US 6,192,184 B1 · Picture print generating method and system, and recording medium

Abstract

When a picture print is generated by editing a picture image recorded on a film, the print in accordance with a customer's requirements is generated by simple operations and at a low cost. Low resolution image data of a picture image read from a film are recorded in a recording medium, in addition to software for image editing, and provided to a customer so that the customer can carry out editing operations on the picture using a personal computer or the like. When a print is ordered, editing instruction information generated by recording the operations the customer has carried out for the editing is received from the customer via the recording medium. Based on the editing instruction information, a scanner reads a film in high resolution and a printer outputs a print after automatic editing on the image data.

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Dependent claims

A picture print generating method which generates a picture print by editing a picture image recorded on a film, comprising the steps of;

carrying out a variety of operations for editing using low resolution image data of the picture image while recording the operations as editing instruction information and film identifying information on a recording medium;
and
generating the picture print by carrying out automatic editing of high resolution image data of the picture image, based on the recorded editing instruction information;
wherein a film stored in a film cartridge is used as the film;
and
automatically searching for and setting in a scanner a film cartridge storing the film identified by a reproduced film identifying information among a plurality of pre-stored film cartridges which are ready to be taken out upon necessity.

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A picture printing system which generates a picture print by editing a picture image recorded on a film, comprising;

a film scanner which reads the film;
a low resolution image data obtaining means which obtains low resolution image data of the picture image and records the low resolution image data and film identifying information in a predetermined recording medium;
an editing means which enables the variety of operations for editing to be carried out using the low resolution image data recorded in the recording medium while recording, in a predetermined recording medium, the operations having been carried out as editing instruction information;
and
a print generating means which carries out automatic editing on high resolution image data of the picture image, based on editing instruction information recorded in the predetermined recording medium and generates the picture print;
wherein a film stored in a film cartridge is used as the film;
and
an automatic changer which automatically searches for and sets in a scanner a film cartridge storing the film identified by a reproduced film identifying information among a plurality of pre-stored film cartridges which are ready to be taken out upon necessity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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