JPH11261804A - Digital photo system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital photo system capable of providing high image quality photographs of famous spots, mascots or the like and composite photos without failures regardless of weather and conditions, etc. SOLUTION: In this digital photo system 10 for digitally exposing a photosensitive material based on first image data made into digital data and outputting prints for which the first image data are reproduced, by inputting or obtaining image designating information, selectively outputting at least one piece of second image data corresponding to the image designating information from an image database storing plural image data corresponding to the image designating information beforehand and outputting the first and second image to at least one of a recording medium for preserving the image data and a printer 58 for digitally exposing the photosensitive material, the problem is solved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital photo system which digitally exposes a photosensitive material based on digitalized image data and outputs a print (photograph) in which the image data is reproduced. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, photographic film (hereinafter, referred to as photographic film)
Printing of an image photographed on a photosensitive material or the like onto a photosensitive material has been performed by direct exposure in which the image of the film is projected onto the photosensitive material and the photosensitive material is surface-exposed. On the other hand, at present, for example, image information photographed on a film is photoelectrically read, converted into digital data and subjected to various image processings, and then a photosensitive material is formed based on the digitalized image data. Digital photo systems for exposure have been put to practical use.

Such a digital photo system basically includes a scanner for reading image data recorded on an original such as a transparent original or a reflective original, and controls and manages the entire system. An input device having a control device or the like for performing image processing, a printer for digitally exposing a photosensitive material according to image data after image processing,
An output device having a processor or the like for developing the exposed photosensitive material. Generally, the input device and the output device are configured as separate types.

In an input device, first, in the case of reading image data photographed on a film by a scanner, for example, a reading light emitted from a light source is incident on the film, and a projection carrying an image photographed on the film is carried out. The light is imaged on an image sensor such as a CCD sensor by an imaging lens, the image is photoelectrically converted by the image sensor, the image is read, and various image processing is performed as necessary.
It is supplied to the control device as input image data corresponding to an image photographed on the film.

Subsequently, the control device controls the entire system in accordance with an operator's instruction and converts the input image data supplied from the scanner into digital data.
Alternatively, after image data that has been digitized in advance is supplied to the control device, various image processing conditions are set in accordance with the image data, various image processing is performed on the image data, and the exposure condition is determined. Then, it is transferred to the printer of the output device as output image data.

On the other hand, in an output device, in a printer, for example, if the apparatus uses light beam scanning exposure, the light beam is modulated in accordance with image data transferred from a control device, and the light beam is modulated in the main scanning direction. While being deflected, the photosensitive material is transported in a sub-scanning direction substantially orthogonal to the main scanning direction,
After the photosensitive material is two-dimensionally scanned and exposed to record a latent image, the processor is subjected to a development process in accordance with the photosensitive material, so that an image photographed on a film is reproduced as a finished print.

In a digital photo system, color density correction is performed by image processing and exposure conditions are determined, so that the time required for exposure per image is short, and
Since the exposure time is also constant according to the image size, quick exposure can be performed as compared with the conventional direct exposure. In addition, editing such as image synthesis and image division, and image processing such as color / density adjustment can be freely performed, and a finished print that has been freely edited and subjected to image processing can be output according to the intended use.

In addition, since the image information of the finished print can be stored in a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk, it is not necessary to re-read the film or determine the exposure conditions again, and the work such as reprinting can be performed quickly and Easy.
Further, although it has been difficult to print by direct exposure in the past, digital photo systems output prints in which image information recorded on film or the like is almost completely reproduced in terms of resolution, color / density reproducibility, and the like. Is possible.

[0009] By the way, when going to a sightseeing spot such as Disneyland and taking a picture, for example, taking a photograph of a famous place such as a building such as Cinderella Castle or a landscape in a garden, taking a mascot (character) such as Mickey Mouse, or taking a mascot May take a commemorative photo with. However, for example, due to bad weather, it may not be possible to photograph buildings and landscapes neatly, to photograph a mascot, or to take a commemorative photograph together with a mascot.

On the other hand, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-12009
No. 4 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-138483 disclose characters,
Primary information, such as a symbol, a figure, a pattern, or an image, which is a pre-imaging image that can form a composite photograph together with a captured image is previously exposed to a part of a frame to be captured. A film and a film unit with a lens provided with identification information for identification are disclosed, and various synthetic photographs can be easily and inexpensively created.

