Photographic camera

Claim 2

A photographic camera capable of using a film having a magnetic surface, comprising: first means for transporting a leading end of a filmstrip included in a film cartridge loaded in the camera to a predetermined position; means for discriminating whether or not the leading end of the filmstrip has been properly transported by said transporting means; means for rewinding the filmstrip transported by said transporting means into said film cartridge when said discriminating means discriminates that said transportation of the leading end of the filmstrip by said transporting means has failed; means for re-starting the operation of said transporting means after the operation of said rewinding means has terminated; means for limiting operation of said re-starting means to a predetermined number of times; magnetic means for magnetically writing information on said magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip and/or magnetically reading information previously recorded on said magnetic surface; and means for bringing the magnetic means to an operable condition in which said magnetic means can write information onto the magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip or can read information recorded onto the magnetic surface, in response to a determination by said discriminating means that said transportation of the leading end of the filmstrip by said transporting means has been properly completed.

Claim 3

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 1, further including second transporting means including a driving source means for generating a driving force for transporting said filmstrip, and wherein said magnetic means includes a magnetic head that is relatively movable with respect to said magnetic surface, and said bringing means includes means for bringing said magnetic head into contact with the magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip by the driving force generated by said driving source means.

Claim 4

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 2, wherein said driving source means includes a motor for generating said driving force.

Claim 5

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 2, further comprising means for maintaining said magnetic head at its operable condition, and means for interrupting the operation of said magnetic head maintaining means in response to the operation of said second transporting means.

Claim 6

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means for detecting whether or not each frame has already been photographed.

Claim 7

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 5, further comprising means for transporting the filmstrip so that an unexposed frame can be photographed on the basis of the detected result of said detecting means.

Claim 8

A photographic camera capable of using a film having a magnetic surface, comprising: a film loading chamber into which a film cartridge having a filmstrip can be loaded; an exposing chamber into which a frame provided on said filmstrip can be transported to be exposed, said exposing chamber being connected with said film loading chamber; a film winding chamber into which the filmstrip can be wound after being exposed, said film winding chamber being connected with said exposing chamber; means, operable in response to the loading of a film cartridge into said film loading chamber, for transporting a leading end of a filmstrip in the film cartridge loaded in said film loading chamber to said film winding chamber through said exposing chamber; means for discriminating whether the leading end of the filmstrip is transported to a predetermined position in said film winding chamber within a predetermined time period; means for rewinding said filmstrip into the film cartridge when said discriminating means discriminates the filmstrip fails to be transported to the predetermined position in said film winding chamber within said predetermined time period; means for re-starting the operation of said film transporting means after the operation of said film rewinding means; means for limiting operation of said re-starting means to a predetermined number of times; means for magnetically reading information recorded on said magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip; and means for bringing the magnetic reading means to an operable condition in which said magnetic reading means can read information recorded on the magnetic surface, in response to a determination by said discriminating means that the leading end of the filmstrip is transported to the predetermined position in said film winding chamber within the predetermined time period.

Claim 9

A photographic camera capable of using a film having a magnetic surface, comprising: a film loading chamber into which a film cartridge having a filmstrip can be loaded; an exposing chamber into which a frame provided on said filmstrip can be transported to be exposed, said exposing chamber being connected with said film loading chamber; a film winding chamber into which the filmstrip can be wound after being exposed, said film winding chamber being connected with said exposing chamber; means, operable in response to the loading of a film cartridge into said film loading chamber, for transporting a leading end of a filmstrip in the film cartridge loaded in said film loading chamber to said film winding chamber through said exposing chamber; means for discriminating whether the leading end of the filmstrip is transported to a predetermined position in said film winding chamber within a predetermined time period; means for rewinding said filmstrip into the film cartridge when said discriminating means discriminates the filmstrip fails to be transported to the predetermined position in said film winding chamber within said predetermined time period; means for re-starting the operation of said film transporting means after the operation of said film rewinding means; means for limiting operation of said re-starting means to a predetermined number of times; means for magnetically reading information recorded on said magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip; and means for bringing the magnetic reading means to an operable condition in which said magnetic reading means can read information recorded on the magnetic surface, in response to a determination by said discriminating means that the leading end of the filmstrip is transported to the predetermined position in said film winding chamber within the predetermined time period.

