application is filed as No. 629, detailed explanation will be omitted. ), release the pressing of the lever for the charge and return (
The mechanical holding of both the shutter leading blade group and the trailing shutter blade group at the travel preparation position is released, and thereafter, the shutter can be made to travel by controlling the energization of the control electromagnet.

Note that, as can be easily understood by comparing and referring to both FIG. 7(b) and FIG. 7(C), the mirror drive cam 1
The mirror-up drive phase of the mirror drive lever 132 by the shutter charge cam 144 and the charging drive phase of the shutter charge lever 146 by the shutter charge cam 144 are set to be completely shifted from each other. In other words, Fig. 7 (C
), when the shutter charge lever 146 is being charged and driven by the shutter charge cam 144, the mirror drive cam 128 is connected to the mirror drive lever 132.
is not pushed, and the movable mirror 134 is in the mirror down state. Further, as shown in FIG. 7(b), the mirror drive cam 1
When the mirror drive lever 132 is pushed at step 28 to bring the movable mirror 134 into the mirror-up state, the shutter charge cam 144 releases the charge at shutter charge re/<-146 and moves the shutter leading blade group and trailing blade group. Release the mechanical hold (tension) at the ready position.

Next, a mechanism for electrically detecting the phase of shutter charge and mirror up will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

A signal board 160 (not shown in FIG. 2 because the drawing is complicated) is arranged at a position where the brush 130 can slide on the back side of the mirror drive gear 126.

There are three position detection patterns on this signal board 160, that is, a ground pattern 161. An operation end detection pattern 162 and an overrun detection pattern 163 are formed by vapor deposition or the like. Each of these patterns 161-16
3 and the brush 130 fixed to the back surface of the mirror drive gear 126 is shown in FIG. 8(a).

This will be explained using (b).

Here, the sliding portion 130a of this brush 130 is divided into (teeth-shaped), and each pattern 161 to 161 on the signal board 160 is
This increases the safety of contact with 163. Note that the actual sliding position in this sliding portion 130a, that is, the contact point is a position 130b on a line slightly inside the tip of the brush.

FIG. 8(a) shows the phase in which the completion of shutter charging is detected, which corresponds to FIG. 7(c) above, and shows the phase when the brush 1 is detected.
30 rotates clockwise as shown by the arrow in response to the clockwise rotation of the mirror drive gear 126, and in the state shown in FIG. 162, and the potential of the connector portion (land portion) 162a of the detection pattern 162 changes to the ground level, thereby detecting completion of shutter charging. To explain this detection in more detail, a ground level signal is supplied to the connector portion (land portion) 161a of the ground pattern 161, while the connector portion 16 of the operation end detection pattern 162 is supplied with a ground level signal.
The output of 2a is supplied to the camera control circuit. Then, the brush 130 is placed in a position in front of the state shown in FIG. 8(a) (
This can be understood by replacing the brush 130 with the position rotated counterclockwise from the position shown in FIG. The detection pattern 162 has not yet changed to the ground level. From here, the mirror drive gear 126 further rotates clockwise, and at the same time, the brush 130 also rotates clockwise, and the eighth
When the brush 130 (conductive material) comes into contact with the operation end detection pattern 162, the potential of the operation end detection pattern 162 changes to the ground level via the brush 130. The camera control circuit detects the shutter charging completion state and controls the rotation of the motor M1 to stop.

On the other hand, FIG. 8(b) shows a phase in which mirror-up completion is detected, which corresponds to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8(a), the sliding part 130 is rotated clockwise from the state shown in FIG.
a is the ground pattern 161 and the operation end detection pattern 1
62 is switched from contact to non-contact of the detection pattern 162, and the potential of the connector portion (land portion) 162a of the detection pattern 162 changes from the ground level to the initial level (
Completion of mirror up is detected by changing to (normally H level). To explain this detection in more detail, the brush 130 is at a position just before the state shown in FIG. 8(b) (brush 1
30 to a position rotated counterclockwise from the position shown in FIG. The output of the connector portion 162a of the operation completion detection pattern 162 is still in contact with both of them, and is still supplying a ground level signal to the camera control circuit. From here, the mirror drive gear 126 further rotates clockwise, and at the same time the brush 13
0 also rotates clockwise and reaches the position shown in FIG. 8(b), the brush 130 shifts to a non-contact state with the operation end detection pattern 162, and the brush 130 moves to a non-contact state with the operation end detection pattern 162.
The potential of the motor M1 changes from the ground level to the initial level, the camera control circuit detects the mirror-up completion state, and controls the rotation of the motor M1 to stop.

Next, the above-mentioned film winding 9 rewinding and mirror drive/
The switching mechanism of each charging mechanism will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 7.

Reference numeral 170 denotes a switching lever, which is shown by a two-dot chain line in the figure (to avoid complicating the figure). This switching lever 1
70 is supported so as to be swingable about a central axis 170a, and has a first regulating protrusion 170b formed at its upper end and a second regulating protrusion 170c formed at its lower end. A spring 172 biases the switching lever 170 clockwise. 174
A tensioning lever is swingably supported on the switching lever 170, and has a latch claw 174a at one end and a protrusion 174b at the other end. Reference numeral 176 denotes a spring that urges the tension lever 174 to rotate counterclockwise, one end of which is locked to the switching lever 170, and the other end of which is locked to the switching lever 170.
It is locked on 4. Note that in the initial state (see FIGS. 2 and 7(a)), the latch claw 174a of the tension lever 174 is connected to the tension protrusion 17 formed on the switching lever 170.
0d, and this locking is continued under the biasing force of the spring 176. On the other hand, the protrusion 174b of the tension lever 174
is the pushing protrusion 1 formed on the mirror drive lever 132.
32c, and as shown in FIG. 7(b), the mirror drive lever 1 is used to drive the mirror up.
32 swings counterclockwise, the protrusion 174b is pushed by the pushing protrusion 132c, and the tension lever 174 swings clockwise to release the tension. In this state, the switching lever 170 is swung slightly clockwise by the spring 172 to the position shown in FIG. 7(b).

Reference numeral 178 designates a reset lever (see FIGS. 2 and 9) that is swingably supported, and has a protrusion 178a formed at one end and a push protrusion 178b formed at the other end. This reset lever 178 is urged to swing clockwise by a strong spring 180. Note that this strong spring 180 is set to have a stronger spring force than the spring 172 for swinging and biasing the switching lever 170. Therefore, when the back cover 70 is closed, the protruding part 178a of the reset lever 178 is pushed by the pushing protruding part 70d and held in the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 9(a), and the switching lever 170 is rotated clockwise. oscillation is allowed.

