JPH03262385A - Photographic picture print reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily inform index information of photographic print paper to be contained by outputting read index information ONTO A picture display device. CONSTITUTION:The device is provided with an information read means 211 reading index information of photographic print paper contained from an information recording medium provided to a photographic print paper container 1 and an information output means outputting the index information read by the information read means 211 onto a picture display device 20. Then when the photographic print paper container 1 is loaded to the display device 20, the index information of the photographic print contained in the photographic print paper container 1 is outputted to the picture display device 20. Thus, the index information of the contained print picture paper is easily informed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Application of the Invention) The present invention relates to a photographic paper image reproducing device that reads an image from photographic paper, outputs a video signal, and displays the image on an image display device such as a television monitor. It is.

(Background of the Invention) Devices that use a video camera to read images on photographic paper and reproduce them on a television monitor have been known.

In this conventional device, the photographic paper is placed in front of the video camera and viewed one by one, which is a very troublesome process.

In view of this, the applicant filed an application on the same day for an apparatus equipped with a feeding means for taking out photographic papers stored in a photographic paper storage device one by one and feeding the photographic papers one after another to an image reading position. are doing. This makes it possible to solve the above-mentioned problems, but the applicant has also provided data such as the ID number of the negative film of each photographic paper stored in the photographic paper storage device, the number of sheets stored, etc. We are considering a new device that can display index information.

(Object of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to provide a photographic paper image reproducing device that can easily make known the bow information of the stored photographic paper.

(Features of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an information reading means for reading index information of stored photographic paper from an information recording medium provided in a photographic paper storage device, and and an information output means for outputting the index information read by the image display device to the image display device. The present invention is characterized in that paper index information is output to an image display device.

(Embodiments of the Invention) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a photographic paper image reproducing apparatus and a television monitor showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a photographic paper storage device which will be described later, 10 is a photographic paper image reproducing device, and 20 is a television monitor.

In the photographic paper image reproducing device 10, 11 is a storage opening for the photographic paper storing device 1, 12 is a power switch, and 13 is a switch for changing the focal length of the built-in zoom lens. There are two.

Reference numeral 14 denotes switches for setting vertical and horizontal panning of the image on the photographic paper 8 in a zoomed-up state, and four switches are provided for each direction. Reference numeral 15 denotes a sequential feed switch for the photographic printing paper 8, and the photographic printing paper 8 is sequentially switched by operating this switch. Reference numeral 16 denotes a discharge switch, and when this switch is operated, the operation of storing the sent-out photographic paper 8 into the photographic paper storage device 1 again is started. 17
is a display for selecting information to be displayed on the screen of the television monitor 20 from among the information read from the recording medium 7 of the photographic paper storage device 1 and the information read from the later-described recording track section of the photographic paper 8. This is an information selection switch.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the photographic paper storage device 1 according to the present invention. In the figure, 2 is an outer case, 3 is a part of the outer case 2, and the photographic paper stored inside can be confirmed. It is a transparent window. Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage case, which is normally stored in the exterior case 2 with a portion exposed. Reference numeral 5 denotes a push-up plate disposed on the bottom surface of the storage case 4 for pushing up the stored photographic paper 8, and is rotatably supported on a shaft 6.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the storage case 4 viewed from below.

A recording medium (magnetic layer) 7 is arranged on the lower surface of the storage case 4. In addition, 4a is an engagement groove that engages with a retaining member to be described later when the storage case 4 is pulled out from the exterior case 2, and 4b is an engagement groove.
is the relief groove of the reading or writing member (input/output means), 4C
is a hole provided for pushing the push-up plate 5. The recording medium 7 includes photographic information recorded on the film during photo printing, when the photographic paper is cut one by one with a cutter after the development process and each film is stored in the storage case 4.
Film information etc. are written.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing one example of photographic paper 8 stored in the photographic paper storage device 1. As shown in FIG.

There is a recording track section 9 on the back side of the photographic paper 8, and a recording medium (magnetic layer) is applied to the entire back surface of the photographic paper 8 or to cover the recording track section 9. Various information is also written in this recording track section 9 at the time of photo printing, and in addition to the information read from the film such as date information, shooting information, and film information recorded on the film, printing information in the photo printing device is added. The recorded information is recorded in the recording track section 9.

FIG. 7 shows the storage opening 11 of the photographic paper image reproduction device 10.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which the photographic paper storage device 1 is inserted.

In the figure, 30 is a storage case moving device, 31 is a fixing bin that engages with the hole 2a of the outer case 2 of the photographic paper storage device 1 and fixes the outer case 2, and 32 is the storage case moving device 1. A first detection means detects whether the storage case 4 is stored and whether it is taken out, and a second detection means 33 detects whether the storage case 4 is taken out. 34 is a belt drive shaft, and 35 is a belt driven shaft. 36 is a belt, and a holding member 37 that holds a holding member 38 that engages with the storage case 4 is fixed to the belt 36. 40 is a photographic paper supply device (details will be described later), and 29 is an information input/output means (recording/reproducing head).

