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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
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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

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 10:33
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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