JP2001201799A - Photographic processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a photographic processing device on which a digital exposure device is mounted to print a photograph in the same form as the conventional solid print photograph printed by an analog type photographic processing device and to correct an image for every frame. SOLUTION: This photographic processing device is equipped with a reading device for reading the image of film, the digital exposure device for printing a digital image on photographic paper based on digital image data read by the reading device and a controller for controlling the driving of component equipment. The image of the entire film is printed on the photographic paper by the digital exposure device based on digital image data read by the reading device, and the controller is provided with an image correction function for performing the correction of the image by every frame of the film based on the digital image data read by the reading device.

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 reading apparatus for digitally reading an image of a film, and for printing the digital image on photographic paper by using digital image data read by the reading apparatus. And a so-called digital photographic processing apparatus provided with a digital exposure apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a photographic processing apparatus that prints an image of a developed film on photographic paper by printing is an analog exposure apparatus for printing an image of a developed film on photographic paper, and an exposure apparatus that has been exposed by the exposure apparatus. A development processing device for developing the photographic paper is mounted, and after the developed film image is printed on the photographic paper by the exposure device, the photographic paper is developed by the development processing device to finish the print. Like that.

A photographic processing apparatus equipped with a digital exposure device is provided with a reading device for reading an image on a film, and the digital image is read by the digital exposure device based on digital image data read by the reading device. After printing on photographic paper, the photographic paper is developed by a development processing device to finish the print.

[0004]

By the way, for example, in order to obtain various approvals for road construction from a government office, a perforation forming part, a frame number, etc. are written as a photograph of a construction site to be submitted to the government office. A so-called solid printing photograph in which an image of the entire film, such as a cord portion, is printed on photographic paper is required.However, in a photo processing apparatus equipped with the above-described digital exposure device, when a photographed film is scanned, a photograph is taken on the film. Since only the image portion of each frame is read, a so-called index print can be created by printing all captured images on one photographic paper.
It was not possible to print a photo of the whole film solid-printed. Therefore, the only way to print the solid-printed photo was to process it using a conventional analog type photo processing device. .

[0005] However, when a solid printing photograph is created by an analog photo processing device, as is well known,
For example, piece films cut every six frames are arranged on an exposure table, and the whole image of the piece film is directly printed on paper for printing processing. Cannot correct the color density, etc. of the image, causing a problem in print quality.

[0006] The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a conventional photographic processing apparatus equipped with a digital exposure apparatus for printing with an analog photographic processing apparatus. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photographic processing apparatus which can print a photograph in the same mode as a solid printing photograph and can correct an image for each frame.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 provides a reading device for reading an image on a film and a digital image data read by the reading device. A digital exposure device for printing on a photographic paper, and a photographic processing device including a control device for controlling the driving of these components, based on digital image data read by a reading device, by a digital exposure device, The image of the entire film can be printed on photographic paper, and the control device is provided with an image correction function for correcting an image for each frame of the film based on digital image data read by the reading device. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the photographic processing apparatus of the first aspect, the whole image of the film read by the reading device is read by the digital exposure device so that the image of the whole film is read by the reading device. I decided to print it on photographic paper.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the photographic processing apparatus according to the first aspect, an image of the entire film excluding a frame image portion is stored in a storage section of the control device, and the control device controls the reading device. The read image of each frame of the film is combined with the corresponding frame portion of the image of the entire film stored in the storage unit, and the image of the entire film is combined with the digital exposure device to combine the image with each frame portion. Was printed on photographic paper.

The invention described in claim 4 is the first, third and third aspects of the present invention.
The described photographic processing apparatus is provided with an image rearranging function for rearranging the images of each frame of the film read by the reading apparatus in the order of photographing, based on the information attached to the film.

[0011] The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claims 1, 2,
The photographic processing apparatuses described in 3 and 4 are provided with a frame number setting function for setting the number of frames arranged in a line in the image of the entire film to be printed on photographic paper.

