JP2000112045A - Photographic processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a photographic processing device enabling an operator to confirm a picture automatically processed to be corrected and further capable of performing correction processing to a picture requiring a correction processing further by temporarily stopping printing processing by a temporary stopping function by the operation of an input means at the time of performing operation for simultaneous printing processing, so that a specified picture can be corrected by a manual correction function. SOLUTION: At the time of performing the operation for the simultaneous printing processing of a device main body 1, simultaneous printing is temporarily stopped through a temporary stopping function 63 by the operation of a STOP key 7e, for example, on a keyboard 7. Then, a specified picture displayed on the screen 40 of a color monitor is manually corrected through a picture manual correction function 63 by a specified key operation on the keyboard 7. Meanwhile, when the operator performs the color correction of the picture read by a scanner 3, a correction instruction is inputted in the picture manual correction function 43 of a controller 6 by operating respective color correction keys and a numerical value input key and the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographic processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a photographic processing apparatus capable of so-called simultaneous print processing in which a film is developed and an image of the film is printed on photographic paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a photographic processing apparatus of this type includes a film development processing mechanism for developing an undeveloped film, a scanner as an image reading mechanism for reading an image of a developed film, An image auto-correction function that automatically corrects images read by this scanner,
With a print processing mechanism that prints the image on photographic paper, an undeveloped film is developed by a film development processing unit, the image of the film is read by an image reading device, and corrected by an automatic image correction function, A so-called simultaneous print processing operation for finishing a print by a print processing mechanism can be performed.

In the photographic processing apparatus described above, when the above-described simultaneous print processing operation is performed, the image density and color of each frame of the film read by the scanner are automatically corrected by the automatic image correction function. I have to.

[0004]

However, the reading rate of the above-mentioned scanner is not actually 100% and the density of an image and the like vary depending on the taste of a person. As described above, during the simultaneous print processing operation, since the correction of the image of each frame is performed by the scanner and the automatic image correction function, it is not possible to know the finished state until the print is completed.

Therefore, conventionally, at the end of simultaneous printing, a completed print is checked, and for a print in which the density and color of an image are not finished as desired,
It is necessary to carry out the reworking work again, and there is a problem that the workability is deteriorated and the photographic paper is also lost.

[0006] The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and the object is to enable an operator to confirm an image automatically corrected by the automatic image correction function even during simultaneous printing processing. Another object of the present invention is to provide a photographic processing apparatus capable of performing a correction process on an image that requires a correction process.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a film developing mechanism, an image reading mechanism for reading an image on a developed film, and an image read by the image reading mechanism on photographic paper. It has a print processing mechanism for printing, and an automatic image correction function for automatically correcting the image of the developed film read by the image reading mechanism, and the image of the film developed by the film development processing mechanism is processed by the image reading mechanism. Reads the image, corrects it with the automatic image correction function, and prints it on photographic paper with the print processing mechanism. And a pause function for temporarily suspending print processing by the print processing function.
An image manual correction function that manually corrects the image corrected by the automatic image correction function via the input means is provided. During simultaneous printing processing operation, the print processing is temporarily stopped by the pause function by the operation of the input means, and the manual processing is performed. A predetermined image can be corrected by the correction function.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a photographic processor according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 schematically show a photographic processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. This photographic processing apparatus basically includes an undeveloped film F
Developing mechanism 2 for developing and drying the film
A scanner 3 as an image reading mechanism for reading an image of each frame of the developed film F, a display device 4 for displaying an image read by the scanner 3 on a color monitor screen 40, and printing an image read by the scanner 3 Paper P
A print processing mechanism 5, a control device 6 for controlling each of the constituent members 2, 3, 4, 5; a keyboard 7 as input means for inputting various information to the control device 4; And the control device 6
In addition, an image automatic correction function 61 for automatically correcting the image of the developed film F read by the scanner 3 according to a predetermined procedure is constructed, and the image of the film F processed by the film developing mechanism 2 is constructed. Is read by the scanner 3, the image is corrected by the automatic image correction function 61, and then the print processing mechanism 5 prints the image on the photographic paper P.

The print processing mechanism 5 includes a digital exposure device 5a for printing the image of each frame of the film F read by the scanner 3 on a photographic paper P, and an exposure device 5a.
And a photographic paper developing device 5b for developing the exposed photographic paper P in
After each image read by the scanner 3 is printed on the photographic paper P, the photographic paper P is developed by the photographic paper development processing device 5b to finish the print.