However, in the film and the film unit with a lens disclosed in each of the above publications, since primary information fixed to a part of the frame of the film is directly exposed, the primary information corresponds to the exposed frame. However, there is a problem that the film becomes longer and the cost becomes higher.On the other hand, when the number of frames of the film is set to the same as that of the conventional film, the number of frames that can be taken is reduced by exposing the primary information. There was a problem that the number was reduced by the number of frames.

[0012] Further, there is a problem that a film or a lens-equipped film unit which is actually sold as a product is limited in the types of images to be primarily exposed, and the options of images to be primarily exposed are narrowed. When trying to create a composite photo, for example, the user needs to adjust the position by looking at the printed material of the primary exposed image, and it is difficult to create a composite photo easily, so failure shooting There was also a problem that there is a high possibility that this will happen.

[0013]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide, as a service print, a high-quality photograph of a famous place or a mascot, regardless of the weather or the situation, in view of the problems based on the above-mentioned prior art. It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital photo system. Another object of the present invention is to provide a digital photo system capable of easily and reliably synthesizing a photographed image with a famous place, a mascot, and furthermore, character information and the like, and producing a composite photograph without failure. Is to do.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for digitally exposing a photosensitive material based on digitalized first image data, the method comprising:
A digital photo system for outputting a print in which image data of the image is reproduced, an information input unit for inputting or obtaining image specification information, and an image database in which a plurality of image data corresponding to the image specification information are stored in advance. A data selection unit for selectively outputting at least one second image data corresponding to the image designation information from the image database; and recording the first and second image data for storing the image data. A digital photo system comprising a medium and a data output unit for outputting to at least one of a printer that digitally exposes the photosensitive material.

Here, in the digital photo system, after performing various image processing on the first and / or second image data, the first and / or second image data is It is preferable to have an image processing unit for supplying the data output unit.

Further, the second image data is converted to the first image data.
It is preferable to output the image data as additional print image data independent of the print corresponding to the image data. Also,
It is preferable that the image processing section performs image composition on the first and second image data.

Further, the information input section is optically or magnetically recorded on at least one of a predetermined area of the photographic film and a surface of the film package, or
It is preferable to input or acquire the image designation information electrically recorded on an IC mounted on the film cartridge.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a digital photo system according to the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a digital photo system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The digital photo system 10 of the illustrated example, for example, photoelectrically reads an image recorded on a document image, converts the read image into digital data, performs various image processings, and applies a photosensitive material in accordance with the image data after the image processing. It outputs a print (photograph) by digitally scanning and exposing and reproducing an image recorded on a document image, and has an input device 12 and an output device 14.

In the following embodiments, description will be made by taking as an example a case where a photographic film (hereinafter, referred to as a film) is used as a document image. In addition, the digital photo system 10 of the present invention can use a transparent original such as various films and a reflective original such as various color prints (color photographs) and prints as the original image. It is also possible to receive digital image data.

In the digital photo system 10, first, in the illustrated example, the input device 12 includes a scanner 18 that photoelectrically reads an image recorded on a document image, and
After controlling and managing the entire system 10, after converting the image data of the document image read by the scanner 18 into digital data, or after receiving image data that has been converted into digital data in advance, various types of And a control device 20 that performs the image processing of (1).

Here, FIG. 2 shows a conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the input device. The illustrated scanner 18 photoelectrically reads an image captured on the film F. The light source 22, the variable aperture 24, and R (red), G
Color filter plate 2 that separates color into three primary colors (green) and B (blue)
6, a diffusion box 28, an imaging lens 30, an area-type CCD sensor 32 for reading an image photographed on the film F frame by frame, and an amplifier 34.

In the scanner 18, reading light is emitted from a light source 22, the amount of the emitted reading light is adjusted by a variable aperture 24, and then the color is adjusted by passing through a color filter plate 26. The light is uniformly diffused in the plane direction of F and enters the film F. By transmitting through the film F, the projection light carrying the image photographed on the film F is imaged on the light receiving surface of the CCD sensor 32 by the imaging lens 30 and is photoelectrically read by the CCD sensor 32.

