JP4251249B2 - Operation setting device for photographic processing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a monitor for displaying a setting item and setting input information about the setting item in order to set and instruct the operation of the photographic processing apparatus that performs processing for producing a photographic image print; The present invention relates to an operation setting apparatus for a photographic processing apparatus provided with monitor control means for controlling the monitor.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Such an operation setting apparatus for a photographic processing apparatus is for setting an operation mode when the photographic processing apparatus performs an operation for producing a photographic image print, and assists the operator in performing this setting operation. Therefore, the setting item and setting input information about the setting item, that is, information indicating what instruction is input are displayed on the monitor.
Therefore, conventionally, an operator performs an input operation on a setting item while viewing the display on the monitor, and performs an input operation again when it is necessary to correct the input information.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, in the above conventional configuration, when the operator changes the input information about the setting item, if the input information is to be returned to the original input information, the original setting must be remembered, Also, if the input operation is repeated, it may not be clear whether the input information has been changed from the original input information or returned to the original input information, and the operation setting operation mode of the photo processing apparatus is complicated. There was an inconvenience.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily perform the operation setting operation of the photo processing apparatus.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
By providing the configuration according to the first aspect, predetermined information, that is, so-called default information is set in advance as setting input information for the setting item, and the default information is initially displayed on the monitor as setting input information for the setting item. When the operator inputs and updates the setting input information, the updated setting input information is displayed.
After updating the setting input information, the operator can return the setting input information to the default state by operating the input operation guide displayed as an icon on the monitor, and can reset the setting input information from the default state.
[0005]
The display state of this input operation guide is changed by the update input by the operator, and the operator can grasp at a glance that the setting information of the setting item has changed from the default by looking at the input operation guide, and further perform the input operation. When returning to the default by repeating, the input operation guidance also returns to the display state indicating that it is in the default state, and the operator can grasp at a glance that the setting has returned to the default by looking at the input operation guidance.
Therefore, the operation of the photo processing apparatus is integrated by integrating the function for returning the setting to the default and the function for checking whether the setting has changed from the default in the input operation guide displayed on the monitor as an icon. It came to be able to perform setting work of easily.
[0006]
Further, by providing the configuration according to claim 2, the input operation guidance displayed as an icon on the monitor displays a high contrast when the setting input information displayed on the monitor does not match the default information, that is, the default information, And when it matches the default, a low-contrast display is made, so when the setting input information matches the default and the operation to return to the default is meaningless, the input operation guidance is reduced by weakening the presence of the input operation guidance. It makes it possible to intuitively understand that there is no point in operating.
Accordingly, the operation setting operation of the photo processing apparatus can be performed more easily.
[0007]
Further, by providing the configuration according to claim 3, a plurality of setting items are displayed on one screen of the monitor, but only one input operation guide displayed as an icon is displayed on one screen of the monitor. As the input operation guidance is detected, the setting input information of a plurality of setting items among the setting items displayed on the one screen is returned to the default information, that is, the default information.
When a plurality of setting items are displayed on one screen of the monitor as described above, it is not easy to remember the original setting input information for the plurality of items, and the input operation guidance displayed as an icon as described above is used. It is extremely effective to be able to return to the default state, and since it is possible to return to the default for a plurality of setting items on the screen only by an operation for one input operation guide, the operation is further simplified. .
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment in which an operation setting device for a photographic processing apparatus of the present invention is applied to a photographic digital printer which is an example of a photographic processing apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings.
The photographic digital printer PP has a frame image of a photographic film 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as “film 1”) as digital image data, as shown in FIG. A film scanner 3 to be acquired; a controller 6 that processes the acquired digital image data to create print data; an exposure engine 4 that exposes an image corresponding to the frame image on the photographic paper 2 based on the print data; And a development processing section 5 for developing the exposed photographic paper 2. The photographic paper 2 developed by the development processing unit 5 is discharged as a finished print having a copy image through a drying process.
[0009]
The controller 6 accepts image data from a monitor 6a for displaying various processing information, a console 6b for inputting various processing commands, and an image data recording medium such as a memory card, MO, FD, etc., and a communication line. An external image input unit 6c that receives digital image data transmitted via the network is connected. By providing the external image input unit 6c, the photographic digital printer PP is created not only by the film 1 as an input original image but also by a photographic image taken by a digital camera or computer graphic software. CG images can also be handled.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 2, the film scanner 3 includes an illumination optical system 3a that irradiates the film 1 with the light beam emitted from the halogen lamp 30 by adjusting the color distribution and the intensity distribution by the dimming filter 31 and the mirror tunnel 32, and the reflection optical system 3a. An imaging optical system 3b that forms a transmitted light image of the film 1 on a light receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion unit 3c described later by the zoom lens 34 and a film 1 A photoelectric conversion unit 3c that photoelectrically converts the transmitted light image and a film transport mechanism 7 that transports the film 1 are provided.
