JP2735695B2 - Method of making print photo and printer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a print photograph, and more particularly to a method for producing a print photograph and a printer in which the aspect ratio, enlargement magnification and center of the screen can be freely selected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when creating a panoramic photograph,
Panorama shooting using a dedicated panoramic camera and printing using this negative film, or using a normal camera by turning the camera horizontally and shooting several sheets and overlaying the boundaries when printing, etc. is there. However, these methods require the use of a dedicated camera or perform complicated processing at the time of printing, and at present, they have not been used until recently. On the other hand, a method of creating a pseudo panoramic photograph in which the aspect ratio of the screen is changed horizontally and vertically during printing by wide-angle shooting with a normal camera and a pseudo zoom photograph in which the print magnification is changed during printing, for example, JP-A-1-282533
Nos. 4,357,102 and 3,490,
844, 4,583,831, 4,639,1
No. 11, No. 4,652,104 and the like.

[0003]

In each of the above proposals, a pseudo panoramic photograph is premised on a film taken with a wide-angle lens, and a pseudo zoom print (exposure is performed by changing the magnification at the time of printing according to the information recorded on the film). And prints that achieve the same result as shooting with a telephoto lens) are not considered. However, when actually examining the composition of each scene, it has been found that a fresh and powerful print can be obtained even in a scene shot with a telephoto lens by finishing it into a pseudo-panoramic size which is an elongated print size. Also, when shooting, even if the scene was shot without thinking about finishing it into a pseudo-zoom print or panorama print, looking at this after finishing the print, changing the magnification, aspect ratio, screen center, etc. has new appeal. Sometimes it becomes a photograph. There is a problem that current printers cannot easily cope with such demands for pseudo panoramic photographs, pseudo zooming photographs, and trimming photographs. Also,
If the aspect ratio or the pseudo zoom magnification is simply changed, there is a problem that the imprint position of the shooting date and time becomes unnatural.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a method and a printer for producing a photographic print which can easily and automatically produce a pseudo panoramic photograph, a pseudo zooming photograph, and a cropped photograph. The purpose is to provide. In addition, when creating a pseudo panoramic photo or pseudo zooming photo, a printer capable of printing data at a position corresponding to a print size so that a printing position such as a shooting date does not become unnatural. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

To achieve the above objects resolving means for the] The method of creating photographic print as claimed in claim 1, after the time of shooting and shooting, information indicating the center position of the print screen, recorded on a recording medium of photographic film, by reading the information at the time of printing, in which so as to change the relative position relationship between the photograph film and paper. The photo
The relative positional relationship between the true film and the paper
Based on the information indicating the center position of the surface, the photo film
Center position of print screen and paper center position
It is preferable to carry out the process so that

[0006] The printer according to claim 3, shooting
Center of print screen recorded on true film recording medium
Means for reading the position designation information, and the read print image
Photo film and paper based on the surface center position designation information
Means for changing the relative positional relationship with the
You. The relative positional relationship between the photo film and paper is
Based on the information indicating the center position of the print screen,
The center position of the print screen and the paper
It is preferable to perform it so that it matches the center position.
No. Also, the screen recorded on the photo film recording medium
To read aspect ratio information and pseudo zoom magnification information
And paper management based on the read aspect ratio information.
A means for switching the opening size of the disc and a read pseudo
Changes the print magnification of the printing lens based on the zoom magnification information.
Based on the read aspect ratio information.
And means for changing the paper feed amount.
No. In addition, the printer according to claim 6 is a data recording means for printing and printing data such as a photographing date on paper based on the read photographing date and / or photographing time information, and a printer based on the read aspect ratio information. Means for changing the data recording means to a predetermined position.

