Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Identifying – composing – or selecting
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-22
2001-12-11
Adams, Russell (Department: 2851)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Identifying, composing, or selecting
C358S501000, C396S310000, C396S319000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06330051
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, and particularly to an image processing apparatus in which image data to be recorded on a recording material is prepared based on image data recorded on a recording medium on which one image or plural images and collateral information including photographic information of the image or of each of the plural images are recorded.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, there has been known a technique in which a frame image recorded on a photographic film is read photoelectrically with a reading sensor such as a CCD, and image processing, such as enlargement/reduction or various corrections, is carried out with respect to digital image data obtained by the above reading, and further, an image is printed onto a recording material by using laser light modulated based on digital image data subjected to the image processing.
In this technique for reading a frame image in a digital manner with a reading sensor such as a CCD, in order to realize precise reading of the image, the frame image is preliminarily read (so-called pre-scan), and a reading condition (for example, the amount of light irradiated on the frame image, the charge accumulation time of the CCD, and the like) corresponding to the density of the frame image, or the like is determined, and further, the frame image is read again under the determined reading condition (so-called fine scan). Further, prior to execution of the fine scan, or after execution of the fine scan, or during execution of the fine scan, a test operation of an image processing condition for image data of each frame image is carried out.
In the test operation, the image processing condition for each frame image is determined in such a manner that a testing image based on digital image data of each frame image is displayed on a display, and an operator visually confirms the testing image so as to determine whether the density or the color balance of the testing image is proper, and if not proper, the processing condition with respect to each frame image is corrected.
On the other hand, in recent years, there has been used a film (for example, an APS film) in which various information such as information regarding the condition at the time of photographing each frame image (for example, whether or not a flash was used, the photographing date, the shutter speed, the size at the time of photographing, and whether or not a continuous scene was photographed) can be recorded, as magnetic or optical information (for example, a bar code) at a predetermined position on the surface of the film.
However, conventionally, even when, as described above, a test operation is effected for a frame image of a film on which various information such as information regarding the condition at the time of photographing each frame image is recorded, it is not possible to effect the test operation while collating each frame image with the information regarding the condition at the time of photographing for the frame image, and in the test operation, the above-described magnetic or optical information was not effectively utilized.
The present invention has been devised to solve the above-described drawback and an object thereof is to provide an image processing apparatus in which magnetic information or optical information recorded on a recording medium such as a film can be effectively utilized and a test operation of each image can be smoothly executed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve the above-described object, there is provided an image processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention, in which image data to be recorded on a recording material is prepared based on image data recorded on a recording medium on which one image or plural images, and collateral information including photographic information of the image or of each of the plural images are recorded, comprising: information display means which displays information; and display control means which simultaneously displays, on the information display means, an image based on the image data recorded on the recording medium and all or a portion of collateral information corresponding to the image in association with each other, wherein the display control means alters at least one of a mode and an amount of the collateral information to be displayed on the information display means in accordance with a number or a size of display images.
Further, an image processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized, in the image processing apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, by further comprising indicating means for indicating so that the image and one of the all or the portion of the information is displayed by the display control means.
The image processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is an image processing apparatus in which the data of the image (output image) to be recorded on the recording material is prepared based on the image data recorded on the recording medium on which one image or plural images and the collateral information including the photographic information thereof are recorded.
In the image processing apparatus as described above, the display control means allows the image based on the image data recorded on the recording medium and all or a portion of the information based on the collateral information corresponding to the image to be simultaneously displayed on the information display means (display) in association with each other.
As a result, during a test operation of each image, an operator can simultaneously refer to the image based on the image data and all or a portion of the collateral information such as the photographic information for the image, in association with each other. Namely, the operator can smoothly execute the test operation for each image while effectively utilizing the collateral information recorded on the recording medium.
The above-described image data and collateral information corresponding to each image may be obtained by reading from a recording medium such as a photographic film or CD-R (additional recordable compact disk) or may be inputted from an external image processing apparatus or the like.
When the image based on the image data recorded on the recording medium and all or a portion of information based on the collateral information corresponding to the image are simultaneously displayed on the information display means (display) in association with each other, if the number of display images increases or the size of a display image becomes larger, there are cases in which it may be difficult to grasp the collateral information corresponding to and displayed simultaneously with the image.
Accordingly, the display control means of the present invention alters, in accordance with the number of display images or the size of a display image, at least one of a mode and an amount of the collateral information to be displayed on the information display means.
As a result, all or a portion of the collateral information corresponding to the image and simultaneously displayed with the image can be easily recognized.
Further, as described in the second aspect of the present invention, the image processing apparatus may further comprise the indicating means for indicating so that the image and all or a portion of the information are displayed by the display control means, and the image processing method may further comprises the step of indicating displaying the image and one of the all or the portion of the information. In this case, the operator give indication to the display provided by the display control means through the indicating means, with desired timing during the test operation of the image, and thereby allows display of information corresponding to the image such as the information regarding the condition at the time of photographing based on the collateral information.
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Adams Russell
Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
Fuller Rodney
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
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