JPH0511353A - Index print and information recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain sufficient functioning as an index by making a picture recorded on a roll of negative film easy to see as a positive picture and simultaneously, easily recognizing information on respective pictures. CONSTITUTION:A recording head 30 is provided on a camera 20, and photographing information is recorded. A recording head 60 is disposed on a photographic printer 22, and the information recorded by the recording head 30 is read and stored. In an index print-processing part 62, the picture of the same size as a picture frame size is printed on an index print 66, every 6-frames. In a printer 74, the stored photographing information is recorded on the index print 66. The picture and photographing information correspond each other to be recorded on the index print 66, so that a customer can recognize the information at the time of photographing by only seeing the index print 66, and can easily specify a printed copy to be ordered, as well.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an index print used as a header of an image frame and an information recording method for recording photographing information corresponding to the image frame on the index print.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Negative film that has been photographed by a camera is brought to a DPE store and generally requested for simultaneous printing. In the developing place (laboratory), the image frames visualized by developing the negative film are sequentially positioned at the printing position, and the photographic paper is exposed at a predetermined enlargement ratio. DP printed with photographic paper and negative film printed at the same time
It is returned to the E store and handed over to the customer.

By the way, since the date and the like due to the function of the camera are recorded in the image of the photographic paper printed at the same time, the customer can recognize the time when the photograph was taken by looking at the finished photographic paper. You can

When a customer requests a reprint, usually, he or she looks at the finished photographic paper and selects it, searches for the corresponding image from the image frames of the negative film, and finds the frame number of the searched image frame. I fill in a designated place such as a DPE bag and request it.

However, since it is troublesome to search for the image frames on the corresponding negative film, in recent years, images of all image frames recorded on the negative film on one sheet of photographic paper are so-called solid prints. (Printing is done with the same size as the image frame size), and this is given to the customer when the negative film is returned (index print).
In addition, when creating an index print, an image on a negative film may be read by a CCD or the like, converted into an electric signal, and digitally recorded by a video printer or the like.

In this index print, since the image is a positive image, it is easy to see and it becomes easy to specify the image frame.

[0007]

However, in the conventional index print, since only the serial number (which may correspond to the frame number) is recorded corresponding to each image frame, information related to photographing (for example, , Date, shutter speed, aperture, etc.) cannot be known. Further, as described above, there are some images in which the date is added, but in the index print, the image itself is small, so the date is difficult to read.

As described above, although the index print makes it easy to see the image recorded on the negative film, its use is limited, so that the index print, that is, the function as a headline is not sufficiently exhibited.

In consideration of the above facts, the present invention makes it easy to see an image recorded on a single negative film as a positive image and easily recognizes information on each image, and has a sufficient function as a heading. It is an object to obtain an index print and a method for recording information on the index print that can be effectively used.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an image recorded on a photographic film is recorded, and the recorded image is used as a heading of a plurality of image frames recorded on the photographic film. The index print is characterized in that information about the recorded image is recorded corresponding to the recorded image.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic film having a recording section for recording photographic information, and an image recorded on the photographic film is recorded on an index print used as a header of an image frame. When recording, the information recording method for recording the photographing information corresponding to the image is recorded in the recording portion on the photographic film at the time of photographing with a camera, and when the index print is created, the recording information of this recording portion is recorded. The image pickup information is read, and the information read corresponding to each image is recorded on the index print surface.

In the invention according to the second aspect, it is more preferable that the recording section is a magnetic recording layer and the photographing information is recorded as magnetic information.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, after the photographic film is developed, for example, all frames are vertically and horizontally arranged on a sheet of photographic paper and so-called solid printing is performed to create an index print. Information about the image is recorded on the index print in correspondence with each image to be printed (for example, below the image to be printed).

In addition to the frame number, the information includes date, shutter speed, aperture, magnification, presence / absence of strobe, negative maker, negative product, negative sensitivity, focal length, etc., which are recorded in the index print. Thus, the customer can easily understand the information about each image by looking at the index print when making a print request, and can effectively use the index print.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the information (photographing information) at the time of photographing is recorded in the recording section on the photographic film when photographing with the camera.

Next, the photographing information recorded in the recording unit at the time of creating the index print is read, and the read information is recorded at a predetermined position on the index print surface. This makes it possible to easily record information that can be determined only at the time of shooting (for example, information on the adjustment state of camera functions such as shutter speed and aperture) in the index print. When the recording part on the photographic film is a magnetic recording layer, the amount of information can be improved by several steps compared to optical recording such as barcodes, and new information can be easily added, rewritten, deleted, etc. It is possible to do it and the workability of information processing is good.