Next, in FIGS. 8a and 8b, engaging member 38.
The manner of engagement between 38' and the engagement grooves 4a, 4a' of the storage case 4 will be explained.

In FIG. 8a, the retaining member 38, 38' is attached to the escape bin 3.
9.39', the inclined parts 38b, 38b' are in contact with the engaging parts 38a, 38a'', and the engaging parts 38a, 38a'' are waiting at the retracted position with respect to the advance and retreat of the photographic paper storage device 1. The mating members 38, 38' are biased in the direction of the illustrated arrow by a biasing member (not shown).

FIG. 8b is a diagram showing a state in which the engaging members 38, 38' are engaged with the engaging grooves 4a, 4a' of the storage case 4, and shows the state in which the engaging members 37, 38' are engaged with the engaging grooves 4a, 4a' of the storage case 4. With the movement, the engaging members 38, 38' biased by a biasing member (not shown) engage with the retaining grooves 4a, 4a'.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which the storage case 4 is taken out from the outer case 2 by the storage case moving device 30.

Figure 2 shows the photographic paper supply device 4 in the storage case 4 that has been taken out.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which 0 is connected.

In FIGS. 7, 1, and 2, the photographic paper supply device 40 will be explained. Reference numeral 41 denotes a photographic paper press plate, which is rotatable in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 5 about a rotation shaft 42. It is urged by the illustrated urging member. 41a is a guide portion for preventing the storage case 4 from shifting laterally. 41b is a roller that comes into contact with the cam member 46, and as the cam member 46 rotates, the photographic paper presser plate 41 is set to either the flip-up position or the connection position with the storage case 4; 47 is the storage position; A pair of loading rollers for loading the photographic paper 8 into the case 4, which are fixed to the rotation support member 49 via a link mechanism 49a,
The rotation support member 49 is urged in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 7 about the rotating shaft 48 by an unillustrated urging member, and the other end is brought into contact with the cam member 46 by a roller 49b. The loading roller pair 47 is moved forward and backward toward the photographic paper running surface by the cam member 4.
This is done in conjunction with the rotation of 6.

The paper feed roller 43 is connected to the rotating shaft 4 with respect to the photographic paper press plate 41.
It is biased by a biasing member (not shown) so as to be rotatable about 2 in the same direction as the arrow shown in FIG. When the photographic paper presser plate 41 moves to the connection position with the storage case 4 following the rotation of the cam member 46, the paper feed roller 43 also moves in the same way. The paper feed roller 43 is rotated by rotating the paper feed belt drive shaft 43b by a motor (not shown) and rotating the paper feed belt driven shaft 43a via the paper feed belt 45, and rotates the paper feed roller 43 by rotating the paper feed belt drive shaft 43b by a motor (not shown) and rotating the paper feed belt driven shaft 43a via the paper feed belt 45. The photographic paper 8 is fed to the image reading position described below.

9 and 10 are cross-sectional views showing the feeding mechanism for the photographic paper 8 in the photographic paper image reproducing apparatus 10. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing a state similar to that in FIG. 1 when the storage case 4 of the photographic paper storage device 1 has been moved to the photographic paper take-out position.

Further, as described above, after the photographic paper supply device 40 is connected to the storage case 4, the photographic paper pushing device 50 pushes up the photographic paper 8 in the storage case 4, and the photographic paper can be supplied. FIG. 10.

In the photographic paper pushing up device 50, 51 is a cam member;
Reference numeral 52 denotes an interlocking member, one end of which is connected to a roller 52a that contacts the cam member 51, and the other end connected to a case 54 containing a push-up bottle 97 and an absorption spring 55, and is rotatable around a rotation shaft 53. has been completed. When the push-up bottle 97 pushes up the push-up plate 5 of the storage case 4, the push-up plate 5 rotates around the shaft 6 and brings the photographic paper 8 into contact with the supply roller 43, so that the photographic paper 8 is reproduced as an image. It can be supplied to the department.

When the paper feed belt drive shaft 43b is rotated by a motor (not shown), the paper feed belt 45. The paper feed roller 43 rotates via the paper feed belt driven shaft 43a, and carries out the photographic paper 8 from the storage case 4. At this time, the conveyance direction is regulated by the photographic paper pressing plate 41 and the photographic paper is guided to the guide member 56. 57 is a third detection means, 58 is an information input/output means (recording/reproducing head), 61 and 63 are a pair of feeding rollers, 62 is a receiving plate (this position is referred to as an image reading position), and 64 is a device for reading an image, which will be described later. It is a reflector that guides the image to the TV camera.

