Image recording device and image recording method

• US 20020054350A1
• Filed: 07/20/2001
• Published: 05/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kakigi, Nobuyoshi, Hosoda, Yuichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,106,461 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.16
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00175 from a still image storage medium H04N1/00172, H04N1/0018 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00188 Printing, e.g. prints or reprints H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00633 selectively to one of a plurality of output trays H04N1/00641 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00681 Detecting the presence, position or size of a sheet or correcting its position before scanning H04N1/047 takes precedence; mode signalling H04N1/333; skew detection or correction in image signals H04N1/3878
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00687 Presence or absence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data

Abstract

Attached information is designated, and it is discriminated whether or not there is a paper output port corresponding to attached information read from a storage unit for storing image data and attached information about the image data. If it is determined there is a corresponding paper output port, then the paper output port is determined as a selected paper output port. If it is determined there is not a corresponding paper output port, then an available paper output port is determined as a selected paper output port. Thus, recorded images can be automatically discriminated based on the attached information.

Claims

1. An image recording apparatus, comprising:

designation means for designating attached information;

discrimination means for discriminating whether or not there is a paper output port corresponding to the attached information read from storage means for storing image data and attached information about the image data; and

determination means for determining a paper output port as a selected paper output port if said discrimination means discriminates that there is a corresponding paper output port, and determining an available paper output port as a selected paper output port if said discrimination means discriminates that there is not a corresponding paper output port.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for outputting paper on which image is recorded based on the image data read from said storage means to the paper output port determined by said determination means.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said attached information contains any of an owner, a date, a title, a destination user, and a directory.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a name of each paper output port.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said attached information and image data are stored in said storage means by a digital camera.

6. An image recording method, comprising:

a designating step of designating attached information;

a discriminating step for discriminating whether or not there is a paper output port corresponding to the attached information read from storage means for storing image data and attached information about the image data; and

a determining step of determining the paper output port as a selected paper output port if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that there is a corresponding paper output port, and determining an available paper output port as a selected paper output port if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that there is not a corresponding paper output port.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising a step of outputting paper on which image is recorded based on the image data read from said storage means to the paper output port determined in said determining step.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein said attached information contains any of an owner, a date, a title, a destination user, and a directory.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising a display step of displaying a name of each paper output port.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein said attached information and image data are stored in said storage means by a digital camera.

11. A computer-readable program, comprising:

a designating step of designating attached information;

a discriminating step of discriminating whether or not there is a paper output port corresponding to the attached information read from storage means for storing image data and attached information about the image data; and

a determining step of determining the paper output port as a selected paper output port if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that there is a corresponding paper output port, and determining an available paper output port as a selected paper output port if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that there is not a corresponding paper output port.

12. The program according to claim 11, further comprising a step of outputting paper on which image is recorded based on the image data read from said storage means to the paper output port determined in said determining step.

13. The program according to claim 11, wherein said attached information contains any of an owner, a date, a title, a destination user, and a directory.

14. The program according to claim 11, further comprising a display step of displaying a name of each paper output port.

15. The program according to claim 11, wherein

said attached information and image data are stored in said storage means by a digital camera.

17. The storage medium according to claim 16, further comprising a step of outputting paper on which image is recorded based on the image data read from said storage means to the paper output port determined in said determining step.

18. The storage medium according to claim 16, wherein said attached information contains any of an owner, a date, a title, a destination user, and a directory.

19. The storage medium according to claim 16, further comprising a display step of displaying a name of each paper output port.

20. The storage medium according to claim 16, wherein said attached information and image data are stored in said storage means by a digital camera.

16. A storage medium storing a computer-readable program, comprising:

a designating step of designating attached information;

a discriminating step of discriminating whether or not there is a paper output port corresponding to the attached information read from storage means for storing image data and attached information about the image data; and

a determining step of determining the paper output port as a selected paper output port if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that there is a corresponding paper output port, and determining an available paper output port as a selected paper output port if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that there is not a corresponding paper output port.