Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Detail of image placement or content
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-28
2004-10-05
Lamb, Twyler (Department: 2622)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Detail of image placement or content
C358S001100, C358S001120, C358S001160
Reexamination Certificate
active
06801334
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an index print producing method, an image processing system, an image processing device and an image processing method. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of producing an index print in which a plurality of images are disposed in a predetermined layout; an image processing system in which the index print producing method can be used; an image processing method and an image processing device which are capable of correcting aberrations when an image recorded on a photosensitive material is image processed; an image processing device having functions of image processing image data such that the outer peripheral shape of an image represented by the image data is changed and extracting data corresponding to an instructed range from the image data; an image processing method for correcting at least one of a geometrical distortion or a color misregistration of an image of image data representing an image projected through a lens; and an image processing device to which the image processing method can be applied.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, a photographic film having a plurality of images recorded thereon has been developed by exposure-recording the plurality of images onto photographic paper in such a way that the images are arranged in a matrix configuration on a single sheet, thereby creating what is known as an index print (refer to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open (JP-A) No. 9-90528 and the like). By referring to the index print, a user is able, with one glance, to confirm the images recorded on the photographic film. Therefore, the user is able to easily specify images which the user wishes to be reprinted and to organize the photographic films.
On the other hand, an image processing system is known which subjects, to a variety of image processings, image data obtained by reading film images recorded on a photographic film or image data input from a digital camera or the like. After the various image processings have been completed, the images are recorded on a recording material, such as photographic paper, displayed on a display means, such as a display unit, or the image data is stored on an information recording medium. Thus, the image processing system is able to output the image (a main image) in a variety of forms. As compared with the conventional photograph processing system for recording a film image on photographic paper by a single exposure of the surface of the photographic paper, the above-described image processing system is able to arbitrarily control the quality of a recorded image by processing image data of the image. Therefore, the quality of a main image (an image recorded on a recording material, an image displayed on a display means or an image indicated by image data stored in an information recording medium) can be improved.
The above image processing system is able to employ a plurality of standard image processings for improving the quality of the main image. The standard image processings include gradation conversion, color conversion, a hyper-tone processing for compressing the gradation of extremely low frequency luminance components in an image and a hyper-sharpness processing for emphasizing sharpness while suppressing graininess are selectively performed on each image unit(or a film unit) Non-standard image processings include: an image processing for improving the quality of a main image when an image recorded by photography using a film with an attached lens is used as the original image (for example, processings to correct distortions in the original image caused by distortion aberrations in the lens and processings to correct color misregistration with the original image caused by color aberrations from the lens magnification); an image processing to intentionally change the image tone (for example, image processings to give a monotone completed image from a main image, a portrait tone completed image from a main image, and a sepia tone completed image from a main image); and an image processing to process an image (for example, an image processing to slenderize in the main image a person appearing in the original image) These non-standard image processings are selected to be automatically executed or selectively executed in accordance with an instruction issued from a user.
The above-described image processing system is structured so that the data of an original image is temporarily stored in a memory, the data of the original image is then read from the memory, and the read data of the original image is then subjected to an image processing in accordance with the contents (whether or not each type of image data processing is executed and the processing conditions of executed image data processings) of the processing previously determined on the basis of the results of analysis of the contents of the image. Thus, image data of the main image is output as data. Therefore, when an index print is produced, the data of a plurality of original images to be recorded as the index print are disposed in the memory in accordance with a predetermined layout. Thus, image data for producing the index print is produced. Then, the image data is read from the memory and subjected to image processing having a fixed content. Image data subjected to the image processing is used to expose and record the index print image on a recording material. Thus, the index print can be produced.
As described above, the aforementioned image processing system produces an index print by subjecting the data of a plurality of original images to image processing having a fixed content. Therefore, images which are recorded as the index print usually contain a multiplicity of images in finished states considerably different from the finished state of the main image (for example, images subjected to additional non-standard image processing when the main image is output). The reason for this lies in the fact that image processing is performed having a content which is considerably different from the content of the image processings which are performed to output the main image.
When output is performed such that, for example, a main image is recorded on a recording material or a main image is displayed on a display means, referring to each image on the index print does not always enable the finished state of the main image corresponding to each image to be recognized. Therefore, it is not always possible to ascertain which of the plurality of main images output from the image processing system corresponds to a particular image on the index print. When output is performed by storing the image data on an information recording medium, the main image represented by the image data stored on the information recording medium cannot visually be recognized. Therefore, the service of producing and making available the index print is an advantageous service which enables the main image to be confirmed. However, since the finished state of each image on the index print is sometimes considerably different from the finished state of the main image, there is a fear that the finished state of the main image represented by the image data stored on the information recording medium will be incorrectly recognized.
A conventional image processing device is known which obtains digital image data of a film image by using a sensor, such as a CCD, to read the film image recorded on a photographic film and then prints and exposes the image on photographic paper in accordance with the obtained digital image data.
In recent years, this type of image processing device has enabled stable print quality by subjecting obtained image data to a variety of correction processings. For example, chromatic aberration of magnification (the position of a pixel is different for each R, G, B color) and distortion aberration (the image is distorted) which easily occur when a low-cost camera, such as a film with an attached lens or a compact camera, is used to take a photograph can be corre
Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
Lamb Twyler
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