The image data read by the CCD sensor 32 is amplified by an amplifier 34 and
Is supplied to the control device 20 as analog image data corresponding to the image photographed at the time of shooting. In the scanner 18, the R, G, and B color filters of the color filter plate 26 are sequentially inserted, and the above image reading is performed three times in total.
The image photographed on the film F is read after being separated into three primary colors of R, G, and B.

Prior to image reading (main scanning) for obtaining output image data, a pre-scan for roughly scanning an image at a low resolution is performed, and image processing conditions are set from the image data obtained by the pre-scan. Then, image data of the main scan is subjected to image processing according to the image processing conditions, and output image data for output of image recording by the output device 14. Note that the only difference between the pre-scan and the main scan is that the resolution of the read image is different.

Subsequently, in the input device 12, the control device 2
0 is an A / D (analog-digital) converter 36, LU
T (lookup table) 38, data correction unit 40,
An image processing circuit 35 including R, G, and B frame memories for pre-scan and main scan (hereinafter, referred to as pre-scan memory and main scan memory, respectively) 41 and 42, an image processing unit 46, and the like; 43, an image database 44, a data selection unit 45, and a data output unit 4.
7, a control unit 48, and an input / output unit 50.

First, the control unit 48 controls and manages the operation of the entire digital photo system 10 via an input / output unit 50, such as a personal computer.
The input / output unit 50 is read by the keyboard 52, the mouse 54, and the scanner 18 for the operator to input (set) various conditions, select and instruct processing, and input instructions such as color / density correction. It has a display 56 for displaying images, various operation instructions, setting / registration screens for various conditions, and the like.

The information input section 43 inputs or acquires image designation information such as template information in addition to place information such as a film sales place and a photographing place and character information, such as Disneyland, Mt. Fuji, and Mickey Mouse. .
The image designation information may be a direct character expression such as Disneyland or Mt. Fuji, but each of the image designation information registered as image designation information can be easily read by the reader. One-to-one correspondence with information, expressed by numbers, English characters, symbols, etc.,
Alternatively, it is preferable to use various codes such as a barcode.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, in the case of a conventional film or a film of the new photographic system (APS), the image designation information is included in a code such as a DX code, an extended DX code, and an FNS code. In the case of a film for a new photographic system, optical recording is performed in the region 49 at the width direction end of the film 51, or magnetic recording is performed in the region 53 at the width direction end of the film 51, or the film cartridge 55 is used. It is preferable to electrically record the information on an IC mounted on the camera, since it can be automatically read and acquired by a reading device. However, even if it is other than this, for example, a film cartridge 55, a film case, a film with a lens Image designation information 5 printed on the surface of a film package such as a unit body, a film package, a packaging box, or a packaging bag
7 or the image specification information specified by the customer at the dealer may be manually input.

In the present invention, as the information input section 43, for example, an optical or magnetic reading device such as an OCR (optical character reading device), a bar code reader, a magnetic reading head, or the like is used. The image designation information may be automatically input or obtained by reading the image designation information recorded on the film or the film package by a typical reader, or the keyboard 52, the mouse 54, and the tablet may be used. The operator may directly input the image designation information by using the method described above.

The image designation information is, for example, information of the place of sale recorded in advance in a predetermined area of the film when the film or the film unit with the lens is manufactured, or the image designation information is recorded on the surface of the film package. When the customer directly designates the image designation information, the image designation information is recorded on the film when the film or the film unit with the lens is developed, and the image designation information recorded on the film is input to the information input section 43. It is preferable to input or obtain by The number of pieces of image designation information is not limited to one, and two or more pieces of image designation information may be recorded, input, or acquired as needed.

Subsequently, the image database 44 stores a plurality of image data corresponding to the image designation information in advance, such as a hard disk or a compact disk. Note that the image database may be provided individually for each digital photo system 10 or one image database 44 may be shared by a plurality of digital photo systems 10 using a network. Alternatively, both may be used in combination.

The image database 44 can freely exchange the image data to be stored, for example, for each sightseeing spot, for each season, for each limited period, etc., so that the image options are wide and correspond to the image designation information. The image data obtained can be changed as appropriate. The image data stored in the image database 44 may include, for example, various types of image data and character data that are used as final photo materials, in addition to image data completely completed as a single photograph. ,
These are preferably of higher resolution.

