Photography – Exposure data from film container – Electrical component on or in film container
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-21
2001-08-07
Perkey, W. B. (Department: 2851)
Photography
Exposure data from film container
Electrical component on or in film container
C396S310000, C396S311000, C396S429000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06272293
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an order information recording system and a photographic image processing method, and in particular, to an order information recording system in which order information can be recorded on the basis of an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material on which images are recorded, and to a photographic image processing method in which image processing of an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material can be performed on the basis of order information.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional digital printing system is known in which a frame image recorded on a photographic film is read by a sensor such as a charge-coupled device (CCD) to obtain digital image data of the frame image, and then printing processing is conducted on the basis of the obtained digital image data.
Putting such a digital printing system to practical use provides additional degrees of freedom in image processing, and enables various types of high quality printing by the designation of order information such as, for example, the number of prints, the aspect ratio, instructions for trimming, various kinds of finishing processing such as black-and-white finishing, sepia finishing, slender-look finishing or soft focus, instructions for template processing, and the addition of characters. Especially in reprinting, there is a strong demand for various types of high quality printing for each image frame.
Since it is inconvenient, however, to designate such order information at a laboratory, there is a great demand for designating order information at home. Moreover, it is even more convenient for a customer if he/she can designate order information for simultaneous printing as well as for reprinting.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the aforementioned, it is an object of the present invention to provide an order information recording system which enables designation of order information even at home, and a photographic image processing method in which image processing of an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material can be carried out on the basis of order information.
A first aspect of the present invention is an order information recording system comprising: reading means for reading information, which is required for designating order information, from a storage element which is provided at a cartridge accommodating a photographic photosensitive material and on which the information required for designating order information is recorded in advance; displaying means for displaying the information required for designating order information, which information was read by said reading means; setting means for setting order information on the basis of the information required for designating order information, which information is displayed by said displaying means; and order information recording means for recording the order information set by said setting means on the storage element in correspondence with the information required for designating order information, which information is recorded on the storage element.
A second aspect of the present invention is an order information recording system comprising: recording means for recording information, which is required for designating order information in accordance with an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material, on a storage element provided at a cartridge which accommodates the photographic photosensitive material; reading means for reading from the storage element the information required for designating order information, which information was recorded by said recording means; displaying means for displaying the information required for designating order information, which information was read by said reading means; setting means for setting order information on the basis of the information required for designating order information, which information is displayed by said displaying means; and order information recording means for recording the order information set by said setting means on the storage element in correspondence with the information required for designating order information, which information is recorded on the storage element.
A third aspect of the present invention is an order information recording system comprising: recording means for recording on a storage medium information required for designating order information in accordance with an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material; reading means for reading from the storage medium the information required for designating order information, which information was recorded by said recording means; displaying means for displaying the information required for designating order information, which information was read by said reading means; setting means for setting order information on the basis of the information required for designating order information, which information is displayed by said displaying means; and order information recording means for recording, on a storage element provided at a cartridge accommodating the photographic photosensitive material, the order information set by said setting means together with the information required for designating order information which information was read by said reading means.
A fourth aspect of the present invention is the order information recording system according to the first or the second aspect of the invention, wherein the information required for designating order information is image data corresponding to the image recorded on the photographic photosensitive material.
A fifth aspect of the present invention is the order information recording system according to one of the second to the fourth aspects of the invention, wherein the recording means is included in a camera which records a photographed image on the photographic photosensitive material or in a scanner which reads a photographed image recorded on the photographic photosensitive material, and said recording means photoelectrically converts the photographed image so that the photographed image is recorded as electronic image data.
A sixth aspect of the present invention is a photographic image processing method in which an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material is processed on the basis of order information recorded by an order information recording system according to one of the first to the fifth aspects of the invention.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the reading means reads information required for designating order information from the storage element such as an IC, which is provided at a cartridge accommodating a photographic photosensitive material. The information required for designating order information includes the frame number of an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material, image data, and the like.
Moreover, the information required for designating order information may be recorded by the recording means in correspondence with an image recorded on a photographic photosensitive material, as in the second aspect of the present invention. Further, information may be recorded by the recording means onto a storage medium such as a memory card instead of a storage element which is provided at a cartridge accommodating a photographic photosensitive material, as in the third aspect of the invention.
Then, the read information is displayed by the displaying means. Next, the order information is set by a setting means on the basis of the information displayed by the displaying means and required for designation of the order information. The set order information is recorded by the order information recording means on the storage element provided at the cartridge accommodating the photographic photosensitive material, with the order information corresponding to the information required for designating order information.
The setting of the order information by the setting means is carried out, for example, by a personal computer in which softw
Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
Perkey W. B.
Sughrue Mion Zinn Macpeak & Seas, PLLC
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