[0011]
The photoelectric conversion unit 3c includes a CCD sensor unit, a sample hold (S / H) circuit, an A / D converter, a sensor drive circuit, and the like that are known per se. The CCD sensor unit is composed of three CCD sensors, and each CCD sensor is a line sensor in which a large number (for example, 5000) of CCD elements are arranged in the main scanning direction, that is, in the width direction of the film 1. Charge storage operation and charge storage time are controlled during main scanning. The imaging surface of each CCD sensor is provided with a color filter that allows only the blue, red, and green components of the light beam to pass through, and photoelectrically converts only the blue, red, and green components, respectively. Digital image data as R, G, and B signals acquired by the photoelectric conversion unit 3 c is sent to the controller 6.
[0012]
Although not shown, the exposure engine unit 4 makes light from a halogen lamp enter a rotating filter in which R, G, and B color filters are arranged in the circumferential direction, and the transmitted light beam includes a number of micromirrors. The desired image is printed by irradiating the micromirror device and forming an image of the micromirror device in which each micromirror is driven corresponding to the image to be printed on the photographic paper 2 by the imaging lens unit. The paper 2 is exposed.
[0013]
The photographic paper 2 is stored in a roll state in the photographic paper magazine 10, and the photographic paper 2 stored in the photographic paper magazine 10 is drawn out into the housing of the photographic digital printer PP by the photographic paper transport mechanism 8 and exposed. It is conveyed to the sorting device 9 via the exposure position by the engine 4. The photographic paper 2 drawn out from the photographic paper magazine 10 is cut into an appropriate length according to the print size by the cutter 11 until reaching the exposure position by the exposure engine 4.
The sorting device 9 receives from the photographic paper transport mechanism 8 in order to shift from the state in which the photographic paper 2 is transported in one row by the photographic paper transport mechanism 8 to the state in which the development processing unit 5 transports the photographic paper in three rows. The photographic paper 1 is sorted into three downstream transport rows. This sort processing adjusts a short exposure time using the exposure engine 4 for the photographic paper 2 and a long development time in the development processing unit 5 because chemical processing is required.
[0014]
In order for each part of the photographic digital printer PP to operate as desired by the operator, it is necessary for the operator to set the operation, and the photographic digital with the controller 6, the monitor 6a and the console 6b as the main parts. An operation setting device for the printer PP is configured.
The operation of this operation setting device will be described by taking as an example the case of setting what print is to be produced based on what image (hereinafter, this setting may be abbreviated as “print channel setting”). To do.
[0015]
While the apparatus is in operation, the mode shifts to a mode for setting a print channel by inputting an instruction from the console 6b. In setting the print channel, the controller 6 functioning as a monitor control means controls the monitor 6a to the monitor 6a. A display is made. Here, the print channel is a series of processes on how to acquire and output image information, and is registered as one channel. In addition to channels originally registered in the device, There are those arbitrarily registered by the operator.
[0016]
In the example of the setting screen shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of setting items and setting input information about the setting items are displayed. Specifically, in the left part of the screen, the name of the print channel displayed on the monitor screen is displayed, and the channel display box 40 for switching the print channel to be displayed on the screen by operating the scroll button 40a at the right end, photographic paper The print check box 41a for inputting whether or not to produce the second print, and the number of prints for inputting the number of prints per image when the print check box 41a is checked and printing is performed on the photographic paper 2 A box 41b, an index check box 42a for inputting an instruction whether or not to produce a so-called index print, an index print number input box 42b for inputting the number of prints when producing an index print, Date input box 42c for inputting the date to be printed on the dex print, media output check box 43a for instructing whether to output to media other than photographic paper 2, and output media switching for specifying the output target media A button 43b, a size display box 43c for displaying the number of pixels when output to the medium, a compression ratio display box 43d for displaying a compression ratio for displaying the compression ratio of the image output to the medium, the size display box 43c and the compression ratio display. A setting change button 43e for changing the setting of the box 43d is displayed. Note that the print number input box 41b, the date input box 42c, and the like are provided with scroll buttons and pull-down menu buttons in the same manner as the channel display box 40 to facilitate setting input.
[0017]
Also, in the right part of the screen, the input source setting button 44 for designating the input source of the image, the pre-judge mode in which the operator makes necessary corrections while checking the input images one by one on the monitor screen, regardless of the operator. Whether or not to add decoration such as a border to an image to be printed on the photographic paper 2 or output to other media, a printing method switching button 45 for inputting switching to an auto mode in which the controller automatically performs necessary corrections A frame instruction button 46 for setting the image, a mask display box 47 for displaying the name of a film mask (not shown in FIG. 2) used in the film scanner 3, and two photographic paper magazines 10 used in the apparatus Two photographic paper size display boxes 48a and 48b for displaying the size and remaining length of the photographic paper 2 stored in the Change button 49 for changing the size of Rumumasuku and photographic paper 2 is displayed.