The data selection section 45 includes the image database 4
4 to selectively output at least one image data corresponding to the image designation information. By the data selection unit 45,
For example, random image data may be automatically selected and output, or image data specified by a customer at a dealer may be selectively output using a keyboard 52, a mouse 54, or the like. Then, the operator may select the image data while viewing the image data displayed on the display 56. When a plurality of pieces of image designation information are input or acquired, the data selection unit 45 selectively outputs at least one piece of image data corresponding to the image designation information for each piece of image designation information.

The image processing section 46 includes a pre-scan memory 4
1 and the image data read from the main scan memory 42 and the image data selected and output from the image database 44 by the data selection unit 45, for example, a color / gradation correction process, an image corresponding to an electronic magnification. Various kinds of correction processing and image processing such as enlargement / reduction processing (electronic scaling), compression / expansion processing of a dynamic range, sharpness processing (sharpening processing), and image synthesis processing are performed. The image processing unit 46 basically converts the image data read from the pre-scan memory 41 and the main scan memory 42 and / or the image data selectively output from the image database 44 by the data selection unit 45. However, it is also possible to directly output the input image data without performing image processing on the image data.

Finally, the data output section 47 converts the image data after image processing input from the image processing section 46 into a CD (compact disk), MO (magneto-optical disk), DVD (digital video disk), or the like. like,
The image data is output to at least one of a recording medium for storing the image data and the output device 14.

R, read by the scanner 18,
Each of the analog image data of G and B is converted into digital image data by the A / D converter 36, log (logarithmically) converted by the LUT 38 and converted into density data, and DC offset correction and darkness correction are performed by the data correction unit 40. After predetermined processing such as hour correction and shading correction is performed,
For each pre-scan and main scan, R, G,
The prescan memory 41 for B and the main scan memory 42 hold the data.

Further, the image designation information is input or obtained by the information input section 43 and the data selection section 45
Image data corresponding to the image designation information is selectively output from the image data stored in the image database 44 and input to the image processing unit 46.

After the image data is held in the pre-scan memory 41, the image processing section 46 reads out the image data from the pre-scan memory 41, and performs color / tone correction, electronic magnification, dynamic range processing, sharpness, etc. Various image processing conditions are set. The pre-scanned image processed according to the image processing conditions is displayed on the display 56, and if necessary, a test is performed by an operator.
The color / density, gradation, and the like are adjusted, and final image processing conditions are determined.

After the final image processing conditions are determined, when an output start instruction is given by the operator, the image processing section 46 reads the main scan image data from the main scan memory 42, and determines the final Depending on typical image processing conditions, for example, the color / gradation of the image is corrected,
The image is enlarged / reduced in accordance with the electronic magnification, the dynamic range of the image data is compressed / expanded, and various image processes such as a sharpness process are performed.

Here, the image data selected and output by the data selection unit 45 and input to the image processing unit 46 is subjected to image processing, for example, as image data of one completely independent photograph, and the main scan image after the image processing is performed. The data is input to the data output unit 47 together with the data, or as a material of the main scan image data, the image is synthesized with the main scan image data, and the image data after the image synthesis is input to the data output unit 47 and recorded on the recording medium Or transferred to the output device 14. The image data selected by the data selection unit 45 and processed as one completely independent photograph, and the image data selected by the data selection unit 45 and synthesized as a material of the actual scan image data The data is not limited to one, but may be two or more.
Further, the same or different images (data selection unit 45) are selectively output to two or more frames or one or all frames of one process (main scan image data) and input to the image processing unit 46. Image data)
May be synthesized.

As described above, in the digital photo printer 10 of the present invention, since the image data corresponding to the image designation information is selectively output from the image database 44,
There is an advantage that the film is not wasted as compared with the conventional method of directly exposing fixed primary information to a specific frame of the film. Further, a film on which image designation information is recorded can be handled in a digital photo system other than the digital photo system 10 of the present invention in exactly the same manner as a conventional film.

