JPH0918825A - Image printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify the scanning of an image printing by transferring the driving signal from the driving means of the printer put side by side with the control means of a reproducing device from a reproducing device to a printer. SOLUTION: By the control signal from a remote control device 30, a camcorder 100 is made its reproduction state, an image to be printed is selected and the printing button 31 put side by side is operated. The operation signal from the device 30 is decoded in a system control circuit 17 and the control signal for a printing is transferred from the circuit 17 to the system control circuit 27 of a printer 200. Thus, the image supplied at the time is fetched in the one-frame memory 21 of the device 200 and the printing of the image selected by a printing part 22 is performed. Therefore, the operation of the device 200 can be performed by only the side of the VTR 100 and the printing of the selected image can be also performed by only one operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image printing system suitable for use in reproducing and printing an image recorded in a VTR, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when an image recorded on a VTR is reproduced and printed, the VTR (reproduction device) is reproduced to select an image to be printed, and the selected image is taken into a memory of a printing device. , Is designed to print this captured image.

In this case, the operation of selecting an image to be printed is performed by the VTR by using, for example, the VTR's reproduction function, search function, or frame feed function. On the other hand, the operation of fetching an image in the memory and printing the fetched image is performed by the printing apparatus.

Therefore, in the conventional system, such a VT
When the image recorded in R is reproduced and printed, the VTR (reproduction device) and the printing device have to be operated separately, and the operation is complicated and smooth operation cannot be performed. Further, for example, it is considered that the printing apparatus is provided with a function of remotely controlling the VTR and all the operations are performed on the printing apparatus side, but this is not preferable because the configuration of the printing apparatus becomes complicated.

[0005]

This application has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the problem to be solved is that in the conventional system, the reproducing device and the printing device are operated separately. That is, the operation was complicated and the smooth operation could not be performed.

[0006]

Therefore, in the present invention, means for driving the printing apparatus is provided in addition to control means for controlling the operation of the reproducing apparatus, and a drive signal from this control means is sent from the reproducing apparatus to the printing apparatus. According to the present invention, a means for transferring is provided. According to this, the operation can be performed only on the reproducing apparatus side, and the selected image can be printed by only one operation.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION That is, in the present invention, in an image printing system comprising an image reproducing device and an image printing device, a control means for controlling the operation of the reproducing device is provided with a means for driving the printing device. Means is provided for transferring the drive signal from the control means from the reproducing device to the printing device.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an example of an image printing system according to the present invention. That is, in this FIG.
For example, a VTR 100 with a built-in camera and a printing device 200 as a reproducing device are provided.

In this camera-integrated VTR 100,
The video signal picked up by the image pickup unit 10 is the video signal processing circuit 1.
1 and is converted into a digital signal in a predetermined format, for example. Further, recording / reproduction of the digital signal converted between the video signal processing circuit 11 and the VTR unit 12 is performed.

Further, the video signal from the video signal processing circuit 11 is supplied to the viewfinder 13 and the video signal picked up by the image pickup section 10 or the video signal reproduced by the VTR section 12 is displayed. The video signal supplied to the viewfinder 13 is also taken out to the monitor terminal 14. Further, the video signal from the video signal processing circuit 11 is taken out to the video output terminal 15.

Further, a remote control device 30 is provided for the camera-integrated VTR 100, and the remote control device 3 is provided.
The transmission signal from 0 is received by the remote control receiver 16.
Then, the control signal received by the receiving unit 16 is supplied to the system control circuit 17 to control the above-mentioned VTR unit 12 and the like.

Further, control signals are exchanged between the system control circuit 17 and a system control circuit 27 of the printing apparatus 200, which will be described later, through transmission / reception circuits 18, 28, terminals 19, 29 and a connecting line 40. . Further, the video signal output to the video output terminal 15 of the camera-integrated VTR 100 is supplied to the video input terminal 20 of the printing apparatus 200 through the connection line 50.

In the printing apparatus 200, the video signal from the video input terminal 20 is supplied to the memory 21 for one frame, for example, and the image to be printed is stored. Further, the image stored in the memory 21 is supplied to the printing unit 22 for printing.

At the same time, the input side video signal and the output side video signal of the memory 21 are selected by the changeover switch 23, and the selected video signal is, for example, the monitor receiver 6.
It is taken out to the monitor terminal 24 connected to 0. Then, these memory 21, printing unit 22, and changeover switch 2
3 is performed by a control signal from the system control circuit 27.