[0007]

FIG. 2 shows a new type of film cartridge 11 capable of recording photographing information and the like. This film cartridge 11 is basically the same as a conventional film cartridge, and includes a cartridge body 11a, a spool 11b rotatably mounted in the cartridge body 11a, and one end fixed to the spool 11b. And a photo film 13 wound up and stored. And a new type of film cartridge 11
The major feature of this is that it has a magnetic recording layer 14 on the film base and can record photographic information, print information, film type information and the like on the film, and has a film cueing function. is there. In this embodiment, the magnetic recording layer 14 is formed in a track shape at a position off the screen. However, a transparent magnetic recording layer may be formed over the entire surface of the film.

The cartridge body 11a is formed in the shape of a rectangular box by joining synthetic resin halves, and has an entrance 16 of a film 13 and an engagement end 1 of a spool 11b.
And a hole 18 for exposing 7 to the outside. A light-shielding telem 19 is attached to the film entrance 16. The film storage chamber 20 of the cartridge body 11a has an inner diameter substantially equal to the maximum winding diameter when the film 13 is wound on the spool 11b. As a result, when the spool 11b is rotated in the film feeding direction opposite to the film winding direction, the leading end of the film 13 is guided by the inner wall surface of the film storage chamber 20, and the film head that exits through the film entrance 16 can be caught. . In this embodiment, the cartridge body 11a is formed in the shape of a rectangular box to improve the stability when these are stacked and stacked. However, the shape may be a column as in the related art. .

The leading end 13a of the film is round and round cut to reduce the film feed resistance when the film is caught out and when the film is guided to the winding shaft on the camera side. A perforation 21 is formed on the tip 13a, and a sprocket on the camera side is engaged with the perforation 21. After the film is caught, the film tip 13a is fed to a winding shaft in the camera. Further, the perforation 21 is locked by the pawl of the take-up shaft of the camera, and the film is reliably taken up by the take-up shaft. Also,
The image recording unit 13b has a positioning perforation 2
2 are formed on each frame 23, and by detecting the perforations 22 mechanically or optically, the frames 23 of the film are sequentially set on the exposure frame of the camera.

As shown in FIG. 3, the camera is provided with a zoom switch 31 for performing pseudo zooming. By operating the zoom switch 31 to the tele or wide side, the finder magnification changing unit 32 moves the lens 35 in the finder 33 according to the signal of the switch 31 to zoom the subject. The lens position signal at the time of zooming is sent to the data generation circuit 36. The data generating circuit 36 generates a zooming magnification signal based on the lens position signal and sends it to the magnetic recording unit 37. The magnetic recording unit 37 drives the magnetic recording head 38 based on the zooming magnification signal when the film is fed after the release operation, and records the zooming magnification information on the magnetic recording layer 14 of the photographic film 13. At the time of the release operation, an image of the subject is recorded on the photosensitive emulsion surface of the film 13 via the lens 39, the aperture 40, and the shutter 41, as is well known. A camera that records zooming magnification information is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. Hei.
233573.

The camera is provided with a panorama print designation switch 42. To create a panoramic photograph, the user operates the designation switch 42 during shooting. The ON signal of the switch 42 is sent to the data generation circuit 36. The data generation circuit 36 includes a switch 42
A panorama print designation signal is generated by the ON signal of
This is sent to the magnetic recording unit 37. Further, the camera is provided with an automatic date mechanism 43, and the automatic date mechanism 43 sends a photographing date and a photographing time signal to the data generating circuit 36 in conjunction with the release operation. When recording the zooming magnification signal, the magnetic recording unit 37 drives the magnetic recording head 38 to record information such as panorama print designation information and shooting date on the magnetic recording layer 14. The camera 30 includes a detection unit 4 that detects the type of light source at the time of shooting and the position of a main subject.
The light source type information and the main subject position information are also recorded on the magnetic recording layer 14 via the data generating circuit 36 and the magnetic recording unit 37.