When the leading edge of the photographic paper 8 fed by the feeding roller pair 61 reaches the feeding roller 63, the third detection means 57 detects that the trailing edge of the photographic printing paper 8 has passed, and the photographic printing paper 8 is sent to the feeding roller pair. 61 and 63 are stopped and the photographic printing paper 8 is held on the receiving plate 62 which is the image reading position. The operation at the time of reading the 0 image will be described later. Next, when the photographic paper 8 is sent out from the image reading position by a pair of feeding rollers 61 and 63,
Fourth detection means 67, information input/output means 68. The photographic paper supply device 70 is reached via the guide member 66 . The photographic paper supply device 70 has a similar mechanism to the photographic paper supply device 40.

The photographic paper supply device 70 is held in a flip-up position by a cam member (not shown), and a pair of loading rollers 77 enters the photographic paper running surface, and the photographic prints fed through the guide member 66 are The paper 8 is stored in a storage case 94 by a pair of loading rollers 77.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the operation in the ejection direction of the photographic paper 8, which is a symmetrical operation opposite to the above-mentioned one.

Reference numeral 80 denotes a photographic paper push-up device, which has the same configuration as the above-described photographic paper push-up device 50. When the cam member 81 rotates, the interlocking member 82 rotates around the rotation shaft 83, and presses the photographic paper. The case 84 containing the lifting bottle 86 and the absorption spring 85 is moved. When the push-up bottle 86 pushes up the push-up plate 95 of the storage case 94, the push-up plate 95 rotates around the shaft 96, bringing the photographic paper 8 into contact with the paper feed roller 73. still,
The photographic paper supply device 70 is rotated and stands by at a connection position with the storage case 94 by a cam member (not shown).

On the other hand, on the storage case 4 side, the push-up bin 97 is retracted by the rotation of the cam member 51, and the push-up plate 5 is lowered to the bottom surface of the storage case 4.

Further, the photographic paper supply device 40 also moves to the flip-up position as the cam member 46 rotates, and the pair of loading rollers 47 enters into the running surface of the photographic paper.

To explain the ejecting operation of the photographic paper 8, the photographic paper 8 pushed up by the photographic paper push-up device 80 is carried out from the storage case 94 by the paper feed roller 73, and passed through the guide member 66 to the feed roller pair 63. The photographic paper 8 is sequentially loaded into the storage case 4 via a pair of feeding rollers 61 and a pair of loading rollers 47.

In the above series of operations, in order to prevent the photographic paper 8 from overlapping, the paper feed roller 73 is temporarily stopped when the photographic paper 8 has moved from the paper feed roller 73 to the feed roller pair 63, and the photographic paper 8 has passed the fourth detection means 67, the next photographic paper 8 is conveyed out by the feeding roller 73.

When all the photographic papers 8 are forced to be moved from the storage case 94 to the storage case 4, the storage case moving device 30 shown in FIG. 1 moves the storage case 4 into the outer case 2, and Return to the initial state as shown. At this time, the engagement members 38 and 38' are disengaged from the engagement groove 4a of the storage case 4 by the escape bins 39 and 39', and the fixed bin 31 of the outer case 2 is retracted, and the photographic paper storage device 1 can be taken out from the photographic paper image reproducing device 10.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an optical path diagram for reading an image from the photographic paper 8 at the photographic paper image reading position.

The image on the photographic paper 8 is illuminated by white light emitted from a white light source 100 and reflected by a reflecting mirror 64.
4.65 to the television camera 101. The television camera 101 includes a lens 102 and an area sensor 103.
are installed inside, and these are fixedly installed on a fixed base 104. The fixed base 104 is movable back and forth, left and right.
It is mounted on stages 105 and 106, and further rotatably fixed by a rotation stage 107.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram configuring the photographic paper image reproducing apparatus 10. As shown in FIG.

In the figure, 201 is a controller that controls all devices, 202 is an image processing device that outputs a video signal to the television monitor 20, and 203 is the fixed bin 31 in FIG.
A fixed bin actuating device 204 includes a storage case moving device 205 including the storage case moving device 30 in FIG.
Reference numeral 206 denotes an information output device for transmitting information inputted from each input/output means including input/output means 29 in FIG. 5 and input/output means 58, 68 in FIG. Contains 5868,
An information writing device that transmits information to be written by each input/output means, 207 a storage device for temporarily storing information from the information output device 205 and information input from the outside, and 208 a storage device shown in FIG. A cam rotating device 209 includes a cam member 46, a cam member (not shown) having the same configuration as the cam member 46, and a cam member 51, 81 in FIG. 9, and rotates these cams. It includes three detection means 32, 33, 57, and 67, as well as a detection means (not shown) that detects the states of the four cam members described above, and decodes which detection means is in what state and outputs it to the controller 201. It is a detection device.

Reference numeral 210 includes a paper feed roller 43.73, a pair of loading rollers 47, 77, and a pair of paper feed rollers 61.63 in FIG. 211 is an image reading device including the television camera 101 in FIG. 12; 212 is an XY
213 is a focus adjustment device that focuses the lens 102 of the television camera 101; 214 is a zoom adjustment device that controls the angle of view (zooming) of the lens 102; An illumination device 216 includes a light source 100 for illuminating the photographic paper 8, and a display information selection device 216 includes a display information selection switch 17, which is an operating member on the front side of the photographic paper image reproduction device 10 shown in FIG. be.

