JPH0527406A - Index print - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the index print which allows the easy viewing of printed images and enables an assigned aspect ratio to be known. CONSTITUTION:Vertical rules 86 and cross rules 88 are displayed in correspondence to an assigned aspect ratio on the images 84A to 84F printed on the index print 82. The range segmented to the vertical rules or cross rules of the respective images is the image part corresponding to the assigned aspect ratio. Dots 90 are provided in correspondence to the assigned aspect ratio around the respective images printed on the index print 82A. The image range is known in correspondence to the assigned aspect ratio by connecting the dots provided in the vertical or horizontal direction of the respective images.

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 heading for an image frame of a film.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a negative film, which has been photographed by a camera, is brought to a DPE store and requested for simultaneous printing. In a photo lab (laboratory), the negative film is developed and the image frames visualized are sequentially positioned at the printing position, and the photographic paper is exposed at a predetermined enlargement ratio. The photographic paper and the negative film printed at the same time are returned from the DPE store to the customer.

When a customer requests a reprint, he or she usually looks at the finished photographic paper and selects it, searches for the corresponding image from the image frames of the negative film, and places the frame number and the like in a predetermined place such as a negative sheet. I am supposed to fill it out.

However, since it is troublesome to search for the corresponding image frame on the negative film, as shown in FIG. 4A, all the image frames recorded on the negative film are printed on the photographic paper on one sheet. An index print 100 is produced in which the image is reduced and printed as a positive image, and is handed to the customer when the negative film is returned. Since the index print 100 is a positive image, the contents of each image can be easily confirmed, and when the frame number is given, it is easy to confirm which image on the negative film each image corresponds to. Has become.

On the other hand, in recent years, an increasing number of customers have enjoyed the changes in shooting size such as high-definition, cine, panorama, etc., and along with this, high-definition, cine,
There has been proposed one capable of shooting an image size such as a panorama. This camera can perform standard photography with the same negative film, and can also photograph high-definition, cine, panorama, etc. images with different aspect ratios. Further, as a camera, there is proposed a camera which inputs a desired aspect ratio to a negative film when taking a picture. When printing a negative film image taken with this camera onto photographic paper, scan the desired aspect ratio,
The unnecessary part of the image is masked and printed on photographic paper in a size according to the desired aspect ratio.

Further, some printer processors are capable of so-called trimming, in which only a part of an image is printed. In this printer processor, a portion of the image other than the portion to be printed is masked and printed on a photographic paper with an image size corresponding to the mask. By using such a printer processor, it is possible to respond to the customer's request for a change in the photographing size.

In the conventional index print, the frame number of the image is given, but the information about the aspect ratio is not recorded. Even looking at the created index print, it is not clear what aspect ratio each image was actually taken with, or what aspect ratio image was desired.

Therefore, when the index print is created, as shown in FIG. 4B, the index print 102 is created in which each image printed at the same time is recorded with an image size corresponding to the aspect ratio.
In this index print 102, the lengths of the image center intervals along the vertical direction are made constant, and the image center intervals C, D, E, and F along the horizontal direction are changed according to each image size. There is.

[0009]

However, when an index print is created with an image size according to the aspect ratio, many kinds of images are arranged in a clutter in the index print, which makes it difficult to see and wastes space. This causes a problem that one index print image cannot fit in one negative film image.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above facts, and it is an object of the present invention to obtain an index print in which even if images having different aspect ratios are mixed, the contents of each image can be easily viewed and easily confirmed. .

[0011]

In the index print according to claim 1 of the present invention, an image recorded on a photographic film with a constant aspect ratio is printed with the constant aspect ratio regardless of the specified aspect ratio. An index print used as a heading of a plurality of image frames recorded in the photographic print, wherein each print image area is provided with a mark indicating a specified aspect ratio.

In the index print according to the second aspect of the present invention, an image recorded on a photographic film with a constant aspect ratio is printed with the constant aspect ratio regardless of a specified aspect ratio, and the image is recorded on the photographic print. The index print is used as a heading of a plurality of image frames created, and is characterized in that a mark indicating a specified aspect ratio is provided outside each print image area.

An index print according to a third aspect of the present invention is the index print according to the second aspect, wherein the marks are provided on the peripheral portion of the print image and each mark is extended within the print image area. The specified aspect ratio is indicated by.

In the index print according to claim 4 of the present invention, an image recorded on a photographic film with a fixed aspect ratio is printed with a specified aspect ratio, and a plurality of image frames recorded on the photographic film are searched. The index print is used as, and the center point of each print image is printed at a uniform pitch.

