JPH01281441A - Photographic system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain final output prints in a new form by properly laying out several pictures on one face of an album or the like based on recorded information at the time of printing. CONSTITUTION:Pictures of several frames are properly laid out on one face of a sheet of photographic paper 22 by a printer 13. For the purpose of laying out them in this manner, this system is so constituted that information for photographing is recorded on a recording medium like a photosensitive film 21 by a camera and the printer 13 is operated based on this information. For example, the camera records top positions of photographed frames, namely, vertical relations of them at the time of photographing, and longitudinal and transverse positions of pictures of frames are accurately reproduced based on this information at the time of laying out them on the photographic paper 22 by the printer 13. Thus, a user can receive prints as a kind of album.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a series of processes from photography to printing.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, after taking photographs, the film was taken to a DPE, where it was developed and simultaneously printed in a certain standard manner.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the current general photo process as described above, in which the user receives service-sized simultaneous prints from a DPE store, the user then processes them - such as re-pasting them into an album. It was a lot of work.

Additionally, there are situations where photos are simply stored in layers without being pasted into an album, and in any case, there is a problem that the final output of the photos, the prints, are of low or low value. .

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a completely new form of printing, which is the final output of current photographic systems and is particularly relevant to the user.

Means for Solving Problem C] In order to solve the above problem, in the present invention, the form of the print that the user receives is a kind of aluminum.[1] With this in mind, I arranged several frames of the screen on one screen of Hikigagi on the printer. For this purpose, cameras have been configured to record information at the time of photographing on a recording medium such as a photosensitive film, and to operate a printer based on this information.

(Function) In the present invention, for example, the camera records the celestial position, that is, the vertical relationship, of the photographed frame at the time of photographing, and when placing several frames and screens on the printer with a printer, this record is recorded. Information B: Ensure that the vertical and horizontal positions are accurately reproduced.

Also, in some cases, if a user wants to send multiple pages of final output or album-like prints, this can be done using specially set information.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of the present invention. After photographing, the developed IGAFIL J, 11 and drawn image glE 12 are supplied to the printer 13. The printer 13 outputs an album-type pudding +- as shown at 14 or 15 based on a processing procedure to be described later.

FIG. 2 further shows the relationship between the cover 11 and the print 14 shown in FIG. 1 in more detail. In other words, for example, four screens are arranged on one piece of Hikigagi 22, but that is the negative film 21.
The four pieces above correspond to that. Here, negative film 2
1, 4 pieces A, T3, C1D are a, b, c on Hikigagi 22
, d, respectively.

FIG. 3 shows one specific example of processing within the printer 13. Here, negative film 3 after development
1 is guided to a carrier 32 (not shown) supported in the printer, and the frame of the screen to be printed is guided to the carrier 32.
It is arranged so as to face the light S33. On the other hand, it is assumed that hikigagi is generally supplied in rolls, and here an example is shown in which it is cut into a size corresponding to one page of an album in the photographic paper supply section 36 and then supplied. There is. Of course, with regard to this process, there is no problem even if the work is carried out in the form of a roll or a large sheet at the printing stage and the paper is cut into pieces after printing is completed. In the present embodiment, the drawing board 35 cut into a size equivalent to a page is placed inside the printer and placed on a stage 34 which is movable left, right, up and down, and also in the rotational direction. Here, light from the aforementioned light source 33 that has passed through one frame of the negative film 31 in the carrier 32 is projected onto the photographic paper 35 . In the present invention, printing is performed in the form of an album, so when one frame is exposed, the negative film 31 moves to the next frame, and the stage 34 moves to a new screen exposure position. I will do it.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart outlining the actual flow. In step 401, the developed negative film is set in the printer, and then in step 402, photographic paper is set.

Next, as described above, the operation of cutting the hikigagi and supplying it to the movable stage is performed in step 403, and when the preprocessing up to this point is completed, the frame to be printed is first set as a negative film and its position is determined in step 404. At step 405, the position of the photographic paper is determined. When the position for one frame is set by this, exposure is performed in step 406, and in the next step 407, it is determined whether or not the exposure for one page of 1 frame has been completed, and if it has not been completed, The operations in steps 404, 405, and 406 are repeated, and if completed, the process advances to step 408. Of course, it is impossible to print all six frames of negative film for one page of Hikigagi (if such a situation were to occur, it would be so-called solid printing), so in step 408 it is determined whether all the negative frames have been printed. Then, so-called page break processing is performed.