[0012]

FIG. 1 schematically shows a photographic processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. The photographic processing apparatus is basically a reading apparatus for reading an image on a film. 1, a printing processor 2 for printing an image on photographic paper P, a developing processor 3 for developing the photographic paper P on which printing has been completed, and a reading device 1, a printing processor 2, and a developing device. A control device 4 having a microcomputer as a core is provided for controlling components such as the processor 3.

The reading device 1 includes a lamp housing 11 containing a light source formed of a halogen lamp, a film mask 12 for setting a developed film, and a CCD (Charge).
and a scanner 13 comprising a ge-coupled device. When scanning the image of the film, the light of the halogen lamp in the lamp housing 11 irradiates the developed film set on the film mask 12 with the image of the film. The light is read by the scanner 13.

The printing device 2 includes a digital exposure device 22 for printing a digital image read by the reading device 1 on the photographic paper P drawn from the paper magazine 21. The digital image data processed by the control device 4
Under the control of the control device 4, the digital image processed based on the digital image data is digitally exposed on the photographic paper P by the digital exposure device 22.

The digital exposure method is PLZ.
A T shutter system, a fluorescent beam system, a liquid crystal shutter system, and the like are known, and an arbitrary system can be selected according to the specifications of the device.

The developing device 3 is a developing device 31 for developing the photographic paper P exposed by the digital exposure device 22.
A drying device 32 for drying the photographic paper P developed by the developing device 31; and a print discharge device 33 for discharging the dried photographic paper P.

The developing device 31 individually fills a plurality of processing solutions such as a developing solution, a bleach-fix solution, and a stabilizing solution into a plurality of processing solution tanks 31a.
A transport mechanism 31b for transporting the photographic paper P is mounted.

The input / output unit of the control device 4 mainly includes a monitor 41 for displaying the operating status and the setting status of each of the components 1, 2, and 3 described above, and a keyboard 42 for inputting various information. , And controls the driving of the above-described constituent devices 1, 2, and 3 via the control device 4 in accordance with an input operation by the keyboard 42.

Under the control of the control device 4, the above-described photographic processing device converts the digital image read by the reading device 1 onto the photographic paper P sequentially pulled out from the paper magazine 21 and cut into a print size by the digital exposure device 22.
The printing paper P is transferred to the processing liquid tank 3 of the developing device 31.
1a is immersed in various processing solutions such as a developing solution and a fixing solution filled therein, and is sequentially subjected to development, bleach-fixing, and stabilization while being transported by the transport mechanism 31b.
Is sent to the drying device 32 and dried by dry air,
Subsequently, the print is discharged from the print discharge device 33.

In the photographic processing apparatus having the above configuration, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the image of the entire film can be read by the reading device 1, and the entire film read by the reading device 1 is read by the digital exposure device 22. The control device 4 is provided with an image correction function 4a for correcting the image M for each frame F1 of the film F based on the digital image data read by the reading device 1. It was.

That is, a “long film solid printing mode” and a “piece film solid printing mode” are constructed in the program of the control device 4, and by operating the keys of the input device 5,
As the control device 4 is switched to the “long film solid printing mode” or the “piece film solid printing mode”, first, the reading device 1 continuously reads the entire image E of one order of the film F requested for printing. Specifically, not only the image of each frame F1 of the film F as in the related art, but also the so-called perforation forming portions F2 on the upper and lower sides of each frame F1 and the so-called adjacent frames F1. The image E of the entire film F such as the snake portion F3 is read.

An image correction function 4a for correcting the color density of the image M for each frame F1 of the film F based on the digital image data read by the reading device 1, An image rearranging function 4b for rearranging the images M of the frames F1 of the film F read by the reader 1 based on the information of the barcode B attached to the perforation forming portion F2 of F, and the image rearranging function 4b is used for printing. A frame number setting function 4c for setting the width size of the printing paper P and the number of frames F1 arranged in a line in the image E of the entire film to be printed on the printing paper P is constructed.

When the control device 4 is switched to the "piece film solid printing mode" by the key operation of the input device 5, the image of the entire piece film is automatically irrespective of the setting of the frame number setting function 4c. Are printed in a row.