14 to 19 show the above-mentioned photographic paper image reproduction device 1.
2 shows a system flowchart of No. 0, which is incorporated into the controller 201 as a program.

FIG. 14 shows the photographic paper storage device 1 inserted into the photographic paper image reproducing device 10 through the storage opening 11, the storage case 4 taken out from the outer case 2, and the photographic paper supply device 40
1.2 is a flowchart showing the operations up to FIG. 7 and FIG. 1.2.

Turn on the power switch 12 of the photographic paper image reproduction device 10
and make it operational. Alternatively, the photographic paper image reproducing device 10 may be brought into an operable state by an auto-ON function in which a switch connected in parallel to the power switch 12 is turned on in conjunction with the insertion operation of the photographic paper storage device 1.

In #301, the first detection means 32 confirms whether or not the photographic paper storage device 1 is inserted. If it is not inserted, repeat this operation. After confirming that the photographic paper storage device 1 has been inserted, the process advances to #302.

In #302, the fixed bin 3 is activated by the fixed bin actuator 203.
1 to the outer case 2 of the photographic paper storage device 1,
Fix the outer case 2 (as shown in Figure 1.2).

In #303, the photographic paper presser plate 41 of the photographic paper supply device 40
Based on the position of the cam member 46, a position detection means (not shown) of the cam member 46 confirms whether or not the cam member 46 is in the flip-up position. #30 when the photographic paper presser plate 41 is in the flip-up position
Proceed to #7, and if it is not in the flip-up position, proceed to #304.

In #304, the cam member 46 is rotated by the cam rotation device 208.

In #305, it is checked whether the photographic paper presser plate 41 has moved to the flip-up position. If it has not moved to the flip-up position, repeat this operation, and if it has moved to the flip-up position, proceed to #306.

In #306, the cam member 46 by the cam rotation device 208
stop rotating.

At #307, the storage case 4 is moved to be taken out from the outer case 2 of the photographic paper storage device 1.

This is performed via the storage case moving device 204 (storage case moving device 30).

At #308, as the storage case 4 moves, the information output device 205 (input/output means 29
) in sequence.

In #309, the read information is written to the storage device 207.

In #31O, the image processing device 202 outputs the read information as a video signal to the television monitor 20, and displays it on the television monitor 20 as index information.

The content displayed as the above index information is the ID of the negative film of the photographic paper 8 stored in the photographic paper storage device 1.
The information includes the number, the number of stored photographic papers 8, the shooting date, and one period. Furthermore, if titles, comments, etc. are recorded, they can be displayed in the same way. The display of this index information will be described later.
It is erased when being output to the television monitor 20.

At #311, the second detection means 33 checks whether the storage case 4 has been moved by the storage case moving device 204 to the photographic paper take-out position. If it has not been moved, repeat this operation. When it is confirmed that the object has been moved, the process advances to #312.

At #312, movement of the storage case 4 by the storage case moving device 204 is stopped.

In #313, the cam member 46 is rotated by the cam rotation device 208.

At #314, the cam member 4 checks whether the cam member 46 has rotated to a predetermined position, that is, whether the photographic paper presser plate 41 of the photographic paper supply device 40 has moved to the connection position with the storage case 4.
This is confirmed using the position detection means (not shown) shown in 6. If the rotation has reached the predetermined position, the process proceeds to #315, and if the rotation to the predetermined position has not been completed, this operation is repeated.

In #315, the cam member 46 by the cam rotation device 208
stops rotating and ends this flow. FIG. 2 shows the state at this time.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the operation of moving the photographic paper 8 to the image reading position, and this will be explained using FIGS. 10 and 13.

At #321, the cam member 51 is rotated by the cam rotation device 208, the photographic paper push-up device 50 is moved, and the photographic paper 8 in the storage case 4 is pushed up via the push-up plate 5.

In #322, the position detection means (not shown) of the cam member 51 confirms whether the cam member 51 has rotated to a predetermined position. If it has rotated to a predetermined position, that is, if the photographic paper 8 has been pushed up and moved until it comes into contact with the paper feed roller 43, the process proceeds to #323, and if it has not been rotated to a predetermined position, this operation is repeated.

In #323, the cam member 51 by the cam rotation device 208
stop rotating. This results in the state shown in FIG.

At #324, a motor (not shown) connected to the paper feed belt drive shaft 43b is started, and the paper feed belt 45. The paper feed roller 43 is rotated counterclockwise via the paper feed belt driven shaft 43a. As a result, the photographic paper 8 is carried out from the storage case 4, and guided to the guide member 56 with its carrying direction being regulated by the paper press plate 41.

