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US 6,185,000 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for instructing printing of recorded information on picture image prints, and program recorded medium used therefor
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuo Shiota, Norihisa Haneda, Shigekazu Fukada
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Abstract
A user takes in digital image data and photographing information added thereto into a personal computer, and instructs, on a printing instruction screen, a printing format such as whether or not the photographing information should be printed and where the photographing information is to be printed. The content of the instruction is added to the digital image data as printing information and transferred to a printer via a recording medium, for example. The printer prints the photographing information on a picture print based on the printing information when the picture print is generated.
Claims29
A picture image printing method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining digital image data to which recording information has been added upon recording a picture image;
- displaying the recording information having been added to the digital image data on a printing instruction screen together with the digital image data,
- wherein the displayed recording information includes information which is typically selected for printing along with the digital image data, and information which is not typically printed with the digital image data,
- wherein said typically printed recording information includes at least one of a date of recording and a title of the picture image, and said recording information not typically printed includes at least one of lens data and exposure data, and
- wherein said typically printed recording information is mutually exclusive from said recording information not typically printed;
- instructing a printing format and the recording information to the digital image data;
- adding printing information showing the instructed printing format and the recording information to the digital image data;
- and
- printing the recording information on a picture print based on the printing information added to the digital image data when the digital image data are reproduced as the picture print,
- wherein the user has the option to de-select the printing of information typically printed along with the digital image data, and to select the information which is not typically printed with the digital image data.
7 more elements
A picture image printing method comprising:
- displaying recording information, recorded with a captured image, along with digital image data of the image,
- wherein the displayed recording information includes information which is typically selected for printing along with the digital image data, and information which is not typically printed with the digital image data,
- wherein said typically printed recording information includes at least one of a date of recording and a title of the picture image, and said recording information not typically printed includes at least one of lens data and exposure data, and
- wherein said typically printed recording information is mutually exclusive from said recording information not typically printed;
- prompting selection among the displayed recording information for printing with the digital image data;
- and
- printing only selected recording information and digital image data together as a picture print,
- wherein the user has the option to de-select the printing of information typically printed along with the digital image data, and to select the information which is not typically printed with the digital image data.
5 more elements
A computer readable medium comprising:
- first code segment for causing a computer to display recording information, recorded with a captured image, along with digital image data of the image,
- wherein the displayed recording information includes information which is typically selected for printing along with the digital image data, and information which is not typically printed with the digital image data,
- wherein said typically printed recording information includes at least one of a date of recording and a title of the picture image, and said recording information not typically printed includes at least one of lens data and exposure data, and
- wherein said typically printed recording information is mutually exclusive from said recording information not typically printed;
- second code segment for causing the computer to prompt selection among the displayed recording information for printing with the digital image data;
- and
- third code segment for causing the computer to print only selected recording information and digital image data together as a picture print,
- wherein the user has the option to de-select the printing of information typically printed along with the digital image data, and to select the information which is not typically printed with the digital image data.
5 more elements
A picture image printing apparatus, comprising:
- a display, adapted to display recording information, recorded with a captured image, along with digital image data of the image,
- wherein the displayed recording information includes information which is typically selected for printing along with the digital image data, and information which is not typically printed with the digital image data,
- wherein said typically printed recording information includes at least one of a date of recording and a title of the picture image, and said recording information not typically printed includes at least one of lens data and exposure data, and
- wherein said typically printed recording information is mutually exclusive from said recording information not typically printed;
- an input device, adapted to select among the displayed recording information for printing with the digital image data;
- and
- a printer, adapted to print only selected recording information and digital image data together as a picture print,
- wherein the user has the option to de-select the printing of information typically printed along with the digital image data, and to select the information which is not typically printed with the digital image data.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.