After the photographing is completed, the photographed film 13 is submitted to a developing laboratory. After the film 13 is developed, the film 13 is stored in the IC memory 5 shown in FIG.
It is wound up and stored in a winding cartridge 51 with 0. At the time of winding and storing, the various print designation information and the photographing time information such as the photographing date recorded on the magnetic recording layer of the photographic film 13 are transferred to the IC memory 50 and written into the IC memory 50. This winding cartridge 51
Is basically formed in the same shape and structure as the new type cartridge 11, and is different from the new type cartridge 11 in that an IC memory 5 for recording the photographing information, print designation information, and the like.
0, and a point that the film leader 52 for winding and storing the developed film 13 is fixed to the spool in a state of coming out of the film entrance 54. The IC memory 50 is buried in the end face on the opposite side to the end face where the engagement portion of the spool is exposed. The developed film 13 is joined to the leading end of the film reader 52 and wound into the cartridge 51.

The developed film 13 is set in a printer processor together with the take-up cartridge 51, and a printing process is performed. As shown in FIG. 5, the developed film 13 is set in the film setting section 60 of the printer processor while being wound up by the take-up cartridge 51. As shown in FIG. 6, the film setting unit 60 includes a spool rotating shaft 61, a motor 62 for rotating the spool rotating forward and backward, a shift unit 63 for shifting the spool rotating shaft 61 in the axial direction, and an IC memory read / write plug. 64. The IC memory read / write plug 64 includes a contact pin 65 arranged at a position corresponding to the contact 50a of the IC memory 50. This plug 64 is connected to the controller 70 as shown in FIG.

The controller 70 is composed of a known microcomputer, and includes an I / O interface unit 71, a CPU 72, a ROM 73, and a RAM 74.
And a keyboard 75 and a display 76. The I / O interface unit 71 includes the plug 6
The IC memory 50 is connected via the IC card 4 to read various information written in the IC memory 50 and write print information and the like after printing in the IC memory 50. The controller 70 also has a built-in ROM 7
Based on the program 3, the sequence of each part of the printer processor is controlled.

Below the film carrier 80, a well-known light source section 81 is arranged. The light source unit 81 includes a light source 82
And a filter box 83 for adjusting the intensity of the three color components of the printing light from the light source 82, and a mixing box 87 for diffusing the printing light that has passed through the filters 84 to 86 to make it uniform. A zoom lens 90 is arranged above the film carrier 80, and forms an image of a frame to be printed set on the film carrier 80 on the photosensitive emulsion surface of the color paper 91. The zoom lens 90 is driven by a driver 92. The driver 92 sets the print magnification of the zoom lens 90 according to the print magnification signal of the controller 70. Further, a shutter 93 is disposed between the zoom lens 90 and the color paper 91, and is controlled by a shutter driving unit 94. A paper mask 95 is arranged on the paper 91 at the print position.

As shown in FIG. 7, a paper mask 95 is provided.
Is composed of a pair of X-direction mask plates 100a and 100b and a pair of Y-direction mask plates 101a and 101b, and when these move in the X direction or the Y direction, the size of the mask opening 102 is switched. . Mask plate 1
00a and 100b move in parallel in the axial direction of the screw rod 103 by rotation of the screw rod 103. One of the screw rods 103 is a reverse screw of the other with the center part as a boundary, and is rotated forward and reverse by a motor 104. The rotation of the screw rod 103 to one side separates the mask plates 100a and 100b, and the rotation to the other side rotates the mask plates 100a and 100b.
Approaches. Similarly, the Y direction mask plates 101a and 101b move in parallel in the Y direction.

X-direction mask plate 100a on the paper exit side
, A hole punch unit 107 is attached. As shown in FIG. 8, the punch unit 107 forms a cut mark 148 composed of a small hole at a side edge of the color paper 160. The hole punch unit 107 is configured to move in a two-dimensional direction parallel to the paper 91, and the set position thereof can be changed when the width or the print size of the color paper 91 is changed. Further, a data printing unit 110 such as a photographing date is provided near the Y-direction mask plate 101a on the paper entrance side. The data burning unit 110 is composed of a liquid crystal panel for displaying a photographing date and the like, and a burning lamp. Then, similarly to the punch unit 107, the paper 9
The set position is changed when the width or print size of the color paper 91 is changed, for example, the data is imprinted on the lower right of the print screen. The motor 104, each unit 107, 1
10 is controlled by the controller 70. The units 107 and 110 may be provided at positions where the paper 91 comes out of the paper mask 95.

