JP2891434B2 - How to make a print photo and DP bag - 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 printed photographs and a DP bag.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, an image is recorded on a film, and various kinds of recording information such as film information and photographing information are recorded on a magnetic recording layer of a photographic film, and are wound up in a cartridge and stored. Film cartridges have been proposed.

[0003]

To magnetically record photographing information and the like, it is necessary to mount a magnetic head on the camera side. It is also necessary to keep the running speed of the film constant and to make the film flat. For this reason,
Attempts to construct a magnetic recording unit that satisfies these requirements lead to a problem that the camera becomes large and complicated, and does not meet the demands of users who want to reduce the size and cost of the camera.

On the other hand, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 62-208028 and 62-209430 and the like disclose magnetically or electronically shooting information on a magnetic recording medium or an electronic recording medium paired with a film. And so on. In this case, the photographing information is read from these recording media at a DP agency or a developing laboratory, and is recorded on an electronic recording medium composed of an IC card. Then, photographing information and the like are used at the time of printing using this electronic recording medium. However, in this case, since the film and the electronic recording medium are paired and separated, the collation and DP
A new problem arises in that reception and subsequent handling become complicated. Further, it is necessary to submit an expensive IC card together with the film, and there is a problem that the user has to prepare many IC cards.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem. When printing using photographing information and reception information recorded on a recording medium, the transfer of the photographing information and reception information is performed using an IC card. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for creating a print photograph and a DP bag which can be easily performed without any problem.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention records an image on a photographic film by a camera at the time of photographing, and records photographing information and photographing intention information on a camera IC card. In order to order a photo print, the photographing information and the photographing intention information recorded on the camera IC card are read, and this and the photo print order information are recorded in the magnetic recording section of the DP bag. Is read from the magnetic recording unit of the DP bag, and printing is performed based on the information. Another aspect of the present invention is a DP bag having a magnetic recording section. In the magnetic recording section of the DP bag, photographing information and photographing intention information from the camera side and order information of a photo print are recorded. It was made.

[0007]

When photographing, photographing information and the like are recorded on the camera IC card together with the recording of the subject on the film. At the time of photo printing, the photographed film and the camera IC card are submitted to a DP agency. At a DP agency or a developing facility, photographing information and the like are read from an IC card, and the read information is recorded in the magnetic recording unit of the DP bag in correspondence with the order contents. At the time of printing, photographing information and order information are read from the magnetic recording unit, and a print photograph is created based on the information.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 2, a camera 10 is provided with a zoom switch 11 for performing pseudo zooming. By operating the zoom switch 11 to the tele side or the wide side, the finder magnification changing unit 12 moves the lens 15 in the finder 13 according to the signal of the switch 11 to zoom the subject. The lens position signal at the time of zooming is sent to the data generation circuit 16. The data generation circuit 16 generates a zoom magnification signal based on the lens position signal, and sends this to the IC card recording unit 17.
The IC card recording unit 17 records the zooming magnification signal on the camera IC card 18 after the release operation. At the time of the release operation, the image of the subject is recorded on the photosensitive emulsion surface of the film 22 via the lens 19, the aperture 20, and the shutter 21 as is well known. A camera for recording zooming magnification information is described in detail in, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 233573/1990.

The camera is provided with a designation switch 23 for panorama print, an automatic date mechanism 24, a light source type detecting unit 25, a main subject position detecting unit 26, and a photographing intention input unit 27. The panorama print designation switch 23 is operated when a panorama photograph is desired to be created. The ON signal of the switch 23 is output to the data generation circuit 1
Sent to 6. The data generation circuit 16 generates a panorama print designation signal based on the ON signal of the switch 23 and sends the signal to the IC card recording unit 17. Auto dating mechanism 2
Reference numeral 4 transmits a photographing date and a photographing time signal to the data generating circuit 16 in conjunction with the release operation. IC card recording unit 17
Records the panorama print designation information and information such as the shooting date when recording the zooming magnification signal on the IC card 18.
Further, the detection units 25 and 26 also record the light source type information at the time of photographing, the position information of the main subject, and the like on the IC card 18 via the data generation circuit 16 and the IC card recording unit 17. Note that information indicating the presence or absence of strobe light emission, subject distance information, focal length information of a photographing lens, and the like may be recorded. The photographing intention input section 27 is composed of a group of keys, and receives print designation information for the lab. For example, portrait information and background information may be recorded as print designation information for a lab, and in the case of portrait photography, exposure with emphasis on skin color may be performed. In addition, information indicating a shooting environment (for example, a candle service at a wedding ceremony or outdoor commemorative shooting) is recorded as print designation information, and during printing, the exposure amount is corrected using general exposure correction data in these scenes. It may be. Further, the above various information may be appropriately selected and used. In this case, only necessary functions are provided in the camera to simplify the configuration.

