JPH1138520A - Photographic processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate such troublesome work that a bag is moved together with the movement of a photographic film and such difficulty in the control of the bag that the bag is moved by receiving the photographic film from a customer and information related on the processing of the photographic film and returning products produced in a processing process utilizing the information and a recording medium to the customer. SOLUTION: An acceptance number recorded on a peelable seal stuck to the housing container 22 of the exposed undeveloped photographic film, a photographic film housing bag package 24 or a photographic film housing bag 44 is read and the read acceptance number is transmitted to a computer for control 51 storing the information. Then, the information stored in the computer 51, the information recorded on the photographic film, processed results in the respective processes and the like are recorded on the recording medium. Besides, the recording medium is returned to the customer together with the developed photographic film and prints being the products processed and produced in the respective processes. Thus, the difficulty in controlling the bag is eliminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographic processing system for processing photographic films on an order-by-order basis without bonding a photographic film and a photographic film other than the photographic film.

[0002] The photographic processing system as used herein means photographic processing (development of an undeveloped photographic film, exposure of an image of the developed photographic film to photographic paper, cutting of the developed photographic film, and packaging of the developed photographic film into a bag. Storage, development of exposed photographic paper, cutting of developed photographic paper (prints), return of developed photographic film to a return destination, etc.). It refers to a set of devices formed by integrally connecting the devices or by using a transport means or the like.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a developing process of a photographed undeveloped photographic film and a printing process of printing an image of the developed photographic film on photographic paper to obtain a print (generally referred to as a simultaneous printing process). ),
You want only print processing (generally referred to as negative print processing) that prints the image of developed photographic film on photographic paper to obtain a print, or only develops the unprocessed photographic film that has been photographed (generally develops it). The customer who is the owner of the photographic film who wants to carry out these processes is often requested to order a photographic film processing dealer (hereinafter abbreviated as a dealer). . This photographic film processing store may perform the above-mentioned processing in the store, but in a store handling a large number of requests from customers, the order of the customer's request is further increased by a plurality of photographic film processing stores called a large lab. And place an order with a photographic film processor that processes the photographic film desired by the customer. Also, in rare cases, customers order directly from large laboratories.

[0004] The dealer stores the customer name, the customer's telephone number, the date and time of receiving the requested order, the finish date and time, the film manufacturer name,
Information on whether the order is a simultaneous print order or a negative print order, the identification information of the photographic film frame for which the print process is desired in the case of the negative print process, the number of print processes corresponding to the frame, and the print size (where The print size indicates the width of a long photographic paper on which an image of a photographic film is printed, such as E and L sizes, and information such as the surface quality (gloss, silk) of the photographic paper is recorded. The customer has taken a photographed undeveloped image of the undeveloped image in the bag (the information does not necessarily need to be all recorded, but may be selectively recorded as appropriate, and other information may also be recorded). Photographic film and developed photographic film,
Transfer to the large lab. Also, when the customer orders directly from the large lab, the unprocessed photographic film or the developed photographic film of the customer in such a bag is transferred to the large lab. Usually, the bag contains unprocessed photographic film and developed photographic film for one order of the customer. Here, one order is a unit of an order in which one photographic film is the largest. For example, one 135 photographic film accommodated in a 135 photographic film patrone, or one 135 photographic film is divided based on one 135 photographic film, and is formed within the range of one film of the divided pieces. One or more sets correspond to one order.

[0005] In a large laboratory receiving the photographed undeveloped photographic film or the developed photographic film in the bag, the large lab processes the photographic film according to the customer's desired order request recorded in the bag. With respect to the photographed undeveloped photographic film, a plurality of photographed undeveloped photographic films are joined to each other using a splice tape, and after being formed into a long roll, photographic film processing is performed. The photographic film that has been subjected to the photographic film processing according to the order request desired by the customer is finally put into the above-described bag for each order and returned to the dealer or the customer directly.

[0006]

By the way, in the processing of photographic film in the current large lab, the photographic film and the above-mentioned bag containing the photographic film are processed in order to obtain information on the processing of the photographic film. In order to store the information of the result of the above in the bag and to obtain the information for returning the product produced by the processing of the photographic film to the customer, for example, the order of the photograph to be processed and the order of the bag They can always be moved in a certain way, such as aligning them. In other words, in the processing of photographic film in the current large lab, the photographic film to be processed is always associated with a tangible bag.

[0007] However, such association causes the trouble of moving a tangible bag with the movement of the photographic film and the difficulty of bag management such as moving the bag so as not to impair the association. ing.

[0008] The present invention relates to a photographic film from a customer,
Receiving the information on the processing of the photographic film and / or the customer name information of the customer, the product produced by the processing, the information on the processing of the photographic film and / or
Another object of the present invention is to provide a photographic processing system that solves the above-mentioned problem in a photographic processing system that returns customer name information and / or processing result information of the customer to the customer.

[0009]

The object of the invention is achieved by the claims. Hereinafter, each claim will be described.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product which receives a photographic film from a customer and information relating to the processing of the photographic film, processes the product produced based on the information, and processes the photographic film. In a photographic processing system for returning information relating to a photographic film to a customer, a first storage for storing information relating to the processing of the photographic film and photographic film specifying information for specifying the photographic film corresponding to the information relating to the processing of the photographic film Process and
Processing for processing the photographic film on which the photographic film specifying information is recorded by directly or indirectly using information on processing of the photographic film corresponding to the photographic film specifying information stored in the storage step A step, a second storage step of storing a result of the processing, and directly or indirectly obtaining information on the processing of the photographic film stored in the first and second storage steps and the processing result. And a storage step of recording these on a recording medium, wherein the product produced in the processing step and the recording medium are returned to a customer. And receiving the photographic film from the customer and information on the processing of the photographic film, and returning the product and the recording medium produced in the processing process using this information to the customer, as in the related art. Eliminates the complexity of associating the photographic film to be processed with the tangible bag and moving the bag along with the movement of the photographic film, and the difficulty of bag management such as moving the bag without losing the association can do.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage step for storing the result of the processing, wherein the result of the processing and the photographic film specifying information recorded on the photographic film on which the processing has been performed are directly or indirectly stored. 2. The photographic processing system according to claim 1, wherein the photographic processing system stores the photographic processing in association with the photographic processing. ], And the result of the processing and the photographic film specifying information can be stored simply and reliably in association with each other.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the first step includes storing information relating to the processing of the photographic film and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the information relating to the processing of the photographic film. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of storing information relating to the processing of the photographic film and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the information relating to the processing of the photographic film in a storage means. 2. The photographic processing system according to 2. ], And information relating to the processing of the photographic film and photographic film specifying information for specifying the photographic film corresponding thereto can be stored in the storage means.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the second storage step of storing the result of the processing is a step of storing the result of the processing in storage means.
The photographic processing system according to claim 3. 』
And the result of the processing can be stored in the storage means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing system wherein the storage means of the third aspect and the storage means of the fourth aspect are the same storage means. In the same storage means, information relating to the processing of the photographic film and photographic film specifying information for specifying the photographic film corresponding thereto can be stored, and the processing result can be stored together with the information.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing system which receives a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer, and returns a product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer. A storage step of storing the customer name information and photographic film specification information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information; and a processing step of processing the photographic film on which the photographic film specification information is recorded. Control means for directly or indirectly instructing recording output so as to record and output to a recording means based on a processing situation in a processing step of the photographic film on which the photographic film specifying information is recorded; and Instruction for recording and outputting from the control means the customer name information obtained directly or indirectly from the customer name information stored in the storage step corresponding to the film specifying information More photographic processing system characterized in that to return the recording process of recording on a recording medium, it has, as has been the product produced by the process and the recording medium to the customer. ], Receiving the photographic film from the customer and the customer name information of the customer, and returning the product and the recording medium produced in the processing process using this information to the customer, thereby achieving the conventional processing. It eliminates the complexity of associating the photographic film with the tangible object bag and moving the bag along with the movement of the photographic film, and the difficulty of bag management such as moving the bag so as not to lose the association. be able to.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for receiving a photographic film from the customer and customer name information of the customer,
The photographic processing system for returning the product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer receives the photographic film from the customer, information on the processing of the photographic film, and the customer name information, and 7. The photographic processing system according to claim 6, wherein the photographic processing system is a photographic processing system for returning a produced product, information on processing of the photographic film, and the customer name information to the customer. 』
Based on the customer name information, the photographic film from the customer and the information on the processing of the photographic film are reliably received, and the product produced by the processing using this information and the information on the processing of the photographic film are received. Can be returned to customer.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the storage step of storing the customer name information and the photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information of the customer includes a photograph 8. The photographic processing system according to claim 7, further comprising a storage step of storing information on film processing and customer name information, and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information. In a simple process, customer name information and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information of the customer can be stored.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording and outputting method according to the photographic film specifying information, wherein the customer name information obtained directly or indirectly from the customer name information stored in the storing step is output from the control means. According to the instructions, the recording step of recording on the recording medium, the photograph obtained directly or indirectly from the information on the processing of the photographic film and the customer name information stored in the storage step corresponding to the photographic film identification information 9. The photographic processing system according to claim 8, wherein the recording step is a recording step of recording information on film processing and customer name information on a recording medium according to a recording output instruction from the control means. The customer name information obtained directly or indirectly from the customer name information stored in the storage step corresponding to the photographic film specifying information can be recorded on the recording medium by a simple process.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing apparatus which directly or indirectly obtains, in the recording step, information obtained from the photographic film processing information stored in the storage step corresponding to the photographic film specifying information. 10. The photographic processing system according to claim 6, wherein information related to an order and a processing result in the processing step are recorded on a recording medium. In a simple process, it is possible to record, on a recording medium, information on an order for photographic processing obtained directly or indirectly from information on photographic film processing and a processing result.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, the storage step for storing the customer name information and the photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information includes:
11. The storage step according to claim 6, wherein the storage step stores the customer name information and photographic film specification information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information. The photographic processing system as described. In a simple process, customer name information and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information can be stored.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing system for receiving a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer, and returning a product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer. A recording step of recording, on a photographic film, the customer name information and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information; a processing step of processing the photographic film; A recording step of directly or indirectly obtaining the customer name information read from the obtained photographic film, and recording the customer name information on a recording medium, and a product produced in the processing step. A photographic processing system for returning the recording medium recorded in the recording step to a customer. And receiving the photographic film from the customer and the customer name information of the customer, and returning the product and the recording medium produced in the processing step using this information to the customer, as in the related art. Eliminates the complexity of associating the photographic film to be processed with tangible bags and moving the bags along with the movement of the photographic film, and the difficulty of bag management such as moving the bags so as not to damage the association can do.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the photograph as described above, wherein the photographic film from the customer and the customer name information of the customer are received, and the product produced by the processing and the customer name information are returned to the customer. A processing system receives the photographic film from the customer, the information on the processing of the photographic film, and the customer name information, and converts the product produced by the processing, the information on the processing of the photographic film, and the customer name information into the customer. The photographic processing system according to claim 12, wherein the photographic processing system is returned to a photographic processing system. ], Based on the customer name information, securely receive the photographic film from the customer and the information on the processing of the photographic film, the product produced by the processing using this information, the information on the processing of the photographic film and Can be returned to the customer.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the recording step of recording, on a photographic film, the customer name information and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, comprises: 14. The photographic processing system according to claim 13, wherein said recording step is a step of recording, on a photographic film, information on processing of a photographic film and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information. . In a simple process, customer name information and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information can be recorded on the photographic film.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, the processing step of processing the photographic film includes the step of processing the photographic film on which the photographic film identification information is recorded by processing the photographic film recorded on the photographic film. The photographic processing system according to claim 14, wherein the processing step is a processing step of performing processing by directly or indirectly using information related to the photographic processing. The photographic film can be processed in a simple process by using, directly or indirectly, information on the processing of the photographic film recorded on the photographic film.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing system according to the fifteenth aspect, further comprising a storage step of storing a result of the processing in the processing step. ]
The result of the processing can be stored.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, the storage step of storing the result of the processing includes directly or indirectly storing the result of the processing and the photographic film specifying information recorded on the photographic film on which the processing has been performed. 17. The photographic processing system according to claim 16, further comprising the step of storing the photographic image in association with the photographic image. ], And the result of the processing and the photographic film specifying information can be stored simply and reliably in association with each other.