[0015]

In the index print according to the first aspect of the present invention, the range corresponding to the specified aspect ratio of each image is shown in the image area, that is, by marking the print image. As a result, a section corresponding to the specified aspect ratio is shown on the print image.

In the index print according to the second aspect of the present invention, a mark indicating a range corresponding to the designated aspect ratio of each image is provided outside the image area.

In the index print according to the third aspect of the present invention, the range corresponding to the designated aspect ratio is indicated by extending the mark provided on the peripheral portion of the image into the image area.

In these index prints, images recorded on photographic film are arranged and printed in an orderly manner, and the designated aspect ratio of each print image can be easily known by the mark indicating the image area. ing.

In the index print according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the center intervals of the print images arranged vertically or horizontally are arranged at a uniform pitch. The image size of each print image corresponds to the specified aspect ratio.

The print images are also arranged in an orderly manner by the arrangement of the index prints. Further, since each image size corresponds to the specified aspect ratio, the image actually printed on the printing paper can be easily estimated.

[0021]

【Example】

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows a printer unit 12 and an index printer 14 of a printer processor 10 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

The printer processor 10 includes a printer unit 1.
The photographic paper 18 on which the image of the negative film 16 is printed in 2.
Is subjected to development processing by sequentially immersing it in a developing solution, a fixing solution, and washing water in a processor section (not shown), and then drying in a drying section and cutting and discharging for each image frame.

The printer unit 12 is provided with a negative carrier 20. The negative carrier 20 includes a carrying roller 22 and a carrying roller 2 driven by a driving source (not shown).
2 and a press roller 24 facing each other, and a conveying path for the negative film 16 is formed. In this transport path,
The baking opening 26 is formed, and the negative film 16 nipped and conveyed by the conveyance roller 22 and the press roller 24 is
The image frame is positioned in the printing opening 26.

Further, the negative carrier 26 is provided with a reading head 28 for reading the magnetic data recorded on the negative film 16 being conveyed. This reading head 2
8 is connected to the controller 32 via the decoder 30. Thereby, the controller 32 can take in the magnetic data recorded on the negative film 12. The magnetic data includes a shooting date, an exposure state, an aspect ratio of each image, and the like.

A light source section 36 having a light source 34 is installed below the baking opening 26 of the negative carrier 20. The light rays emitted from the light source 34 are filtered by the filter unit 38 and the diffusion tube 4.
The negative film 16 set on the negative carrier 20 is reached via 0. The filter unit 38 is
It is composed of three filters of C, M, and Y, and each filter is adapted to be projected and retracted on the optical axis by the driving of the filter driving unit 42. An optical system 44 is arranged above the negative carrier 20. The optical system 44 includes a lens 46 and a shutter 48 on the optical axis of the light beam. The light rays transmitted through the negative film 16 are reflected by the lens 46.
The image of the negative film 16 is formed on the photographic printing paper 18 set in the exposure chamber 50 through the shutter 48 and the shutter 48.

The photographic printing paper 18 is wound and loaded in layers on a reel 52, and is pulled out from the reel 52 and set in the exposure chamber 50. Exposure room 5
A variable mask 54 is provided at 0. Exposure room 50
The photographic printing paper 18 set at is subjected to masking according to the image size by the variable mask 54 and is exposed.
The image size is determined by designating either the aspect ratio of each image recorded on the negative film 12 or the aspect ratio input to the controller 32 by the key operation of the operator from the keyboard 56.

The printing paper 18 exposed by the printer unit 12
Is conveyed to a processor unit (not shown), developed, and discharged.

Further, the optical system 44 is provided with a half mirror 58 between the lens 46 and the negative carrier 20. A part of the light beam is changed by the half mirror 58 and reaches the CCD 62 which is an image pickup device via the lens 60. An image signal processing unit 64 is connected to the CCD 62 so as to convert an image recorded on the negative film 16 into an electric signal (digital signal) by the light beam.

A half mirror 66 is provided between the lens 60 and the CCD 62 so that a part of the light beam transmitted through the negative film 16 reaches the density measuring device 68. A density measuring unit 70 is connected to the density measuring unit 68, and measures the density of the image on the negative film 16. The density measuring unit 70 is connected to the controller 32, and the controller 32 sets the exposure correction value at the time of exposure based on the measured value from the density measuring unit 70 or the data key-input by the operator.

The image signal processing unit 64 is the controller 3
Connected to 2. Various types of image processing are performed according to the signal from the controller 32, and the processed image is displayed on the CRT 72. The image displayed on the CRT 72 corresponds to the image actually printed on the photographic printing paper 18. The operator is CRT7
It is possible to proceed with the printing work while watching 2.