After the photographing is completed, as shown in FIG. 1, the photographed film cartridge 30 and the IC card 18 are taken out of the camera 10 and submitted to a DP agency. At the DP agency, reception processing is performed. This receiving process is performed using the receiving device 31. The accepting machine 31 includes a accepting machine main body 32 composed of a personal computer, an IC card reader 33, and a deposit ticket printing machine 34. The IC card reader 33 reads out the shooting information of each frame recorded on the IC card 18 and sends it to the main body 32 of the accepting device. The reception machine main body 32 has a keyboard 35 and a display 36.
And are connected. By operating the keyboard 35, the name of the customer and the order ID number (D
ID number pre-printed on P bag 40), order type,
Order information such as the number of prints and print frames is input. The display 36 displays the input contents of the keyboard 35, the read shooting information, and the like. The printing machine 34 prints the input reception information and the order number, and issues a voucher 38. The reception device main body 32 sends the input reception information and the photographing information to the magnetic recording device 41 in association with each other. A guide groove 43 is formed in the magnetic recording device 41, and the magnetic recording layer 42 on the side edge of the DP bag 40 is inserted into the guide groove 43.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the guide groove 43,
A pair of DP bag feed rollers 44 and 45 and a magnetic recording head 47 are arranged. The DP bag feed roller pair 44, 45
The DP bag 40 is transferred in the guide groove 43. This DP bag 4
During the transfer of “0”, the magnetic recording unit 46
Thus, the reception information, the photographing information, and the like are recorded on the magnetic recording layer 42 of the DP bag 40. The magnetic recording layer 42 is formed on one side edge of the DP bag 40 to be long in the vertical direction. In addition, the magnetic recording layer 42 may be formed on the lower edge or upper edge of the DP bag 40, and further on the center, or may be formed not only on the front surface but also on the back surface or both surfaces. As shown in FIG. 1, a corresponding film cartridge 30 is placed in a DP bag 40 in which reception information, photographing information, and the like are recorded, and is sent to a developing laboratory.

As shown in FIG. 1, as in the prior art, a DP bag 40, a film cartridge 30 contained in the DP bag, and a leading end of a film 22 from which a film is caught out of the cartridge 30 are provided at a developing station. Then, check tapes 49a, 49b, and 49c with the same numbers are attached for comparison. After that, the DP bag 40 is set in the magnetic recording / reproducing device 50, and the reception information, the photographing information, and the like are read from the magnetic recording layer 42 of the DP bag 40. The magnetic recording / reproducing device 50 has the same configuration as the magnetic recording device 41 of the DP agency, but differs from the magnetic recording device 41 in that reproduction is performed in addition to recording via a magnetic head. Reception machine 51
Displays the contents of processing such as simultaneous printing, additional printing, film development only, etc. on the display 52 based on the read reception information. The operator sorts each DP bag 40 while watching this display. In addition to the sorting by the operator, a branching device and a storage box for each process may be provided at the exit side of the DP bag of the magnetic recording / reproducing device 50 to automatically sort. When the DP bag 40 is set in the magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus 50, the identification number of each DP bag 40 is read, and the numbers are inputted by the keyboard 54. Instead of keying in the identification number of the DP bag 40,
The identification number may be magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording layer 42 in advance, and this may be automatically read. Reception machine 51
Stores, in the memory, reception information and photographing information of each DP bag 40 corresponding to the identification number of the DP bag 40 for each processing content. After that, the reception information and the photographing information of the large number of DP bags 40 sorted as the simultaneous print are sent to the IC card reader / writer 53 in a lump. The IC card reader / writer 53 records reception information, photographing information, and the like on the print IC card 57 for each processing lot. And
This IC card 57 is used in the subsequent negative inspection step, printing step, cutting step, and the like. Reception machine 51
Is configured in the same manner as the reception machine 31 of the DP agency.