[0027] According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording method for directly or indirectly obtaining the customer name information read from the processed photographic film and recording the customer name information on a recording medium. The process is directly or indirectly obtained customer name information and information on the processing of the photographic film, the customer name information read from the photographic film and the information on the processing of the photographic film, 18. The photographic processing system according to claim 17, wherein a result of the processing obtained directly or indirectly from a result of the processing stored in the storing step of storing a result of the processing is stored in a storage medium. ], The customer name information, the information relating to the processing of the photographic film, and the result of the processing can be stored in a storage medium by simple steps.

The invention according to claim 19 is characterized in that the storage step of storing the processing result in the processing step is a storage step of storing the processing result in storage means. The photographic processing system according to claim 18. ], And the result of the processing can be stored in the storage means by a simple process.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing for receiving a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer, and returning the product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer. In the system, customer name information,
A storing step of storing photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information and additional information to the customer; and a processing step of processing the photographic film on which the photographic film special running information is recorded. And directly or indirectly obtaining the customer name information and the additional information to the customer from the customer name information and the additional information to the customer stored in the storage step, and recording these on a recording medium. A recording process;
A photographic processing system comprising: an enclosing step of enclosing a product produced by the processing and the recording medium; and returning the product produced by the processing and the recording medium to a customer. ], The photographic film from the customer and the customer name information of the customer are received, and the product and the recording medium produced by the process using this information are returned to the customer. It eliminates the complexity of associating the photographic film with the tangible object bag and moving the bag along with the movement of the photographic film, and the difficulty of bag management such as moving the bag so as not to lose the association. be able to.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing apparatus which receives a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer, and returns a product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer. The system receives the photographic film from the customer, the information on the processing of the photographic film and the customer name information, and the product produced by the processing,
21. The photographic processing system according to claim 20, wherein the photographic processing system is a photographic processing system for returning information on the processing and customer name information to the customer. In a simple process, it is possible to return the product produced by the processing, the information on the processing, and the customer name information to the customer.

The invention according to claim 22 is characterized in that the storage step of storing customer name information, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to the customer is performed by 22. A step of storing name information, information on photographic film processing, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to a customer. Photo processing system. In a simple process, it is possible to store customer name information, photographic film processing information, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to the customer. it can.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing system according to the twenty-second aspect, further comprising a storage step of storing a result of the processing in the processing step. ]
With a simple process, the result of the processing can be stored.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, the storage step of storing the result of the processing includes directly or indirectly storing the result of the processing and the photographic film specifying information recorded on the photographic film on which the processing has been performed. 26. The photographic processing system according to claim 25, further comprising a step of storing the photographic image in association with the photographic image. The result of the processing and the photographic film specifying information can be stored in a simple process in association with each other.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for directly or indirectly obtaining the customer name information and the additional information to the customer from the customer name information stored in the storage step and the additional information to the customer. And recording the customer name information and additional information to the customer on a recording medium, directly or indirectly from the information about the processing of the photographic film and the customer name information stored in the storage step Information on the obtained process and customer name information, and the result of the process directly or indirectly obtained the result of the process stored in the storage step of storing the result of the process,
25. The photographic processing system according to claim 24, wherein the step is a step of recording on a recording medium. In a simple process, information on processing, customer name information, and the result of processing can be recorded on a recording medium.

The invention according to claim 26 is characterized in that the recording step is a step of recording the customer name information and the additional information to the customer on separate recording media.
The photographic processing system as described. ] And the customer name information and the additional information to the customer can be recorded on separate recording media by a simple process.

The invention according to claim 27 is characterized in that the storage step of storing customer name information, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to the customer comprises: 27. The method according to claim 20, further comprising the step of storing name information, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to the customer in the storage means. The photographic processing system according to any one of the above. In a simple process, customer name information, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to the customer can be stored.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the method according to the twenty-third aspect, wherein the storing step of storing the processing result in the processing step is a storing step of storing the processing result in a storage unit. A photographic processing system according to claim 27. ], And the result of the processing can be stored in a simple process.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the information on the processing of the photographic film is information on whether or not to develop the photographic film. Claim 11, Claim 13 to Claim 1
9. A photographic processing system according to any one of claims 21 to 28. ], And processing can be performed based on information on whether to develop the photographic film.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographic processing system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the processing step is a photographic film developing step. And can be processed in the development step of the photographic film.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, the information on the processing of the photographic film is information on whether or not to expose a frame image recorded on the photographic film to photographic paper. To claim 5, claim 7 to claim 1
The photographic processing system according to any one of claims 13 to 19 and 21 to 30. ]
Processing can be performed based on information as to whether or not a frame image recorded on a true film is to be exposed on photographic paper.

According to a thirty-second aspect of the present invention, the information on the processing of the photographic film is information indicating which one of a plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be exposed on photographic paper. Claims 1 to 5, Claims 7 to 11, Claims 13 to 1
A photographic processing system according to any one of claims 21 to 31. And can be processed with information indicating which of the plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be exposed on photographic paper.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, the information relating to the processing of the photographic film is information indicating which frame image of the plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be exposed to the photographic paper and how many times. The photographic processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, claim 7, to claim 11, claims 13 to 19, and claims 21 to 32. ], And can be processed with information indicating which of the plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be exposed to the photographic paper and how many times.

According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method according to the first aspect, wherein the processing step is a step of exposing a frame image recorded on a photographic film to photographic paper.
A photo processing system according to any one of the above. ], And can be processed by exposing the frame image recorded on the photographic film to photographic paper.

The invention according to claim 35 is characterized in that the information relating to the processing of the photographic film is information as to whether or not the frame image recorded on the photographic film is to be recorded on an electronic recording medium. The photographic processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, claim 7, to claim 11, claims 13 to 19, and claims 21 to 34. 』
Thus, it is possible to process the frame image recorded on the photographic film with the information on whether or not to record the frame image on the electronic recording medium.

According to a thirty-sixth aspect of the present invention, the information on the processing of the photographic film is information indicating which one of a plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be recorded on the electronic recording medium. The photographic processing system according to any one of Claims 1 to 5, Claims 7 to 11, Claims 13 to 19, and Claims 21 to 35. And the information indicating which of the plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be recorded on the electronic recording medium can be processed.

The invention according to claim 37 is characterized in that the processing step is a step of recording a frame image recorded on a photographic film on an electronic recording medium. A photographic processing system according to the above. And can be processed in the step of recording the frame image recorded on the photographic film on the electronic recording medium.

[0047]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this.

A description will be given of a process until a photographic film, that is, a photographed undeveloped photographic film or a developed photographic film, which a customer requests for processing, is transferred to a large laboratory.

First, the operations performed at a store when a customer requests the store to process an unprocessed photographic film or a processed photographic film that has been photographed will be described.

At the store, the customer or the store clerk records information on an order slip as shown in FIG. Here, the order slip will be described. The order receipt 20 is a customer's custody exchange slip 20
a, which is composed of a triple slip sheet of a store order slip 20b for a dealer and a barcode slip 20c for a lab input for a large lab, and since a pressure-sensitive recording system is adopted, When the clerk records the customer's custody exchange slip 20a at the top with a ballpoint pen or the like, 3
The recording is performed simultaneously. This allows customers, dealers and large laboratories to share the same information.

The information recorded on the order slip 20 includes information 2 for specifying a store that has received the photographic film.
3 (hereinafter referred to as dealer specifying information. "In a process in a large laboratory described later, it may function as return destination specifying information for specifying a return destination of a product whose order has been processed.") Information 24 that identifies the customer who has requested the processing of the photographic film (specifically, the information 24 includes the customer's name, number, symbol, and the like. Hereinafter, this information is referred to as customer identification information. It may function as return destination specifying information for specifying a return destination of the processed product.), A reception number 27 (in the following embodiment of the present invention, this number is used as a plurality of items having a transaction with a large laboratory. Although a serial number that is valid in the dealer is used, a serial number that is valid only in each dealer may be used.

