JPH0299936A - Method for automatically sorting snapshot - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sort pictures at a low cost and to automate sorting pictures completely by printing order's name, represented by codes, in their respective pictures, and automatically sorting cut pictures for each order based on the information. CONSTITUTION:The order's name 2 represented by codes is printed in his picture; when a long photosensitive material 1 is cut into individual pictures after development, the order's code 2 printed in his picture is read; based on the information, each cut picture is then automatically carried to a shelf provided for each order. Since printed information on orders is automatically read at the time of cutting the photosensitive material 1, sorting can be automated; this eliminates the need for a person at the time of sorting pictures, ensures accurate sorting, and reduces the cost of manufacturing the device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method of automating the task of sorting a large number of snapshots to individual orderers.

[Prior art] A person who accompanies a group on a trip or event and takes a large number of snapshots 1. From the large number of photographic original plates, we first make and display one photo at a time, receive individually selected orders from customers, create the number of ordered photographs from each original photographic plate, and sort them by orderer. There is a lot of work being done to deliver goods.

However, for example, in the case of a one-week school trip for 500 students, the number of photographs would be several dozen, and the number of ordered photographs would be 10.
Since there were over 10,000 sheets, sorting them according to the individual orders of 500 students required a lot of manpower and was prone to mistakes.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In JP-A-62-289826, it is stated that this sorting work could be completely mechanized, but the content of the work is difficult to mechanize, and even if it could be mechanized, However, it is impossible to completely eliminate work errors, and the equipment is large and expensive.'' Therefore, a method based mainly on manual labor has been proposed. However, this method is prone to operational errors, such as erasing the display provided on the shelf for each sorting by operating a switch each time a photo is taken out, and is also low in efficiency.

The present invention provides an inexpensive and fully automated method for sorting snapshots.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention prints a coded orderer's name on each individual photograph when printing the ordered number of sheets on a photosensitive material for long printing from each original plate. When cutting a long photosensitive material into individual photographs after development, the printed orderer code is read and the individual photographs cut out based on that information are placed on the respective shelves set for each orderer. The above problem was solved by automatically sending the

[Operation] If, for example, 10 people order a certain original, by printing a code for each orderer on each of the 10 prints, the printed orderer's information will be saved at the time of cutting. can be read out automatically and sorting can be automated.

[Example] The number of ordered sheets for each original plate is usually tallied by a computer, and a delivery note is also created for each orderer. Therefore, it is possible to code, store and read out the orderer for each original plate by simply changing the computer program, and no special effort is required when implementing the code.

The code of the stored orderer for each original plate is read out when printing on the photosensitive material for long printing, and is imprinted on each photograph one by one. For example, if the code of the orderer is copied in 10 bits, it is possible for up to 1024 people. In addition, for printing, conventional printing techniques such as cut marks, sort marks, print data, date, etc. can be used, and the printing position is as shown in Figure 1 in the case of borderless printing. , if it is the bleed part between the photos, no burn-in will remain on the finished photo.

When cutting the photosensitive material for long prints into individual photographs after printing and development, the imprinted orderer code is automatically read, and the technology for reading cut marks and sort marks can be applied to this.

Please note that the orderer code is written on the back of the photosensitive material for printing.
The reason why we used "burning" instead of "printing" is because the printing becomes lighter due to uneven shading of the printing itself or due to development processing, etc.
Since the reading accuracy would be degraded, we adopted a highly accurate "burn-in" method.

According to the orderer code read at the time of cutting, each photo is automatically sent to each shelf set for each orderer and sorted, but if the shelves are flat, the photos are sorted using a known distributor that moves on the X and Y axes. If the shelf is cylindrical, this can be easily done by rotating the shelf and moving the distributor up and down.

[Effects of the invention] This invention is a method of printing an orderer code on each snapshot print and automating the sorting after cutting based on this, so no human effort is required for sorting. The effect is extremely large because it can be carried out accurately and the cost of manufacturing the device is low.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention in which an orderer's code is imprinted between the photographs of a long borderless print.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Print the total number of photos selected by the customer from each original of a large number of snapshots of group trips and events, etc.
In snapshot sorting, where finished photographs are sorted by orderer, when the ordered number of sheets are printed consecutively from each original plate onto photosensitive material for long prints, each photo is coded with the orderer's name. When cutting the photosensitive material for long prints into individual photographs after printing and development, the printed orderer code is automatically read out, and each cut photo is set for each orderer based on that information. An automatic sorting method for automatically sorting snapshots, characterized in that snapshots are automatically sent to respective shelves.