An index printer 14 is connected to the printer processor 10. The index printer 14 is adapted to receive a digital signal for each image frame of the negative film 16 and a specified aspect ratio for each image frame from the image signal processing unit 64 of the printer processor 10. Each frame is stored in the frame memory 74.

The digital signal output from the printer processor 10 to the index printer 14 is one before the processing according to the aspect ratio or the trimming processing in the printer processor 10, and the contents of the image recorded on the negative film 16 are recorded. The image signal is output as it is. Further, the contents of the trimming of each image or the processing according to the specified aspect ratio are separately output as an aspect ratio signal. The frame memory 74 is adapted to individually store the image signal and the aspect ratio signal of each image.

An image signal processing unit 76 is connected to the frame memory 74. The image signal processing unit 76 performs a combining process of each image signal and the aspect ratio signal stored in the frame memory 74, outputs the combined image signal to the CRT 78, displays the image on the screen of the CRT 78, and outputs the image to the printer unit 80. It has become. The printer section 80 responds to the signal output from the image signal processing section 76 by a printing method such as a sublimation dye thermal transfer method in which yellow, cyan, and magenta dyes are vaporized by heat and transferred to recording paper. The index print 82 is created.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the index print 82 has images 84A to 84F corresponding to the image frames of the negative film 16 printed at regular intervals. Further, on these images 84A to F, two vertical ruled lines 86 or two horizontal ruled lines 88 are displayed according to the aspect ratio signal. Further, both vertical ruled lines 86 and horizontal ruled lines 86 are displayed on the image subjected to zooming or the like, as shown in an image 84F. As a result, the image actually printed on the printing paper 18 by the printer processor 10 can be known. The same contents as the index print 82 are displayed on the screen of the CRT 78.

2A, the image 84E is standard size, images 84C and 84D are panoramic size, and FIG. 84B is trimmed by the printer processor 10 and the image 84 is based on the high-definition size shown in the image 84A.
Part F is shown as a partially enlarged standard size.
Further, the display color of the vertical ruled line 86 and the horizontal ruled line 88 may be specified in black or white, or any color may be specified.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, in the printer processor 10, the negative film 16 inserted in the negative carrier 20 is conveyed by the conveying roller 22.
The image information recorded on the negative film 16 is read by the reading head 28 while being nipped and conveyed by the press roller 24, and the respective image frames are sequentially positioned in the printing opening 26. The image positioned in the printing opening 26 is C
It is displayed on RT72. The operator proceeds with the printing work while looking at the image displayed on the CRT 72.

The image frame of the negative film 16 is the printing opening 2
6 is positioned, the controller 32 activates the light source unit 36 and the optical system 44 in accordance with the exposure amount, the aspect ratio, etc. to print an image on the photographic printing paper 18. The photographic printing paper 18 on which the image is printed is conveyed to a processor unit (not shown) and subjected to development processing, and then cut into individual image frames and discharged.

On the other hand, the image signal processing unit 64 of the printer processor 10 sequentially outputs the image signal of each image recorded on the negative film 16 and the aspect ratio signal of each image to the index printer 14. The index printer 14 sequentially stores these in the frame memory 74, and the image signal processing unit 76 processes the image signal and the aspect ratio signal for each image, and the CRT 7
Images are sequentially displayed at positions corresponding to the frame memory 74 on the 8th screen. When the printer processor 10 has finished printing one negative film 16, the CRT
On the screen 78, an image corresponding to the index print 82 of the negative film 16 is displayed.

In the index printer 14, the printer section 80 is operated to print out the index print 82 of the content displayed on the CRT 78.

As shown in FIG. 2A, each image of the negative film 16 is reduced and printed on the index print 82 printed out from the index printer 14. Further, vertical ruled lines 86 and horizontal ruled lines 88 are displayed according to the specified aspect ratio of each image. As a result, it is possible to know which part of each image is actually printed on the printing paper 18 by the printer processor 10 and also to know the specified aspect ratio of each image.

For example, the image 84A is printed in a standard size because the ruled lines are not displayed, and the image 84F is printed.
The area surrounded by the vertical ruled line 86 and the horizontal ruled line 88 is enlarged and printed. Further, in each of the images 84B to 84E, the part defined by the vertical ruled line 86 or the horizontal ruled line 88 is printed on the photographic printing paper 18 in accordance with each aspect ratio.

The index print 82 is
Since the images 84A to F are arranged in the same size and in an orderly manner, the images are easy to see and useless space is eliminated. Further, the portion of the image recorded on the negative film 16 which is not actually printed on the photographic printing paper 18 can be confirmed.