Note that the reception number may be printed in advance by a store or a large laboratory. In a later-described process in the large laboratory, it functions as photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film. ), Information 25 indicating whether the processing is a development only processing whether the order is a simultaneous print processing order or a negative print processing order, and print specification information 26 (these information of 25 and 26 is used in a process in a large laboratory described later). It functions as destination information of a photographic film for determining the destination of a photographic film.) Information 28 indicating how many photographic films are to be taken, reception date and time 100, finish date and time 101 (these 100, 1
The information No. 01 does not have the function in the embodiment of the present invention, but may function as photographic film destination determining information for determining the destination of the photographic film in a process in a large laboratory. ) Etc. are included. Further, the information includes order frame identification information and information on the number of prints of the order frame that are recorded when the customer requests only the print processing of the image of the developed photographic film (these two information will be described later). You may.

The bar code slip 20c for lab input has a sticker, which is a peelable recording medium printed as a bar code printed by a bar code printing machine (not shown) with a receipt number.
One sheet or a plurality of sheets are stacked and attached. It is preferable that the reception number is bar-coded in a format designated by the large laboratory. This makes it easy to manage photographic films in a large lab that fulfills order requests from a plurality of dealers.

EC, ESC, L of print specification information 26
C and LSC are E and L (generally called print size) indicating the width of the long photographic paper loaded in the exposure apparatus;
It is composed of a combination of C (gloss) and SC (silk), which indicate the surface quality of the long photographic paper loaded in the exposure apparatus.

When the customer requests the dealer to order the processing of the undeveloped photographic film which has been photographed (in the case of the simultaneous print processing order or the processing only development processing order), the order is placed on the order slip 20 with a ballpoint pen or the like. Recording is performed on a customer's deposit redemption slip 20a, and is simultaneously recorded on three slip sheets (also simply referred to as sheets) as described above.
A plurality of peelable seals on which the receipt number affixed to the lab input barcode slip 20c is bar-coded and printed, after one of which is peeled off, the customer's photographed undeveloped photographic film Is affixed to a storage container (made of metal, resin, or the like) that stores. Then, the customer's custody exchange slip 20a out of the three recorded slip sheets is passed to the customer, and the store order slip 20b for the dealer is stored by the dealer, and the plurality of peeling sheets described above are removed. It contains a lab input barcode slip 20c with one of the possible seals peeled off and recorded and the customer's photographed undeveloped photographic film with one of the peelable seals affixed. The container that has been transferred to the large laboratory.

When the customer requests the dealer to order only the print processing of the image of the developed photographic film, the developed short photographic film having a predetermined number of image frames formed by cutting the long photographic film is shown in FIG. 4 is housed in the photographic film housing bag 44 shown in FIG. In the embodiment of the present invention, an example in which a customer orders a print processing of an image of a developed short photographic film is disclosed, but a customer prints an image of a developed long photographic film. In some cases, processing may be ordered, in which case a photographic film storage bag capable of storing a long photographic film is provided. The photographic film storage bag containing the developed short photographic film is a photographic film as shown in FIG. 3 when the dealer who has been requested to process the photographic film contained therein is the same as the dealer who was previously requested. The product is passed from the customer to the dealer in a state of being packaged in the storage bag package 42. Also, if the photographic film storage bag containing the developed short photographic film is not the same as the one used at the store where the order was requested this time, it was requested this time. At the store, the photographic film-containing bag package 42 is packaged.

An order slip 43 is provided on the photographic film storage bag package 42. The order slip 43 is information for specifying an image frame that the customer wants to perform a print process (hereinafter, referred to as order frame specifying information). And information on how many image frames this customer wants to print.
The print quantity information of the order frame is used. ) Can be recorded at least. However, in the case where the order frame identification information and the information on the number of prints of the order frame can be recorded on the order receipt slip 20, the order slip does not have to be provided on the photographic film containing bag package 42.

According to the customer, the photographic film containing bag package 4
In the order form 43, the order frame identification information and the number of prints of the order frame are recorded, and the order is received in the same manner as when the customer requests the dealer to process the unprocessed photographic film. A record is made on the slip 20 (however, if the order slip 20 can record the order frame specifying information and the number of prints of the order frame, the order frame specifying information is recorded there). One or a plurality of peelable seals in which the receipt number affixed to the lab input barcode slip 20c is bar-coded and printed are peeled off, and one of the seals is used as a photographic film storage bag 44.
Alternatively, it is attached to the photographic film containing bag package 42. Then, of the three slip sheets on which the order slip 20 is recorded, the customer's custody exchange slip 20a is given to the customer, and the store order slip 20b for the dealer is stored by the dealer. A photographic film storage bag packaging in which a lab input barcode tag 20c from which one or a plurality of peelable seals are peeled and a photographic film storage bag 44 storing a developed short photographic film are packaged. The body 42 is delivered to the large laboratory. Again, when delivered to a large laboratory, one of the peelable seals described above is affixed to photographic film storage bag 44 or photographic film storage bag package 42.

The above is the description of the operations performed at the dealer when the customer requests the dealer to process the processed undeveloped photographic film or the processed photographic film.

Next, a brief description will be given of the work performed by the customer when the customer directly requests a large lab without processing through a dealer for an order for processing unprocessed photographic film or developed photographic film.

In the case where the customer requests the processing of the unprocessed photographic film or the processed photographic film that has been photographed directly from the large lab without going through the dealer (for example, using an unmanned photographic processing order receiving device or equipment) In this case, the photo processing is returned to the customer through this device or facility, or is returned by mail without passing through this device or facility.) The operation is performed at the dealer when the customer requests the dealer to process the processed undeveloped photographic film or the processed photographic film, and the recording of the dealer specific information on the order receipt 20 is performed. This is equivalent to omitting the work of storing the shop order slip 20b for the dealer in the dealer. (However, in the case where a photo-processed product is returned using an unmanned photo processing order receiving device, equipment, or the like via this device, equipment, or the like, the specific information of the device or the equipment is included in the order receipt slip 20. Of course, the receipt number is printed on the order slip 20 in advance by the large lab, or the customer handles an order for processing unprocessed photographic film or developed photographic film. It is preferable that information indicating that the request was made directly to the large lab without going through the store is recorded, and that one or more peelable stickers attached to the lab input barcode slip 20c are bar-coded. It is not necessary that the information printed on the dealer include the dealer specific information (however, the return of photo-processed items using an unmanned photo-processing order receiving device, equipment, etc. This device If performed via the facilities, the apparatus, specific information equipment is included instead.) ", It is noted.

Up to this point, the barcode slip 20 for lab input
Although a description has been given of the form in which one or more peelable seals are attached to c, the above-mentioned peelable seal does not necessarily have to be attached to the lab input barcode slip 20c. Absent. In this case, the recorded lab input barcode slip 20c and the container for storing the customer's photographed undeveloped photographic film, or the recorded lab input barcode slip 20c and the developed Film storage bag 4 containing short photographic film
Each of the photographic film-containing bag packages 42 in which the wrapper 4 is packaged is, for example, a barcode slip 2 for lab input.
0c and the container containing the undeveloped photographic film are packed in a bag, and the bar code slip 20c for lab input and the photographic film bag package 42 are packed in a bag. Handed over to large lab. Then, in the large laboratory, a storage container storing an undeveloped photographic film that has already been photographed, and a photographic film storage bag 44 or a seal having the same number as the reception number recorded on the lab input barcode slip 20c are stored in the large lab. Affixed to the photographic film storage bag package 42.

In the above, the description has been given of the mode in which the recorded lab input barcode slip 20c is passed to the large lab as it is.
0c is read and stored in an electronic recording medium, and the stored information may be transmitted to a large laboratory, or may be stored in a portable electronic recording medium (eg, a floppy disk or the like). May be handed over to a large lab. However, in such a case, the information recorded in which lab input barcode slip 20c is used for storing a photographed container containing a photographed undeveloped photographic film or a photographed photograph containing a developed short photographic film. In order to maintain the relationship with the photographic film-containing bag package 42 in which the film-containing bag 44 is packaged, the previously described undeveloped photographic film or the photographic film-containing bag 44 or the photographic film-containing bag package 42 is added to the above. A sticker is affixed, and is associated with the information recorded in each lab input barcode slip 20c stored in the electronic storage medium.

The above is the description of the processing until the photographed undeveloped photographic film or the developed photographic film requested by the customer for the processing order is delivered to the large laboratory.

In the following, an operation performed in a large lab after a photographed undeveloped photographic film or a developed photographic film requested by a customer for an order for processing is transferred to the large lab will be described. First, a description will be given of the input and storage of information to the management computer 51 shown in FIG. 1 performed after a photographed undeveloped photographic film or a developed photographic film for which a customer requests an order for processing is delivered to a large laboratory. I do.

The photographed undeveloped photographic film or developed photographic film, for which an order for processing has been requested through the dealer,
Input and storage of information in the management computer 51 after being transferred to the large laboratory will be described.

A customer's photographed undeveloped photographic film to which one of the above-mentioned lab input barcode slip 20c and one of the peelable seals of the lab input barcode slip 20c is attached is accommodated via a dealer. When the receiving container is transferred to the large lab together with the container, the information recorded in the lab input barcode slip 20c, that is, the dealer specifying information, the customer specifying information, the reception number, the simultaneous printing process is performed. The slip reader 50 includes information as to whether the processing is an order or a negative print processing and whether the processing is a development-only processing, print specification information, information indicating how many photographic films are to be taken, the date and time of acceptance, and the date and time of finishing. , And these pieces of information are input to the management computer 51 and stored. In the management computer 51, the stored reception number and other information are stored in an associated state. (Note that
In the embodiment of the present invention, a serial number that is valid in a plurality of dealers with large labs is used as a reception number, but if a serial number that is valid only in each dealer is used, The information in which the serial number and the dealer specific information are grouped is stored after being associated with the serial number that is valid in the large lab, and the serial number that is valid in the large lab corresponds to the other information described above. It is stored in the attached state.