However, when the push is released by opening the back cover 70, the reset lever 178 swings counterclockwise, and the switching lever 170, which is already swinging clockwise due to the spring 172, resists the spring 172. and swing it counterclockwise to return to the initial state shown in FIG. In addition,
When the switching lever 170 returns to its initial state, the tensioning lever 174 is moved by the pin 17 formed on the lever 174.
4c is guided by a guide protrusion 170e having a cam surface formed on the back side of the switching lever 170.
The latch claw 174a is guided to be locked with the tensioning protrusion 170d. After this, even if the back cover 70 is closed and the reset lever 178 is swung again, the switching lever 170 is held at the initial position.

Regarding the role of this switching lever 170, see FIGS. 9 and 10.
Explanation including diagrams.

When the switching lever 170 is in the initial position shown in FIGS. 2 and 7(a), the first regulating protrusion 170b at the upper end
enters between the planetary gear 106 and the rewinding gear 110 (see FIG. 9(a)), and the second regulating portion 170 at the lower end
c is spaced apart from between the planetary gear 28 and the transmission gear 32 (see FIG. 10(a)). Therefore, in this state, the clockwise rotation of the motor M1 allows the planetary gear 28 to revolve in the direction in which it meshes with the transmission gear 32 and winds up the film.
The first regulating section 170b prohibits the revolution in the direction in which the planetary gear 106 meshes with the first regulating section 170b (the central axis 106a of the planetary gear 106 contacts the first regulating section 170b during the revolution), thereby inhibiting film rewinding. However, when the motor Ml rotates in the counterclockwise direction, it is not affected by the first regulating portion 170b.
The planetary gear 106 can revolve in a direction in which it meshes with the transmission gear 120, thereby performing mirror drive and charge drive.

On the other hand, when the switching lever 170 swings clockwise as shown in FIGS.
0 (see Figures 9(b) and (C)),
Further, the second restricting portion 170C at the lower end enters between the planetary gear 28 and the transmission gear 32 (FIG. 10(b)).

(See (C)). Therefore, in this state, the clockwise rotation of the motor M1 causes the planetary gear 106 to shift to the rewind gear 1.
The planetary gear 28 is allowed to revolve in the direction in which it meshes with the transmission gear 32, and film rewinding is performed. Film winding is prohibited by contacting the second regulating portion 170C during revolution. Note that even in this state, the planetary gear 106 and the transmission gear 120 can be engaged with each other by revolution due to the counterclockwise rotation of the motor M1.

Next, the camera control circuit will be explained with reference to FIG.

In the figure, CPU is a microcomputer and BAT is a battery. SWI is a power switch that is turned on when the first stroke of the release button 2 (see Figure 1) is suppressed, and when this power switch SWI is turned on, the diode DS
Transistor TR8A is connected to O via W+ and resistor R2.
NL, power supply to each circuit is started. Further, the output of the power switch SW1 is supplied to the input port SW1 of the microcomputer CPU. One-shot circuit O8 associated with turning on (closing) the back cover switch 5WBP, which will be described later.
By operating for a certain period of time, the transistor TRBAT is turned on via the diode I)os and the resistor R2. The transistor TR8A turns on when the camera back is closed. When the camera is loaded with film and the back cover 70 is closed, the so-called preliminary winding method is used to load the film and wind the film for all frames in advance. Its purpose is to supply power to the microcomputer CPU for control purposes. In addition, the transistor TR8A□ is connected to the inverter ■1 and the resistor R if the microcomputer CPU is installed.
2 is maintained in the ON state.

In the figure, REG is a regulator, which is connected to the collector output of the transistor TRBAT and supplies a stable constant voltage Vcc to each circuit (in the figure, the constant voltage vCC is the input port V of the microcomputer CPU).
cc and is supplied to the analog circuit MET that performs photometric calculations). MET is an analog circuit that performs photometric calculations,
Subject brightness information (Bv) obtained by photometric sensor SPC
and resistance RA corresponding to the preset aperture value information (Av).
It is configured to perform a By-Av operation on V and input information as an output BV1out to an input port ADI N + as an AD conversion input of the microcomputer CPU.

R.I.S. is a resistor corresponding to the film sensitivity information Sv, and is connected to the input port ADIN2 of the microcomputer CPU.
I am entering information into. Note that VBA□ is the battery voltage of the battery BAT, and the input port ADIN3 of the microcomputer CPU and the transistor bridge circuit MD described later.
is supplied to.

5WPT1N is a film loading detection switch, which is made up of a leaf spring disposed in the cartridge chamber of a camera, for example, and when a film cartridge is loaded into the cartridge chamber, the leaf spring is pressed and the switch turns ON, thereby detecting film loading. The output of this switch is connected to the input port PT of the microcomputer CPU,
, is supplied to.

5WBP is a back cover switch, which is turned on when the back cover 70 (see Figure 2) is closed and turned off when it is opened, and supplies output to the microcomputer CPU's input capacitor (BP) and the one-shot circuit O8. There is.

S W CMSP means a switch associated with the sliding of the brush 130 on the signal board 160 (see FIG. 8) and the operation end detection pattern 162, and the moment the output changes from L to H is the mirror up ( shutter charge release)
This is the phase, and the point at which it changes from H to L is the mirror down (
This output is supplied to the input capacitor (CMSP) of the microcomputer CPU.

S W FLSP and S W FLDY are detection gears 84
(See Fig. 2 and Fig. 4) means a switch that detects the rotation of the
4 (see Figure 5) and the corresponding switch output are connected to the input port FLS of the microcomputer CPU.
Also, the switch SW FLDY is connected to the terminal 97.
The switch output corresponding to the output of is supplied to the input port FLDY.

SW2 is O when the second stroke of release button 2 is pressed.
This is a release switch that outputs the output from the input port SW2.

The LED is a warning light emitting diode, which is placed near the viewfinder field of view or on the exterior of the camera, and is connected to the output port of the microcomputer CPU via a resistor RBC.
) is connected to the LED.

MD is a well-known transistor bridge circuit, which controls the motor Ml (see Fig. 2) according to instructions from the microcomputer CPU, and output ports PMO, P
Connected to MI.

MCI is a magnet for the shutter leading blade group, and is configured to start the shutter leading blade group when energized. Specifically, by setting the output port PSO of the microcomputer CPU to H, the MCI is magnetized via the resistor RMGI. Then, the transistor TRMGI is turned on to energize the magnet MCI.

Further, MG2 is a magnet for the rear shutter blade group, and is configured to start the travel of the rear shutter blade group when energized. Specifically, by setting the output port PSI to H, the magnet is connected to the transistor through the resistor RMG2. TRM
By turning on G2, magnet MG2 is energized.

DATE is a known date imprinting device that imprints data such as the date and day of the week onto the film surface from the back cover 70 side, and this imprinting operation is performed by the microcomputer C.
This is done when the output port DTON of the PU becomes H.

Note that in the figure, GND means ground.

Next, the operation of the camera control circuit will be explained based on the flowcharts of FIGS. 12 and 13.

(Preliminary winding) [Step 1] When the microcomputer CPU receives power supply, the program is executed from the first address 5TART.

