JPH05323469A - Image synthesizing printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To always obtain easy to see and good exposure on a print in accordance with the change even in the case that picure color changes is changed in a synthesizing area by providing a repeated exposure means for repeatedly exposing a pattern image whose color is made variable on a photosensitive material based on exposure color information from a repeated exposure condition deciding means. CONSTITUTION:The color of the respective image parts on a negative film B after printing is decided by a color deciding means 31 for a control part 3 based on the data which is obtained by a scanner 5, the size of a color area for applying the repeated exposure is decided by a color area deciding means 32 based on the exposure magnification, and also, the up-and-down relation of the picture is judged by an vertical relation judging means 33 based on the vertical information from an vertical information and peculiar information detecting means 4. Furthermore, the position and the direction and the exposure color of the pattern image such as a character image, a mark image and a graphic image, etc., to be repeatedly exposed are decided by the repeated exposure condition deciding means 34 based on the decision results by the color area deciding means 32 and the judgement results by the vertical relation judging means 33. And the image is repeatedly exposed by the repeated exposure means 2 on the optimum position and in the optimum direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image synthesizing printer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Image synthesizing printers are used to create postcards and group photos in which photographic images and pattern images of characters, symbols, figures, etc. are mixed. A pattern image such as a character to be printed is a single color, and therefore, if the colors of the images to be combined are similar to each other, there is a problem that it is difficult to see on the print.

Further, the pattern image such as characters to be combined must be displayed outside the screen. In this case, the exposure magnification is reduced to make a space for exposing the pattern image, or the space for the pattern image is printed. There was a problem that the size had to be increased. If you try to combine without increasing the exposure magnification or increasing the print size, you will be able to expose by inserting a special mask, but in this case, a part of the photographic image is covered with the mask and the necessary part of the photographic image is exposed. There was a problem that it could not be done.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to obtain an image composite print that is always easy to see in terms of color and composition. To provide a printer.

[0005]

An image synthesizing printer according to claim 1, which is proposed to achieve the above object, has a scanner for reading the color of each part of the screen of the film, and an image photographed on the film by the data of the scanner. Color determination means for determining the color of each part of the image after printing, color area determination means for determining the size of the color area to be overexposed from the exposure magnification, and vertical information indicating the vertical relationship of the screen recorded on the film. Upper and lower information detecting means for detecting the upper and lower information, upper and lower relationship determining means for determining the upper and lower relationship of the screen based on the upper and lower information from the upper and lower information detecting means, an exposing means for exposing a film image on a photosensitive material, a color determining means and a color Position and orientation and exposure of pattern images such as character images, symbol images, and graphic images that are overlapped and exposed based on the determination result of the area determination means and the determination result of the vertical relationship of the screen. And an overlapping exposure unit for performing overlapping exposure of the pattern image on the photosensitive material at the optimum position and orientation and in variable colors according to the exposure condition determination information from the overlapping exposure condition determining unit. It is characterized by that.

The image synthesizing printer of claim 2 is the same as that of claim 1.
In the image synthesizing printer according to the item 1, the overlapping exposure unit includes a line-shaped PLZT head provided in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the photosensitive material, a light quality modulation filter, and a light quality modulation filter drive mechanism section. The photosensitive material being transferred is line-exposed.

The image synthesizing printer of claim 3 is the same as that of claim 1.
In the image synthesizing printer described in the paragraph [1], the overlapping exposure means is an exposure means using a CRT.

An image synthesizing printer according to a fourth aspect is the first aspect.
In the image synthesizing printer described in (1), a screen unique information detecting unit that detects unique information such as a shooting date recorded on a film, and an overlapping exposure that determines the overlapping exposure condition of the pattern image from the unique information of the screen unique information detecting unit. It is characterized in that condition determining means and pattern image exposure controlling means for controlling exposure of a pattern image to be exposed according to the exposure condition determining information from the overlapping exposure condition determining means are provided.

An image synthesizing printer according to a fifth aspect is the fourth aspect.
In the image synthesizing printer according to the item 1, the overlapping exposure unit includes a line-shaped PLZT head provided in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the photosensitive material, a light quality modulation filter, and a light quality modulation filter drive mechanism section. The photosensitive material being transferred is line-exposed.