In #325, it is checked whether the photographic paper 8 has moved to the third detection means 57 or not. When it is confirmed that the photographic paper 8 has moved, the process advances to #326, and if it has not moved, this operation is repeated.

At #326, the pair of feeding rollers 61 and 63 are rotated by a motor (not shown) to guide the photographic paper 8 to the image reading position.

At #327, the built-in timer T is started and starts counting.

In #328, it is checked whether or not the timer T has reached a predetermined time t1. If the timer T has not reached the predetermined time t1, the process returns to #327, and if it has reached the predetermined time, the process proceeds to #329. This timer time t1 starts after the detection means 57 detects the leading edge of the photographic paper 8 and the next photographic paper 8 comes into contact with the paper feed roller 43 (the photographic paper 8 located at the top is placed in the storage case 4). This is set to a time immediately before the photographic paper pushing device 50 operates so that the next photographic paper 8 comes into contact with the paper feed roller.

In #329, the count value of the timer T is reset.

At #330, a motor (not shown) connected to the paper feed belt drive shaft 43b is stopped in order to stop the rotation of the paper feed roller 43. As a result, the movement of the photographic paper 8 to be carried out next is stopped, and the paper is placed in a standby state.

At #331, the information recorded on the back side of the photographic paper 8 explained with reference to FIG. 6 is read out by the information output device 205 (input/output means 58).

In #332, the read information is written to the storage device 207.

In #333, it is checked whether the photographic paper 8 has passed the position of the detection means 57 or not. If the photographic paper 8 is passing through, #333 is repeated, and if passing is confirmed, the process proceeds to #334.

At #334, the pair of feeding rollers 61 and 63 are stopped. This causes the photographic paper 8 to stop at the image reading position.

This concludes the flow for moving the photographic paper 8 to the image reading position.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing operations related to image reading, which will be explained using FIGS. 12 and 13.

In #351, the light source 100 of the lighting device 215 is turned on,
The photographic paper 8 held at the image reading position (on the receiving plate 62) is illuminated via the reflecting mirror 64.

At #352, the vertical and horizontal directions of the photographic paper 8, that is, the vertical and vertical directions are determined. Vertical position information is one of the information read in #331 of FIG. 15, and the vertical direction is determined based on this information. If the photograph is in a vertical position, the process advances to #353, and if it is a photograph in the normal position, the process advances to #355.

In #353, rotation stage 1 is rotated according to the vertical direction information.
Rotate 07.

In #354, the initial position of the zoom is changed so that the image on the photographic paper 8 fits in the vertical direction of the television monitor 20.

In #355, the focus adjustment device 213 performs focus adjustment to correct warping of the photographic paper 8, etc. so that the image becomes even clearer.

In #356, the image on the photographic paper is read by the television camera 101 in the image reading device 211.

In #357, a video signal is output from the image processing device 202, and the image on the photographic paper 8 is reproduced on the television monitor 20.

At #358, the state of the forward switch 15 provided on the front panel of the photographic paper image reproducing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 3 is determined. If it is confirmed that the forward switch 15 has been pressed, the process proceeds to #363, and if it is not confirmed that the forward switch 15 has been pressed, the process proceeds to #359.

At #359, the zoom is increased in response to the operation of the zoom switch 13 shown in FIG.

At #360, the X and Y stages 105 and 106 are operated in response to the panning switch 14 being operated back and forth and left and right within a range that does not incorporate the outside of the image frame of the photographic paper 8 into the image of the television camera 101 in the zoomed-up state. is moved to enlarge and reproduce any part of the image on the photographic paper 8.

In #361, it is detected whether the information selection switch 17 of the display information selection device 216 has been operated, and information matching the item of the selected switch is read from the storage device 207.

In #362, the selected information is displayed on the image processing device 2.
02 as a video signal and output it as a video signal to the TV monitor 2.
0, the image is displayed together with the image on the photographic paper 8.

Next, return to #358, repeat steps #358 to #362, and when it is confirmed that the forward switch 15 has been pressed, proceed to #363.

In #363, output of the video signal from the image processing device 202 is stopped.

In #364, the light source 100 of the lighting device 215 is turned off.

In #365, the zoom positions of the X and Y stages 105, 106, rotation stage 107, and lens 102 are returned to their initial positions.

This completes the flow of operations related to image reading.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating the feeding movement of the photographic paper 8 from the image reading position to the storage case 94, and this will be explained using FIGS. 10 and 13.

At #381, the pair of feeding rollers 61, 63 and the pair of loading rollers 77 are rotated to guide the photographic paper 8 to the guide member 66 and loading roller 77.

At #382, if the fourth detection means 67 confirms that the photographic paper 8 has passed, the process proceeds to #383, and if it is passing, this operation is repeated.

At #383, the internal timer T is started and a timer count is performed.