[0018]
Further, on the left side of the channel display box 40, a default button 50 which is an input operation guide for returning each setting to predetermined default information, that is, default information, is displayed as an icon. This default information is set for each setting item displayed on the monitor 6a, and this default information is initially displayed. As the default information, for example, in the case of the print channel shown in FIG. 3, a part of defaults will be extracted and described. The print check box 41a, the index check box 42a, and the media output check box 43a are checked. "1" is set in the print number input box 41b and the index print number input box 42b, and the output media switching button 43b indicates that the floppy disk is set and the icon corresponding to the floppy disk is shown on the button icon.
[0019]
The default button 50 has a function as a button for inputting an instruction for returning each setting to the default as described above, and a plurality of settings among the setting items (in the present embodiment, all the setting items are set). It has a function indicating whether the setting) maintains the default state or is different from the default state. That is, the default button 50 changes between a display state that matches the default state shown in FIG. 4A and a display state that is different from the default state shown in FIG. When it is different from the default state, the presence of the default button 50 is indicated by displaying it with high contrast, and when it matches the default state, it is input as a button by displaying the default button 50 with low contrast. To the operator that it is not ready to accept
[0020]
The control of the controller 6 relating to the default button 50 will be schematically described based on the flowcharts of FIGS.
First, processing when the default button 50 is an operation target of the operator will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
The controller 6 executes the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 5 when the default button 50 is in the display state shown in FIG. 4B, and normally monitors whether or not the default button 50 has been pressed. (Step # 1). The default button 50 can be pushed by, for example, pushing a mouse (not shown) button in a state where the display position of the default button 50 is instructed with a mouse cursor.
[0021]
When the default button 50 is pushed (step # 1), the movement of the button being pushed is displayed on the icon display of the default button 50, and then a plurality of setting items displayed on the monitor 6a ( In this embodiment, the data in the memory storing the setting input information for all) is updated with the default data, and the setting input information displayed for each setting item on the monitor screen is the default. The data is updated (step # 2), and the display state of the default button 50 is changed from that shown in FIG. 4B to that shown in FIG.
[0022]
Next, processing when each setting item on the monitor screen is an operation target will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
The controller 6 constantly monitors whether or not the setting input information for the setting items (all setting items in the present embodiment) to be processed to return to the default has been changed (step # 11). Is changed, it is determined whether or not the setting input information for the setting item to be monitored displayed on the monitor screen after the change matches the default state (step # 11). If they do not match, the display state of the default button 50 is changed to the high contrast display state shown in FIG. 4B (step # 13), and if it matches the default state, the display state of the default button 50 is shown in FIG. The display state is low contrast.
[0023]
[Another embodiment]
Hereinafter, other embodiments of the present invention will be listed.
(1) The above embodiment illustrates the case where the present invention is applied to a photographic digital printer PP which is an example of a photographic processing apparatus. However, the photographic film developing apparatus and the film scanner 3 are used as a single apparatus. It may be applied to
(2) In the above embodiment, the case where the display state of the default button 50 is changed is exemplified by the case of display with high contrast and display with low contrast. Various changes can be made to the manner of changing the display state, such as switching to the display state to be displayed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a photographic processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of the photographic processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Example of monitor screen display [FIG. 4] An enlarged view of a main part of the monitor screen display according to the embodiment of the present invention. [FIG. 5] A flowchart according to the embodiment of the present invention. [FIG. 6] A flowchart according to the embodiment of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]
PP Photo processing device 6 Monitor control means 6a Monitor 50 Input operation guidance

Claims (3)

A monitor that displays a setting item and setting input information about the setting item and controls the monitor in order to instruct the photographic processing apparatus that performs processing for producing a photographic image print to set the operation. An operation setting device for a photographic processing apparatus provided with a monitor control means,
Default information is set in advance as setting input information of the setting item,
The monitor control means includes
Initially displaying the default information as the setting input information for the setting item, and when the setting input information is updated, displaying the updated setting input information,
An input operation guide for inputting an instruction for returning the setting input information displayed on the monitor to the default information is displayed as an icon,
An operation setting device for a photographic processing device configured to change the display state of the icon depending on whether the setting input information displayed on the monitor matches the default information or not. The monitor control means displays the input operation guidance displayed as an icon in high contrast when the setting input information displayed on the monitor does not match the default information, and when it matches the default information 2. The operation setting apparatus for a photographic processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation setting apparatus is configured to display a low contrast. The monitor control means displays a plurality of setting items on one screen of the monitor, displays one input operation guide displayed on the icon on one screen of the monitor, and the input operation guide is operated. The configuration input information of a plurality of setting items among the setting items displayed on the one screen is returned to the default information as the event is detected. An operation setting device for a photographic processing apparatus.

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