When a serial number that is valid in a large lab is not used, information in which a serial number that is valid only in each store and the store specifying information is associated with the other information described above. It is memorized in the state where it was set. For this,
The bar code slip 2 for the above-mentioned lab input through the following dealers
The same applies to the case where the photographic film storage bag package 42 in which the photographic film storage bag 44 storing the short photographic film having been developed and 0c is delivered to a large laboratory. Furthermore, in the case where a photographed undeveloped photographic film or a developed photographic film for which an order for processing has been requested through an unmanned photographic processing order receiving device, equipment, etc. without passing through a dealer is passed to a large lab, When a serial number that is valid only in each unattended photo processing order receiving device, equipment, etc. is used as the serial number, the specific information of each unmanned photo processing order receiving device, equipment, etc., and this serial number are grouped. The stored information is stored after being associated with the serial number that is valid in the large lab, and the serial number that is valid in the large lab and information corresponding to the other information are stored in a state where they are associated with each other. . In addition, when the serial number that is accepted in the large lab is not used, the serial number that can be used only in each unmanned photo processing ordering device and equipment, etc. and the specific information of each unmanned photo processing order receiving device and equipment etc. Are stored in a state in which the information of the set is associated with information corresponding to the other information. In addition, the bar code slip 2 for the above-mentioned lab input via the dealer
0c and a photographic film storage bag package 42 containing a photographic film storage bag 44 storing a developed short photographic film (the photographic film storage bag 44 or the photographic film storage bag package 42 includes a bar code slip 20c for lab input). Is passed over to the large lab together with the information recorded in the lab input bar code slip 20c, that is, the dealer identification. Information, customer identification information, receipt number, information on whether it is a simultaneous print processing order or a negative print processing order, development only processing, print specification information, reception date and time,
The finish date and time are read by the slip reader 50 (however, when the order frame specifying information and the number of prints of the order frame are recorded in the lab input barcode slip 20c, the order frame specifying information and the The information on the number of prints of the order frame is also read.), And these information are stored in the management computer 51 and are stored in the management computer 51.
In, the stored reception number and other information are temporarily stored in an associated state.

That is, the reception number, other dealer specific information, customer specific information, information on whether the order is a simultaneous print processing order, a negative print processing order, or development only processing, print specification information, reception date and time, The finish date and time are stored in an associated state. Also, at the same time as or before or after the order frame specifying information recorded on the order slip 43 provided on the photographic film storage bag package 42 and the print quantity information of the order frame are read by the order slip reader 53, the photographic film storage is performed. The reception number recorded on the releasable seal attached to the bag package 42 or the photographic film storage bag 44 is read, and these information are stored in the management computer 51. In the management computer 51, the stored reception number is stored. And other information are temporarily stored in an associated state. Then, the management computer 51 compares the two types of temporarily stored information with each other, and compares the temporarily stored information having the same reception number as one set of information with the reception number and other information. Is stored in an associated state. In other words, the reception number, other dealer specific information, customer specific information, information on whether the processing is a development only processing whether it is a simultaneous print processing order or a negative print processing order, print specification information, order frame specification information, Information on the number of prints of the order frame, the reception date and time, the finish date and time, and the like are stored in an associated state.

Up to this point, the photographed undeveloped photographic film or the developed photographic film, for which an order for processing has been requested through the dealer, is transferred to the management computer 5 after being transferred to the large laboratory.
1 will be described. The storage of information in the management computer 51 after a photographed undeveloped photographic film or a developed photographic film, for which an order for processing has been requested without going through a dealer, will be briefly described. In this case as well, the same operation as the operation after the photographed undeveloped photographic film or the developed photographic film requested by the customer for the processing order is delivered to the large laboratory is performed.

The undeveloped photographic film photographed by the customer to which one of the lab input barcode slip 20c and one of the peelable seals of the lab input barcode slip 20c is stuck is accommodated without going through the dealer. When the stored container is delivered to the large laboratory together, the information is stored in the management computer 51, but the dealer specific information is not recorded in the management computer 51 as it is not through the dealer. That is, the computer 51 stores the reception number, other customer-specific information, information indicating whether the processing is a development-only processing whether a simultaneous print processing order or a negative print processing order, print specification information, and photographic film information. Information indicating whether or not the image has been shot, the reception date and time, the finish date and time, and the like are stored in an associated state.

Further, the photographic film storage bag package 42 (the photographic film storage bag 44) in which the lab input bar code slip 20c and the photographic film storage bag 44 storing the developed short photographic film are packaged without going through a dealer. Alternatively, the lab film input barcode slip 20c is
Of the peelable seals are affixed. )
Is delivered to the large lab together with the management computer 5
Although the information is stored in the management computer 51, the information specifying the dealer is not recorded in the management computer 51 because the information is not passed through the dealer in the same manner as described above. That is, the management computer 5
Reference numeral 1 denotes a reception number, other customer identification information, information as to whether development processing is a simultaneous print order or a negative print processing order, print specification information, order frame identification information, order frame identification information. The print number information, the reception date and time, the finish date and time, and the like are stored in an associated state.

The input and storage of information to the management computer 51 when the above-mentioned peelable seal is not affixed to the lab input barcode slip 20c are the same as described above. Also, the information recorded in the lab input barcode slip 20c is read at the dealer, stored in an electronic recording medium, and the stored information is transmitted to a large laboratory or stored in a portable electronic recording medium. When inputting and storing information to the management computer 51 when the information is passed to a large laboratory, the management computer 5 is used in the former case.
1 for receiving and storing the information transmitted by the receiving means, and in the latter case, recording the information on the portable electronic recording medium by the information reading means of the portable electronic recording medium provided in the management computer 51. Read and store the information.

By the way, based on the print specification information and the dealer specific information stored in the management computer 51 (if there is no dealer specific information, the specific information of an unattended photograph processing order receiving device, equipment and the like, and customer specific information). Alternatively, the management computer 51 may create and store a film destination determination table indicating destinations of undeveloped photographic film and developed photographic film that have been photographed in the large laboratory as shown in FIG. 8 at the top of the table
0, 91 indicates the number of the sorting device described later, the left seven digits indicate the reception number, and 2, 4, 3,. Indicates the destination of the film to be sorted by the sorting device, that is, a number for specifying the exposure device and the like.
45, 38 are destinations of photographic film-containing bag packages sorted by the sorting device, that is, return destinations (handling stores, individuals, order receiving devices for unmanned photographic processing, equipment, etc.).
Are shown. The information described in this table is used by the sorting devices 80 and 91.

The above operation is performed after the photographed undeveloped photographic film or the developed photographic film requested by the customer for the processing order is transferred to the large laboratory.
This is an explanation of the storage of the information at No. 1.

Now, two methods of using the information stored in the management computer 51 in the large laboratory will be described. One is to read the information stored in the management computer 51 described below and record the information on the photographed undeveloped photographic film or the developed photographic film requested by the customer for the read information. This is a method of performing photographic processing in a large laboratory based on the recorded information.
The other is a management computer 51 to be described later.
Is a method of reading information stored in a lab, supplying information to a photographic processing step requiring information, and performing photographic processing in a large laboratory based on information required in each step. First, a method of using the information stored in the management computer 51 in a large laboratory will be described.

First, the information stored in the management computer 51 is read out, and the recording of the information on the photographed undeveloped photographic film or developed photographic film requested by the customer for the read information will be described.

The leader shown in FIG. 1 records the information on the container 22 for photographed undeveloped photographic film, the package 42 for the photographic film bag, or the peelable sticker attached to the photographic film bag 44. The reception number is read, and the read reception number is transmitted to the management computer 51 storing the information. The management computer 51 to which the reception number has been transmitted reads out all the necessary information together with the reception number from the information stored corresponding to the same reception number as this reception number. The read information (reception number and information stored in correspondence with the reception number) is attached with a peelable seal on which the read reception number is recorded in order to read the read information. The leading end of the photographed undeveloped photographic film accommodated in the accommodating container 22 (the portion of the photographed undeveloped photographic film locked on the spool shaft of the accommodating container 2 is referred to as a rear end. ), A photographic film storage bag package 42 or a photographic film storage bag 44 to which a peelable seal on which a reception number read to read the read information is recorded is attached. Of the developed photographic film stored in the photographic film storage bag package 42 (strictly speaking, in the case of the photographic film storage bag package 42,
Is recorded on the non-image recording portion of the developed photographic film accommodated in the photographic film accommodating bag 44 packaged in the photographic film. As described later, in order to use this recorded information as a break for each order, the recording position of this information is a non-image recording portion of the photographic film and a portion corresponding to the leading end or the trailing end of the photographic film. It is preferably a part corresponding to a part.

As a method of recording this information, the read information is recorded as a two-dimensional bar code on a sheet by a printer 58 shown in FIG. 4A, and the sheet on which the bar code is recorded is described above. And a method of attaching the undeveloped photographic film to the non-image recording portion at the leading end of the undeveloped photographic film or the aforementioned non-image recording portion of the developed photographic film. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the read information is converted into two-dimensional point position information, and the non-image recording portion at the leading end of the photographed undeveloped photographic film and the aforementioned non-image recording portion are converted. There is also a method of recording this point as a hole 60 in a non-image recording portion of the developed photographic film. Further, as shown in FIG. 4C, the read information is converted into two-dimensional information, and an optically unexposed non-image recording portion is provided at the leading end of the photographed undeveloped photographic film. There is also a method of printing the latent image 61 specifically.

The recorded information is also used as a break for each order of the photographic film. That is,
When the information detecting means detects the information, the detection result is used as information indicating a one-order section of the photographic film. Note that the information in the table shown in FIG. 5 is used instead of the print specification information and the dealer specific information (if there is no dealer specific information, the specific information of the order receiving apparatus and equipment of the unmanned photo processing, the customer specific information). Please note that it may be used.

The information stored in the management computer 51 is read out, and the information of the read out information to the photographed undeveloped photographic film or the developed photographic film requested by the customer for an order for processing at the large lab. This is an explanation of recording.

Of the photographed undeveloped photographic film and the developed photographic film on which the read information is recorded,
The photographed undeveloped photographic film is developed by the developing device 55, and the developed image frames of the photographed photographic film are printed on photographic paper by the exposure device 72. The other developed photographic film is also printed on the photographic paper by the exposure device 72. By the way, in the large laboratory according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
It is provided corresponding to a plurality of print specifications. More specifically, an exposure device 72 (the uppermost exposure device 72 in FIG. 1) that exposes photographic paper having an EC print specification, and an exposure device 72 (see FIG. 1) that exposes photographic paper having an ESC print specification Exposure device 72 for exposure to photographic paper of LC print specifications (exposure device 72 of three stages in FIG. 1), exposure for exposure to photographic paper of LSC print specifications An apparatus 72 (the lower exposure apparatus 72 in FIG. 1) and the like are provided. In some cases, the specific exposure device 72 exposes a plurality of print specifications to photographic paper. For the photographed undeveloped photographic film and developed photographic film on which the read information is recorded, the print specification information recorded on each is detected, and the photographic paper with the same print specification as the detected print specification information is detected. The destination is determined by the exposure device 72 that performs the exposure, and the image frame is exposed by the exposure device 72.

