Image processing apparatus responsive to single input for image reproduction and printing
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKunio Imai
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Abstract
An image processing device comprises a reproducing part for reproducing an image signal from a recording medium, a printing part for printing on a recording material an image relative to the image signal reproduced from the recording medium, and a manual operating member. In response to an operation of the manual operating member, the reproducing part reproduces the image signal from the recording medium and the printing part prints out the image signal reproduced from the recording medium. The image processing device enables contents recorded on the recording medium to be checked by a minimum and simple operation in a short time.
Claims21
An image processing device comprising:
- (a) reproducing means for reproducing an image signal from a recording medium;
- (b) memory means for storing the image signal reproduced by said reproducing means;
- (c) printing means for printing on a recording material an image relative to the image signal reproduced from the recording medium;
- (d) a manual operating member;
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- (e) control means for controlling said reproducing means, said memory means and said printing means in response to a single operation of the manual operating member without further operation of the manual operating member, so that said reproducing means reproduces the image signal, said memory means tentatively stores the image signal for one picture and outputs it, said printing means prints the image, and said printing means becomes ready to print before said memory means stores an image signal to be printed.
An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- (a) reproducing an image signal from a recording medium in response to a single operation of a manual operating member;
- (b) without further operation of said manual operating member, storing in a memory the image signal reproduced by said reproducing means in response to reproducing the image signal;
- (c) without further operation of said manual operating member, making a printer ready to print before said storing step;
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- (d) without further operation of said manual operating member, reading the image signal for one picture from the memory in response to completion of said storing step of storing the image signal for one picture in the memory and printing an image relative to the image signal for one picture on a recording material by the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.