After the receiving process, the film of a large number of orders is lengthened by a well-known film splicer 60 using a splice tape or the like, and is wound into a roll. Thereafter, the film is handled in units of rolls and developed by the film processor 61. Thereafter, as is well known, a negative verification is performed by a negative verification machine 62, each frame is observed, and exposure correction data is input. The exposure correction data is recorded in a predetermined area of the print IC card 57 for each frame.
At the time of the negative test, a notch formed of a semicircular notch is attached to the print target frame, as is well known. Thereafter, the roll film having undergone the negative test is applied to a photographic printer 63.

FIG. 4 schematically shows a photographic printer.
The IC card reader / writer 65 has a print IC
The card 57 is set. Then, the photographing information and the reception information are read from the IC card 57, and are stored in the memory 67 of the controller 66. Take-up reel 70
The developed film 22 wound on the film carrier is sent to an exposure position of a film carrier 73 by a film feeding section 71 and a pair of film feeding rollers 72. The barcode reader 74 reads the barcode on the check tape 49c (see FIG. 1) attached at the position of the film tip for each order, and sends it to the controller 66. After detecting the splice tape, the controller 66 reads the bar code of the check tape, and determines whether or not this matches the check tape number recorded on the IC card 57. If they match, printing is started, and if they do not match, the film feed is stopped and an alarm is issued. The notch processor 75 detects a notch attached to the print target frame of the film 22 during the film feeding, and sends the detected notch to the controller 66. After detecting the notch, the controller 66 feeds the film 22 in a fixed amount, and sets the print target frame at the exposure position.

Below the film carrier 73, a well-known light source section 80 is arranged. The light source unit 80 includes a light source 81
And a mixing box 86 for adjusting the intensity of the three color components of the printing light from the light source 81, and a mixing box 86 for diffusing the printing light having passed through the filters 83 to 85 to make it uniform. A zoom lens 87 is arranged above the film carrier 73, and forms an image of a frame to be printed set on the film carrier 73 on the photosensitive emulsion surface of the color paper 88. The zoom lens 87 is driven by a driver 89. The driver 89 sets the print magnification of the zoom lens 87 according to the print magnification signal of the controller 66. Further, a shutter 90 is disposed between the zoom lens 87 and the color paper 88, and is controlled by a shutter driving unit 91. A paper mask 92 is arranged on the paper 88 at the print position. A paper feed roller pair 93 and a take-up reel 94 are arranged on the paper exit side of the paper mask 92, and take up the printed and exposed paper 88 in a roll shape. The paper 88 is a known paper processor 95 (see FIG. 1).
Is developed.

A scanner 96 is disposed obliquely above the film carrier 73. 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 amount calculation unit 98 obtains the exposure amount of the frame to be printed based on various characteristic values, the photographing information from the controller, and the exposure correction information at the time of the negative test, using a well-known exposure amount calculation formula. The controller 66 obtains the filter setting position from the exposure amount as is well known, and sets the filter adjusting unit 82 so as to be at this position.
Control. When performing exposure correction based on the shooting information, the controller 66 creates exposure correction data based on the shooting information and sends the data to the exposure calculating unit 98. Exposure correction based on this photographing information is performed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application No. 2-23 / 1990.
This is described in detail in US Pat.

In the case of a frame in which pseudo zooming information is recorded, the print magnification of the zoom lens 87 is set based on this information. In the case of a frame in which panorama print designation information is recorded, the opening of the paper mask 92 is changed so as to have a predetermined aspect ratio. Further, the zoom lens 87 is set so as to have a print magnification for panorama. After setting of each section based on these print designation data, the filter adjusting section 82 is driven to adjust the light quality of the printing light, and then the shutter 90 is opened for a predetermined time to print and print the frame to be printed. Thereafter, the frame is fed between the paper 88 and the film 22, and the next frame is printed in the same manner. The printed film 22 is wound into a roll by a film feed roller pair 99, a winding unit 100, and a winding reel 101. The exposure correction data used at the time of printing is sent to the IC card reader / writer 65 via the controller 66, and the data is recorded in a predetermined area of the IC card 57.