An image synthesizing printer according to a sixth aspect of the invention is the fourth aspect.
In the image synthesizing printer described in the item [1], the overlapping exposure means is composed of an exposure means using a CRT.

[0011]

According to the image synthesizing printer of the present invention, the scanner for reading the color of each part of the film screen, and the color judging means for judging the color after printing of each part of the image photographed on the film by the data of the scanner. A color area determining means for determining the size of a color area to be over-exposed from the exposure magnification, an up / down information detecting means for detecting up / down information indicating the up / down relationship of the screen recorded on the film, and the up / down information detecting means. A top-bottom relation judging means for judging the top-bottom relation of the screen based on the top-bottom information, and a character image, a symbol image, and a graphic image that are overlapped and exposed from the judgment result information of the color judging means, the color area judgment result information, and the judgment result information of the top-bottom relationship of the screen. Overlapping exposure condition determining means for determining the exposure color of the pattern image such as
Even if the screen color is changed in the area to be combined, it is possible to change the pattern image on the photosensitive material according to the exposure color information from the overlapping exposure condition determining means. Correspondingly, good exposure that is always easy to see on the print can be performed.

Further, a color area determination means for determining the size of a color area to be subjected to overlapping exposure from the exposure magnification, and an overlapping exposure condition determination for determining the position and direction of the pattern image to be overlapping exposed from the determination result information of the color area determination means. Since the means and the overlapping exposure means for performing the overlapping exposure of the pattern image on the photosensitive material at the optimum position and the direction based on the information from the overlapping exposure condition determining means are provided, it is possible to obtain a composition screen which is always easy to see.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of an image synthesizing printer of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an image synthesizing printer, and an exposing unit 1 and an overlapping exposing unit 2 are provided along with the transfer of a photosensitive material A.

The exposure means 1 comprises a light source 11 and a lens 12.
A light quality modulation filter 13 that can be freely moved in and out of the light path between the light source 11 and the negative film B; a light quality modulation filter drive mechanism section 14 that drives and controls the light quality modulation filter 13; It is composed of a mechanical shutter 17A that mechanically blocks the optical path between 11 and a mechanical shutter drive unit 17, and the exposure light of the light source 11 passes through the negative film B and stands still on the exposure stage 19. The photographic image A1 is printed on the photosensitive material A. In addition, the light quality modulation filter drive mechanism unit 14
Is controlled so that the light quality is instructed at the timing instructed by the instruction signal from the control unit 3 described later.

The negative film B is transported by the transport roller 16 and set on the exposure stage 18 of the exposure means 1.

The overlapping exposure means 2 is a light source 21 and a line-shaped P provided in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the photosensitive material A.
The PLZT head 22 includes a light quality modulation filter 23, and a light quality modulation filter drive mechanism section 24 for moving the light quality modulation filter 23 into and out of the optical path between the PLZT head 22 and the light source 21. Head 22
Is transmitted from the light source 21 through the light quality modulation filter 23. Therefore, the pattern image A1 such as a character image or a graphic image is changed to a variable color to be line-exposed on the photosensitive material A which is being transferred, and the light quality modulation filter driving mechanism section 24 is operated by a command signal from an overlapping exposure condition determining means 34 described later.
Is controlled so that the pattern image A2 can be overlapped and exposed on the photosensitive material A at the optimum position, direction and color.

The PLZT head 22 includes an analyzer and a PLZT.
The crystal and the polarizer are laminated, and the SELFOC lens eye is arranged on the analyzer side. The overlapping exposure means 2
May be an exposure means using a CRT.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a control unit, which, as shown in FIG.
The color determining unit 31, the color area determining unit 32, the hierarchical relationship determining unit 33, and the overlapping exposure condition determining unit 34 are included. The color determining means 31 determines the color of each portion of the image photographed on the negative film B after printing based on the data of the scanner 5 described later, and the color area determining means 32 determines
The size of the color area to be over-exposed is determined from the exposure magnification, and the up-and-down relationship determining means 33 determines up-and-down information /
The vertical relationship of the screen is determined based on the vertical information from the unique information detecting means 4, and the overlapping exposure condition determining means 34 further determines from the determination results by the color determining means 31 and the color area determining means 32 and the determination result by the vertical relationship determining means 33. The position and orientation of the pattern image such as a character image, a symbol image, and a figure image to be over-exposed and the exposure color are determined.

