Camera capable of magnetic recording

Claim 2

A camera capable of magnetically recording information on a first magnetic recording region and a second magnetic recording region provided on a film, comprising: a signal generating circuit which generates a first recording signal having a first frequency for information including at least data and clock information which is to be recorded on said first magnetic recording region, and which generates a second recording signal having a second frequency which is lower than said first frequency for information including at least data and clock information which is to be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and a recording device which, in synchronization with the feeding of the film, records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region.

Claim 3

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said recording device comprises a first recording portion which magnetically records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and a second recording portion which magnetically records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region.

Claim 4

A camera according to claim 2, wherein said first and second magnetic recording regions are extended in the film feeding direction below the photographic frame of the film, and said first and second recording portions are opposed to said first and second magnetic recording regions respectively when information is recorded.

Claim 5

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said information recorded on said first magnetic recording region and said second magnetic recording region includes a photographic information corresponding to each photographic frame of the film and an exposure completed information indicating that a frame has been exposed, and said signal generating circuit generates said first recording signal representing said photographic information and said second recording signal representing said exposure completed information, respectively.

Claim 6

A camera according to claim 3, wherein said information recorded on said first magnetic recording region and said second magnetic recording region includes a photographic information corresponding to each photographic frame of the film and an exposure completed information indicating that a frame has been exposed, and said signal generating circuit generates said first recording signal representing said photographic information and said second recording signal representing said exposure completed information.

Claim 7

A camera according to claim 5, further comprising a film feeding device which winds on the film by just one frame after a photographic frame on the film has been shot, and wherein said recording device, while said film feeding device is winding on the film after photography, records said photographic information with said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region and records said exposure completed information with said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region.

Claim 8

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said information recorded on said first magnetic recording region and said second magnetic recording region includes a photographic information corresponding to each photographic frame of the film and a non-exposed frame information indicating that a frame has not been exposed, and said signal generating circuit generates said first recording signal representing said photographic information and said second recording signal representing said exposure completed information.

Claim 9

A camera according to claim 7, further comprising: an intermediate unloading command device which commands an intermediate unloading operation in which the film is rewound back into a cartridge before all of the frames on the film have been shot; and a film feeding device which, when said intermediate unloading command is issued, feeds out all of the film from said cartridge and thereafter rewinds the film back into said cartridge, and which, when a frame on the film is shot, feeds out the film just by one frame; and wherein said recording device records said photographic information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region while said film feeding device is winding on the film by one frame, and, when the film is fed out from said cartridge in accordance with said intermediate unloading operation, records said non-exposed frame information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region.

Claim 10

A camera according to claim 8, wherein said recording device comprises a first recording portion which magnetically records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and a second recording portion which magnetically records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region, and wherein said recording device records said photographic information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region by said first recording portion while said film feeding device is winding on the film by one frame, and, when the film is fed out from said cartridge in accordance with said intermediate unloading operation, records said non-exposed frame information on said second magnetic recording region by said second recording portion.

Claim 11

A camera capable of magnetically recording information on a first magnetic recording region and a second magnetic recording region provided on a film comprising: a signal generating circuit which generates a first recording signal having a first frequency for information which is to be recorded on said first magnetic recording region, and which generates a second recording signal having a second frequency which is lower than said first frequency for information which is to be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and a recording device which records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region, judging means for outputting a divisional recording command, when the amount of information to be recorded is greater than the recording capacity for said second frequency of said second magnetic recording region, and wherein, said signal generating circuit generates, (1) when said divisional recording command is issued, said second recording signal representing information which can be recorded within a recording capacity of said second magnetic region and said first recording signal representing information which cannot be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and (2) when no divisional recording command is issued, said second recording signal representing all of information to be recorded.

Claim 12

A camera capable of magnetically recording information on a first magnetic recording region and a second magnetic recording region provided on a film comprising: a signal generating circuit which generates a first recording signal having a first frequency for information which is to be recorded on said first magnetic recording region, and which generates a second recording signal having a second frequency which is lower than said first frequency for information which is to be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and a recording device which records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region, judging means for outputting a divisional recording command, when the amount of information to be recorded is greater than the recording capacity for said second frequency of said second magnetic recording region, and wherein, said signal generating circuit generates, (1) when said divisional recording command is issued, said second recording signal representing information which can be recorded within a recording capacity of said second magnetic region and said first recording signal representing information which cannot be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and (2) when no divisional recording command is issued, said second recording signal representing all of information to be recorded.

Claim 13

A camera according to claim 10, wherein said recording device comprises a first recording portion which magnetically records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and a second recording portion which magnetically records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region.

Claim 14

A camera according to claim 11, wherein said first and second magnetic recording regions are extended in the film feeding direction below the photographic frame of the film, and said first and second recording portions are opposed to said first and second magnetic recording regions respectively when information is recorded.

