US 2002/0059322 A1 · Electronic image display device and printing system therefor

Abstract

There is disclosed an album type image display device. The image display device reads out album data, including image data and album manager data for arranging images in a style of an album, from a memory card and displays an electronic album page by page on the basis of the album data. When a second set of electronic images are read out from a second memory card while successive two pages of the electronic album are displayed, additional pages having the second set of electronic images pasted thereon are interposed between the displayed two pages. Upon pressing an automatic play button, the image display device starts displaying respective pages of the electronic album turn by turn in a predetermined sequence. A respective page is displayed for a time that is determined based on a data volume of that page.

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Dependent claims

An electronic image display device for displaying images in a style of an album, said image display device comprising:

an image input device for reading out electronic images from an external memory;
an image processing device for pasting said electronic images on respective pages of an electronic album;
a display section for displaying said electronic album at least one page at a time;
an internal memory for storing said electronic album containing said electronic images;
and
a mode selection device for setting said image display device to a data holding mode wherein said internal memory holds previously stored electronic images even while a second set of electronic images are read out from a second external memory and are written on said internal memory, so said image processing device may insert said second set of electronic images into said electronic album in said data holding mode.

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An electronic image display device for displaying images in a style of an album, said image display device comprising:

an image processing device for pasting electronic images on respective pages of an electronic album;
a display section for displaying said electronic album at least one page at a time;
a device for causing said display section to display characters in addition to selected ones of said electronic images, said characters being previously assigned to said selected electronic images;
a reproduction device for reproducing sounds that are previously recorded in association with selected ones of said electronic images;
and
a discrimination device for discriminating one electronic image from others among those displayed concurrently on said display section, while characters or sounds relating to said one electronic image are being displayed or reproduced.

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An electronic image display device for displaying images in a style of an album, said image display device comprising:

an image processing device for pasting electronic images on respective pages of an electronic album;
a display section for displaying said electronic album at least one page at a time;
a manual operation device for designating printing conditions for said electronic images, said printing conditions including at least a page serial number of a designated page, a print area to print from the designated page, and the requisite number of copies to make from the print area;
and
a print data setup device that automatically sets up margin conditions for the designated page when an entire area of the designated page is selected as the print area, such that a binding margin is located on an appropriate side of the designated page, and produces print data representative of said printing conditions and the said margin conditions.

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A printing system consisting of an electronic image display device for displaying images in a style of an album, and a printer for making hard copies of images as displayed on said image display device, wherein said image display device comprising:

an image processing device for pasting electronic images on respective pages of an electronic album;
a display section for displaying said electronic album at least one page at a time;
a manual operation device for designating printing conditions for said electronic images, said printing conditions including at least a page serial number of a designated page, a print area to print from the designated page, and the requisite number of copies to make from the print area;
a print data setup device that automatically sets up margin conditions for the designated page when an entire area of the designated page is selected as the print area, such that a binding margin is located on an appropriate side of the designated page, and produces print data representative of said printing conditions and said margin conditions;
and a data output device for outputting said print data and album data of said electronic album;
and
wherein said printer prints an individual image frame or the entire area of the designated page on a recording sheet in accordance with said print data, while providing a binding margin in the case where the entire area of the designated page is printed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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