As shown in FIG. 5, the film carrier 8
A scanner 96 is disposed obliquely above the zero.
As is well known, the scanner 96 performs three-color separation photometry on each point of the frame to be printed. The photometric data is sent to the characteristic value calculating section 97, where various characteristic values necessary for the exposure amount calculation are extracted. The exposure calculation unit 98 calculates the exposure of the frame to be printed based on various characteristic values using a well-known exposure calculation formula. As is well known, the controller 70 obtains a filter setting position from the exposure amount, and controls the filter adjusting unit 83 to be at this position.

The film carrier 80 includes a pair of film feed rollers 114, 115, and 116,
17, a magnetic read head 118 is disposed. Each of the feed roller pairs 114 to 116 feeds the film 13 frame by frame. The perforation sensor 117 detects the perforation 22 for positioning the film. After the perforation 22 is detected, the film 13 is fed by a fixed amount, so that the print target frame 23 is set at the print position. After the printing is completed, the film 13 is similarly fed by the frame, and the printed film 13 is sent to the film reservoir 119. The magnetic read head 118
When a take-up cartridge having no IC memory is set, print designation information and the like are read from the magnetic recording layer 14 of the film 13.

The film carrier 80 is provided with a shift section 133 for moving the carrier mask 131 and the film holding section 132 in a two-dimensional direction. The shift unit 133 moves the carrier mask 131 and the film holding unit 132 according to the center shift amount from the controller 70. The film reservoir 119 holds the film 13
Is stored in a loop. Also, a paper mask 95
Paper feed roller pair 120, 1 on the paper exit side of
The printer 21 sends the print-exposed paper 91 to the paper processor unit 122. Paper Processor 1
Reference numeral 22 denotes a developing process for the paper 91, the cutting is performed for each frame based on the cut mark, and the obtained print photograph 123 is discharged to the stacking unit 124.

A movable mirror 140 is disposed between the zoom lens 90 and the shutter 93. The movable mirror 140 is switched between a position where it is inserted into the printing optical path and reflects printing light toward the monitor camera 141 and a position where it is retracted from this position. The movable mirror 140
Instead, a half mirror or a half prism may be used. The monitor camera 141 captures an image of the print target frame and sends the image data to the image processing unit 142. The image processing unit 142 converts the negative image of the frame to be printed into a positive image, performs various processes, and displays a finished image on the monitor CRT 143. Further, the image processing unit 142
Displays the cursor 145 in addition to displaying the image. The cursor 145 is for displaying a print area based on panorama print designation information and pseudo zooming information. By changing the cursor 145 by operating the keyboard 75 of the controller 70,
It is also possible to change the aspect ratio different from the print designation information.

Next, the operation of the printer processor of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
First, as shown in FIG. 5, film information, photographing information, print instruction information, and the like are read from the IC memory 50 of the cartridge 51 set in the film setting section 60 by the read / write plug 64, and these various information are stored in the RAM.
It is stored in 74. Thereafter, the film 13 caught by the film setting section 60 is fed to the film feed roller pair 1.
It is sent to the carrier mask 131 by 14 and 115.
During this film feeding, the frame feed perforation 22 is detected by the perforation sensor 117, and after this detection, the film is fed quantitatively, whereby each frame 23 is set in the opening of the carrier mask 131. Thereafter, the scanner 96 operates to measure the photo frame to be printed. And
An exposure amount is calculated from the photometric data by the characteristic value calculation unit 97 and the exposure amount calculation unit 98. When performing the exposure correction based on the photographing information, the controller 70 creates exposure correction data based on the photographing information and sends the data to the exposure calculator 98. The exposure correction based on the photographing information is described in detail in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 233573/1990.

