Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – Identifying – composing – or selecting
Reexamination Certificate
2003-04-04
2004-09-07
Nguyen, Henry Hung (Department: 2851)
Photocopying
Projection printing and copying cameras
Identifying, composing, or selecting
C355S077000, C358S506000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06788384
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a print processing method, a printing order receiving machine, and a print processing device for forming an image which is formed on an image recording medium such as a photographic printing paper or the like, on a new image recording medium, as is done, for example, when another photographic print is obtained from one photographic print.
2. Description of the Related Art
At DPE shops and laboratories and the like, when a photographic film which has been used for photography is brought-in, processing is carried out on the photographic film. At this time, if the preparation of additional prints at the time of development or index prints are requested, photographic prints or index prints are prepared by exposing photographic printing paper according to the images which are recorded on the photographic film. The photographic prints and the index print are returned to the customer together with the photographic film for which developing processing has been completed.
With the diversification of image processings in recent years, print systems have become popular in which after various image processings are carried out on image data (digital image data) which is prepared by reading an image recorded on a photographic film by a scanner or the like, a photographic print is prepared by using this image data. By using such a photographic print system, an index print, in which images which are recorded on a photographic film are disposed in a matrix-like arrangement, can also be prepared.
Further, with the popularization of digital still cameras (DSLs) or the like, at DPE shops or the like, there are cases when DTP service, in which photographic prints are prepared from image data or the like of images which have been photographed by a digital still camera, is requested. By using the above-described photographic print system, DTP service is possible.
On the other hand, usually, photograph prints are arranged and stored in an album or the like, and the photographic film is stored separately from the album and the photographic prints. Further, ordering of additional prints is carried out by viewing the photographic prints which are arranged in the album or the like.
Thus, at the time of ordering additional prints, there are cases in which the photographic prints are brought into the DPE shop or the like, rather than the photographic film or the order sheet (which is usually handed over at the time of requesting additional printing with development). In such a case, photographic prints can be prepared by reading the images of the photographic prints by a scanner, preparing image data, and exposing photographic printing paper or the like on the basis of this image data.
In order to make the ordering of additional prints more convenient, the idea of print services has been studied in which a printing order receiving machine, which is exclusively used for receiving orders for printing of additional prints or the like, is set separately from a laboratory or a DPE shop. A person who brings in photographic prints to order additional prints inputs various types of order information by himself or herself.
A print service such as this is possible if necessary items and order conditions are written-in on an order sheet. However, in a case in which the order conditions are to be recorded on the order sheet, it is difficult to place the order such that the print will have a desired finish by, for example, changing the tint at the time of printing the image. Further, in cases in which staff are provided at places at which orders for printing of additional prints are received, the locations and order receiving times are limited.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is developed in light of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a print processing method which enables smooth ordering of a copy of an image with a desired finish by so-called self-service when the customer brings in an image recording medium on which a visible image is recorded such as a photographic print. In this print processing method the receiving of orders for additional printing is made more labor-efficient and the convenience at the time of requesting additional printing is improved. Moreover, an object of the present invention is to provide a print order receiving machine and a print processing device which are suited to this print processing method.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print processing method for carrying out print processing in which an image which corresponds to a visible image recorded on an image recording medium is formed onto a new image recording medium, the method comprising the steps of: reading and displaying the image which is formed on the image recording medium; changing the displayed image by carrying out image processing on the basis of processing conditions which are set in accordance with inputted order conditions; recording order information, which includes the processing conditions and the inputted order conditions onto one of the image recording medium on which the visible image is formed and an order information recording medium; and forming the image which is formed on the image recording medium onto the new image recording medium on the basis of the order information.
According to the first aspect, the image which is read by the image reading means is displayed on the display means. By inputting the order conditions by the inputting means while viewing the image which is displayed on the display means, image processing can be carried out and the image can be displayed on the basis of the processing conditions set in accordance with the order conditions.
By using the order conditions and the processing conditions of the image, an image corresponding to the order conditions can be formed on a new image recording medium.
Accordingly, by inputting the order conditions while viewing the image which is displayed on the display means, an image whose finish is according to one's liking can be formed on a new image recording medium.
Further, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print processing method for carrying out print processing in which an image which corresponds to a visible image recorded on an image recording medium is formed, onto a new image recording medium, the method comprising the step of: recording inputted order conditions and processing conditions as order information onto the image recording medium on which the visible image is formed, and forming the image which is formed on the image recording medium onto a new image recording medium on the basis of the order information.
According to the second aspect, when the order conditions and the processing conditions of the image are inputted, the order conditions and the image processing conditions are recorded as is on the image recording medium as order information, and the order for additional printing is received. Accordingly, the person who places the order for the additional printing, inputs the order conditions and the image processing conditions. Thus, there is no need for staff to receive the order for additional printing, and the process can be made more labor-efficient. Further, orders for additional printing can always be made by self-service, and the convenience of placing an order for additional printing can be improved.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print order receiving machine which receives a print order to record an image which corresponds to a visible image formed on an image recording medium onto a new image recording medium, said print order receiving machine comprising: image reading means for reading the visible image formed on the image recording medium; display means for displaying an image which corresponds to image data which is read by the image reading means; order condition inputting means for inputting order conditions for forming an image
Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
Nguyen Henry Hung
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