[0017]

1 and 2, a negative film 10 according to this embodiment is shown. The negative film 10 has an emulsion layer 14 provided on the upper surface of the transparent base 12 shown in FIG. 2 so that an image is exposed and recorded. Further, a magnetic recording layer 16 provided with a transparent magnetic material is provided on the lower surface of the transparent base 12 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the magnetic recording layer 16 is formed on the entire surface of the negative film 10, and the image frame 10A which is the front end portion of the negative film 10 is formed.
Is composed of tracks S1 and S2 in a portion where is not recorded and tracks T1 and T2 provided corresponding to each image frame 10A. Of course, this magnetic recording layer 16 is
It may be formed only outside the range of the image frame 10A of the negative film 10. At the tip positions of the tracks S1 and S2 and the tip positions of the tracks T1 and T2, one perforation 11 is provided for each image frame 10A. In addition, at the tip of the negative film 10,
A plurality of perforations 13 are provided for hooking and pulling out the negative film 10 on the claws of a sprocket (not shown).

The tracks S1 and S2 are information necessary for each negative film 10 (for example, negative film maker,
Negative product type, negative sensitivity, etc. are recorded, and tracks T1 and T2 are areas for recording necessary information (frame number, date, shutter speed, aperture, magnification, presence / absence of strobe, etc.) for each image frame 10A. is there.

FIG. 3 shows a camera 20 and a photo printing device 22 according to this embodiment. The camera 20 is loaded with a cartridge 28 on one side of which the negative film 10 is wound around a spool 26 and accommodated therein.

The camera 20 has a magnetic recording layer 16 of the negative film 10, that is, a recording head 3 corresponding to each track.
0 is provided, and the negative film 10 by the drive means is provided.
Photographing information based on the image exposed and recorded on the track is recorded at the time of conveyance.

The negative film 10 which has been photographed is rewound into the cartridge 28 again, taken out from the camera 20, and placed at a predetermined position in the photographic printer 22.

The photographic printing apparatus 22 has a negative carrier 44 arranged on the optical axis of a light source 42 which is irradiated during printing. The negative carrier 44 is provided with a driving roller (not shown) that is rotated by the driving force of the driving unit 48 connected to the control device 46, so that the negative film 10 is conveyed in the direction of arrow A in FIG. Has become. Further, the negative carrier 44 is provided with a solenoid 50 so that the negative film 10 can be clamped and pressed at the printing position by a signal from the control device 46.

C is provided between the light source 42 and the negative carrier 44.
Each MY filter 52 is interposed so that the MY filters 52 appear and disappear on the optical axis according to the exposure amount of each color.

The light rays that have passed through the negative film 10 are irradiated onto the photographic printing paper 56 via the lens 54, and an image is printed on the photographic printing paper 56. A shutter 58 is interposed between the photographic paper 56 and the lens 54,
A signal from the control device 46 is used to retract from the optical axis during exposure.

On the conveying path of the negative film 10,
A reading head 60 is provided on the upstream side of the negative carrier 44 so that the information recorded by the recording head 30 of the camera 20 can be read. The control device 46 is provided with a memory for recording the information read by the reading head 60.

An index print processing unit 62 is provided on the downstream side of the negative carrier 44. In the index print processing unit 62, a pair of masks 64A and 64B sandwiching an area corresponding to 6 frames of the negative film 10 conveyed from the negative carrier 44.
Is provided.

The upper mask 64A is movable in the vertical direction in FIG. 3 by the driving force of the driving means connected to the control device 46, and the index print 66 is provided when it is in the upper position (see the phantom line in FIG. 3). It is designed to be inserted between the negative film 10 and the upper mask 64A. When the index print 66 is inserted at a predetermined position, the upper mask 64A moves down and is moved to the lower position (see the solid line in FIG. 3), and the negative film 10 and the index print 66 can be sandwiched by the lower mask 64B. .

The lower mask 64B is provided with openings for each image frame size for 6 frames so that the light from the light source 68 can pass through the image frames.

A CM is provided between the light source 68 and the lower mask 64B.
Each Y filter 70 is interposed so that the Y filters 70 appear and disappear on the optical axis according to the exposure amount of each color.

The light rays transmitted through the negative film 10 are applied to the index print 66, so that an image of the same size as the image frame size of the negative film 10 is printed on the index print 66.

When the printing process for 6 frames is completed, the negative film 10 is transported by 6 frames, and the index print 66 is moved by the width dimension + α of the negative film 10 in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the negative film 10. The printing process is repeated. As a result, the image recorded on the negative film 10 is printed on the index print 66 in several rows (4 rows in the case of shooting 24 sheets) with 6 frames per column (see FIG. 4).

A printing device 74 is provided on the upper mask 64A of the index print processing section 62. Photographing information read from the reading head 60 and stored in the memory of the control device 46 is input to the printing device 74. The printing device 74 has a role of recording shooting information in a blank space below each image printed on the index print 66.

As a result, the image and the photographing information are recorded in the index print 66 in association with each other.

Information can be input to the printing device 74 from a keyboard 76 connected to the control device 46, and information other than the information recorded in the memory can be printed.

The index print 66 on which the image and the photographing information are recorded is provided with a so-called two-hole punch hole 78. As shown in FIG.
The index prints 66 can be bundled and filed in the binder 80 by using.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. An image is taken by the camera 20 and the negative film 10
The predetermined photographing information (digital data) is recorded from the recording head 30 to the magnetic recording layer 16 in accordance with the movement of the.