[Step 2] Set the output voltage VON to H (VON=1) and keep the transistor TR8A□ on to perform power holding control.

[Step 3] Determine whether or not film is loaded in the camera based on the output of the film loading detection switch 5WPT, N. If film is loaded, proceed to step 4; if not, proceed to step 5.

[Step 4] Check whether the back cover 70 is closed using the back cover switch 5WB.
Judging by the output of P, if it is closed, go to step 7; if it is open, go to step 50 RELE
Proceed to ASA routine.

[Step 5] As in step 4, the back cover switch 5WBP is detected, and if the back cover 70 is closed, the process proceeds to step 6, and if it is open, the process proceeds to the RELEASA routine of step 50.

[Step 6] The microcomputer CPU has a built-in EEPROM (non-volatile memory), and one bit in the EEPROM is used as an EFP flag, and this flag is set to 1. This will be explained in detail in the sequence below, but
This EFP flag is used as a determination flag for determining whether or not to perform preliminary winding when the back cover 70 is closed.

Note that after setting the RFP flag to 1, the process advances to step 50, the RELEASE routine.

[Step 7] If the EFP flag mentioned above is set to 1 (EFP=
1) Go to step 8, and if the initial state (RFP=O), go to step 50, the RELEASE routine.

[Step 8] Check the voltage VBA□ of battery BAT based on the analog input of input ports AD and N3 (AD conversion input).

The voltage VBAT is AD converted by the AD converter in the microcomputer CPU, and if it is below a predetermined voltage, the camera may malfunction, so proceed to step 9, and if it exceeds the predetermined voltage, there is a problem with the performance. If not, proceed to step 10.

[Step 9] Set the output port LED to H and turn on the warning light emitting diode LE.
D is lit to indicate that the battery voltage VBA□ has dropped and the camera cannot be operated. Note that this command also includes a function of setting the output port LED to L again after a certain period of time and automatically turning off the light emitting diode LED. Then, the process advances to step 47, the 5TOP routine.

[Step 47] This routine must be passed at the end of every sequence.

Set the output port voN to L (VON=0) l: Turn off the transistor TRBAT from the solenoid, and also disable the regulator REG and turn off the circuit power supply.

Also, wait for the time. Usually microcomputer C
While the PU is waiting for this time, the power supply Vcc is turned off.
be done.

Note that the power supply Vcc may still be present even after this waiting time has ended. This is when the transistor TRBA□ is turned on due to a factor other than the output of the output port VON, specifically when the one-shot circuit O8 is operating due to the power switch SWI being turned on or the back cover switch 5WBP being turned on. It is. In such a state, the process returns to step 1 as the start address and executes a new sequence.

[Step 10] When the film is loaded, the back cover is closed, the EFP flag is 1, and the battery voltage VBA is at a level that does not cause any operational problems, the film is pre-winded.

That is, the driving sprocket 58 and the spool 52 are driven by rotating the motor M1 in the normal direction (clockwise rotation in FIG. 2), and a part of the leader of the film is first loaded onto the spool 52, and then the film is wound for all frames. Preliminary winding control is performed.

Here, the motor M1 is controlled by the microcomputer CPU.
The operation is controlled as shown in the table below.

Also, the timer TMR is initially reset (TMR=0).

This timer TMR is used to detect when the film cannot be loaded accurately or when the film is in a tensioned state after the preliminary winding of the entire film has been completed. If the film does not move by a predetermined amount within the time set by the timer TMR, both of the above conditions can be determined.

Also, a register VR for checking battery voltage, which will be described later.

Initial reset the VNR (VR=O, VNR=O).

Further, the register E C0uNT of the EEPROM (non-volatile memory) in the microcomputer CPU is initialized (E C0UNT :O). In addition, register E
C0UNT is used as an electronic film counter.

[Step 11] Check the status of the back cover switch 5WBP to determine whether the back cover 70 has been opened during the preliminary winding. If the back cover is opened, the process proceeds to step 12; if the back cover remains closed, the process proceeds to step 13.

[Step 12] If the back cover 70 is opened during the preliminary winding, the motor M1 is stopped, the preliminary winding is stopped, and the process returns to step 4.
Proceed to step 7, 5TOP routine. Note that when the back cover 70 is closed again, the EFP flag is not reset and is still set to 1, so the program proceeds from 5TART in step 1 and executes the preliminary winding operation in step 10 again. However, since the register E C0UNT is reset to 0, it is possible to automatically prohibit photographing in the film area of the preliminary winding section that has been performed up to the present time during the RELEASA routine of step 50, which will be described later.

[Step 13] Check whether the film is moving due to preliminary winding.
Check the status of the input port FLSP of the microcomputer CPU. If there is a change in the signal supplied to the input port FLSP, the process proceeds to step 14; if there is no change, the process proceeds to step 22.

[Step 14] Since the film is moving since there is a change in the supply signal to the FLSP, the timer TMR for detecting film stoppage is initially reset (TMR=0).

[Step 15] Add the contents of the register VR to the value ADIN3 obtained by digitally converting the analog voltage of the input capo-1'ADIN3 for battery voltage detection by the AD converter in the microcomputer CPU, and write it back to the register VR. Store Tru (
VR=VR+ADIN3). Resist VR is step 1
Since it is initially reset by 0, the voltage value is added each time the input signal (FLSP) is changed in step 13, and as a result, the voltage value is added to the register VR again.
It will be stored in .

Also, the contents of register VNR are incremented by 1 (l
NCVNR). Note that, as will be described later, the number of times the voltage value is added to the register VR is represented in the register VNR.

[Step 16] Check the status of input port FLDY. Input port FLDY
When an H level signal is being supplied to the input port FLDY, that is, when the brush 85 is not in the brake control section or duty control section, the process returns to step 11. On the other hand, when an L level signal is being supplied to the input port FLDY, that is, when the brush 85 is not in the brake control section or the duty control section, If it is a control section or a duty control section, the process advances to step 17.

In the time chart shown in FIG. 6, the time direction is from right to left during the preliminary winding operation.

[Step 17] Check whether the signal supplied to input port FLSP is H.
When it is at level, the process goes to step 18, and when it is at L level, it goes to step 19.

Now, to explain based on the time chart of FIG. 6, in the preliminary hoisting operation, the signal changes from the right side to the left side with time, and if the operating state reaches the right side of the brake control section, step 13. The flow will proceed as follows: 14°15.16.19.

[Step 18] When the brush 85 enters the duty control period from the brake control period, the input signal to FLSP changes from the L level to the H level, and in this state, the register E CUNT as an electrical film counter is incremented by 1, and then returns to step 11. This means that when the brush 85 moves from the brake control section to the duty control section during the preliminary winding operation, the register E C0UNT
is incremented by 1, and the number of film frames is counted independently of the mechanical counter (counter gear 88).

[Step 19] Find the average value of the voltage in step 15 (V=VR÷V
NR).