Further, the digital photo printer 1 of the present invention
According to 0, in addition to the photograph of the image actually photographed on the film by the customer, each image data selectively output from the image database 44 according to each image designation information to be input or obtained by the customer Because it can be output as an additional output photo that is completely independent of the photo of the image taken at the same time, it is possible to provide high-quality photos such as sights and mascots as service prints regardless of the weather and conditions etc. , It is possible to provide value-added services to customers.

The digital photo printer 1 of the present invention
According to 0, it is possible to easily and surely combine the image actually selected by the customer on the film with the image data selectively output from the image database 44 as the material in accordance with the image designation information. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the background image of the image photographed by the customer is replaced with the image of the image data selected and output from the image database 44, the subject and the mascot image data are combined,
As shown in FIG. 4B, various information such as a mark, character information, a place, and a date can be combined with the captured image.

The input device 12 has the above configuration. Next, the output unit 14 basically scans and exposes the photosensitive material A with a light beam modulated according to output image data output from the image processing unit 46 of the control device 20 of the input unit 12 to form a latent image. And a processor 60 that develops and dries the photosensitive material A on which the latent image is recorded by the printer 58 to obtain a finished print, and further performs sorting.

Here, FIG. 5 shows a partial conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the output device. In the figure, a printer 58 cuts a long photosensitive material (paper) A into a predetermined length corresponding to a finished print to be made into a cut sheet, and then records back print information and performs digital exposure. The photosensitive material A is supplied to the processor 60, and includes a photosensitive material supply unit 62, a back printing unit 64, an image recording unit 66, a distribution unit 68, and the like in the illustrated example.

The printer 58 has a plurality of transport roller pairs as transport means for transporting the photosensitive material A from the photosensitive material supply unit 62 to the image recording unit 66 and transporting the exposed photosensitive material A to the processor 60. The conveyance guide for the photosensitive material A, various sensors, and the like are also arranged as needed. The conveying means of the photosensitive material A is not particularly limited. In addition to the conveying roller pair, any known conveying method of the sheet material such as lift conveying using a belt conveyor, a nip belt, suction or the like can be used.

In the printer 58, first, the photosensitive material supply section 62 has loading sections 70 and 72, a magazine 82, cutters 78 and 80, and the like. Loading sections 70 and 72
Is a portion where the magazine 82 containing the photosensitive material A is loaded. A magazine 82 containing photosensitive materials A of different types, such as size (width), surface type (silk or mat, etc.), specifications (thickness, type of base, etc.), is usually stored in both loading units 70 and 72. Will be loaded.

The magazine 82 is a light-shielding housing which stores a long photosensitive material A wound with the recording surface (emulsion surface) outside. In the illustrated example, the pull-out roller pair 74
And 76 are provided inside the magazine 82. For example, the drive roller on the upper side in the figure is
By being loaded at the predetermined positions of 0 and 72, it is engaged with a drive source (not shown) of the pull-out roller pairs 74 and 76 arranged in each of the loading sections 70 and 72, respectively.

In the photosensitive material supply section 62, the photosensitive material A is pulled out of the magazine 82 by the pull-out roller pairs 74 and 76, and the photosensitive material A is transported by the conveying means.
Back printing section 6 on the downstream side (hereinafter referred to as downstream side) in the transport direction of
4 is carried. This conveyance is stopped when the photosensitive material A conveyed downstream reaches the length of the finished print, and the photosensitive material A is supplied to the cutters 78 and 80 disposed between the magazine 82 and the back printing unit 64. To make a cut sheet.

The back printing section 64 is arranged downstream of the photosensitive material supply section 62 in the illustrated example. Back printing section 6
Reference numeral 4 denotes a photographing date, print printing date, frame number, and film ID in a predetermined area on the back surface (non-emulsion surface) of the photosensitive material A.
Back print information (back print), which is various information such as the ID number of the camera used for shooting, the ID number of the digital photo system 10, and the like, is recorded. The back print information is recorded by the unit 64.

The image recording unit 6 is located downstream of the back printing unit 64.
6 are arranged. In the illustrated example, the image recording unit 66 scans the photosensitive material A in the main scanning direction (in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the paper in the drawing) according to the output image data supplied from the image processing unit 46 of the control device 20 of the input device 12. 1), and an exposure unit 84 for scanning and exposing the photosensitive material A at a constant speed in a sub-scanning direction (direction of arrow b in the drawing) substantially orthogonal to the main scanning direction.