Therefore, when printing an image in this system, the camera-integrated VTR 100 is first put into a reproduction state by a control signal from the remote control device 30.
As a result, the video signal reproduced from the VTR unit 12 is displayed on the viewfinder 13 or the monitor receiver 60, and an image to be printed is selected from the displayed images.

When the print button 31 provided in the remote control device 30 is operated while this image is selected, the system control circuit 17 decodes the operation signal. Then, according to the decoded result, the system control circuit 17 causes the system control circuit 27 of the printing apparatus 200 to operate.
A control signal for printing is transferred to.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the system control circuit 17 first issues an image capture command. As a result, the memory 21 of the printing apparatus 200 is
The image supplied at that time is captured. In addition, a printable status is issued from the printing apparatus 200, and when the loading of the image into the memory 21 is completed, the printable status becomes a state indicating that the printable status is possible.

When the printable status is changed to a printable status, the system control circuit 17 issues a next print start command. As a result, in the printing apparatus 200, the image captured in the memory 21 is supplied to the printing unit 22 and printing of the image is started. Also, the status of printing is issued from the printing device 200,
While the printing unit 22 continues printing, the status during printing becomes the status under printing.

Further, when the printing status disappears from the printing status, the system control circuit 17 issues a monitor output switching command. As a result, in the printing apparatus 200, the switch 23 is switched and the video signal on the input side of the memory 21 is taken out to the monitor terminal 24. Further, the status of monitor output is issued from the printing apparatus 200, and when the video signal on the input side of the memory 21 is taken out to the monitor terminal 24, the status of monitor output becomes a state indicating it.

In this way, in this system, when the image is selected, the selected image can be printed only by operating the print button 31 attached to the remote control device 30, for example.

Therefore, in this system, according to the present invention, the operation of the reproducing apparatus can be performed by using the reproducing apparatus and the printing apparatus, which are conventionally required to be operated respectively, and the operation is complicated and smooth operation cannot be performed. By providing the control means for controlling with the means for driving the printing device and the means for transferring the drive signal from the control means from the reproducing device to the printing device, the operation can be performed only on the reproducing device side, and it is selected. Images can also be printed with a single operation.

In the above system, for example, when the video signal processing circuit 11 is converted into a digital signal format, the video signal processing circuit 11 is provided with a memory for one frame or more. Therefore, in such a case, the memory of the video signal processing circuit 11 can be used instead of the memory 21 of the printing device 200.
This can further simplify the configuration of the printing device 200.

When the VTR section 12 can add an index signal to a desired image, for example, a plurality of images to be printed are selected in advance, the index signal is added to these images, and the print operation button 31 is selected. It is also possible to automatically print the selected images in order by operating.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the control means for controlling the operation of the reproducing apparatus is provided with the means for driving the printing apparatus, and the means for transferring the drive signal from the controlling means from the reproducing apparatus to the printing apparatus is provided. As a result, the operation can be performed only on the reproducing device side, and the selected image can be printed by only one operation.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to extremely easily print the image recorded on the VTR or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of an image printing system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 camera-integrated VTR 200 printing device 10 imaging unit 11 video signal processing circuit 12 VTR unit 13 viewfinder 14, 24 monitor terminal 15 video output terminal 16 remote control receiving unit 17, 27 system control circuit 18, 28 transmission / reception circuit 19, 29 Terminal 20 Video input terminal 21 1-frame memory 22 Printing unit 23 Changeover switch 30 Remote control device 31 Printing operation buttons 40, 50 Connection line 60 Monitor receiver

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An image printing system comprising an image reproducing device and an image printing device, wherein control means for controlling the operation of the reproducing device is provided with means for driving the printing device, and driving from the control means. An image printing system comprising means for transferring a signal from the reproducing device to the printing device. 2. The image printing system according to claim 1, wherein the image from the reproducing apparatus is supplied to the printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus stores the supplied image in a memory and then prints. Image printing system. 3. The image printing system according to claim 1, wherein the drive signal transferred from the reproducing device to the printing device includes at least an image capture command, a print start command, and a monitor output switching command. And an image printing system in which each of the commands is sequentially issued based on at least a printable status, a printing status, and a monitor output status from the printing apparatus. 4. The image printing system according to claim 1, wherein the reproducing device digitally records an image.