This is when the brush 85 enters the brake control area.
Calculate every time the supply signal to FLSP changes (V R = V R + A D I N 3)
The obtained power supply voltages are averaged, and when the battery voltage VBA□ becomes unusable, the drive of the motor M1 is stopped in the subsequent steps.

Note that the purpose of the averaging in step 19 is to cancel power supply noise during driving of the motor Ml.

[Step 20 Co-Check whether the voltage V found in step 19 is higher than the predetermined value M. If the voltage V is higher than the predetermined value M and there is no problem with camera operation, the process returns to step 11. On the other hand, if the voltage is less than the predetermined value M and the battery BAT is determined to be unusable, the process returns to step 11. Proceed to 21.

It should be noted that at the beginning of preliminary winding, the influence of power supply noise is significant (although this does not cause any problem because the process is automatically returned to step 11 if the register VNR is not at a predetermined value or higher).

[Step 21] Stop the motor M to cancel the preliminary winding operation, turn on the warning light emitting diode LED, and then proceed to the 5TOP routine. In this case, if the power is turned on again or if the battery BAT is replaced with a new one, the contents of the EEPROM will remain stored and the preliminary winding operation will be performed again.

[Step 22] If there is no change in the signal supplied to the input port FLSP in step 13, check the state of timer TMR, and if the predetermined value K has not yet been reached, return to step 11. ．． 13. The routine of step 22 is repeated, and if there is no change in the supply signal even after counting the predetermined value K, the routine proceeds to step 23.

[Step 23] Using "3" as the discrimination value, when the value of the register E COUNT as an electrical film counter is greater than 3, it is determined to be normal and the process proceeds to step 24. When it is less than 3, the film is transferred to the spool 52. Step 1 as loading failure
Proceed to step 2 to stop motor M1.

When the film is loaded onto the spool 52 by the preliminary winding operation, the entire film can be wound evenly, and in this state the film is stretched, and in step 22 the routine branches to step 23.

However, even if the film is loaded incorrectly and the film cannot be loaded onto the spool 52 at the beginning of preliminary winding, the film will not move, so the process branches from step 22 to step 23 in the same way as in the case of tension described above. You will proceed through the routine. Step 23 is a step whose purpose is to determine under what circumstances the film does not move. That is, register E
If COL and lNT are greater than 3, it is determined that the film cannot be moved due to tension (normal), and if the register E COUNT is less than 3, the film cannot be loaded onto the spool 52 and the film is moved. It is determined that it does not occur (abnormal).

Please note that step 12 may not be possible due to loading.
When the motor M1 stops after proceeding to step 1, the photographer can determine the abnormal condition using the mechanical film counter (counter gear 88) and can load the film again.

[Step 24] Reset the EFP flag used as a judgment flag for determining whether to execute preliminary winding (EF
P=O). Therefore, in the next sequence step 7
The process branches to step 50 and does not proceed to the preliminary winding routine described above.

[Step 25] Since the preliminary winding has been performed normally, the motor M1 is stopped and the preliminary winding operation is completed.

[Step 26] Counter gear 88 as a mechanical film counter
and resistor E C0 as an electrical film counter
UNT adjusts the phases of the brake control section and duty control section of the brush 85 so that they are added or subtracted at a switching point.

Here, the end point of the preliminary winding operation (film tension)
Let us now consider a state in which the brush 85 is slightly transitioning from the brake control section to the duty control section. In this case, finally the mechanical and electrical counters are each incremented by one at the switching point.

However, when the drive (energization) of the motor M1 is stopped, the film may return slightly to the cartridge side due to tension, causing the driven sprocket 80 to rotate slightly in the rewinding direction. At this time, when the position of the brush 85 returns to the brake control section, the counter gear 88 as a mechanical counter is intermittently fed (subtracted by 1) in the rewinding direction by one frame, but the register E as an electrical counter C0uN
T will be overlooked, resulting in a one-count error between the two. As a result, if the film is subsequently taken while being rewound, it ends up taking pictures even of frames that should not have been able to be taken, that is, the exposed portions during preliminary winding.

Therefore, steps 26 to 30 change the value of register E COUNT to counter gear 8 at the end of preliminary winding.
This routine aims to solve the above-mentioned problem before it happens by adjusting to the number 8.

In step 26, the signal supplied to the input port FLDY is determined. If the signal is L, the process proceeds to step 27; if the signal is H, the process proceeds to step 31.

[Step 27] Determine the signal supplied to the input port FLSP, and if it is H, proceed to step 28; if it is L, proceed to step 31.

[Step 28 Waiting time.] Sufficient time is set for the film to return toward the cartridge due to film tension.

[Step 29] After waiting the time in step 28, check the state of the signal supplied to the input port FLSP again. Here, if the supply signal to the input port FLSP remains H and there is no change, the process proceeds to step 31, where it changes to L and causes the above-mentioned phenomenon (the mechanical counter rotates in the rewinding direction by one frame due to film tension). If it is determined that the current state has occurred, the process proceeds to step 30.

[Step 30] Register E C0U as electrical film counter
The NTO value is decremented, ie subtracted by 1, to match the mechanical and electrical film counters.

[Step 31] Reverse the motor Ml. As the motor M1 rotates in reverse (counterclockwise rotation in FIG. 2), the planetary gear 1
06 is engaged with the transmission gear 120 of the mirror drive/charge drive system, the mirror drive gear 126 and the shutter charge gear 142 are rotated, the initial position retention by the tension lever 170 is released, and the switching lever 170 is swung ( (Transition to FIG. 7(c)).

Thereby, when the motor Ml rotates normally again thereafter, the output will be transmitted only to the film rewind system.

[Step 32] Check the state of the supply signal to the input capo-CMSP, and when it changes from the initial state of L level to H level, proceed to Step 3.
Proceed to step 3.

[Step 33] As the motor Ml continues to rotate in reverse, the process proceeds to step 34 when the supply signal to the input capacitor (CMSP) changes to the L level again.

[Step 34: Stop the commuter M1 once. Steps 32 and 33 are steps for detecting the end of empty charging due to the reverse rotation of the motor M1, and the phase at which the signal supplied to the input port CMSP switches from L level to H level is the mirror up shutter. The phase that represents charge release and is switched from the H level to the L level represents mirror-down shutter charging. Therefore, when the process reaches step 34 after passing through steps 32 and 33, one empty charge has been performed.

Next, the motor Ml is rotated normally again. However, at this time, due to the swinging of the switching lever 170, the output of the motor Ml is transmitted to the film rewinding system. That is, the planetary gear 106
meshes with the rewind gear 110, and the chain rewind gear 110 is driven by the motor M1.

[Step 35] Initial reset the contents of register P C0LIST (
P C0UNT=0).

[Step 36] In order to see where the brush 85 is at the initial stage of film rewinding, the state of the supply signal to the input port FLSP is determined, and if it is in the brake control section, then the process goes to step 40; If it is in the section (for example, duty control section), the result is H and the process proceeds to step 37.