In order for the exposure of the image frame to be performed by the exposure device 72 capable of exposing the photographic paper having the same print specification as the detected print specification information, the photographic film on which the above-mentioned read information is recorded is required. Must be sorted for each print specification, so the large laboratory according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with a sorting device. There are two positions of the sorting device in the photographic processing system,
One is a pre-process of the developing device 55, and the other is a post-process of the developing device 55. Here, a large laboratory system in which the former sorting device is placed in front of the developing device 55 will be described.

In this case, the photographed undeveloped photographic film and the developed photographic film on which the above-mentioned read information is recorded are automatically conveyed to a sorting device by a conveying device (not shown). The sorting apparatus is provided with a discriminating means for selectively discriminating between print specification information and information on whether the order is a simultaneous print processing order, a negative print processing order, or only development processing. In the embodiment of the present invention, this determination means is provided in the sorting device,
It is not necessarily required to be provided in the sorting device, and may be provided in, for example, the above-described transport device. The print specification information in the information recorded on the conveyed photographic film and the information as to whether the order is a simultaneous print processing order, a negative print processing order, or a development only processing order are read by this determination means. Based on this information, the sorting device sorts the photographed undeveloped photographic film and the developed photographic film having the read information. As a means for sorting, a course switching gate or the like is used, but known means is used as appropriate. Course switching gates are EC course, ESC course, LC course,
The photographic film is distributed to the LSC course and the development only course.

As for the manner of sorting the photographic films, the order of the simultaneous print processing is determined according to the detected print specifications in the EC course, the ESC course, and the L course.
Sorted into either C course or LSC course. EC course, ESC course, LC according to the detected print specifications for negative print processing orders
Course and LSC course.
Items for which only development is processed are sorted into development only courses.

[0086] EC course, ESC course, LC course,
Photographed undeveloped photographic films that have been sorted into any one of the LSC courses and are ordered for simultaneous printing are automatically conveyed to the developing device 55 by the conveying devices 85 provided for each of the courses. The developing device 55 is provided for each transport device 85 (only one developing device 55 is shown in FIG. 2 for the sake of convenience, but originally five devices are provided. Of these, one is sorted into a development-only course. It is provided for developing the undeveloped photographic film that has been taken.), And automatically develops and discharges the photographed undeveloped photographic film transported by the transport device.

EC course, ESC course, LC course,
The developed photographic film, which is a negative print processing order sorted into one of the LSC courses, is automatically conveyed to the developing device 55 by the above-described conveying device. The developed photographic film transported to the developing device 55 is passed through a transport path (not shown) provided in the developing device 55 where processing related to development is not performed, and is automatically out of the developing device 55. Is discharged.

Developing device 5 discharged outside developing device 55
The photographic film developed by the developing device 5 and the photographic film that has only passed through the developing device 55 are exposed by the transporting device 86 provided for each developing device 55 to the exposing device 72 corresponding to the developing device. Transported to For example, the undeveloped photographic film sorted into the EC course is developed and discharged by the developing device 55, and is then automatically conveyed by the conveying means 86 to the exposure device 72 which can expose the photographic paper of the EC print specification. . Further, for example, after the developed photographic film sorted into the LSC course is discharged from the developing device 55, it is automatically conveyed by the conveying means 86 to the exposure device 72 capable of exposing photographic paper of the LSC print specification. .

The developed photographic film, which is a negative print processing order classified into any one of the EC course, the ESC course, the LC course, and the LSC course, is automatically sent to the developing device 55 by the above-described transport device. Instead of being conveyed, it may be conveyed directly to the corresponding exposure device 72, and the configuration of the developing device 55 is simplified. The image frame of the photographic film conveyed to the exposure device 72 is exposed to photographic paper by the exposure device 72 with desired print specifications. A reading means 95 for reading the above-mentioned information recorded on the photographic film is provided somewhere between the entrance of the photographic film of the exposure device 72 and the exposure stage. The information that the above-mentioned information recorded on the film is read is used as information indicating a break of one order of the photographic film.

When the print specification read by the reading unit 95 is different from the print specification set by the exposure unit 72, the exposure device 72 expresses the occurrence of the error by the error occurrence expression unit for notifying the occurrence of the error. The photographic film on which the generation has occurred is subjected to a discharge process or the like so that the photographic film is not printed.

For the photographic film judged to be the negative print processing order, the exposure device 72 determines the desired frame for the order frame based on the order frame specifying information read by the reading means and the print number information of the order frame. Exposures are performed. On the photographic film for which printing has been completed, the conditions exposed by the exposure device 72 are recorded for each order by exposure condition recording means provided in the exposure device 72. However, this exposure condition recording means is not necessarily an exposure device 7
It is not necessary to be provided in the inside 2, for example, it may be provided in a storage device or a packaging device described later. The recorded exposure conditions will be used the next time the photographic film is exposed in this large laboratory.

A photographic film that has been exposed for the first time in the photographic processing system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be exposed under the above-mentioned initial exposure conditions when the photographic film is subsequently exposed by the same photographic processing system. Will be. By doing so, the print image obtained by the exposure based on this photographic film this time and the print image that will be obtained by the next exposure based on this photographic film can be obtained as substantially the same print images. As the exposure condition recording means, means for attaching a sheet on which the exposure conditions are recorded to a photographic film is used. However, when the exposure condition recording means is provided in a storage device or a packaging device described later, the sheet on which the exposure conditions are recorded by the filling device is affixed to a photographic film storage bag.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the exposure device 72 is loaded with a long roll-shaped photographic paper, and the exposure is performed while the photographic paper is long. Also,
The photographic paper is given one order of separation information at the time of exposure, developed by the automatic developing machine 73, and discharged. The ejected long photographic paper is cut for each frame by a cutting device 96 provided near the long photographic paper discharge section of the automatic developing machine 73. The cutting device 96 is provided with a detecting means for detecting one-order delimiter information and a counter for the number of cut frames. The detection information from the detecting means and the count number from the counter are close to the cutting device 96. The sorter 76, which has been sent to the sorter 76 having a plurality of bins 76a provided for each automatic developing machine 73 and has received the detection information and the count number, controls the bin position based on these pieces of information to control the order of one order. Print 75 in one bin 7
6a.

When the recording of the exposure conditions is completed, the long photographic film is cut by a cutting means (not shown) provided in the exposure device 72 to be a short photographic film.
The cutting means is provided with a discriminating means for selectively discriminating whether information is a simultaneous print processing order, a negative print processing order, or development only processing. Judge the number of photographic films and cut them into short photographic films.
Thus, the photographic film discharged from the exposure device 72 is all discharged in the form of a short photographic film.

The short photographic film discharged from the exposure device 72 is transferred to the short photographic film provided in each of the conveyance devices 89 by the conveyance device 89 provided in the discharge portion of the short photographic film of each exposure device 72. Is automatically conveyed to a storage device that stores the photo film in a photographic film storage bag. At the entrance of the photographic film of the storage device, reading means for reading the above-mentioned information recorded on the photographic film is provided, and at the accommodation device, information that this reading means has read the above-mentioned information recorded on the photographic film Is used as information indicating a break of one order of a photographic film.
The short photographic film conveyed to the storage device is stored in a photographic film storage bag for each order.

One order of prints stored in one bin 76a of the sorter 76 and one order of short photographic film stored in the above-described photographic film storage bag are transported by transport means provided for each sorter 76. The prints for one order and the short photographic film for one order are conveyed to a packaging device 12 for packaging a short-length photographic film for one order in a photographic film storage bag package by a conveyance means 88 provided for each of the storage device 87 and the storage device 11. In an embodiment of the present invention, EC,
5 packaging devices 12 for ESC, LC, LSC and development only
A table (only one is shown in FIG. 1) is provided. The short-length photographic film of one order stored in the print and photographic film storage bag for one order is conveyed while maintaining the order of printing in the exposure device 72. Therefore, the packaging device operates one order in the order of conveyance. And the short photographic film for one order stored in the photographic film storage bag is packed in a photographic film storage bag package in a corresponding state.

The undeveloped photographic film that has been sorted into the development-only course by the above-described sorting device is automatically conveyed by the conveying device 85 to the developing device 55 provided uniquely for the conveying device 85. The photographed undeveloped photographic film transported by the transport device 85 is automatically developed and discharged outside. The discharged long photographic film is cut into a short photographic film having a predetermined image frame by a cutting device (not shown) provided in contact with the developing device 55. The short photographic film discharged from the cutting device is automatically conveyed to the accommodating device 11 for accommodating the short photographic film in the photographic film accommodating bag by the conveying device provided at the short photographic film discharging portion of the cutting device. You. At the entrance of the photographic film of the storage device, reading means for reading the above-mentioned information recorded on the photographic film is provided, and the cutting device reads the information that this reading means has read the above-mentioned information recorded on the photographic film. The information is used as information indicating a break of one order of the photographic film. The short photographic film conveyed to the storage device 11 is stored in a photographic film storage bag for each order.

The short photographic film for one order stored in the photographic film storage bag is stored in the photographic film storage bag by the transporting means provided in the storage device.
The short photographic film of the order is conveyed to a wrapping device that wraps the photographic film-containing bag package. The wrapping device wraps the short-length photographic film for one order stored in the photographic film storage bag in the photographic film storage bag package in the order in which it is conveyed. In the case where the number of packaging devices 12 for EC, ESC, LC, LSC, and development only is reduced from the viewpoint of reducing installation space and device cost, the number of the packaging devices 12 may be reduced to one of the prints for one order. The same number as the reception number recorded on the photographic film from which the print is created is recorded, and the reception number recorded on the short photographic film and recorded on the print by the reading means provided in the packaging device 12. And the order number stored in the print and photographic film storage bag.
What is necessary is just to respond to the order of short photographic film. 1
The recording of the receipt number in the print for the order is performed by reading the receipt number from the reading means 95 of the exposure device 72 to the cutting device 96 provided near the discharge portion of the long photographic paper of the automatic developing machine 73.
May be recorded by a recording unit provided in the cutting device 96. Further, the recording of the reception number for one order of print does not necessarily have to be performed directly on the print, but may be performed on a recording medium conveyed together with one order of print.