In #384, it is checked whether the timer T has exceeded the predetermined time t2. If the time has exceeded the predetermined time t2, the process proceeds to #385, and if the predetermined time has not reached the predetermined time t2, the process returns to #383.

The predetermined time t2 of the timer T is set to be a sufficient time for the photographic printing paper 8 to be loaded into the storage case 94 by the loading roller pair 77 after passing the position of the fourth detection means 67.

In #385, the count of the timer T is reset.

At #386, the rotation of the feeding roller pair 61, 63 and the loading roller pair 77 is stopped.

In #387, the photographic paper 8 loaded into the storage case 94
The number of sheets is counted and written in the storage device 207.

This completes the flow, but the process then proceeds to #324 in the flowchart of FIG. 15, starts carrying the next photographic paper 8 to the image reading position, and repeats the above-mentioned operations.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining the operation when discharging the photographic paper 8 toward the storage case 4, and this will be explained using FIGS. 11 and 13.

In addition, the photographic paper supply devices 40 and 70, the photographic paper push-up device 5
0 and 80 have been moved from the state shown in FIG. 10 to the position shown in FIG. 11 as explained in FIG. 11 above. This operation will be omitted.

In #401, feeding roller pair 61.63 and loading roller 4
Rotate 7.

At #402, a motor (not shown) connected to the paper feed belt drive shaft 73b is started, and the paper feed roller 73 is rotated clockwise via the paper feed belt 75 and the paper feed belt driven shaft 73a. As a result, the photographic paper 8 is carried out from the storage case 94, and guided to the guide member 66 with its carrying direction being regulated by the paper press plate 71.

In #403, it is checked whether the photographic paper 8 has moved to the fourth detection means 67, and when it is confirmed that the photographic paper 8 has moved, the process proceeds to #404, and if it has not moved, this operation is performed. repeat.

In #404, timer T is started and timer counting is performed.

In #405, it is checked whether or not the timer T has reached the predetermined time t3. If the timer T has not reached the predetermined time t3, the process returns to #404, and if it has reached the predetermined time t3, the process proceeds to #406.

In #406, the count of the timer T is reset.

The above-mentioned timer time t3 starts after the above-mentioned detecting means 67 detects the leading edge of the photographic photographic paper 8, and then the next photographic photographic paper 8 is detected by the paper feeding roller 7.
3 (when the top photographic paper 8 is taken out from the storage case 94, the photographic paper pushing device 80 operates so that the next photographic paper 8 comes into contact with the paper feed roller 73) ).

At #407, the motor (not shown) connected to the paper feed belt drive shaft 73b is stopped in order to stop the rotation of the paper feed roller 73. As a result, the next photographic paper 8
The movement of the machine is stopped and the machine enters a standby state.

In #408, it is checked whether the photographic paper 8 has passed the position of the fourth detection means 67. If the photographic paper 8 is passing through, this operation is repeated, and if passing is confirmed, the process proceeds to #409.

In #409, the number of passing photographic paper 8 is counted,
The loaded number counted in #387 of FIG. 17 is called from the storage device 207, subtracted, and written to the storage device 207 again.

In #41O, determine the result of subtraction in #409 and write “O
", that is, if it is determined that there is no photographic paper 8 left in the storage case 94, the process proceeds to #411; if it is determined that there is any photographic paper 8 left, the process returns to #402, and from #402 to #409.
Repeat the action.

In #411, the last photographic paper 8 is detected by the third detection means 5.
Check to see if you have passed position 7. If photographic paper 8 is passing through, repeat this operation, and if it is confirmed that it is passing, #4
Proceed to step 12.

At #412, timer T is started and timer counting is performed.

In #413, it is checked whether or not the timer T has reached the predetermined time t4. If the timer T has not reached the predetermined time t4, the process returns to #412, and if it has reached the predetermined time t4, the process proceeds to #414.

In #414, the count of the timer T is reset.

The time t4 of the timer T is set to be a sufficient time for the photographic printing paper 8 to be loaded into the storage case 4 by the loading roller pair 47 after passing the position of the third detection means 57.

At #415, the feeding roller pair 61, 63 and the loading roller pair 47 are stopped from rotating.

At #416, the cam member 81 is rotated by the cam rotation device 208, and the photographic paper push-up device 80 is moved in the direction in which it is removed from the storage case 94.

In #417, a position detection means (not shown) of the cam member 81 confirms whether the cam member 81 has rotated to a predetermined position. If the rotation has reached the predetermined position, the process proceeds to #418, and if the rotation has not reached the predetermined position, this operation is repeated.

At #418, the rotation of the cam member 81 is stopped.

At #419, the cam member (not shown) of the photographic paper supply device 70 is rotated by the cam rotation device 208, and the photographic paper presser plate 7 is rotated.
1 to the flip-up position.

In step #420, whether the cam member of the photographic paper supply device 70 has rotated to a predetermined position is checked by a position detecting means (not shown) of the cam member. #421 if rotated to the specified position
Proceed to step 3, and repeat this operation if it has not rotated to the specified position.