[Step 37 The position of the cobrush 85 is also determined by the supply signal to the input port FLDY, and when H (the brush 85 is in a state other than the brake and duty control section), the step 40 is performed.
When L is reached (it is determined that the brush 85 is in the duty control section together with the determination in step 36), the program advances to step 38.

[Step 38] Since it is determined that the brush 85 is located in the duty control section at the beginning of film rewinding, the value of the register E C0UNT as an electric film counter is decremented by 1.

In the time chart of FIG. 6, time progresses from the left side to the right side during the film rewinding operation.

[Step 39] The supply signal to the input port FLDY becomes H (the brush 85 is located outside the duty and brake control section).
Wait until then and proceed to step 40.

[Step 40] Check the state of the FLSP, and if there is a change in the supply signal, proceed to step 41; if not, proceed to step 42.

[Step 41] The value of the initially reset register P_COUNT is incremented by 1, and the process returns to step 40 again.

[Step 42] Check the state of the input capo FLDY, and if the supply signal is H, the process returns to step 40, and if it is L, the process proceeds to step 43.

In steps 40 to 42, the purpose is to store the number of signals (the toothed pattern 94a shown in FIG. 5) supplied to the input port FLSP while the input port FLDY is H in the register PCOIJNT. There is.

[Step 43] The value of the register P COUNT is compared with a predetermined value M. If the value is smaller than the predetermined value M, the process returns to step 35, and if the value is greater than or equal to the predetermined value M, the process proceeds to step 44.

In the routine of this embodiment, at the end of the preliminary winding operation, the rotational position of the exposed frame of the film and the driven sprocket 80 (
In other words, for phase alignment with the rotational position of the brush 85,
The film is rewound in advance. However, if the amount of rewinding is small, when cutting the film from the film cartridge during the film development process,
It can be predicted that the exposure (photographing) frame may be affected.

This step 43 is intended to rewind the film just enough to ensure that no problems occur. That is, the brush 85 actually slid against the brush 85 from the initial state of film rewind until the brush 85 reached the duty control section (
It is determined by replacing the number of tooth-shaped patterns 94a (FIG. 5), and if the number is smaller than the predetermined amount M, it is determined that the rewinding amount is too small, and the film is rewound by another frame before actual shooting begins. It is set as follows.

[Step 44] In order to keep the overrun constant from the start of brake control until the motor M1 actually stops, duty control is applied to the motor M1 before the brake section.

Note that since the motor duty control itself is well known, a detailed explanation will be omitted, but instead of fully energizing the motor M1, the motor M1 is energized in an alternating pulse form to lower the effective voltage to apply braking.

[Step 45] While the brush 85 is moving within the duty control section, the duty control of the motor M1 is performed, and when the input port FLSP enters the brake control section, the L supply signal is sent to the input port FLSP.
When it is determined based on the change to , the process advances to step 46.

[Step 46] Brake control is applied to motor Ml. And register E
Decrement (subtract 1) the value of C0UNT by 1.

With the routine up to this point, all preparations for photographing are completed, and the process advances to the 5TOP routine.

(photograph) [Step 50 The RELEASE routine is used except for the preliminary winding control.

[Step 51] The analog signal from the B V 10UT as the output of the photometric calculation circuit MET is converted to A by the microcomputer CPU.
The D-converted digital value ADIN+ is stored in register BVI (BVI=ADIN+). The value BV-AV in terms of apex value is stored in register BVI.

Also, the film sensitivity is the same (AD converted digital value AD
Store IN2 in register Sv (SV=ADIN2
). The value of Sv at the apex value is stored in register SV.

Also, the shirt time is obtained based on the store information of the register BVI and register Sv (TV=BVI+SV).
), store in register TV. Note that the contents of the register TV are the apex values TV.

[Step 52] The state of the release switch SW2, which is turned on by pressing the second stroke of the release button 2, is determined, and only when it is turned on, the process proceeds to step 53.

[Step 53] Similarly to step 8, check the voltage VBAT of the battery BAT, and if it is below a predetermined voltage, proceed to step 54.
If the voltage exceeds the predetermined voltage, proceed to step 55.
Proceed to.

[Step 54] Similarly to Step 9, set the output port LED to H, light up the warning light emitting diode LED, and set the battery voltage VBA.
The display indicates that the camera cannot be operated due to poor performance.

U step 55] The motor M1 is reversed in order to raise the mirror and release the shutter charge.

F step 56] The motor Ml is reversed until an H supply signal is obtained at the input port CMSP, and the process proceeds to the next step 57. As a result, the mirror drive gear 126 and the shutter charge gear 142 are driven, the movable mirror 134 is raised (exposure retracted state), and the shutter is released from charge and becomes ready for shutter operation.

[Step 57] Brake control is performed to stop motor Ml.

[Step 58] Convert the apex value TV obtained in step 51 to actual shirt seconds (real time expansion).

[Step 59] Set the output capo-hDTON to H and use the date transfer device DAT.
Start data transfer to the film surface by E.

Since the date turning device itself is well known, detailed illustrations are omitted, but for example, a plurality of mouth-shaped LCD segments are arranged in stacks and placed in positions that move forward and backward facing the film surface on the back cover side. The screen is configured to select numeric or character information such as 2 hours of date, etc., and expose the film surface to light.

Start the timer DTMR for photographing time. The contents of this timer DTMR are values dependent on the contents of register SV in which film sensitivity is stored. However, since the value Sv as the contents of register SV is an apex value, the value α × 2'-5V converted to real time (α and β are constants)
is the content of timer DTMH.

Also, here, timer interference of timer DTMR is permitted (ENI). After this, when the timer time of timer DTMR ends, interwoven is started independently from the main routine program, and in the interwoven routine, DTON=0, output port DTON is switched to L, and DTMR-3TOP tie? Imprinting ends by executing DTMR Stop RTN Return to Main Routine.

[Step 60] The output port PSO is set to H, and the magnet MCI for starting the shutter leading blade group is energized.

As a result, the shutter leading blade group moves and exposure of the film is started.

Also, the actual time in seconds determined in step 58 is actually counted. This time becomes the exposure time.

Then, when the real time counting is finished, the output port PS1
is set to H, the magnet MG2 for starting the trailing shutter blade group is energized, thereby causing the trailing shutter blade group to travel and stop exposing the film.

[Step 61 Wait for the time required for the shutter blade group to travel.

[Step 62] Both output ports PSO and Psi are set to L, and energization of both magnets MG 1 and MG 2 is stopped.

[Step 63] Motor M is activated to lower the mirror and charge the shutter.
Reverse l.

[Step 64] The motor M1 is reversed until an L supply signal is obtained at the input port CMSP, and the process proceeds to the next step 65. In addition,
As a result, the mirror drive gear 126 and the shutter charge gear 142 are driven again, the movable mirror 134 is moved down (finder observation state), and the shutter is charged.