The printed film 22 is formed into a film piece 104 having a length of every six frames by a well-known film cutting inserter 103 as shown in FIG. 1, and is inserted into a film sheet 105. The printed IC card 57 is set in the card reader / writer 53, and exposure correction data at the time of printing is sent to the magnetic recording / reproducing device 50 via the accepting device 51. The magnetic recording / reproducing device 50 transmits the exposure correction data at the time of printing to the magnetic recording layer 42.
Is magnetically recorded in a predetermined area. In the collation step, the finished print photograph 106 and the film 104 are collated. Then, when both match, the DP bag 40 on which the check tape of the same number as that of the film 104 is affixed,
The film sheet 105 and the print photograph 106 are inserted. After that, the DP bag 40 passes through the DP agency and keeps the ticket 3
Handed over to the customer in exchange for 8. Thus, the exposure correction data used at the time of printing is stored in the magnetic recording layer 4 of the DP bag 40.
By writing the data in 2, the print data having the same finish as the simultaneous print can be easily obtained by using this correction data at the time of additional printing.
In addition, when ordering additional prints, the receiving machine 31 records the information on the designation of additional print frames and the number of prints on the magnetic recording layer 42 of the DP bag 40, so that additional prints can be easily performed. it can.

In the above-described embodiment, the reception information is input by using the keyboard. Alternatively, the reception information may be input by using a mark sheet method or a bar code method. Further, the user may directly input the order contents into the IC card 18 using an IC card writer. If it is not possible to set up a receiving machine at each DP agency, install a receiving machine at the photo lab and record shooting information and receiving information directly on the print IC card. You may. In this case, the return of the IC card to the user is naturally delayed. Further, in the above embodiment, the present invention has been described as an example of print processing in a large-scale developing laboratory. However, the present invention may be implemented in a mini lab. In this case, the film splicer 60, the negative tester 62 and the like can be omitted.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention,
On the camera side, shooting information etc. was recorded on the IC card,
There is no need to record photographing information or the like by magnetic or optical recording. Accordingly, it is possible to simplify the film feeding mechanism and the like and to reduce the size of the camera without requiring high-precision film feeding. In addition, since the reception device reads the photographing information and the like recorded on the camera IC card and records the photographing information and the like on the magnetic recording layer of the DP bag, a large number of camera IC cards paired with the film are printed. It is not necessary to bring it into the office and its handling is simplified. Also, in the case where recording information or the like is recorded on the magnetic recording layer of the DP bag at a DP agency, the camera IC card can be returned to the user on the spot, and the user can use the IC card for the next photographing. It is possible to improve usability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a method for producing a print photograph of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a camera used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a magnetic recording device for a DP bag.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a printer used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Camera 18 Camera IC card 22 Film 30 Film cartridge 31, 51 Reception machine 33 Card reader 40 DP bag 41 Magnetic recording device 42 Magnetic recording layer 53 Card reader / writer 57 Printing IC card

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-2-228642 (JP, A) JP-A-52-135721 (JP, A) JP-A-62-289826 (JP, A) 171427 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Showa 51-67800 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G03B 27/46

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. Reference is made to photographing information recorded at the time of photographing.
How to create a photo print
The shooting information recorded with the image at the time of shooting.
Read at the time of ordering, the order information of the photo print created at the time of ordering and the
The photographing information is recorded on a magnetic recording section formed on the DP bag, and the order information and the photographing information are used when the photograph is printed.
A method for producing a print photograph, comprising reading out from a magnetic recording portion of a DP bag and performing printing based on the information. 2. A pre-Symbol shooting information, how to create photographic print of claim 1, wherein the stored in the camera IC card. 3. Referring to photographing information recorded at the time of photographing.
Creating photo prints Used for creating photo prints
A DP bag comprising a magnetic recording unit having a photographing information recording portion and a photo print order information recording portion.