EP0843284A2
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Picture print generating method and system, and recording medium
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 1997-11-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-11-11
Abstract
Abstract When a picture print is generated by editing a picture image recorded on a film, the print in accordance with a customer's requirements is generated by simple operations and at a low cost. Low resolution image data of a picture image read from a film are recorded in a recording medium, in addition to software for image editing, and provided to a customer so that the customer can carry out editing operations on the picture using a personal computer or the like. When a print is ordered, editing instruction information generated by recording the operations the customer has carried out for the editing is received from the customer via the recording medium. Based on the editing instruction information, a scanner reads a film in high resolution and a printer outputs a print after automatic editing on the image data.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuo Shiota
- 👤 Shuichi Ohtsuka
- 👤 Nobuyoshi Nakajima
- 👤 Norihisa Haneda
- 👤 Sugio Makishima
- 👤 Hiroshi Tanaka
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:24
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T11/00; G06T11/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
74 words
A picture print generating method which generates a
picture print by editing a picture image recorded on a film,
comprising the steps of; carrying out a variety of operations for editing using
low resolution image data of the picture image while recording
the operations as editing instruction information; and generating the picture print by carrying out automatic
editing of high resolution image data of the picture image,
based on the recorded editing instruction information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
A picture printing system which generates a picture
print by editing a picture image recorded on a film, comprising; a film scanner which reads the film; a low resolution image data obtaining means which obtains
low resolution image data of the picture image and records the
low resolution image data in a predetermined recording medium; an editing means which enables the variety of operations
for editing to be carried out using the low resolution image
data recorded in the recording medium while recording, in a
predetermined recording medium, the operations having been
carried out as editing instruction information; and a print generating means which carries out automatic
editing on high resolution image data of the picture image,
based on the editing instruction information recorded in the
predetermined recording medium and generates the picture print.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A picture print generating system as defined in Claim
2 wherein the print generating means orders the film scanner
to read high resolution image data of the picture image, the
data being necessary for the editing, based on the editing
instruction information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A picture print generating system as defined in Claim
2 or 3 wherein the print generating means is a digital printer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
A picture print generating system as defined in Claim
3 or 4 wherein the low resolution image data obtaining means records
film identifying information for identifying a film on which
a picture image represented by the low resolution image data
is recorded, in addition to the low resolution data in the
recording medium and; the print generating means compares the film recorded in
the recording medium with the film set in the film scanner, based
on the film identifying information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A picture print generating system as defined in any
one of the Claims 2 to 5 wherein a film stored in a film cartridge
is used as the film.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
A picture print generating system as defined in Claim
6 further comprising an automatic changer which automatically
searches for and sets in a scanner a film cartridge storing the
film identified by the film identifying information among a
plurality of pre-stored film cartridges which are ready to be
taken out upon necessity.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A picture print generating system as defined in Claim
6 or 7 wherein the recording medium which records the editing
instruction information therein is united with the film
cartridge storing the film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
85 words
A recording medium which stores a program by which
a computer performs the processing which is carried out by the
editing means as defined in Claim 2, the program comprising the
steps of; displaying low resolution image data recorded in the
predetermined recording medium on a display apparatus; carrying out the variety of processing for the editing
using an input device, with the displayed low resolution image
data; and storing, in the predetermined recording medium, the
operations having been carried out as editing instruction
information.
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