One order of short photographic film stored in one order of print and photographic film storage bags;
Alternatively, all the photographic film storage bag packages, each of which is packed with one order of short photographic film stored in the photographic film storage bag, are transported by the transport device 90 provided in contact with the respective packaging device 12. The package is transported to a sorting device 91 that sorts the package by return destination.
In the sorting device 91, the shop-specific information recorded on the photographic film packaged in the photographic film-containing bag package (if there is no shop-specific information, the identification of an unattended photo processing order receiving apparatus, equipment, etc. Information and customer identification information, which function as return destination identification information).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the discriminating means is provided in the sorting device. However, it is not always necessary to provide the discriminating device in the sorting device. For example, the discriminating means may be provided in the above-described transport device. . Dealer-specific information among the information recorded on the photographic film (in the case where there is no dealer-specific information, specific information on an unattended photographic processing order receiving device, equipment, etc., and customer specific information) are read by this reading means. Then, on the basis of this information, the sorting device 91 sorts the photographic film-containing bag package having the read information by course. As a means for sorting, in the embodiment of the present invention, a course switching gate or the like (not shown) is used, but a known means is appropriately selected.
This course switching gate is designed to be able to switch to the course only for the number of dealers plus 2 in advance,
One course is assigned to one dealer. In addition, when the added two courses cannot read the dealer specific information by the reading means, that is, when the customer requests a photo processing order from the large lab without passing through the dealer, the handling is performed. This course is for returning photographic film package bags to customers directly from large laboratories without going through shops, or to customers via unmanned photo processing order receiving devices and equipment. Then, the photographic film containing bag packages sorted into the respective courses are transported by transport means provided at the exits of the respective course switching gates at the switching destination, and a return storage box provided at the transport downstream portion of the transport means. And then returned to the return destination, such as a dealer.

In the case where the photographic film is packaged in the photographic film containing bag package so that the information recorded on the photographic film is difficult to read by the above-described reading means, the photographic film is packed in the above-mentioned containing device or the above-mentioned packaging device. It is also possible to provide a reading means for reading information recorded on the photographic film, and to provide a recording means for recording the read information, especially the reception number and the return destination specifying information in the photographic film containing bag or the photographic film containing bag package. Good.

Next, a description will be given of a photographic processing system in which the sorting device is placed in a post-process of the developing device 55.
In this case, the photographed undeveloped photographic film and the developed photographic film on which the read information is recorded are automatically conveyed to the developing device 55 by the conveying device 81.
In this case, at least one or more developing devices 55 are provided in an appropriate number. The developing device 55 includes a discriminating means (not shown) for selectively discriminating whether the information is a simultaneous print processing order, a negative print processing order, or development only processing recorded on the photographic film. Is provided. The developing device 55 automatically develops and discharges a photographed undeveloped photographic film determined by the determination means as a simultaneous print processing order or a development only processing order. Also,
The developing device 55 sends the developed photographic film determined by the determining means to be the negative print processing order to the developing device 55.
Then, the sheet passes through a transport path (not shown) provided therein, in which processing related to development is not performed, and is automatically discharged out of the developing device 55.

The developing device 5 discharged out of the developing device 55
The photographic film developed by the developing device 5 and the developed photographic film passed through the conveyance path where the processing related to the development of the developing device 55 is not performed are transferred to the conveying device provided in contact with the photographic film discharge part of the developing device 55. Is automatically transferred to the sorting device 80. The sorting device 80 is provided with a discriminating means for selectively discriminating between the print specification information recorded on the photographic film and the information as to whether the order is a simultaneous print order, a negative print order, or a development only process. ing.

In the embodiment of the present invention, this discriminating means is provided in the sorting device 80, but is not necessarily provided in the sorting device 80. You may. In the sorting device 80, a course switching gate is used as sorting means. In addition, a well-known means can be suitably selected as a sorting means. The course switching gate can switch the course for several minutes by adding one to the number of print specifications. By the way, the way of sorting the photographic film, the photographic film determined by the determination means as a simultaneous print processing order or a negative print processing order,
Sorted according to print specifications by the course switching gate. In the embodiment of the present invention, since there are four types of print specifications, EC, ESC, LC, and LSC, the photographic film is sorted into four courses according to the print specifications. Further, the photographic film determined by the determination means to be the processing order for development only is sorted to the photographic film course for development only by the course switching gate. The photographic film distributed to each of the EC course, the ESC course, the LC course, and the LSC course is subjected to an exposure apparatus corresponding to the course by a transporting means (not shown) provided near each exit of the course switching gate. 72 automatically.

Photographic film conveyed to the exposure device 72,
Further, in the subsequent processing of the photographic film sorted to the photographic film course, only the developing device 55
This is the same as the processing in the case of being placed in the previous step, so that the description is omitted.

As described above, the information stored in the management computer 51 is read, and the information relating to the read information is recorded on the photographed undeveloped film or developed photographic film requested by the customer for processing. This is a method for performing photo processing in a large laboratory based on the information obtained.

Next, the information stored in the management computer 51 is read, the information is supplied to the photographic processing steps requiring the information, and the photographic processing in the large laboratory is performed based on the information required in each step. The method will be described. It should be noted that the information stored in the management computer 51 described above is read, and information on the read information is recorded on a photographed undeveloped film or a developed photographic film requested by the customer for processing, and the recorded information is recorded. The description is given below, avoiding duplication with the description of the method of performing the photo processing in the large laboratory based on the information.

In the above-described method, the container 22 for the photographed undeveloped photographic film, the photographic film
2 or the information stored in the management computer 51 corresponding to the receipt number recorded on the peelable seal attached to the photographic film bag 44 is read out, and the undeveloped photographic film or the developed photographic film is read. Is recorded in
In this method, the same receipt number as the receipt number recorded on the peelable seal attached to the container 22 for the photographed undeveloped photographic film, the photographic film bag package 42 or the photographic film bag 44 is used. Container 22 for photographed undeveloped photographic film, photographic film bag package 42
Alternatively, the image is recorded on an undeveloped photographic film or a developed photographic film stored in the photographic film bag 44. In a process in a large lab requiring information stored in the management computer 51, a reception number recorded on an undeveloped photographic film or a developed photographic film is read, and the reception number is sent to the management computer 51. The information stored in the management computer 51 in association with the reception number is read, and the read information is stored in the management computer 5.
The information is sent to and used from the process in the large laboratory that needs the information. In addition, it is preferable that only the information required by the process in each large lab is sent from the management computer 51 to the process in each large lab. The steps in the large laboratory that require the information stored in the management computer 51 include a step of determining whether the order is a simultaneous print processing order, a negative print processing order, or a development only order, and a print specification. A step of requiring order frame identification information and information on the number of prints of an order frame in a negative print processing order, and a step of determining a return destination of a product whose order has been processed.

As described above, the information stored in the management computer 51 is read, the information is supplied to the photographic processing steps requiring the information, and the photographic processing in the large laboratory is performed based on the information required in each step. It is an explanation of a method.

In the above description, a photographic film is used as a recording medium on which an image is recorded. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a recording medium on which an image is electronically recorded may be used. For example, an electronic recording medium on which an electronic image captured by an electronic imaging camera is recorded can be handled in the same manner as a developed photographic film in a negative print processing order, or a photographic film or a negative print processing order in a developed simultaneous print order can be processed. The image recorded on the developed photographic film is electronically captured and recorded on an electronic recording medium, and the electronic recording medium is developed for a photographic film ordered for simultaneous printing and a developed photograph for ordered negative printing. You may treat it like a film. However, in these cases, an exposure apparatus that can perform a printing process based on an electronic recording medium is used. In such a case, the order receipt 20 described above is
Information on whether or not to record the frame image recorded on the photographic film in the photographic film storage bag package 42 on an electronic recording medium,
Information indicating which frame image of the plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be recorded on the electronic recording medium is recorded, and the recorded information is based on the order receipt 20 and the photographic film storage bag described above. Like the information recorded on the package 42, it is used for photo processing in a large laboratory.

Although omitted in the above description, FIG. 6 shows the information stored in the management computer 51 and the information recorded on the photographic film, the results of the processing in each step, and the like. The information may be recorded on a recording medium, and the recording medium may be returned to the customer together with the processed photographic film, print, or the like, which is a product processed and produced in each step. FIG. 6 shows one embodiment of the recording medium. The recording medium is not particularly limited as long as it is a paper on which characters and images can be recorded, and it is preferable to use a material that matches the recording characteristics of the recording apparatus. Paper used for recording devices,
Printing paper and the like are included.

The information recorded on the recording medium includes information specifying the dealer, information specifying the customer (in FIG. 6, a customer name and a telephone number) relating to the processing of the photographic film, a simultaneous print processing order or a negative print processing order. Information, whether it is development only processing, print specification information, order frame identification information, information on the number of prints of the order frame, information indicating how many photographic films are taken, photo processing fee information, date and time of receipt , Finish date and time.

In this embodiment, a paper is used as an example of the recording medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the recording medium may be recorded on an electronic recording medium (for example, a floppy disk or a mini disk).

The recording medium on which this information is recorded may be combined with the developed photographic film or print before leaving the large laboratory. However, the recording medium may be combined before the sorting process by the sorting device 91 described above. It is preferable that they are combined by the packaging device 12, particularly in the sense of simplifying the system. In addition, the developed photographic film or print may be compared with the recording medium by reading the reception number recorded on the recording medium by the reading means provided in the packaging device 12.

Hereinafter, a method of manufacturing the recording medium will be described. Mainly, when the information stored in the management computer 51 is read, information is supplied to the photographic processing steps that require the information, and the photographic processing in the large laboratory is performed based on the information required in each step. The method of manufacturing the recording medium described above will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, regarding the method of manufacturing a recording medium when performing photographic processing in a large lab based on information recorded on photographic film,
This will be described in the description of FIG.