After the photographing by the camera 20 is completed, the negative film 10 rewound on the spool 26 of the cartridge 28 is loaded in a predetermined position of the photo printing device 22. When the negative film 10 is pulled out from the loaded cartridge 28 and is conveyed by the driving unit 48 of the negative carrier 44, the reading head 60 reads the photographing information recorded on the magnetic recording layer 16 by the recording head 30 during the conveyance. .

The read photographing information is temporarily stored in the memory of the control device 46. When the image frame reaches the printing position,
By opening the shutter 58, the light from the light source 42 is transmitted and is printed on the printing paper 56 at a predetermined magnification.

In the negative carrier 44, the image frames are sequentially positioned at the printing position and the printing process is repeated.

When six frames of images reach the index print processing unit 62 on the downstream side of the negative carrier 44, the index print 66 is inserted between the upper mask 64A and the negative film 10 and the upper mask 64A descends. ,
The negative film 10 and the index print 66 are sandwiched by the lower mask 64A. In this state, the light source 68
When the light from is emitted, the image for 6 frames is printed on the index print 66 in the same size as the image frame size.

By repeating this, in the negative film 10 having 24 shots, images of 6 frames horizontally and 4 lines vertically are printed, and the image printing on the index print 66 is completed.

The index print 66 on which the image printing process has been completed is conveyed to the information recording section 72, and the photographing information stored in the memory of the control device 46 is printed by the printing device 74 below each image frame. . This allows
Index print 6 that combines images and shooting conditions
6 is created.

The index print 66 is delivered to the customer together with the developed negative film 10 and the simultaneous print. The customer can grasp the information at the time of photographing just by looking at the index print 66, and can easily specify it when ordering the additional print. That is, conventionally, an image to be reprinted is selected by observing images printed at the same time, the corresponding image is searched from the negative images recorded on the negative film 10, and a check mark is put on the negative sheet to print at a DPE store. I was going to bring it to. But,
In the present embodiment, it suffices to select an image to be reprinted from the positive images recorded on the index print 66 and to specify the frame number assigned to this image. Further, since the printing order of the index print 66 matches the image frame order on the negative film 10, the workability of facilitating the image search in the laboratory is improved.

The index print 66 has 2
The punched holes 78 are provided so that the customer can store a plurality of index prints 66 in a binder 80. Therefore, the photographs can be easily organized, and the index print 66 can be effectively used.

In this embodiment, the index print processing section 62 and the information recording section 72 are connected to the photographic printing apparatus 22, and the negative film 10 is continuously conveyed to these to form the index print 66. As shown in FIG. 6, an index print processing device 82 and an information recording device 84 for recording information on the index print 66, which are separate from the photographic printing device 22, may be separately provided.

Although the image is printed on the index print 66 in this embodiment, the light transmitted through the negative film is read by the CCD and the well-known film video player and video image to be displayed on the CRT are recorded by thermal transfer or the like. If a video printer is used to convert an image into an electric signal and the electric signal of the photographing information is combined and printed, the trouble of the printing process can be saved and the apparatus can be simplified. In addition,
In this case, the resolution of the image is slightly lowered, but the function as the index print can be sufficiently fulfilled.

The index print 6 of this embodiment is also used.
In the case of No. 6, the information is recorded correspondingly to the lower part of the image, but the information may be collectively recorded in a part of the index print 66 as shown in FIG. Further, in the present embodiment, the image is solid printed and the image photographed on one negative film is stored in one index print 66. However, as shown in FIG. 8, the image is printed every two images. The image may be stretched. According to this, the image can be easily viewed and the amount of information can be increased.

[0048]

As described above, the index printing and information recording method according to the present invention makes it easy to see an image recorded on one negative film as a positive image and easily recognizes information about each image. And has an excellent effect that the function as a headline can be sufficiently exhibited.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a negative film according to this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a system diagram for recording and reproducing information according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an index print.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the index print accommodated in a binder.

FIG. 6 is a system diagram when each part is a separate body.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a modified example of an index print image and information recording state.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a modified example of an index print image and information recording state.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Negative film 16 magnetic recording layer 20 cameras 22 Photo printing equipment 30 recording head 46 Control device 60 read head 62 Index print processing unit 66 index print 72 Information recording section 74 printer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An index print in which an image recorded on a photographic film is recorded, and the recorded image is used as a heading of a plurality of image frames recorded on the photographic film, and corresponds to the recorded image. An index print in which information about the image is recorded. 2. A photographic film having a recording section for recording photographic information, wherein an image recorded on the photographic film is recorded on an index print used as a header of an image frame. A corresponding information recording method for recording shooting information, in which shooting information is recorded in a recording unit on photographic film when shooting with a camera, and when shooting an index print, the shooting information in this recording unit is read and each image is recorded. An information recording method characterized in that the information read corresponding to the above is recorded on the index print surface.