This operation results in all the frames of the negative being printed in an album. Now, in the explanation of the operation up to this point, we have shown that the photographic paper stage is driven left, right, up, down, and rotated in order to determine the position of each frame. There is no problem in making it move, and the same effect can also be obtained by modifying the exposure optical system of the printer.

For example, by adding an image rotator to the exposure optical system,
By driving this, the exposure screen may be rotated relative to the photographic paper.

Next, we will show a system that is most suitable for actually obtaining album-like print output as described above. FIG. 5 shows an outline of its configuration, with particular attention paid to the control of the pudding. The feature here is that there is an information reading means 51, which makes it possible to obtain optimal conditions when creating an album, as will be described later. For example, by recording the direction of the screen (which direction the camera faces when taking a picture and which side of the screen is facing upwards), it can be very useful when arranging images in an album. Based on these information 5, the control means 52 controls the exposure means 53, the negative film feeding means 54, and the drawing positioning means 55 to make an album-like print. The same steps as the feeding of each piece and the positioning of the Hikigagi are as described above.

FIG. 6 shows a control flowchart when the camera records information indicating which frame is on top (hereinafter referred to as the "top position") at the time of photographing, and this information exists on the film.

First, when a negative to be exposed is set in step 601, the above-mentioned information reading means 51 recognizes the top position of the frame in step 602. Step 6
At step 03, the orientation (rotation direction) of the photographic paper is identified based on this information, and at step 604, the position of the photographic paper is determined including this information, and at step 605, printing is performed.

Figure 7 shows a concrete example. An image and information 72 are recorded on one frame 71 of the negative film, and here, 2 bits are assigned to the information recording section as celestial position information. It is assumed that the celestial position information of this frame 71 is 000, indicated at 73, and "OO" is relative to the normal position of the photographic paper. Therefore, there is no need to rotate the photographic paper 74, and printing 75 is carried out in the correct position at the position of the first frame.

Next, the information recording section 77 of the next piece 76 contains 1 as the information section 78.
0' is recorded. In other words, it indicates the vertical position, and the photographic paper 74 is rotated so that the 10° direction is upward, and placed in the horizontal position, and as a result, the frame 76 is reproduced as a print 79. By recording the top position of the frame screen and allowing the printer to recognize it, it is possible to output vertical and horizontal photos in an album-like print in a natural format.Book In the example, two bits as a code are contrasted on each side of the photographic paper, and the photographic paper is rotated so as to correspond to the celestial position information recorded on the film, but this method is not limited. (As mentioned above, there is no problem even if the negative side is movable.Also, in order to clarify the advantages of the present invention, we will explain the proper arrangement of rotating the photographic paper mainly based on the information of the celestial position. However, photographic paper 7
By setting the number of arranged pieces and their respective positions in advance in 4, the objective can be achieved relatively freely. For example, if you want to arrange 4 frames on one screen of the photographic paper 74, you can simply set the center position so that they will not overlap even if vertically positioned photographs are placed or horizontally positioned photographs are placed.
It would be a good idea to move. Also, if you think that this creates a large margin on the screen and is inefficient, it is possible to construct an advanced algorithm and arrange it in relation to the vertical and horizontal photos.

Now, FIG. 8 shows the concept of a camera capable of recording celestial position information as described above. The position detection means 81 is constituted by a known mercury switch or the like.

The information from the position detection means 81 is identified by the control means 82 and recorded by the information recording means 84 on a film or a cartridge serving as a film container.

It goes without saying that it also has functions such as exposure control means 83.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 will be described. When printing several frames of images arranged one after another on one Hikigagi in the form of an album, naturally it is not possible to fit all the frames in one screen, that is, on one Hikigagi, and this point is explained in Figure 4. 2. ■A generally considered method is to move on to the next page after arranging each sheet of photographic paper as shown in ζ. FIG. 9 shows a developed version of this method, in which a page break is performed based on the date recorded by the camera. Step 90
When a frame of negative film to be exposed is set in steps 1 and 902 and the information of the frame is read out, date data included in the information is determined in step 903. About this date data, knob 90
In step 4, it is determined whether it is the same as the predecessor or not. If the date has changed, the next photographic paper is supplied via step 7 and step 905, and as a result, the page of Al 81 is changed. That is what it is. Steps 906 to 908 are the print processing described above. The important point in this embodiment is that the date data is 81. The page can be changed automatically, and printing out the date on the page can provide additional benefits to the user.

