Information processing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Horii, Hirofumi Hirano
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Abstract
Sound information related to an image is inputted together with the image taken by a camera, and is printing outputted as a two-dimensional bar code data with the image by a printer provided in the camera as one body. Specifically, a printed matter is formed by printing the taken image and the sound information sound inputted in relation to the image. Thereby, the printed matter is printed with a comment on image taking environment such as information on a subject of image taking and a light condition when taking the image or on the subject of the image taking inputted through the sound. As a result, it can be used as a storage medium which stores information of higher dimension and is easy to access.
Claims13
An information processing apparatus having an image taking function and an image forming function for performing printing on a printing medium, said apparatus comprising:
- sound taking means for taking sound information;
- and
- printing output control means for, when the image forming function prints an image taken by the image taking function on the printing medium, causing the image forming function to print the sound information as code data in a part of the image, a printing position of the code data on the printing medium being changeable.
- wherein said printing output control means controls the image forming function to print the taken image on substantially a whole area of the printing medium, which has a rectangular shape, and controls the code data to be printed under a standing image of the taken image and along an edge of the printing medium, and
- wherein when the edge is a relatively shorter edge of the rectangular shape, said printing output control means controls the image forming function to print the code data so that a width of the code data is made larger than that when printing the code data on a relatively longer edge of the rectangular shape.
An information processing apparatus having an image taking function and an image forming function for performing printing on a printing medium, said apparatus comprising:
- sound taking means for taking sound information;
- printing output control means for, when the image forming function prints an image taken by the image taking function on the printing medium, causing the image forming function to print the sound information as code data in a part of the image;
- and
- control means for causing said sound taking means to take the sound information at discretionary timing after taking an image by means of the image taking function, and based on the taken sound information, cause said output control means to control the code data to be printed in the part of the image taken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.