[Step 65] Brake control is performed to stop motor M1.

Furthermore, even if the output port DTON is H again (the timer time of timer DTMR has not yet expired), it is forcibly switched to L and the data pass-through ends (DTON
=0). This is because if the film sensitivity becomes extremely low, there is a possibility that the image will not be completed within the charging time.

However, once charging is complete, the next step is to rewind the film in order to take the next frame, so if you continue to capture images, the numbers and letters that will be captured will be washed out. In this step 65, if the imprinting is still continuing even after charging is completed, the imprinting is forcibly ended to prevent the above-mentioned flow of imprinted numbers and letters. It also disables interwoven and prohibits subsequent interwoven (DISI).

[Step 66] The state of the film loading detection switch 5WPT1N is determined based on the signal supplied to the input ports PT and N. If the film is not loaded at H level, the process goes to step 67, and if the film is loaded at L level, the process goes to step 68. Proceed to.

[Step 67] After waiting the standard time required to rewind one frame of film, the process advances to the 5TOP routine. The purpose of this is to prevent the film from actually rewinding when the film is not loaded, so that when the user performs continuous shooting at a camera store,
This is to prevent the frame speed from becoming too fast compared to the actual shooting time when the film is loaded, and from giving incorrect specifications to the user.

[Step 68] The motor M1 is rotated in the normal direction to rewind the film in order to photograph the next frame.

[Step 69] Wait until the supply signal to the input port FLDY becomes H, and then proceed to step 70. That is, since the brush 85 is in the phase of the brake control section when the motor starts rotating normally, first wait until it leaves that phase.

[Step 70] Wait until the supply signal to FLDY becomes L, and then proceed to step 71. That is, it waits until the brush 85 enters the duty control section.

[Step 71 Duty control of motor M1 is performed.

[Step 72] Wait until the supply signal to the input port FLSP becomes L, and then proceed to step 73. That is, it waits until the brush 85 enters the brake control section.

[Step 73] Since the brush 85 has entered the brake control section, the register EC0IJNT as an electrical film counter is set to 1.
Subtract (DE CE C0IJNT) [Step 74] If the value of register E COUNT after subtraction is other than "2", proceed to step 75; if the value is "2", proceed to step 76. That is, register E C0tJN
If T is "2", the process proceeds to a different routine to control the end of imaging. Here, register E CO
When L and lNT are 2, the counter gear 88 as a mechanical film counter indicates "0" (a state corresponding to the number "0" on the film frame number display 88c from the display window 89 provided on the camera body). In addition, counter gear 8
In the display 88c of No. 8, the mark rEJ corresponds to the display window 89 at the start of preliminary winding, and the film area that can be photographed is three frames ahead of this mark rEJ.

Register E C0UNT is “0” at the above mark rEJ.
”, the film area (frame) that can be photographed is up to E C0UNT:3.

[Step 75 Since the core register E C0LINT is not "2", it can be determined that there are still frames remaining on the film, so the motor M1 is braked to stop the film rewinding. Thereafter, the process advances to the 5TOP routine and waits for the next frame to be photographed.

During normal shooting, this routine determines the end of shooting.

[Step 76 Since the core register E COUNT is "2", this means that all the frames that can be photographed have been photographed, so the motor M1 continues to rotate in the normal direction in order to control the winding of the film onto the film cartridge.

[Step 77] Initial reset the timer TMR for film stop detection (TMR=O).

[Step 78. 79] Step 13 above. Similarly to step 22, if the film does not move, the process proceeds to the next step 80.

Note that in steps 78 and 79, the film does not move (no longer moving), which means that the film is wound into the film cartridge.

[Step 80] Apply a brake to the motor M1 to stop the film rewinding operation.

[Step 81] The motor Ml is reversed to perform empty charging.

[Step 82. 83] Step 32 above. Similar to 33, mirror drive gear 1
The motor M1 is continuously reversed until the shutter charge gear 142 and the shutter charge gear 142 rotate once. This empty charge releases the planetary gear 106 meshing with the rewinding gear 110 by the film rewinding operation, and the subsequent switching lever 17
The main purpose is to enable swinging to the initial position of 0.

[Step 84] Apply a brake to the motor M1 to end the empty charging operation. Then, the flag EFP, which is a determination flag for determining whether or not to perform preliminary winding, is set to 1 (RFP=1), and preparations are made for preliminary winding control at the time of the next film loading.

Also, register E C as an electric film counter.
Initial reset 0tJNT ( E C0LINT
= O).

Then, the process advances to step 47, the 5TOP routine, and the control ends.

Next, camera operation will be explained, focusing on the movement of the mechanical mechanism.

(Preliminary winding operation) The present embodiment employs a preliminary winding method in which the film is wound for all frames before photographing, and the film is rewound one frame at a time each time a photograph is taken.

When it is determined that the film cartridge is loaded and the back cover 70 is closed by turning on the back cover switch SW3, the microcomputer CPU causes the motor M1 to rotate clockwise (hereinafter referred to as normal rotation).

As the motor M1 rotates forward, the planetary gear 28, which is the transmission system on the lower output shaft side, rotates and meshes with the transmission gear 32 (see FIG. 10(a)), which clocks the sun gear 38 via the transmission gears 34 and 36. direction.

As the sun gear 38 rotates, the first planetary gear 40 first revolves and meshes with the transmission gear 48 for driving the spool, and the second planetary gear 46 revolves and meshes with the transmission gear 54 for driving the sprocket. 3(a)), both the spool 52 and the drive sprocket 58 are rotated in the film winding direction. As a result, the leader portion of the film F is initially sent toward the spool 52 by the drive sprocket 58, and is wound onto the spool 52 by the perforations meshing with the spool claws 52a.

Note that the planetary gear 106, which is the transmission system on the output shaft side above the motor M1, tries to move in the direction of meshing with the rewinding gear 110 due to revolution, but in this state, the switching lever 170
It merely rotates idly because it is blocked by the first regulating protrusion 170b (see FIG. 9(a)).

When a portion of the leader of the film F is wound onto the spool 52, since the peripheral speed ratio of the transmission system on the spool side and the transmission system on the drive sprocket side is different,
6 (rotated by the drive of the motor M1) and the transmission gear 54 (rotated by the drive sprocket 58 driven by the movement of the film) do not match in rotational speed, and the second planetary lever 44 jumps clockwise (in FIG. 3). Bouncing. Then, the second planetary lever 44 is held in a state in which the click crest 44C overcomes the click protrusion 62b of the holding lever 62 due to the clockwise bounce, and the second planetary gear 46 is disengaged from the transmission gear 54. (See Figure 3(b))
. As a result, only the spool 52 is driven to wind up the film thereafter. This method allows automatic loading of the film F to be performed reliably. That is, it is not possible to reliably send a portion of the film leader to the spool 52 by simply driving the spool 52 from the beginning, and the film F must also be driven by the drive sprocket 58 until a portion of the film leader is wound around the spool 52. has great advantages for reliable autoloading.