Reference numeral 4 in the drawing is vertical information / unique information detecting means for reading the vertical information indicating the vertical relation of the screen photographed on the negative film B and the unique information such as the photographing date and the comment, and reading the read data. It is configured to be input to the control unit 3 as an electric signal. Reference numeral 5 in the figure denotes a scanner, which reads the color of each part of the screen of the negative film B, and the data read by the scanner 5 is input to the color determination means 31 of the control unit 3 as an electric signal.

Reference numeral 6 in the drawing denotes a magazine in which the photosensitive material A is wound in a roll shape and stored. Reference numerals 7 and 8 are loop forming stages. Reference numeral 9 denotes a development processing section. The photosensitive material A developed by the development processing section 9 is cut into pieces by a cutter and collected in a tray 91. R1, R2 and R3 are conveying rollers. M is an advance motor for driving and controlling the transport roller R3.

The first loop forming stage 7 comprises the exposure means 1
The photosensitive material A before exposure is curved to form a loop. The second loop forming stage 7 is located in the transfer path between the exposing means 1 and the overlapping exposing means 2, and bends the photosensitive material A on which the photographic image A1 is printed by the exposing means 1 to form a loop. ..

As a method of recording the upper and lower information on the negative film B, for example, a mark is printed on the negative film by a mercury switch as disclosed in JP-A-2-184835, or in JP-A-2-136840. As disclosed, a method of sticking a magnetic tape on a negative film and recording the upper and lower information, date, and time when the image is taken on this magnetic tape can be considered. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the perforation B provided on the negative film B is used.
Using the magnetic coating part B2 with a magnetic material attached to the outside of 1, and using the camera with the input keyboard on the back of the camera body, the upper and lower information, date and time are automatically recorded on the magnetic film at the time of shooting. , Comments, etc. are recorded on the magnetic film by the input keyboard of the camera.

The upper / lower information / unique information detector 4 for reading the upper / lower information has a structure in which a magnetic reading bed 41 is provided at a position corresponding to the magnetic coating portion B2 of the negative film B (see FIG. 4). Then, all the magnetic information read by the magnetic reading bed 41 is sent to the control unit 3 as described above.

The image synthesizing printer configured as described above prints a good synthetic print that is easy to see by the following operations. First, the up / down information / unique information detecting means 4 reads up / down information indicating the up / down relationship of the screen shot on the negative film B and unique information such as a shooting date and a comment, and the read data is used as an electric signal to the control section 3. input. Next, the scanner 5 reads the color of each portion of the screen of the negative film B, and the read data is input to the control unit 3 as an electric signal together with the exposure magnification data.

The control unit 3 determines the color of each portion of the negative film image after printing based on the data of the scanner 5.

Next, the negative film B is sent to the exposure stage 18 of the exposure unit 1. On the other hand, the photosensitive material A is led out from the magazine 6 by the transport roll R1, the photosensitive material A is curved in the loop forming stage 7 to form a loop, and is transferred to the exposure stage 19 of the exposure unit 1. Next, in response to a command signal from the control unit 3 to which the data of the scanner 5 is input, the light modulation filter 1 of the exposure unit 1
3 and the mechanical filter 17A are driven and controlled, and a good photographic image A1 is printed on the photosensitive material A located on the exposure stage 19. Further, the control unit 3 determines the exposure position, direction and color of the pattern image A1 to be overlapped and exposed based on the input data of the upper / lower information / unique information detecting means 4 and the scan 5 and outputs a command signal. The command signal controls the light quality modulation filter driving mechanism 24 of the overlapping exposure unit 2, the PLZT head 22, and the transfer motor M to transfer the photosensitive material A, and at the same time, a good pattern image A2 such as a character image.
Is line-exposed to the photosensitive material A.