At #421, the rotation of the cam member of the photographic paper supply device 70 is stopped.

The photographic paper 8 is now transferred from the storage case 94 to the storage case 4.
The flow for returning to is finished.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of inserting the storage case 4 into the outer case 2.
This will be explained using the drawings and FIG. 13.

In #431, the belt drive shaft 34 of the storage case moving device 30 is rotated counterclockwise by a motor (not shown). Accordingly, the holding member 37 fixed to the belt 36 comes into contact with the storage case 4, and the storage case 4 is moved.

In #432, the storage case 4 is shown in #308 in Figure 14.
If the information content read from the recording medium 7 disposed on the bottom side matches the information on the photographic paper 8 stored in the storage case 4, the process advances to #434, and if the information content matches. If not, proceed to #433.

Inconsistency in information content is a case where the number of stored photographic papers 8 is different, the ID number of the film is different, or the content is different due to other information.

At #433, information regarding the photographic paper 8 in the storage case 4 is written onto the recording medium 7 by the information writing device 206 (input/output means 29).

In #434, the detection device 209 confirms via the first detection means 32 that the storage case 4 has been inserted into the outer case 2 by the storage case moving device 30.204. If the movement of the storage case 4 is not completed, this operation is repeated, and if the completion of movement is confirmed, the process proceeds to #435.

At #435, the motor that was rotating the belt drive shaft 34 of the storage case moving device 30 is stopped.

In #436, the fixed bin 3 that fixes the outer case 2
1 is disengaged from the outer case 2 by the fixed bottle actuating device 203, and this flow is completed.

As described above, the photographic paper storage device 1 can be separated from the photographic paper image reproducing device 10.

Next, as a second embodiment of the present invention, an information transmission system between the photographic paper storage device 1 and the photographic paper image reproduction device 10 will be described.

FIG. 20 shows a storage case 11 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of 0 viewed from below.

A recording element (EEPROM) is provided on the bottom surface of the storage case 110.
111 is arranged, and 112 is this recording element 11.
This is a row of terminals connected to the terminals of each element of 1 and provided on the outer wall surface. Regarding the other configurations of the storage case 110, those having the same numbers as in FIG. 5 have the same functions.

FIG. 21 is a sectional view showing a state in which the photographic paper storage device 1 is inserted through the storage opening 11 of the photographic paper image reproduction device 10 and the storage case 4 is taken out from the outer case 2 by the storage case moving device 30. be.

In the figure, 113 is a connection terminal holding stand, and 113a is a connection terminal that is connected to the terminal row 112 provided on the storage case 110 to transmit information. Regarding other components, those having the same numbers as those in FIG. 8 have the same functions.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the operation from when the storage case 110 is taken out from the outer case 2 until it is connected to the photographic paper supply device 40, and this will be explained based on FIG. 13 and the like.

In #501, the first detection means 32 confirms whether or not the photographic paper storage device 1 is inserted. If it is not inserted, repeat this operation. After confirming that the photographic paper storage device 1 has been inserted, the process advances to #502.

In #502, the fixed bin 3 is activated by the fixed bin actuator 203.
1 to the outer case 2 of the photographic paper storage device 1,
Fix the exterior case 2.

At #503, the storage case moving device 204 moves the storage case 110 to take it out from the outer case 2 of the photographic paper storage device 1.

In #504, the storage case 11 is detected by the second detection means 33.
0 has moved to the photographic paper take-out position.

If it is not moving, repeat this operation. Once the movement is confirmed, the process advances to #505.

In #505, movement of the storage case 4 by the storage case moving device 204 is stopped. In this state, the terminal row 112 of the storage case 4 is connected to the connection terminal 113a of the photographic paper image reproduction device 10.

In #506, the information of the recording element 111 of the storage case 110 is transferred to the information reading device 205 of the photographic paper image reproducing device 1o.
Read is performed by.

In #507, the read information is written to the recording device 207.

In #508, the image processing device 202 outputs the read information as a video signal to the television monitor 2o, and displays it on the television monitor 20 as index information.

In #509, the cam rotation device 208 starts rotating the cam member 46.

At #510, the position of the cam member 46 (not shown) is detected to determine whether the cam member 46 has rotated to a predetermined position (whether the photographic paper presser plate 41 has connected to the storage case 110) as shown in FIG. Confirm by means. If it has rotated to a predetermined position, the process proceeds to #511, and if it has not rotated to a predetermined position, this operation is repeated.

In #511, the cam member 46 by the cam rotation device 208
stop rotating. As a result, the photographic paper presser plate 41 of the photographic paper supply device 40 and the storage case 110 are brought into a connected state.

This completes this flow.

Thereafter, the operation follows the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 15 to 18 described above.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of inserting the storage case 110 into the outer case 2.