First, FIG. 7A will be described. The automatic developing device 55 for the undeveloped photographic film includes information on the result of the development processing of the photographic film, for example, how many photographic films have been processed with the receipt number, and if necessary, how many photographs are taken. The information such as whether or not the film is transmitted to the management computer 51 by the transmission means (although omitted in the above description, the automatic developing device 55 reads the record of the information recorded on the photographic film. A reading means (not shown) is provided for reading information as to whether or not the photographic film is to be taken.The management computer 51 associates a reception number with information as to how many photographic films are to be taken. If stored, the management computer 51 stores information such as the number of shots of the processed photographic film. It is not necessary to transmit.) From the print making process mainly including the exposure device 72 and the automatic developing device 73 for photographic paper, as a result of the print processing, for example, how many prints are made from the photographic film with the number of the receipt number. Or
Information on how many prints are made for which order frames from the photographic films whose reception numbers are the reception numbers is transmitted to the management computer 51 by the transmission means. by the way,
The reception number recorded on the photographic film in the print making process is read by the above-mentioned reading means 95, and information on how many prints have been made from the photographic film of the reception number is stored in the exposure device 72 for each order. And the number of cuts for each order is counted by a counter provided in the cutting device 96 described above. These transmitted development and print processing results (of course, in the case of a negative print processing order, the development processing result is not transmitted, and in the case of development only processing, the print processing result is not transmitted. ) Is the management computer 5
The information already stored in the first storage unit in association with the reception number is stored in the storage unit of the management computer 51 in association with the information based on the reception number.

In the case of a photographic processing system in which the order of information stored in the management computer 51 in association with the reception number as the storage state is the same as the order of photographic film processing. It is not always necessary to make the correspondence based on the reception number, and the processing results may be stored in the storage means of the management computer 51 in the order of processing.

Then, the development status of one order photographic film in the film development process, the exposure status of one order photographic film in the print creation process, and the development of the print created based on this one order photographic film. The control unit 402, which has grasped the processing status such as the status of the print creation process such as the status, transmits the processing status regarding the one-order photographic film to the management computer 51. The development status of a one-order photographic film is, for example, a state in which development of a one-order photographic film having a certain reception number is to be started, or a one-order development of a one-order photographic film having a certain reception number. The exposure status of a photographic film of one order is, for example, a status in which exposure of a photographic film of one order having a certain reception number is to be started or a certain reception status Such as that the exposure of one order of photographic film of one order having a number has been completed,
Further, the development status of a print created based on one order of photographic film includes, for example, a situation in which development of photographic paper exposed based on one order of photographic film is started or one order of photographic paper is started. For example, the development of one order of photographic paper exposed on the basis of the photographic film is completed.

Then, the management computer 51 determines the transmission timing by itself based on the status of the transmitted processing, and determines the information stored in the management computer 51 and the result of the processing in each step. Is transmitted to a recording device 401 that records information such as the information on a recording medium. Also, the example in which the transmission timing is determined by the management computer 51 itself has been described above. The information is transmitted, and based on the transmission instruction information, the management computer 5
1 may output information to the recording device 401.

The above-mentioned transmission timing is preferably a scheduled timing for facilitating the management of the photographic processing system and simplifying the photographic processing system. For example, in the case of a simultaneous print processing order or a negative print processing order, the timing of the creation of the recording medium on which the information is recorded is determined by the timing at which the print is created (in the case of the current only processing, the timing at which the development of the photographic film is completed). If it is too early, there will be a large number of recording media on which information that does not have a print to be associated with (in the case of the current processing only, a developed photographic film) does not exist. If the complexity of verification or the like is increased, or conversely, the timing of the creation of the recording medium on which the information is recorded is too late than the timing when the print is created,
Not only does it increase the complexity of print management and collation with the recording medium, but it is not possible to return the print from the large laboratory even though the print has been created (especially the return destination recorded on the recording medium). This is particularly problematic when returning using specific information.)
It is preferable that the recording medium on which the information is recorded is created at a timing that minimizes the above-described problems. Particularly, the timing of the completion of the print creation (in the case of the current-only processing, It is preferable that the timing at which the creation of the recording medium on which the information is recorded is completed substantially at the same time as the timing at which the development is completed).

The control means (not shown) provided in the recording device 401 to which the information stored in the management computer 51 and the information such as the result of the process in each process are transmitted from the management computer 51 The transmission of the information is recognized as a recording output instruction, and the recording apparatus is controlled to record the information on a recording medium. The transmission of the information is not necessarily performed directly, and the information from the management computer 51 is stored in a portable electronic information storage medium (a floppy disk or the like) and transmitted to a recording device online. You may. This is the same when information recorded on a photographic film is used instead of information stored in a management computer 51 described later. In addition, the management computer 51 transmits the information to the recording device together with the information, and the information of the instruction to record and output the information, and the control means provided in the recording device controls the recording by the recording device according to the recording output instruction information. You may do so.

It should be noted that information obtained as a result of processing in each step is subjected to information processing by the information processing means provided in the management computer 51 or the recording device, and the information thus processed is recorded on a recording medium by the recording device. Good. This information processing includes a process of calculating a development fee based on information of a result of the film development process, a process of calculating a print fee from a result of the print process, and the like. In the above description, an example in which the results of the development and print processing are stored in the storage unit of the management computer 51 has been described.
As described above, the information may be stored in the storage unit 403 provided separately from the management computer 51. In this case, information recorded on a photographic film may be used instead of the information stored in the management computer 51. In this case, the control means 403 for controlling this storage means
The management computer 51 is made to transmit the information already stored in association with the reception number (the management computer 51).
When the information recorded on the photographic film is used instead of the information stored in the photographic film, the reception number recorded on the photographic film read by the reading means and the information stored in association with the reception number are used. receive. ), And based on the reception number, this information and information on the result of the development and print processing are stored in the storage unit 403. Further, this control means grasps the status of the print creation processing, and controls the timing of transmitting the information stored in the storage means 403 to the recording device 401. Further, the control means 4
02 to the recording device 401
It may be transmitted to.

Further, in addition to the information stored in the management computer 51 and the information such as the result of the process in each step, additional information to the customer may be recorded on a recording medium. Examples of the additional information include advertisement of a product that the dealer wants to promote and information on the PR of the dealer itself. However, other information that is not directly related to the processing of the photograph may be used. Further, the storage medium storing the additional information may be created separately from the storage medium storing other information.

The additional information is stored in the management computer 51 or the storage means 403. If the additional information is related to a specific dealer, the additional information is stored in the management computer 51.
The management computer 51 and the storage unit 4 in a state where the management computer 51 and the dealer specific information stored in the storage unit 403 are associated with each other.
03 is stored. To facilitate this mapping,
The additional information is input and stored in the management computer 51 and the storage unit 403 in a state where the additional information is associated with the dealer specifying information.

In this photographic processing system, as shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of negative automatic developing devices 200 for performing a negative developing process, a plurality of automatic paper developing devices 201 for performing a paper developing process, And whether the negative developing step is performed or not, which negative automatic developing apparatus 200 performs the negative developing step, and whether the paper developing step is performed or not. Whether the processing is performed by the par automatic developing device 201 is determined and controlled by the control device 203 based on processing condition information carried by the negative film or the negative film cartridge to be processed. Also,
It can be determined and controlled by the control device 203 based on the processing condition information stored in association with the film identification information carried by the negative film or film cartridge to be processed.

According to this photographic processing system, when the photographic processing is performed by combining the automatic negative developing apparatus 200, the automatic paper developing apparatus 201, and the packaging apparatus 202 in different numbers without combining all of them, one by one. Alternatively, a processing device and a processing step can be selected without human intervention based on information such as simultaneous printing, additional printing, print size, and the like on a negative film cartridge, and automation of processing in a laboratory can be achieved.

Further, automatic sorting devices 210 and 211 are provided, and between the automatic sorting device 210 and the automatic negative developing device 200, the automatic negative developing device 200 and the automatic paper developing device 2 are provided.
01, automatic paper developing device 201 and automatic sorting device 21
Each automatic transport path 220 has an automatic transport path 220, and each automatic transport path 220 automatically transports the photographic film to the next process based on the prior determination information of the film to be processed. Automatic sorting devices 210 and 211, a plurality of negative automatic developing devices 200 for performing a negative developing process, a plurality of automatic paper developing devices 201 for performing a paper developing process, and a packaging device 202
In the photographic processing system having
0 can automatically convey the photographic film to the next process based on the prior determination information of the film processed by 0
Processing can be automated.

[0128]

As described above, claims 1 to 5 are as described above.
According to the photographic processing system described above, a photographic film from a customer and information on processing of the photographic film are received, and a product and a recording medium produced in a processing step using this information are returned to the customer. In the conventional method, a photographic film to be processed is associated with a tangible object bag, and the bag is moved along with the movement of the photographic film, and the bag is managed by moving the bag so as not to lose the association. Can be solved.

According to the photographic processing system according to the sixth to eleventh aspects, the photographic film from the customer and the customer name information of the customer are received, and the product produced in the processing step using this information is recorded. By returning the medium to the customer, the photographic film to be processed is associated with the tangible bag as in the related art, and the complexity of moving the bag with the movement of the photographic film and the association are not spoiled. Thus, it is possible to eliminate the difficulty of bag management, such as moving the bag to another.

According to the photographic processing system of the present invention, the photographic film from the customer and the customer name information of the customer are received, and the product produced in the processing step utilizing this information is received by the customer. By returning the recording medium to the customer, the photographic film to be processed is associated with the tangible bag as in the related art, and the complexity of moving the bag along with the movement of the photographic film and the association are maintained. Thus, the difficulty of bag management such as moving the bag can be eliminated.

According to the photographic processing system of the twentieth to twenty-eighth aspects, a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer are received, and a product and a recording medium produced by processing using this information are received. To the customer, the photographic film to be processed is associated with the tangible bag as in the past, and the bag is moved along with the movement of the photographic film. Thus, it is possible to eliminate the difficulty of bag management, such as moving the bag to another.

According to the photographic processing systems of claims 29 to 37, the processing can be performed with the information relating to the processing of the photographic film.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a photographic processing system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a state in which information is recorded on an order receipt at a store.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a developed short photographic film is stored in a photographic film storage bag.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a method of recording read information.