Since the loop forming stage 8 is provided between the exposing means 1 and the overlapping exposing means 2, these 2
One exposure can be done asynchronously.

5 and 6 show a composite print P printed by the image composition printer of the present invention.
As shown in these figures, in order to print the character image A2 at a position where it is easy to see from the top of the composition, for example, the priority of the printing position is set to the lower right part, the lower left part, the upper right part, the upper left part, etc. of the photo screen. deep. When the color of the photographic image A1 at the printing position of the character image A2 is multicolored, the color of each part of the character image A2 is changed so that a composite print that is easy to see from the color is created (see FIG. 7). ..

FIG. 8 shows a flow chart of the exposure position judgment comprising steps 100 to 107, in which the printing position is decided by steps 101 to 105.
The exposure color is determined in steps 106 and 107.

In the case of exposing the data input by the input device 3A in the figure, from the input data, the exposure magnification data, the upper and lower information data, and the color data from the scanner 5, the overlapping exposure is performed in the same manner as described above. Is possible.

Although a negative film is used as a recording medium for exposing an image on a photosensitive material in the above-described embodiments, a positive film, a transparency or the like may be used as a recording medium, and the negative film is not always required. It is not limited to film.

[0032]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the image synthesizing printer of the present invention, the exposure color of the pattern image such as the character image to be synthesized can be appropriately selected, so that it is always easy to see from the color side. Good exposure can be performed. Further, since the optimum position of exposure of a pattern image such as a character image can be determined, it is possible to always obtain an easy-to-see composite screen from the composition drawing.

[0033]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an image synthesizing printer of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control unit of the image synthesizing printer of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a negative film.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a negative film read head.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of image composition print by the image composition printer of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of image composition printing by the image composition printer of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing still another example of image composition printing by the image composition printer of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the exposure position determination of the image synthesizing printer of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 exposure means 2 overlapping exposure means 3 control part 31 color determination means 32 color area determination means 33 upper-lower relationship determination means 34 overlapping exposure condition determination means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A scanner for reading the color of each part of the film screen, a color judging means for judging the color of each part of the image photographed on the film after printing based on the data of the scanner, and a color for overlapping exposure from the exposure magnification. The color area determination means for determining the size of the area, the vertical information detection means for detecting vertical information indicating the vertical relationship of the screen recorded on the film, and the vertical information from the vertical information detection means determine the vertical relationship of the screen. Vertical relationship determination means for determining, exposure means for exposing a film image to a photosensitive material, character images, symbol images for overlapping exposure from the determination results of the color determination means and the color area determination means and the vertical relationship of the screen, Overlapping exposure condition determining means for determining the position and orientation of a pattern image such as a figure image and the exposure color, and exposure condition determining information from the overlapping exposure condition determining means. Image combining printer, wherein more that the photosensitive material and the optimum position of the pattern image in the direction, and are provided with overlapping exposure means for overlapping exposure in the variable color. 2. The overlapping exposure means is provided with a line-shaped PLZT head provided in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the photosensitive material, a light quality modulation filter, and a light quality modulation filter drive mechanism section, and is being transferred. The image synthesizing printer according to claim 1, wherein the photosensitive material is subjected to line exposure. 3. The image synthesizing printer according to claim 1, wherein the overlapping exposure means is an exposure means using a CRT. 4. A screen unique information detecting means for detecting unique information such as a photographing date recorded on a film, and an overlapping exposure condition determining means for determining an overlapping exposure condition of a pattern image from the unique information of the screen unique information detecting means. The image synthesizing printer according to claim 1, further comprising: a pattern image exposure control unit that controls exposure of a pattern image to be exposed according to the exposure condition determination information from the overlapping exposure condition determination unit. 5. The overlapping exposure means comprises a line-shaped PLZT head provided in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the photosensitive material, a light quality modulation filter, and a light quality modulation filter drive mechanism section, and during transfer. The image synthesizing printer according to claim 4, wherein the photosensitive material is subjected to line exposure. 6. The image synthesizing printer according to claim 4, wherein the overlapping exposure means is composed of an exposure means using a CRT.