On the other hand, FIG. 10 shows another embodiment from the viewpoint of changing the page of an album, and shows a state in which the user is conscious of changing the page.

In other words, the camera determines the position of the sky and records the information as shown above, and the page change based on the date is also in the same position, but here, for example, the camera has a page change mode selection function. , by selecting it, the information corresponding to it will be recorded and the page will automatically change to page 15. Therefore, the only difference between FIG. 10 and FIG. 9 is that "date is identification" has been changed to "page break information identification", and the rest are the same.

FIG. 11 shows another example, in which a relatively large picture is to be arranged within the pages of an album. This is also effective when the camera has such a selection mode, similar to the page break selection function described above. It is possible to place a larger screen. Figure 12 shows an example of this, where 121 indicates the pieces 122 and 123 designated by the camera.
is of normal size. When arranging a large screen on one page in this way, the number of frames is naturally not less than when arranging a normal size screen, so it is necessary to change the page accordingly.

As a benefit to the user, it is possible to record text in the margins of the screen, for example, but this can be done at the same time when ordering a photo from a DPE store. I don't want to take it up because it's not going to happen. However, for example, when inputting characters etc. in the same manner as pieces placed on a page, that is, when inputting characters etc. within the IFi area frame, the concept of layout can be applied in the same way as described above. It is.

Now, FIG. 13 shows an example of another form of information processing. In the content described above, information processing has been shown in the form that information is discriminated and processed every 9 times. Here, it is processed all at once before printing, for example, the latent image information recorded on each frame of the film, the image information stored in the camera's memory, or Information is first taken in all at once from a semiconductor memory attached to the cartridge that records the pre-photograph fH for each frame. In this case, you can easily know the information about the film in advance, such as the vertical and horizontal positions, page breaks based on the date, printing of comments, and whether there is a larger size. It is possible to present the cost and finished state to the user on the spot using a computer equipped with a VDT device. Furthermore, if there is a distinction between a normal process and a special process in the printing process, even that can be identified in advance.

Although the above embodiment describes a system in which photographic information is recorded on a photosensitive film, the present invention is not limited to this.
It can also be applied to so-called electronic camera systems that record photographic information using electrical signals.

In this case, the recording medium is a magnetic disk or semiconductor memory (
(RAM, E"FROM, etc.), and the printer uses electricity (i.e.
The device that visualizes the photographic information of the issue on paper roars. A VDT device equipped with a display screen such as a CRT may also be used as a device that visualizes the photographic information*) l. Visualization-J-like; You can also strain it.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, unlike the conventional supply of uniformly printed numbers and sizes at the same time, it is possible to supply a completely new type of print output to the user, thereby reducing the user's subsequent effort. It can be omitted.

When the camera in history records the emotions at the time of shooting,
We have also shown the effects that are very effective in creating these album outputs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an illustration of the concept 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the negative and the printer I according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a process of the printer according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the process flow of the embodiment, No. 514 is a process diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment, and FIG. , is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the embodiment, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the negative and print by the processing of FIG. 6, and FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a camera that enables processing, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the process flow of the embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart I showing the process flow of the embodiment.
・ FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the embodiment, FIG. M12 is a schematic diagram showing the state of pudding 1- by the processing in FIG. 11, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing. Shame 3 dent × Engraving of drawings (no 'Xf in content) Figure 8 Figure 9 Engraving of drawings (no change in content) Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 15 Procedure Nefu official manuscript (method) % formula % ■ Display of the case 1986 Patent Application No. 110473 2 Name of the invention Photography System 3 Person making the amendment Relationship to the case: Patent applicant Address 3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Name +4111 Nikon Co., Ltd. 11 We will submit one copy each of Figures 8, 9, and 11 to 1311 as shown in Attachment 11.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A camera capable of recording photographic information on a recording medium; and a photograph characterized by appropriately arranging several screens on one surface like an album when printing based on the recorded information. system. 2. The photographic system according to claim 1, wherein the recorded information includes information indicating the top position of the screen. 3. The photographic system according to claim 1, wherein the recorded information includes a page break command. 4. Claim 1, wherein the automatic arrangement of the screens is characterized in that a page break operation is performed based on date information recorded at the time of photographing.
photo system.