Claim 15

A camera according to claim 10, wherein said information recorded on said first magnetic recording region and said second magnetic recording region includes a photographic information corresponding to each photographic frame of the film and an exposure completed information indicating that a frame has been exposed, and wherein, (1) when no divisional recording command is issued, said photographic information is recorded using said second signal on said second magnetic recording region, and (2) when said divisional recording command is issued, a portion of said photographic information which cannot be recorded on said second magnetic recording region is recorded on said first magnetic recording region, and (3) said exposure completed information is recorded on said second magnetic region irrespective of existence or non-existence of said divisional recorded command.

Claim 16

A camera according to claim 13, further comprising a film feeding device which winds on the film by just one frame after a photographic frame on the film has been shot, and wherein, said recording device records, while said film feeding device is winding on the film after photography, (1) when no divisional recording command is issued, both said photographic information and said exposure completed information on said second magnetic recording region and (2) when said divisional recording command is issued, said exposure completed information and a portion of said photographic information on said second magnetic recording region, and the remainder of said photographic information on said first recording region.

Claim 17

A camera according to claim 10, wherein said information recorded on said first magnetic recording region and said second magnetic recording region includes a photographic information corresponding to each photographic frame of the film and a non-exposed frame information indicating that a frame has not been exposed.

Claim 18

A camera according to claim 15, further comprising: an intermediate unloading command device which commands an intermediate unloading operation in which the film is rewound back into a cartridge before all of the frames on the film have been shot; and a film feeding device which, when said intermediate unloading command is issued, feeds out all of the film from said cartridge and thereafter rewinds the film back into said cartridge, and which, when a photographic frame on the film is shot, feeds out the film just by one frame; and wherein, said recording device records, (1) when said intermediate unloading command is issued, said unexposed frame information on said second magnetic recording region during the film being fed out from said cartridge, (2) when neither said intermediate unloading command nor said divisional recording command is issued, said photographic information on said second magnetic recording region, and (3) when no intermediate unloading command is issued and said divisional recording command is issued, a portion of said photographic information on said second magnetic recording region and the remainder of said photographic information on said first magnetic recording region.

Claim 19

A recorder capable of magnetically recording information on a first magnetic recording region and a second magnetic recording region provided on a film, comprising: a signal generating circuit which generates a first recording signal having a first frequency for information including at least data and clock information which is to be recorded on said first magnetic recording region, and which generates a second recording signal having a second frequency which is lower than said first frequency for information including at least data and clock information which is to be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and a recording device which, in synchronization with the feeding of the film, records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region.

Claim 20

A recorder capable of magnetically recording information on a first magnetic recording region and a second magnetic recording region provided on a film, comprising: a signal generating circuit which generates a first recording signal having a first frequency for information including at least data and clock information which is to be recorded on said first magnetic recording region, and which generates a second recording signal having a second frequency which is lower than said first frequency for information including at least data and clock information which is to be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and a recording device which, in synchronization with the feeding of the film, records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region.

Claim 21

A recorder capable of magnetically recording information on a first magnetic recording region and a second magnetic recording region provided on a film comprising: a signal generating circuit which generates a first recording signal having a first frequency for information which is to be recorded on said first magnetic recording region, and which generates a second recording signal having a second frequency which is lower than said first frequency for information which is to be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and a recording device which records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region, judging means for outputting a divisional recording command, when the amount of information to be recorded is greater than the recording capacity for said second frequency of said second magnetic recording region, and wherein, said signal generating circuit generates, (1) when said divisional recording command is issued, said second recording signal representing information which can be recorded within a recording capacity of said second magnetic region and said first recording signal representing information which cannot be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and (2) when no divisional recording command is issued, said second recording signal representing all of information to be recorded.

Claim 22

A recorder capable of magnetically recording information on a first magnetic recording region and a second magnetic recording region provided on a film comprising: a signal generating circuit which generates a first recording signal having a first frequency for information which is to be recorded on said first magnetic recording region, and which generates a second recording signal having a second frequency which is lower than said first frequency for information which is to be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and a recording device which records information using said first recording signal on said first magnetic recording region, and records information using said second recording signal on said second magnetic recording region, judging means for outputting a divisional recording command, when the amount of information to be recorded is greater than the recording capacity for said second frequency of said second magnetic recording region, and wherein, said signal generating circuit generates, (1) when said divisional recording command is issued, said second recording signal representing information which can be recorded within a recording capacity of said second magnetic region and said first recording signal representing information which cannot be recorded on said second magnetic recording region; and (2) when no divisional recording command is issued, said second recording signal representing all of information to be recorded.

Claim 23

A camera according to claim 1, wherein said information including at least data and clock information recorded on said first magnetic recording region is transmitted through a first line, and said information including at least data and clock information recorded on said second magnetic recording region is transmitted through a second line separate from said first line.

Claim 24

A recorder according to claim 17, wherein said information including at least data and clock information recorded on said first magnetic recording region is transmitted through a first line, and said information including at least data and clock information recorded on said second magnetic recording region is transmitted through a second line separate from said first line.