After a portion of the film leader is wound around the spool 52, there is no point in driving the drive sprocket 58, so this embodiment, in which the drive is automatically switched to driving only the spool 52, enables efficient film winding and is effective. is a large one. Note that it is desirable to set the circumferential speed ratio of the spool 52 and the drive sprocket 58 so that the above-mentioned holding of the second planetary lever 44 is performed immediately after the film leader portion is completely wound around the spool 52.

Thereafter, film winding continues until all frames of film have been wound. The photographer can confirm the winding state by the intermittent feed rotation of the counter gear 88 based on the driven rotation of the driven sprocket 80. As mentioned above, this counter gear 88 has a film frame number display 88.
C is attached, and the display window 8 provided on the camera body
It can be understood that winding of the film F is being executed by looking at the change in the numbers related to the display 88c from 9 (the area is surrounded by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2).

When the film F is fully wound and stretched, the rotation of the detection gear 84 interlocked with the driven sprocket 80 is stopped, and the detection gear 84 is moved from the detection board 94 to the microcomputer CPU.
The signal indicating film movement (see FIG. 6) that had been continuously sent to is no longer output, the completion of winding of the film F is detected, and the rotation of the motor M1 is stopped.

Next, rotate motor M1 counterclockwise (hereinafter referred to as reverse rotation).
let The planetary gear 2 of the winding system is activated by reversing the motor M1.
8 revolves in a direction away from the transmission gear 32, while the planetary gear 106, which is the transmission system on the upper output shaft side, meshes with the transmission gear 120 of the mirror drive/charge drive system due to the revolution.
Mirror drive gear 126 and shutter charge gear 142
Rotate. This rotation moves both gears 126 and 142 to 1
By rotating the movable mirror 134, the movable mirror 134 is driven from the initial state (mirror down → mirror up → mirror down), and the shutter charge lever 146 is driven from charging → uncharging → charging, and the signal board 160 (see FIG. 8) Detection pattern 162 as the shutter charge completion phase of
Empty charging is performed until a ground level signal is output from the terminal.

Due to this empty charging operation due to the reverse rotation of the motor M1,
The switching lever 170 is released from being held at the initial position by the tension lever 174 and swings clockwise (Fig. 7(a) →
(Transition from Fig. 7(b) to Fig. 7(c)). As a result, the first regulating protrusion 170b of the switching lever 170 is separated from between the planetary gear 106 and the rewinding gear 110 (Fig. 9(b)
), on the other hand, the second regulating protrusion 170c is connected to the planetary gear 28
and the transmission gear 32 (see Fig. 1O(b))
. Therefore, in the forward rotation of the motor M1 thereafter, the planetary gear 106 and the rewinding gear 110 can be engaged with each other, whereas the planetary gear 28 and the transmission gear 32 are prevented from being engaged with each other.

Next, the motor M1 is rotated forward. This means that the film F is rewound to a predetermined position, that is, to an indexed position so that rewinding for each frame can be performed accurately thereafter. The operation is maintained in this state unless the film frame number display 88c of the counter gear 88 is released.

(Photographing operation) When the release button 2 (see FIG. 1) is pressed and the microcomputer CPU determines that the release switch SW2 is turned on, the motor M1 is reversed. And mirror drive gear 126 and shutter charge gear 14
2 to raise the movable mirror 134 and stop the motor M1 when the shutter charge lever 146 is operated to release the charge (see FIG. 7(b)). In this state, the shutter is operated,
As the shutter rear blade group completes its travel, motor M1
Further, when the mirror drive gear 126 and the shutter charge gear 142 are rotated in the reverse direction, the movable mirror 134 is lowered, and the shutter charge lever 146 is operated to charge (see FIG. 7(C)). Stop motor Ml. Immediately, the motor Ml is controlled to rotate in the normal direction, and the planetary gear 106, which is a transmission system on the output shaft side above the motor Ml, meshes with the rewinding gear 110 by revolution, and the film is rewinded. Note that when the motor Ml rotates forward, the planetary gear 28, which is the transmission system on the lower output shaft side, also revolves and tries to mesh with the transmission gear 32, but in this state, the switching lever 170 is moved as shown in FIG. 7(C).
The second regulating protrusion 170c swings clockwise as shown in FIG.
is inserted between the planetary gear 28 and the transmission gear 32 (see FIG. 10(b)), so the two gears 28 and 32 are not engaged. The output of motor Ml is not transmitted to the hoisting transmission system.

When the film is rewound, the driven sprocket 80 rotates clockwise (in FIG. 2) following the movement of the film, and the detection gear 84 also rotates synchronously.

Then, slightly before the film F is rewound by one frame, the motor M1 is driven under duty control to decelerate, and when the film F has been rewound by exactly one frame, the motor M1 is stopped by brake control.

In this state, the camera enters a standby state for photographing the next frame, and the counter gear 88 also rotates clockwise by l pitches, and the frame number display is decremented by one.

Thereafter, each time the release button SW2 is pressed, the above-described operation is repeated and a photograph is taken.

(Rewinding operation) Check with the electric film counter whether the current number of film frames is hooked at the time of completion of the shooting operation.
If the film is hooked, the motor M1 is controlled to rotate in the normal direction to wind the film into the cartridge. The electrical film counter referred to here refers to a counter (register E C0UNT) built into the microcomputer CPU, which counts up each time the film is wound for one frame during preliminary film winding operation. Countdown when rewinding is complete. This electrical film counter exposes the film for the number of frames corresponding to normal autoloading at the beginning of winding (three frames in this example), that is, when loading the film from the film leader section to several frames. This information is used to prohibit photography in certain areas.

When it is detected that the film F has been wound (or immediately before being wound) and the driven sprocket 80 has stopped rotating, the motor M1 is stopped.

Then, the motor M1 is reversed to perform empty charging, and the mirror drive gear 126 and shutter charge gear 14 are
The motor M1 is stopped when the motor M1 is rotated once (operating through the mirror up phase to the mirror down).

The meaning of this empty charge after winding the film is to cause the planetary gear 106 meshing with the rewinding gear 110 to revolve in the direction toward the transmission gear 120 by the film winding operation described above, and to move the planetary gear 28 into the transmission gear. The object is to revolve in a direction away from 32. That is, the positions of both planetary gears 28 and 106 are determined when the switching lever 170 is operated to return to the initial position and swing (counterclockwise) in conjunction with the subsequent opening of the back cover 70 (for film replacement). The purpose is to ensure that the next film preliminary winding operation can be carried out without fail.

Due to the empty charge described above, the planetary gear 106 in particular has revolved toward the transmission gear 120, so when the back cover 70 is opened, the reset lever 178 is swung counterclockwise by the spring 180, as shown in FIG. 9(d). Moving and pushing protrusion 178b
can push the upper part of the switching lever 170 to swing it counterclockwise (the spring 180 is set with a stronger spring force than the spring 172 for swinging the switching lever 170 clockwise) ).