In the case of a frame in which pseudo zooming information is recorded, the print magnification of the zoom lens 90 is set based on this information. In the case of a frame in which panorama print designation information is recorded, the opening 102 of the paper mask 95 is changed so as to have a predetermined aspect ratio. Further, the zoom lens 90 is set so as to have a print magnification for panorama. In the case of a frame to which the shift amount of the center has been input, the shift unit 133 moves the carrier mask 131 and the film holding unit 132 of the film carrier 80 in the two-dimensional direction according to the shift amount. The relative positional relationship between the image and the color paper 91 is changed. After the setting of each section based on these print designation data, the filter adjusting section 83 is driven to adjust the light quality of the printing light, and then the shutter 93 is opened for a predetermined time to print and print the frame to be printed. Thereafter, the hole punch unit 107 is operated, and as shown in FIG. 8, a cut mark 148 is formed in a margin between frames.
To form Further, data 149 such as a photographing date and a photographing time is burned into a predetermined position of the color paper 91 by the data burning unit 110. Thereafter, the frame is fed between the paper 91 and the film 13, and the next frame is printed in the same manner. The paper feed is determined according to the opening size of the paper mask 95 at the time of printing. Specifically, in the case of the pseudo zooming print, the normal print, and the center shift print, the paper 91 is sent by the length of the normal print photograph and the margin. Further, in the case of panoramic printing, the paper 91 is sent for a length twice as long as a normal print photograph and a margin.

After printing, the film reservoir 1
The film 13 stored in 19 is wound up and stored in the cartridge 51 by the reverse rotation of the spool rotation shaft 61 as shown in FIG. Then, at the time of this winding storage or immediately after the winding storage, exposure conditions such as density correction and color correction at the time of simultaneous printing are additionally recorded in the IC memory 50 in association with the frame number. Further, when various information is not transferred to the IC memory 50 at the time of film development,
Various information recorded on the magnetic recording layer 14 of the film 13 is also recorded in addition to the exposure conditions at the time of printing.

After recording data such as exposure conditions, the cartridge 51 is taken out of the film setting section 60, a new cartridge 51 is set in the film setting section 60, and the same processing is repeated thereafter. In FIG.
Color paper 160 printed in this manner
And an example of the film 150 used for printing.
In the first frame of the film 150, a normal photographing frame 151 in which no print designation information is recorded is recorded. In the case of the normal photographing frame 151, for example, the image is printed at a print magnification of 3.5, and is printed on the color paper 160 as the first screen 161. The second frame shows the case of the pseudo zooming designation frame 152. For example, when the magnification “1.5” is recorded as the zooming magnification information, it is 1.5 times the normal print magnification “3.5”. The image is printed as a second screen 162 on the color paper 160 at a certain 5.25 magnification. The third frame indicates a panorama designation frame 153, which is printed as a third screen 163 on the color paper 160 at a print magnification of, for example, "7.0". The fourth frame indicates a designated frame 154 for panorama designation and pseudo zooming designation (magnification “1.5”). In this case, the fourth screen 164 is displayed on the color paper 160 at a print magnification of 10.5 times, for example. Printed. Further, in the case of the trimming designated frame 157 in which the center shift amount is specified at the time of reordering, the center position is shifted on the color paper 160 by, for example, X1 and Y1, and the image is printed at a print magnification of 7.0 like a screen 167.

When the finish of simultaneous printing is poor and reprinting is necessary, the cartridge 51 is set again in the film setting section 60. Then, the user operates the keyboard 75 to instruct reprinting. In this reprint printing, the controller 70 sorts the film information, photographing information, print information, and the like read from the IC memory 50 into each frame and collectively displays the information.
To be displayed. In this state, by operating the keyboard 55, the printing conditions for reprint printing are determined, and by specifying and inputting the frame number, the reprint frame is specified in the RAM 74 of the controller 70 and the Record the correction conditions. Then, printing exposure is performed based on the reprint information in the same manner as in simultaneous printing. After the end of the reprint, the reprint information is recorded in the IC memory 51 for each frame number.