FIG. 5 is a film destination determination table showing destinations of undeveloped photographic film and developed photographic film that have been photographed in a large laboratory.

FIG. 6 shows one embodiment of a recording medium.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram for manufacturing a recording medium.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of another embodiment of the photographic processing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 11 storage device 12 packaging device 22 storage container 23 information (store-specific information) 24 information (customer-specific information) 25 information (order processing) 26 print specification information 51 management computer 55 developing device 58 printer 72 exposure device 73 automatic developing device Reference Signs List 80 sorting device 81 transport device 95 reading means 96 cutting device 97 cutting device 98 reading means

Claims (37)

[Claims] 1. A photographic film from a customer and information on processing of the photographic film are received, and a product produced by a process performed based on the information and information on the processing of the photographic film are returned to the customer. A first storage step of storing information related to the processing of the photographic film, and photographic film specifying information for specifying the photographic film corresponding to the information related to the processing of the photographic film; A processing step of directly or indirectly utilizing the information on the processing of the photographic film corresponding to the photographic film specifying information stored in the storage step, A second storage step for storing the result of processing, and a photographic film stored in the first and second storage steps A storage step of directly or indirectly obtaining information on the processing and a result of the processing, and recording these on a recording medium, and returning a product produced in the processing step and the recording medium to a customer. A photographic processing system. 2. A storage step of storing a result of the processing, wherein the result of the processing is directly or indirectly associated with photographic film specifying information recorded on a photographic film on which the processing has been performed. The photographic processing system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. Information regarding the processing of the photographic film,
The first step of storing information relating to the processing of the photographic film and photographic film specifying information for specifying the photographic film corresponding to the photographic film, and the photograph corresponding to the information relating to the processing of the photographic film. 3. The photographic processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a step of storing photographic film specifying information for specifying the film in a storage unit. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second storing step of storing a result of said processing is a step of storing a result of said processing in a storage means. Photo processing system. 5. The storage means according to claim 3, wherein
Wherein the storage means is the same storage means. 6. A photographic processing system for receiving a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer, and returning the product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer. A storing step of storing photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, a processing step of processing the photographic film on which the photographic film specifying information is recorded, and the photographic film specifying information Control means for directly or indirectly instructing recording output so as to record and output to the recording means, based on the processing situation in the processing step of the recorded photographic film, and corresponding to the photographic film specifying information The customer name information obtained directly or indirectly from the customer name information stored in the storage step is recorded on a recording medium in accordance with a recording output instruction from the control means. Photographic processing system characterized by returning the recording process, has, and has been the product produced by the process and the recording medium to the customer. 7. The photographic processing system for receiving a photographic film from the customer and customer name information of the customer, and returning the product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer, Photographic film, a photographic film processing system for receiving information on the processing of the photographic film and the customer name information, and returning the product produced by the processing, the information on the processing of the photographic film and the customer name information to the customer 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein
The photographic processing system as described. 8. The storage step for storing the customer name information and photographic film specification information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information of the customer,
8. The photographic processing system according to claim 7, further comprising a storage step of storing information relating to photographic film processing, customer name information, and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information. 9. A recording medium according to a recording output instruction from said control means, wherein said customer name information directly or indirectly obtained from said customer name information stored in said storage step in correspondence with said photographic film specifying information. The recording step of recording the photographic film processing information and the customer information obtained directly or indirectly from the photographic film processing information and the customer name information stored in the storage step corresponding to the photographic film specifying information. 9. The photographic processing system according to claim 8, further comprising a recording step of recording name information on a recording medium in response to a recording output instruction from said control means. 10. The information relating to an order of photographic processing obtained directly or indirectly from the information relating to processing of the photographic film stored in the storage step corresponding to the photographic film specifying information in the recording step; 10. The photographic processing system according to claim 6, wherein the processing result in the step is recorded on a recording medium. 11. The storage step for storing the customer name information and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, wherein the storage step stores the customer name information and a photograph corresponding to the customer name information. 11. The photographic processing system according to claim 6, wherein the storage step stores photographic film specifying information for specifying a film by a storage unit. 12. A photographic processing system for receiving a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer, and returning the product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer. A recording step of recording on the photographic film the photographic film specifying information for specifying the photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, a processing step of processing the photographic film, and reading from the photographic film on which the processing has been performed. Recording the customer name information directly or indirectly, and recording the customer name information on a recording medium, the product produced in the processing step and recorded in the recording step A photographic processing system for returning a recording medium to a customer. 13. The photographic processing system which receives a photographic film from the customer and customer name information of the customer, and returns the product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer. A photographic film, and a photographic processing system that receives information on the processing of the photographic film and the customer name information, and returns a product produced by the processing, and information on the processing of the photographic film and the customer name information to the customer. 13. The method according to claim 12, wherein
The photographic processing system as described. 14. The recording step of recording, on a photographic film, the customer name information and photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, the customer name information and information on processing of the photographic film. 14. The photographic processing system according to claim 13, wherein said recording step of recording photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information on the photographic film. 15. The processing step of processing the photographic film includes the step of directly or indirectly transferring the photographic film on which the photographic film identification information is recorded, to information relating to the processing of the photographic film recorded on the photographic film. 15. The photographic processing system according to claim 14, wherein the photographic processing system is a processing step of performing processing by utilizing the processing. 16. The photographic processing system according to claim 15, further comprising a storage step of storing a result of the processing in said processing step. 17. A storage step for storing a result of the processing,
17. The photographic processing system according to claim 16, further comprising a step of directly or indirectly associating the result of the processing with the photographic film specifying information recorded on the photographic film on which the processing has been performed. 18. A recording step of directly or indirectly obtaining the customer name information read from the photographic film on which the processing has been performed, and recording the customer name information on a recording medium,
The customer name information read from the photographic film on which the processing was performed and the customer name information obtained directly or indirectly from the photographic film processing information and the information on the photographic film processing, and the result of the processing 18. The photographic processing system according to claim 17, wherein the result of the processing obtained directly or indirectly from the result of the processing stored in the storing step of storing is stored in a storage medium. 19. The storage unit according to claim 16, wherein said storing step of storing the processing result in said processing step is a storing step of storing the processing result in a storage unit.
A photographic processing system according to any one of the above. 20. A photographic processing system which receives a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer, and returns a product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer. A storing step of storing photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information and additional information to the customer; and a processing of processing the photographic film on which the photographic film special running information is recorded. And obtaining the customer name information and the additional information to the customer directly or indirectly from the customer name information and the additional information to the customer stored in the storage step, and recording these on a recording medium. A recording step, and an enclosing step of enclosing the product produced by the processing and the recording medium,
A photographic processing system for returning a product produced by the processing and the recording medium to a customer. 21. A photographic processing system for receiving a photographic film from a customer and customer name information of the customer, and returning the product produced by the processing and the customer name information to the customer, It is a photographic processing system that receives a film, information about processing of a photographic film, and this customer name information, and returns a product produced by the processing, and information about the processing and customer name information to the customer. The photographic processing system according to claim 20. 22. The storage step of storing customer name information, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to the customer, wherein the storing step includes: customer name information; 22. The photographic processing system according to claim 21, further comprising a step of storing information relating to processing, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to the customer. 23. The photographic processing system according to claim 22, further comprising a storage step of storing a result of the processing in said processing step. 24. A storage step for storing a result of the processing,
26. The photographic processing system according to claim 25, further comprising the step of directly or indirectly associating the result of the processing with the photographic film specifying information recorded on the photographic film on which the processing has been performed. 25. Directly or indirectly obtaining the customer name information and the additional information to the customer from the customer name information and the additional information to the customer stored in the storage step, The recording step of recording the information and the additional information to the customer on the recording medium, wherein the information relating to the processing obtained directly or indirectly from the information relating to the processing of the photographic film and the customer name information stored in the storage step and the customer A step of recording, on a recording medium, name information and a processing result obtained directly or indirectly from a processing result stored in a storage step for storing the processing result. 25. The photographic processing system according to 24. 26. The photographic processing system according to claim 25, wherein said recording step is a step of recording the customer name information and the additional information to the customer on separate recording media. 27. The storage step of storing customer name information, photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the customer name information, and additional information to the customer, comprising the steps of: 21. A storage step of storing photographic film specifying information for specifying a photographic film corresponding to the information and additional information to a customer in a storage unit.
A photographic processing system according to any one of claims 26 to 26. 28. The storage unit according to claim 23, wherein said storing step of storing the processing result in said processing step is a storing step of storing the processing result in a storage unit.
A photographic processing system according to any one of the above. 29. The photographic film processing information according to claim 1, wherein the photographic film development information is information on whether or not to develop the photographic film. The photographic processing system according to any one of claims 19 to 21, and claims 21 to 28. 30. A photographic processing system according to claim 1, wherein said processing step is a photographic film developing step. 31. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information relating to the processing of the photographic film is information as to whether or not to expose a frame image recorded on the photographic film to photographic paper. The photographic processing system according to any one of claims 7 to 11, 13 to 19, and 21 to 30. 32. The information relating to the processing of the photographic film is information indicating which one of a plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be exposed on photographic paper. The photographic processing system according to any one of Claims 5 to 7, Claims 7 to 11, Claims 13 to 19, and Claims 21 to 31. 33. The information relating to the processing of the photographic film is information indicating which frame image of a plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be exposed to photographic paper and how many times. A photographic processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, claim 7, to claim 11, claims 13 to 19, and claims 21 to 32. 34. A photographic processing system according to claim 1, wherein said processing step is a step of exposing a frame image recorded on a photographic film to photographic paper. 35. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on the processing of the photographic film is information on whether or not a frame image recorded on the photographic film is to be recorded on an electronic recording medium. Claims 7 to 11, 13
The photographic processing system according to any one of claims 19 to 21, and claims 21 to 34. 36. The information relating to the processing of a photographic film is information indicating which one of a plurality of frame images recorded on the photographic film is to be recorded on an electronic recording medium. Claims 1 to 5, Claims 7 to 11, Claims 13 to 19, and Claim 21
36. A photographic processing system according to claim 35. 37. A photographic processing system according to claim 1, wherein said processing step is a step of recording a frame image recorded on a photographic film on an electronic recording medium.