Next, the case of producing a solid printing photograph using a long film by the above-described photographic processing apparatus will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the controller 4 is switched to the "long film solid printing mode" by operating the keys of the input device 5 (step 101), and the frame number setting function 4c of the controller 4 is operated by operating the keys of the input device 5. The width size of the printing paper P to be printed is set, and the number of frames F1 arranged in one line in the image E of the entire film to be printed on the printing paper P is set to, for example, five frames. (Step 102) Then, the long film is set on the film mask 12 of the reading device 1, the image E of the entire film for one order is read by the scanner 13, and once stored in the storage unit 40 of the control device 4 ( Step 103) For each frame F1 of the image E of the entire film, the color density of the image is corrected by the correction function 4a. (Step 104) Next, the image rearranging function 4b rearranges the images E of the entire film read by the scanner 13 of the reading device 1 in the order of photographing, in other words, in the order of frame numbers (Step 105). The column is updated for each number of frames set by the setting function 4c to format the frame image data,
(Step 106) Based on this format, the image E of the entire film is printed on the photographic paper P by the printing processor 2.
Is changed and printed every five frames (step 107).

The photographic paper P having undergone the baking process is developed by the developing device 31, then sent to the drying device 32, dried by the dry air, and discharged from the print discharging device 33. Because

Thus, in the above-described photo processing apparatus, as shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to create a solid-roof-style photograph printed in the same shape as a conventional solid-roof photograph, and the image of each frame is , Since the color density is individually corrected,
The print quality will also be excellent.

The photographic processing apparatus described above does not require the trouble of arranging piece films on an exposure table, unlike the case of producing a solid printing photograph using a conventional analog type photographic processing apparatus. But not
This has made it possible to easily produce solid-print photographs from long films or positive films.

For example, when print processing is performed in the "piece film solid printing mode" using piece films cut every six frames, the print processing is automatically performed regardless of the setting of the frame number setting function 4c. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the entire image of each piece film cut every six frames is printed in a line.

In the above embodiment, the entire image of the film can be read by the reading device 1 and the entire image of the film read by the reading device 1 can be printed on the photographic paper P by the digital exposure device 22. ,
However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the image of the entire film excluding the frame image portion is stored in the storage unit 40 of the control device 4 and each frame of the film read by the reading device 1 is read by the control device 4. Are combined with the corresponding frame portions of the image of the entire film stored in the storage unit 40 of the control device, and the digital exposure device 2
According to 2, the image of the entire film in which the image is combined with each frame portion may be printed on the photographic paper P.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the image E of the entire film excluding the frame image portion is stored in the storage section 40 of the control device 4, and the image E of the entire film is stored.
Is stored in the storage unit 40 for each film type of each film maker.

When the control device 4 is switched to the "long film solid printing mode" or the "piece film solid printing mode" by operating the keys of the keyboard 42, the control device 4 stores the data in the storage section 40 of the control device 4. From the plurality of images E of the entire film, the same manufacturer and type of the film to be printed are selected, and the image M of each frame of the film F read by the reading device 1 is selected. Each of the corresponding frame portions N of the entire image E is combined with the corresponding frame portion N, and a predetermined image M
The image E of the entire film obtained by synthesizing is divided into, for example, every six frames and printed on the photographic paper P.

The image M of each frame of the film F read by the reading device 1 is subjected to color density correction by the image correction function 4a, and the image M of each frame F1 of the film F read by the reading device 1 is read. Is the image sorting function 4b
The shooting order is changed by
The point that the width size of the photographic paper P used for printing and the number of the frames F1 arranged in one line of the image E of the entire film to be printed on the photographic paper P are set is the same as that of the above-described embodiment.