In this embodiment, the vertical ruled line 86 and the horizontal ruled line 8
8 was recorded in the image part, but as shown in FIG. 2B,
It may be shown by the dots 90 provided around each of the images 84A to 84F. The specified aspect ratio can be known by connecting the dots 90 corresponding to the vertical direction or the horizontal direction of each image as shown by the chain double-dashed line. In this case, since the contents other than the actual contents of the image are not shown on the respective images 84A to 84F, the contents of the respective images become clear. Further, it is not limited to the dot 90, and a portion corresponding to the specified aspect ratio may be indicated by a short ruled line or the like.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
The index print 92 according to FIG. still,
In the second embodiment, basically the same parts as those in the first embodiment are used, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

The index print 92 is processed by the image signal processing unit 76 of the index printer 14 shown in FIG. 1 according to the aspect ratio signal, so that each of the images 94A to 94F is actually printed by the printer processor 10. The content printed on the photographic printing paper 18 is displayed. Also, each image 94A
9F to 94F are arranged such that the center interval A between vertically adjacent images is constant and the center interval B between horizontally adjacent images is also constant.

This index print 92 is also used for each image 9
Since 4A to 94F are arranged in order and printed in correspondence with the specified aspect ratio, the image actually printed on the printing paper 18 can be easily imaged by the printer processor 10.

[0047]

As described above, in the index print according to the present invention, the aspect ratio of each image can be clearly shown, and space is effectively used to obtain an index print in which images are arranged in order. be able to.

Furthermore, since the index print according to the first to third aspects of the present invention prints the image recorded on the film regardless of whether the aspect ratio is changed, when the image is printed according to the aspect ratio. Has an excellent effect that an image portion that cannot be seen can be easily visually recognized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printer unit and an index printer according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2A is a plan view of relevant parts showing an index print according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2B is a plan view of relevant parts similar to FIG. 2A showing a modified example of the index print according to the first embodiment. .

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a principal part similar to FIG. 2A showing an index print according to a second embodiment.

4A and 4B are plan views showing a conventional example of index printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Printer Processor 12 Printer section 14 Index printer 16 Negative film (film) 82, 92 Index print 84A-F, 94A-F images 86 vertical ruled lines 88 horizontal ruled lines 90 dots

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] September 13, 1991

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0024

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

The negative carrier 20 is also provided with a reading head 28 for reading the magnetic data recorded on the negative film 16 being conveyed. This reading head 2
8 is connected to the controller 32 via the decoder 30. Thereby, the controller 32 can take in the magnetic data recorded on the negative film 16 . The magnetic data includes a shooting date, an exposure state, an aspect ratio of each image, and the like.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0026

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

The photographic printing paper 18 is wound and loaded in layers on a reel 52, and is pulled out from the reel 52 and set in the exposure chamber 50. Exposure room 5
A variable mask 54 is provided at 0. Exposure room 50
The photographic printing paper 18 set at is subjected to masking according to the image size by the variable mask 54 and is exposed.
The image size is such that the aspect ratio of each image recorded on the negative film 16 or the aspect ratio is input to the controller 32 by the key operation of the operator from the keyboard 56. The data is stored in the frame memory 74 every time.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0034

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

As shown in FIG. 2A, the index print 82 has images 84A to 84F corresponding to the image frames of the negative film 16 printed at regular intervals. Further, on these images 84A to F, two vertical ruled lines 86 or two horizontal ruled lines 88 are displayed according to the aspect ratio signal. Further, both vertical ruled lines 86 and horizontal ruled lines 88 are displayed on the zoomed image as shown in the image 84F. As a result, the image actually printed on the printing paper 18 by the printer processor 10 can be known. The same contents as the index print 82 are displayed on the screen of the CRT 78.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An image recorded on a photographic film at a fixed aspect ratio is printed at the fixed aspect ratio regardless of a specified aspect ratio, and is used as a heading for a plurality of image frames recorded on the photographic print. An index print characterized in that a mark indicating a specified aspect ratio is added in each print image area. 2. An image recorded on a photographic film at a fixed aspect ratio is printed at the fixed aspect ratio regardless of a specified aspect ratio, and is used as a heading for a plurality of image frames recorded on the photographic print. An index print characterized in that a mark indicating a specified aspect ratio is provided outside each print image area. 3. The index print according to claim 2, wherein the marks are provided on the periphery of the print image, and the designated aspect ratio is indicated by extending each mark into the print image area. 4. An index print, wherein an image recorded on a photographic film with a constant aspect ratio is printed with a specified aspect ratio and is used as a heading for a plurality of image frames recorded on the photographic film.
Index print characterized in that the center points of each print image are printed at a uniform pitch.