The control device 6 has a microcomputer mounted thereon, and the image automatic correction function 61 described above and an image read by the scanner 3 are displayed as a positive image on the color monitor screen 40 of the display device 4 on a program of the microcomputer. A display function 62 for displaying, a pause function 63 for temporarily stopping print processing by the print processing mechanism 5,
An image manual correction function 64 for manually correcting the image corrected by the automatic image correction function 61 by operating the keyboard 7 is constructed, and when the apparatus body 1 is simultaneously operated for printing processing, any key operation on the keyboard 7, for example, ST
By operating the OP key 7e, the simultaneous print processing is temporarily stopped via the temporary stop function 63, and the predetermined image displayed on the color monitor screen 40 is manually corrected by the predetermined key operation on the keyboard 7. While manual correction is possible via the keyboard 63, the keyboard 7 has a MENU key 7a, as schematically shown in FIG.
The scanner 3 includes a SHIFT key 7b, a PASS key 7c, a START key 7d, a STOP key 7e, a yellow correction key 7f, a magenta correction key 7g, a cyan correction key 7h, and a plurality of numerical value input keys 7i for increasing and decreasing correction values.
When the operator performs the color correction of the image read by the operator, a correction instruction is input to the image manual correction function 43 of the control device 6 by operating a correction key and a numerical value input key for each color. The above photo processing equipment
In the case of performing a so-called simultaneous printing process in which the undeveloped film F is developed and the image is printed on photographic paper at the same time, the apparatus body 1 is switched to the simultaneous printing process mode, and the undeveloped film F is subjected to the film developing process. It can be set in the mechanism 2, and with this, the undeveloped film F
However, after the development and drying processes are performed in the film development processing mechanism 2, the image of each frame of the developed film F is read by the scanner 3, and the necessary correction is automatically performed by the automatic image correction function 42. Then, the image is displayed on the color monitor screen 20 of the display device 2 as shown in FIG.
Are displayed sequentially.

If no key on the keyboard 7 is operated during a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds) after the predetermined image is displayed on the color monitor screen 20, the image is displayed. The print processing mechanism 5 automatically prints on the photographic paper P.

On the other hand, when the operator finds an image that needs further correction from among the images sequentially displayed on the color monitor screen 20 of the display device 2, the image is displayed on the color monitor screen 20 for a certain period of time. The user operates one of the keys in the keyboard 7, for example, a STOP key 7e, to temporarily stop the print processing of the image by the print processing mechanism 5 via the temporary stop function 63 of the control device 6, , Yellow correction key 7 on keyboard 7
f, a magenta correction key 7g, a cyan correction key 7h, a plurality of numerical value input keys 7i for increasing / decreasing a correction value, and the like, to correct the density and color of the image, and then operate a START key 7d to perform a printing process. If the printing process by the mechanism 5 is restarted, the image can be printed with a desired density and color tone.

Thus, in the above-described photographic processing apparatus, in the simultaneous print processing mode, it is possible to arbitrarily correct a portion which cannot be compensated for by the scanner 3 and the automatic image correction function 61 while checking with the eyes of the operator. Since it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a print in which the density and color of the image are not finished as desired, it is not necessary to perform a reworking operation as in the related art, and the loss of photographic paper is reduced.

In the above embodiment, the image display function 6
2, one frame of the image read by the scanner 3 is displayed on the color monitor screen 40 of the display device 4. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an image of four frames or six frames is displayed on the display device. 4 may be simultaneously displayed on the color monitor screen 40.

[0016]

As described above, according to the photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention, the operator cannot display an image which cannot be corrected by the image reading mechanism and the automatic image correction function during the simultaneous printing operation by displaying the monitor screen of the display means. Corrections can be made as needed while checking, eliminating the need to rework prints that have not been finished as desired in image density and color, as in the past, and reduce photographic paper loss.
The running cost can be reduced accordingly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Film developing mechanism 3 Scanner (image reading mechanism) 4 Display device 5 Print processing mechanism 61 Image automatic correction function 62 Image display function 63 Pause function 64 Image manual correction function 7 Keyboard (input means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image reading mechanism for reading an image on a developed film, a print processing mechanism for printing an image read by the image reading mechanism on photographic paper, and a developed film read by the image reading mechanism. An automatic image correction function that automatically corrects the image of the film is provided.The image of the film developed by the film development processing mechanism is read by the image reading mechanism, and the image is corrected by the automatic image correction function, and then printed. The image processing function that displays the image read by the image reading mechanism on the monitor screen of the display device and the print processing by the print processing function are temporarily stopped in the photo processing device that enables simultaneous printing processing that prints on photographic paper by the processing mechanism. Pause function,
An image manual correction function that manually corrects the image corrected by the automatic image correction function via the input means is provided. During simultaneous printing processing operation, the print processing is temporarily stopped by the pause function by the operation of the input means, and the manual processing is performed. A photographic processing apparatus wherein a predetermined image can be corrected by a correction function.