Claim 10

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a film winding spool located in said film winding chamber, and wherein said discriminating means includes means for detecting that the filmstrip transported by said transporting means is caught by said film winding spool.

Claim 11

A photographic camera capable of using a film cartridge in which an entire filmstrip including a leading end is wholly retracted, the filmstrip having a magnetic surface, comprising: a film loading chamber into which said film cartridge can be loaded; an exposing chamber into which a frame provided on said filmstrip can be transported to be exposed, said exposing chamber being connected with said film loading chamber; a film winding chamber into which the filmstrip can be wound after being exposed, said film winding chamber being connected with said exposing chamber; means, operable in response to the loading of a film cartridge into said film loading chamber, for transporting a filmstrip in the film cartridge loaded in said film loading chamber to said film winding chamber through said exposing chamber; means for discriminating whether the filmstrip is transported to said film winding chamber within a predetermined time period; means for rewinding said filmstrip into the film cartridge when said discriminating means discriminates the filmstrip fails to be transported to said film winding chamber within said predetermined time period, said reminding means rewinding completely all of the filmstrip including said leading end thereof into the film cartridge; means for re-starting the operation of said film transporting means after the operation of said film rewinding means; and means for limiting operation of said re-starting means to a predetermined number of times.

Claim 12

A photographic camera capable of using a film cartridge in which an entire filmstrip including a leading end is wholly retracted, the filmstrip having a magnetic surface, comprising: a film loading chamber into which said film cartridge can be loaded; an exposing chamber into which a frame provided on said filmstrip can be transported to be exposed, said exposing chamber being connected with said film loading chamber; a film winding chamber into which the filmstrip can be wound after being exposed, said film winding chamber being connected with said exposing chamber; means, operable in response to the loading of a film cartridge into said film loading chamber, for transporting a filmstrip in the film cartridge loaded in said film loading chamber to said film winding chamber through said exposing chamber; means for discriminating whether the filmstrip is transported to said film winding chamber within a predetermined time period; means for rewinding said filmstrip into the film cartridge when said discriminating means discriminates the filmstrip fails to be transported to said film winding chamber within said predetermined time period, said reminding means rewinding completely all of the filmstrip including said leading end thereof into the film cartridge; means for re-starting the operation of said film transporting means after the operation of said film rewinding means; and means for limiting operation of said re-starting means to a predetermined number of times.

Claim 13

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a film winding spool located in said film winding chamber, and wherein said discriminating means includes means for detecting the filmstrip transported by said transporting means is caught by said film winding spool.

Claim 14

A photographic camera capable of using a film having a magnetic surface, comprising: means for transporting a leading end of a filmstrip included in a film cartridge loaded in the camera to a predetermined position; means for discriminating whether or not the leading end of the filmstrip has been properly transported by said transporting means; means for rewinding the filmstrip transported by said transporting means into said film cartridge when said discriminating means discriminates that said transportation of the leading end of the filmstrip by said transporting means has failed; means for re-starting the operation of said transporting means after the operation of said rewinding means has terminated; a magnetic head for magnetically writing information on said magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip and/or for magnetically reading information previously recorded on said magnetic surface; and means for allowing the filmstrip to be out of contact with said magnetic head during operation of said transporting means and, in response to a determination by said discriminating means that the leading end of the filmstrip has been properly transported, for bringing said magnetic head and the filmstrip into contact with one another to thereby enable said magnetic head to write information onto the magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip or read information recorded on the magnetic surface,

Claim 15

A photographic camera capable of using a film having a magnetic surface, comprising: means for transporting a leading end of a filmstrip included in a film cartridge loaded in the camera to a predetermined position; means for discriminating whether or not the leading end of the filmstrip has been properly transported by said transporting means; means for rewinding the filmstrip transported by said transporting means into said film cartridge when said discriminating means discriminates that said transportation of the leading end of the filmstrip by said transporting means has failed; means for re-starting the operation of said transporting means after the operation of said rewinding means has terminated; a magnetic head for magnetically writing information on said magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip and/or for magnetically reading information previously recorded on said magnetic surface; and means for allowing the filmstrip to be out of contact with said magnetic head during operation of said transporting means and, in response to a determination by said discriminating means that the leading end of the filmstrip has been properly transported, for bringing said magnetic head and the filmstrip into contact with one another to thereby enable said magnetic head to write information onto the magnetic surface provided on the filmstrip or read information recorded on the magnetic surface,