Exposure unit 84 is provided for R, R,
Three light sources for emitting light beams L corresponding to the respective exposures of G and B, modulation means such as an AOM (acousto-optic modulator) for modulating the light beam L emitted from the light source according to image data,
An optical deflector such as a polygon mirror for deflecting the modulated light beam in the main scanning direction, and a light beam L deflected in the main scanning direction
Is a light beam scanning device including an fθ (scanning) lens or the like that forms an image at a predetermined position on an exposure position (scanning line) X with a predetermined beam diameter.

The scanning / conveying means 86 moves the pair of conveying rollers 88 and 90 disposed before and after the exposure position X and the photosensitive material A to the exposure position X with higher precision.
And an exposure guide 92 for holding the image. Note that the scanning and conveying means 86 is not limited to the above-described configuration,
In addition, a scanning conveyance unit using two nip rollers that contact the exposure drum with the exposure position X interposed therebetween is also preferably exemplified.

In the image recording section 66, the light beam L modulated by the exposure unit 84 in accordance with the digital image data.
While the photosensitive material A is held at the exposure position X along the exposure guide 92 by the conveying roller pairs 88 and 90 of the scanning conveying means 86 while deflecting the main scanning direction, the sub-scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the main scanning direction. The photosensitive material A is two-dimensionally scanned and exposed to record a latent image, that is, an image is recorded on the photosensitive material A by so-called raster scanning exposure.

A distribution section 68 is arranged further downstream of the image recording section 66. In the process of exposing and developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material that is currently used as a general photograph, development requires more time than exposure. Therefore, when a plurality of photosensitive materials are continuously exposed and developed, development cannot be performed in time for the exposure, so that it is necessary to temporarily store the exposed photosensitive materials in a stocker or the like. That is, the exposure and development steps are generally rate-controlled by the development processing.

The sorting section 68 sorts the photosensitive material A into a plurality of rows in the transport direction as necessary,
0, a plurality of rows of photosensitive materials A are supplied in parallel, and the processor 60
To improve the processing capability of the above and absorb the difference in processing time between exposure and development. For example, the photosensitive material A can be sorted into two rows by alternately allocating the photosensitive material A to the left and right, and the photosensitive material A can be sorted into three rows by sequentially and repeatedly allocating the photosensitive material A to the left and right. .

The photosensitive material A, which is distributed in the horizontal direction in the distribution section 68 into a plurality of rows, is transported by a pair of transport rollers 94.
Is supplied to the processor 60 through the outlet of the printer. In the processor 60, for example, in the case of developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, a predetermined developing process according to the light-sensitive material A such as a color developing tank, a bleach-fixing tank, and a washing tank was performed to visualize the latent image. Thereafter, it is dried to obtain a finished print, and is again stacked in a single row in the order of print creation (exposure order) and discharged to a sorter or the like.

The output unit 14 has the above configuration. Hereinafter, the operation of the digital photo system 10 will be described.

When an instruction to start printing is given by the operator, the input device 12 first performs a pre-scan by the scanner 18, and stores pre-scan image data of an image photographed on the film F in the pre-scan memory 41. Is stored. At the time when the pre-scan is completed, the image processing unit 46 causes the pre-scan memory 41
The prescan image data is read out from the, the image processing conditions are set, and the prescan image is displayed on the display 56.

Here, if necessary, the prescanned image is verified by the operator, the color / density, gradation, etc. are adjusted using the input / output unit 50, and the final image processing conditions are determined. Is done.

Subsequently, the main scan is performed by the scanner 18, and the main scan image data of the image photographed on the film F is stored in the main scan memory 42 in the same manner as in the pre-scan. Further, the image designation information is input or obtained by the information input unit 43, and the image data corresponding to each piece of image designation information is selectively selected from the image data stored in the image database 44 by the data selection unit 45. It is output and input to the image processing unit 46.

At this point, a print output instruction is given by the operator, and the main scan image data is read from the main scan memory 42 by the image processing unit 46.
Various types of image processing are performed according to final image processing conditions.