Thus, even in the above photographic processing apparatus,
As shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to create a solid-roof-style photograph printed in the same shape as that of a conventional solid-roof photograph. Since the use amount of the image memory is smaller than that of the image memory, the capacity of the image memory can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the width of the photographic paper P set by the frame number setting function 4c and the photographic paper P
F1 in a line in the image E of the whole film to be printed on
The number of steps in the photographic paper P is calculated based on the number of frames in the film read by the reading device 1 based on the number of sheets, and a cutting function for cutting the photographic paper in accordance with the calculated number of steps is provided. Can be eliminated.

[0036]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a reading device for reading an image on a film,
Reading device De-reading digital image data,
In a photographic processing apparatus including a digital exposure device for printing the digital image on photographic paper and a control device for controlling the driving of these components, digital exposure is performed based on digital image data read by a reading device. The device allows the image of the entire film to be printed on photographic paper, and the controller has an image correction function that corrects the image for each frame of the film based on the digital image data read by the reading device. As a result, even with a photo processing device equipped with a digital exposure device, it is possible to easily print a solid printing photo in the same mode as a solid printing photo printed by a conventional analog type photo processing device. Of course, the color density of the image of each frame to be printed can be individually corrected for each frame. , It becomes excellent quality of print. According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the photographic processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the entire image of the film can be read by the reading device, and the entire image of the film read by the reading device can be read by the digital exposure device. By being able to print on photographic paper, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, by reading the entire film with a reading device, it is possible to easily create a solid printing-like photograph. According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the photographic processing apparatus according to the first aspect, an image of the entire film excluding a frame image portion is stored in a storage unit of the control device.
The control device combines the image of each frame of the film read by the reading device with each corresponding frame portion of the image of the entire film stored in the storage unit, and the digital exposure device performs image formation on each frame portion. The image of the entire film obtained by combining the above is printed on photographic paper. In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, when the image of the film is read by the reading device, the image is Since the amount of memory used can be reduced, the capacity of the image memory can be reduced accordingly, and the entire image memory can be provided at low cost.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention,
The control device constituting the photographic processing device described in 2, 3 is provided with an image rearranging function for rearranging the images of each frame of the film read by the reading device in the shooting order based on the information attached to the film. According to Claims 1 and 2,
In addition to the effects of the invention described in the third aspect, even in the case where reading is performed in a different order from the photographing order by a reading device, for example, it is possible to perform print processing by changing the photographing order.

According to the invention of claim 5, claim 1, claim 1,
The control device constituting the photographic processing device described in 2, 3, and 4,
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a frame number setting function for setting the number of frames arranged in a line on the image of the entire film to be printed on the photographic paper. Can be freely changed according to, for example, a customer's order.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a film.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the photographic processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing an example of a solid-grilled style photo printed by the photo processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an image of the entire film excluding a frame image portion stored in a storage unit of the control device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an example of a solid-grilled style photo printed by the photo processing device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 F film M image P photographic paper 1 reading device 22 digital exposure device 4 control device 4a image correction function 4b image sorting function 4c frame number setting function

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A reading device for reading an image on a film, a digital exposure device for printing a digital image on photographic paper based on digital image data read by the reading device, and a drive for controlling these components. In a photographic processing device having a control device, based on digital image data read by a reading device,
The digital exposure device enables the entire film image to be printed on photographic paper, and the control device has an image correction function that corrects the image for each frame of the film based on the digital image data read by the reading device. A photographic processing device, comprising: 2. An image of the entire film can be read by a reading device and a digital exposure device
2. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an image of the entire film read by the reading device can be printed on photographic paper. 3. An image of the entire film excluding a frame image portion is stored in a storage unit of the control device, and an image of each frame of the film read by the reading device is stored in the storage unit by the control device. 2. The photographic processing according to claim 1, wherein the image is combined with each corresponding frame portion of the whole film image, and the digital exposure device prints an image of the entire film in which an image is combined with each frame portion on photographic paper. apparatus. 4. The photograph according to claim 1, further comprising an image rearranging function for rearranging images of respective frames of the film read by the reading device in a photographing order based on information attached to the film. Processing equipment. 5. The photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a frame number setting function for setting the number of frames arranged in one line on the image of the entire film to be printed on photographic paper.