In #521, in #506 of Fig. 22, the storage case 11
If the information content read from the recording element 111 of No. 0 matches the information on the photographic paper stored in the storage case 110, there is no need to rewrite the information content, so proceed to step #52.
If the information contents do not match, the process advances to #522.

In #522, information regarding the photographic paper is written into the recording element 111 by the information writing device 206.

In #523, the storage case moving device 204 starts moving the storage case 110.

In #524, it is checked whether the movement of the storage case 110 to the position where it is inserted into the outer case 2 has been completed. If the movement is not completed, this operation is repeated, and if the completion of the movement is confirmed, the process advances to #525.

In #525, movement of the storage case 110 by the storage case moving device 204 is stopped.

In #526, the fixed bin 3 that fixes the outer case 2
1 is disengaged from the outer case 2 by the fixed bottle actuating device 203, and this flow is completed.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 24 is a perspective view of a storage case 210 according to the third embodiment when viewed from below, and a recording medium (barcode) 211 is disposed on the bottom surface of the storage case 210.

Regarding other configurations, those with the same numbers as in FIG. 5 have the same functions.

FIG. 25 is a sectional view showing a state in which the storage case 210 is taken out from the outer case 2, and in the same figure, 21
2 is an information input means (barcode reader). Regarding other configurations, those having the same numbers as those in FIG. 8 have the same functions.

In the operation according to the third embodiment, the storage case 21
0 is taken out from the outer case 2 and sent to the photographic paper supply device 40.
The operation up to the connection with is the same as the operation explained in the flowchart of FIG. 14 above. However, the information input method is different; the recording medium of the storage case 210 has been changed from 7 (magnetic layer) to 114 (barcode), and the input means has been changed from 29 (magnetic head) to 115 (barcode reader). There is.

Regarding the operation of inserting the storage case 210 into the outer case 2, since the third embodiment is a method that does not assume the writing of information, the operation after #523 of the operation explained in the flowchart of FIG. 23 is performed. Proceed in the same way as .

According to the present embodiment, index information such as the ID number, shooting date, number of stored sheets, etc. of the negative film of the photographic paper 8 stored in the photographic paper storage device 1 is stored when the photographic paper storage device 1 is installed in the device. Since the image is read and displayed on the TV monitor 20, the necessary photographic paper 8
When there are multiple negative films, the ID number and shooting date of the negative film corresponding to the stored photographic paper 8 can be easily checked, and the photographic prints stored without being taken out from the storage device 1 can be checked easily. You can check the number of sheets of paper 8.

(Correspondence between the invention and the embodiments) In the present embodiment, the controller 201. Storage means 20
71 image processing device 202 serves as the information output means of the present invention, input/output means 29. The information reading device 2゜5 serves as information continuous output means,
They correspond to each other.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided an information reading means for reading index information of stored photographic paper from an information recording medium provided in a photographic paper storage device; and an information output means for outputting the index information read by the image display device to the image display device. Since the index information of the paper is output to the image display device, the index information of the stored photographic paper can be easily displayed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are cross-sectional views showing the structure of the storage section of the photographic paper storage device of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows the structure of the first embodiment of the present invention and the television monitor. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing photographic paper and a photographic paper storage device according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the bottom side of the photographic paper storage device shown in FIG. 4; 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the storage section of the photographic paper storage device of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 8a and 8b. The figure is also a diagram for explaining the connection with the photographic paper storage device, and Figures 9 to 11 are cross-sectional views showing the photographic paper feeding system.
2 is a cross-sectional view showing the image reading optical system, FIG. 13 is an electrical block diagram, and FIGS. 14 to 19 are flow charts showing the operation of an embodiment of the present invention.
0 is a perspective view of the bottom side of a photographic paper storage device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 21 is a configuration near the storage section of the photographic paper storage device of the second embodiment of the present invention. 22 and 23 are flowcharts showing the operation thereof, FIG. 24 is a perspective view of the bottom side of the photographic paper storage device according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the operation. FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the structure of the vicinity of the storage section of the photographic paper storage device of the third embodiment of the present invention. 1... Photographic paper storage device, 8... Photographic paper, 10... Photographic paper image reproducing device,
29... Input/output means, 40... Photographic paper supply device, 47... Loading roller pair, 61.63
... Feeding roller pair, 202 ... Image processing device, 206 ... Information reading device, 210 ...
. . . Photographic paper feeding device, 211 . . . Image reading device, 215 . . . Lighting device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) an image reading means for reading an image on photographic paper placed at an image reading position; a signal outputting means for outputting an image signal read by the image reading means to an image display device;
A photographic paper image reproducing device comprising a feeding means for taking out stored photographic paper from a photographic paper storing device and feeding it to the image reading position, the photographic paper image reproducing device comprising information provided in the photographic photographic paper storing device. A photograph characterized in that it is provided with an information reading means for reading index information of photographic paper stored in a recording medium, and an information output means for outputting the index information read by the information reading means to an image display device. Photographic paper image reproduction device.