This counterclockwise rocking of the switching lever 170 causes the tensioning lever 174 to move (the pin 174c is connected to the guide projection 170).
e) and tighten the latch claw 174a with the tension protrusion 1.
70d is a second view of the switching lever 170.

The return and maintenance at the initial position shown in FIG. 7(a) etc. is performed.

Therefore, the first regulating protrusion 170b at the upper end of the switching lever 170 enters between the planetary gear 106 and the rewinding gear 110 and prohibits engagement during normal rotation of the motor M1, while the first regulating protrusion 170b at the lower end The second restricting protrusion 170c is spaced apart from between the planetary gear 28 and the transmission gear 32 to permit meshing during normal rotation of the motor M1.

Then, when the film F is replaced and the back cover 70 is closed again, the reset lever 178 is pushed by the pushing protrusion 70d and swings clockwise, and the pushing of the switching lever 170 is released. However, as described above, the switching lever 170 can continue to be held because the tensioning lever 174 is engaged with the tensioning protrusion 170d.

Further, when the back cover 70 is opened, the reset lever 60 in the film winding system is released from being pushed by the pushing protrusion 70b, and is pressed by the reset spring 66 to swing clockwise. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3(C), the holding lever 62 similarly swings clockwise, and the bottle 62a is moved to the protrusion 4.
4b to swing the second planetary lever 44 clockwise, returning the second planetary gear 46 to its initial position where it can mesh with the transmission gear 54.

Note that when the back cover 70 is closed again after this, the image shown in Fig. 3 (
Only the state a) is reached, and the position of the second planetary lever 44 does not change.

Further, when the back cover 70 is opened, the counter reset lever 90 in the film counter mechanism is released from the pushing by the pushing protrusion 70c, and is swung counterclockwise by the spring 92. Therefore, the counter reset lever 90
The pushing part 90c pushes the counter feed shaft 86 in the opposite direction to the counter gear 88, freeing the counter gear 88 and moving it to the initial position (the position where "E" is visible in the display window 89) by a spring force (not shown). ) to initialize the number of pieces display. However, in normal shooting operation, when all the frames have been shot and the film winding operation begins, the counter gear 88 has already been intermittently returned to the initial position, so the return operation by the spring described above is The back cover 70 was removed during a demonstration, etc., during a simulated shooting operation without film being inserted into the camera.
This will be done when the project is opened in the middle.

In the film winding drive mechanism in the above-described embodiment, the first planetary lever 42 and the second planetary lever 44 are independently connected to the spool 52 side transmission system and the drive sprocket [58 side transmission system].
The camera is constructed of a common sun gear 38, which allows the back cover 70 to be opened in the rewound state before all frames of the film have been photographed, and then closed again to rewind the film. This is an emergency measure. That is, when the back cover 70 is opened, the second planetary lever 44 is unlocked and swings, and the second planetary lever 44 is unlocked and swung.
Since the planetary gear 46 and the transmission gear 54 are allowed to mesh with each other, the spool 52 and drive sprocket 58 are driven to rotate when rewinding the film (reverse rotation from when winding).
As a result, driven rotation of both planetary gears 40 and 46 occurs.

The spool 52 and the driving sprocket 58 have different circumferential speed ratios (the spool 52 is larger), but if a planetary clutch mechanism is also provided in the transmission system on the spool 52 side as in this embodiment, the first planetary lever 42 swings and the first planetary gear 4
0 and the transmission gear 48 are appropriately disengaged, so this can be dealt with.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since a mechanical counter is used as the counter for external display, the cost can be reduced and the size can be reduced.

Since an electrical film counter can be used to provide frame number information during camera sequence control, there will be no problems with circuit control, and this electrical film counter can be electrically written and read. Since the frame number information is stored in a non-volatile memory, the camera can always operate with accurate frame number information even if the battery is replaced while the film is being loaded or there is a temporary drop in voltage. It is possible to prevent problems such as photographing up to the exposed part or ending the photographing while leaving a large amount of unexposed part.

Also, this electrical counter is different from a mechanical counter,
Depending on the opening of the back cover, it will be reset to the initial value (preset)
Even if you accidentally open the back cover during shooting, the film will not be pre-wound again when the back cover is closed, and frames that have already been shot will not be re-exposed. Provides a motor-driven camera with a pre-winding method.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration and layout of a single-lens reflex camera as an example. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of each structure in FIG. 1. Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of the spool side main part of the film winding drive mechanism viewed from below in Figure 2, and Figure 3 (a)
Figure 3(b) shows the state after a part of the film leader has been wound around the spool at the beginning of preliminary winding, and Figure 3(C) shows the state with the back cover opened. . FIG. 4 is a view of the detection gear in FIG. 2 viewed from below. FIG. 5 is a view of the detection board of FIG. 2 viewed from above. FIG. 6 is a time chart of signals obtained from each terminal of the detection board of FIG. 5. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the film rewinding drive mechanism and mirror box drive mechanism viewed from the side, with FIG. 7(a) showing the initial state or preliminary winding, and FIG. 7(b) showing the mirror up. FIG. 7(C) shows the mirror down state after the mirror box drive mechanism is activated. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the brush on the signal board. FIG. 8(a) shows the state in which the shutter charge is completed (mirror down), and FIG. 8(b) shows the state in which the mirror up is completed (shutter charge is released). FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the film rewinding drive mechanism seen from above. FIG. 9(a) shows the initial state or preliminary winding, and FIG. 9(b) shows the mirror box drive mechanism by reversing the motor. During operation, FIG. 9(c) shows when the film rewind drive mechanism is operated by normal rotation of the motor, and FIG. 9(d) shows when the back cover is opened. Fig. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the main part of the motor side of the film winding drive mechanism viewed from below. Fig. 10 (a) is in the initial state or during preliminary winding, and Fig. 10 (b) is when the motor is reversed. When the mirror box drive mechanism is in operation, Figure 1O (C) shows that when the film rewind drive mechanism is operated by normal rotation of the motor, the first
Figure 0 (d) is when the back lid is open. FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram of main parts related to camera control. FIGS. 12 and 13 are flowcharts.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a motor-driven camera with a pre-winding method, in which the film is wound for all frames in advance when loading the film, and the film is rewound after each shot, the frame number display member is moved in conjunction with the film feeding. , a mechanical film counter that returns to its initial position in response to opening the back cover, and a non-volatile memory that can electrically write and read frame number information based on signals generated in conjunction with film feeding. A motor-driven camera, further comprising: an electrical film counter for storing data, wherein the electrical film counter prohibits returning to an initial value by opening a back cover. (2) A motor-driven camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera control circuit performs sequence control of the camera using the frame number information of the electric film counter.