At the time of reordering, the cartridge containing the developed film is set in the reception processing machine.
The data for designating the reorder print frame and the number of prints is input to the IC memory. Also in this case, a plug having the same configuration as that of the film setting section is provided, and data in the IC memory is read / written via the plug. At the time of re-ordering, the information may be input to the panorama print designation information, the pseudo zooming print designation information, and the trimming print designation information for designating the center shift amount.

[0028]

As described in the foregoing, in the present invention, pre
Information indicating the center position of the
Later, the image is recorded on a photo film recording medium, and
The information is read, and a copy is made based on the read data.
Did you change the relative positional relationship between true film and paper?
Automatically changes the center position of the screen
Can be created in a typical way. Therefore, special functions
Photo film taken with a low cost camera
You can easily obtain a print photo with the center position of the screen changed.
Will be able to In particular, the center position information on the print screen
Based on the center position of the print screen on the photo film
Photo so that it matches the center position of the paper.
The relative position between the film and the paper has been changed.
You can simply change the screen center automatically,
Create powerful photos easily and automatically
Wear. In addition to the information indicating the center position of the screen,
To record the aspect ratio of the surface and the pseudo zoom magnification
Using a camera with a zoom lens or a panoramic camera
With low cost cameras without these dedicated functions
Easy panoramic and zooming prints
become. Moreover, by using these information together,
You can easily create rich print photos
You.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a printer processor embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a film cartridge.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a camera used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a take-up cartridge used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a printer processor.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a film setting unit.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a paper mask.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a film and a color paper created using the film.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Film cartridge 13 Film 14 Magnetic recording layer 50 IC memory 51 Take-up cartridge 107 Hole punch unit 110 Data burning unit 141 Monitor camera 143 Monitor CRT 150 Film 151-154,157 frames 160 Color paper 161-164,167 Print screen

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] After 1. A during shooting and shooting, information indicating the center position of the print screen, recorded on a recording medium of photographic film, by reading the information at the time of printing, copy relative to the true film and paper print photograph creation method characterized by changing the position relationship. 2. The relative position between the photographic film and paper.
The positional relationship is based on information indicating the center position of the print screen.
The center position of the print screen on the photo film
What should be done to match the center position of the paper
The method for producing a print photograph according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A program recorded on a photographic film recording medium.
Means for reading the center position designation information of the lint screen, and based on the read center position designation information of the print screen,
Hand to change the relative positional relationship between photo film and paper
And a step. (4) Relative position of the photo film and paper
The positional relationship is based on information indicating the center position of the print screen.
The center position of the print screen on the photo film
What should be done to match the center position of the paper
4. The printer according to claim 3, wherein: (5) Recorded on a photo film recording medium,
Reads screen aspect ratio information and pseudo zoom magnification information
Means, Based on the read aspect ratio information,
Means for switching the opening size, Based on the read pseudo zoom magnification information,
Means for changing the lint magnification, Paper feed amount based on the read aspect ratio information
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising means for changing.
Printer. 6. A photographic film recorded on a recording medium,
Means for reading screen aspect ratio information, pseudo-zoom magnification information, print screen center position designation information, shooting date and / or shooting time information; means for switching the aperture size of the paper mask based on the read aspect ratio information; Means for changing the print magnification of the printing lens based on the pseudo-zoom magnification information obtained, and
The relative positional relationship between the photographic film and paper, photo Hui
Center position of print screen and center of paper in LUM
Means for changing the position so that it matches the position, means for changing the paper feed amount based on the read aspect ratio information, and printing and exposure of data such as the shooting date on paper based on the read shooting date and / or shooting time information A printer comprising: a data recording unit that performs data recording; and a unit that changes the data recording unit to a predetermined position based on the read aspect ratio information.