The image data selected and output from the image database 44 is output as image data of one photograph completely independent of the photograph of the image photographed on the film F, together with the actual scanned image data after the image processing. 47, or is used as image data of a material for image synthesis of the main scan image data, and the image data after the synthesis processing is input to the data output unit 47 and recorded on a recording medium such as a compact disk. Alternatively, it is transferred to the output device 14 as output image data.

In the output unit 14, each A of the exposure unit 84 of the image recording unit 66 of the printer 58 is operated in accordance with the output image data transferred from the image processing unit 46 of the input unit 12.
The OM is driven, modulated according to image data, and subjected to scanning exposure with a light beam deflected in the main scanning direction, so that a latent image is formed on the photosensitive material A. The exposed photosensitive material A is successively subjected to color development, bleach-fixing, and washing processes in a processor 60, developed, dried to obtain a finished print, and sorted by a sorter.

The digital photo system 10 basically operates as described above. In the present invention, the configuration of the digital photo system is not limited to the above embodiment. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the long photosensitive material is cut into a predetermined length to form a cut sheet, and then the exposure is performed. A long photosensitive material may be cut.

Although the digital photo system of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various improvements and modifications may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course.

[0068]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a photosensitive material is digitally exposed based on digitalized first image data, and a print in which the first image data is reproduced is provided. In a digital photo system that outputs image data, at least one second image data corresponding to the image specification information is input or obtained from an image database in which a plurality of image data corresponding to the image specification information are stored in advance. And outputting the first and second image data to at least one of a recording medium for storing the image data and a printer for digitally exposing the photosensitive material. It is. Thus, according to the digital photo system of the present invention, by outputting the second image data as one photograph, a high-quality photograph such as a famous place or a mascot can be service-printed regardless of the weather or the situation. As a result, by combining the first image data with the second image data as a material, a composite photograph can be easily and reliably created.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a digital photo system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of one embodiment of an input device.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of one embodiment of an APS film.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are conceptual diagrams of an embodiment of a composite image.

FIG. 5 is a partial conceptual diagram of an embodiment of an output device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Digital photo system 12 Input machine 14 Output machine 18 Scanner 20 Control device 22 Light source 24 Variable aperture 26 Color filter plate 28 Diffusion box 30 Imaging lens 32 CCD sensor 34 Amplifier 35 Image processing circuit 36 A / D (analog-digital) conversion Device 38 LUT (lookup table) 40 data correction unit 41 prescan memory 42 actual scan memory 43 information input unit 44 image database 45 data selection unit 46 image processing unit 47 data output unit 48 control unit 50 input / output unit 51 film 52 keyboard 49, 53 area 54 mouse 55 film cartridge 56 display 57 image designation information 58 printer 60 processor 62 photosensitive material supply section 64 back printing section 66 image recording section 68 sorting section 70, 72 loading section 7 , 76 drawn out roller pair 78, 80 cutters 82 magazine 84 exposure unit 86 scans the transport means 88, 90 transport roller pair 92 exposure guide 94 carrying roller pair F film A photosensitive material Z scanning position L light beam X exposure position

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A digital photo system for digitally exposing a photosensitive material based on digitalized first image data and outputting a print in which the first image data is reproduced, comprising: An information input unit for inputting or obtaining information; an image database in which a plurality of image data corresponding to the image designation information is stored in advance; and at least one second image data corresponding to the image designation information from the image database And a data selector for selectively outputting the first and second image data to at least one of a recording medium for storing the image data and a printer for digitally exposing the photosensitive material. A digital photo system, comprising: a data output unit. 2. The digital photo system according to claim 1, further comprising subjecting said first and / or second image data to various types of image processing, and then subjecting said first and / or second image data to said first and / or second image data. A digital photo system, comprising: an image processing unit that supplies the image data to the data output unit. 3. The digital photo camera according to claim 1, wherein the second image data is output as additional print image data independent of a print corresponding to the first image data. system. 4. The digital photo system according to claim 2, wherein said image processing section combines the first and second image data into an image. 5. The information input section is optically or magnetically recorded on at least one of a predetermined area of a photographic film and a surface of a film package, or is electrically connected to an IC mounted on a film cartridge. The digital photo system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the recorded image designation information is input or obtained.