Microfilm reader scanner capable of editing image
AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasamichi Kishi, Hiroya Sugawa
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Abstract
A microfilm reader scanner for projecting an image on a microfilm onto a screen and also reading it through an image sensor, subjecting it to an editing process such as trimming or masking and thereafter outputting it to a laser beam printer or the like. An image editing area is specified using a touch panel disposed on the screen, and the editing area and an attribute thereof are inputted to a memory while observing the image projected on the screen. The image on the microfilm is read by the image sensor, converted to a digital signal, edited in accordance with the image editing area and the attribute thereof both stored in the memory, and then outputted to a laser printer or the like.
Claims18
A microfilm reader scanner which projects an image on a microfilm onto a screen for observing and onto an image sensor for obtaining image data, comprising:
- an area specifying member in the form of a transparent sheet attached on said screen for specifying a desired area out of the projected image, said area specifying member producing signals corresponding to the positions where sheet is pressed;
- an area judgement means to produce an area data based on the signals produced by area specifying member;
- an attribute data input means for signifying an attribute of area specified by said area specifying member;
- a memory means for storing said attribute data;
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- an editing means for editing the image data obtained by said image sensor based on said attribute data stored in said memory means and said area data produced by said area judgement means.
A microfilm reader scanner which projects an image on a microfilm onto a screen for observing and onto an image sensor for converting the optical image into image signals for individual pixels thereof, comprising:
- an area specifying means for generating an area signal in order to specify a desired area out of the projected image, said area specifying means including a transparent sheet, attached on the screen, which is regularly divided into a plurality of regions each having at least one electric contact to generate the area signal;
- an area judgement means to produce an area data based on the signals produced by specifying means;
- an attribute data input means for signifying an attribute of area specified by said area specifying means;
- a memory means, having a plurality of memory areas corresponding to the regions of said transparent sheet, for storing the attribute data corresponding to the regions which are specified by the area signal as the desired area;
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- an editing means for processing an output signal from individual pixel of said image sensor by the attribute data stored in said memory means and said area data produced by said area judgement means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.