Method of and apparatus for recording video signal associated with photographic image

• US 4,641,198 A
• Filed: 12/27/1984
• Issued: 02/03/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujimura, Ikuo, Ohta, Takahiro, Inuiya, Masafumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Groody, James J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Coles, Edward L.
• Application Number:
  US06/687,003
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 358/280, 358/285, 358/287, 358/293, 358/294, 358/214, 358/54, 358/335, 358/345, 358/348, 382/45, 382/46, 382/47, 352/242, 352/243, 352/244, 250/234, 250/236, 250/557
• US Class Current: 358/488
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/04 Scanning arrangements , i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versaH04N1/387 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2166 for mass storage, e.g. in document filing systems information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0432 Adjusting the orientation of the scanning elements relative to the scanned sheet, e.g. changing from longitudinal to lateral scanning

Abstract

Photographic images are recorded by picking up a group of photographic images recorded in horizontal and vertical positions in substantially equally dimensioned frames to store in a storage medium video signals representative of the photographic images in the order of the group of photographic images. One of the many frame orientations, including the vertical and the horizontal positions, of the images recorded in the respective frames is selected. Then, out of the group of images, those which are in the selected orientation are selected. For the images in the vertical position, a magnification for forming a video signal which is smaller than that for the images in the horizontal position is set up. The selected photographic image is picked up to store a video signal representative of it in a store position of the storage medium assigned thereto. The selection, pickup and storage are performed on each of the photographic images which are in the selected frame orientation. Thereafter, the above procedure is repeated for the remaining necessary frame orientations.

Claims

1. A method of recording photographic images by picking up a group of photographic images, recorded in horizontal and vertical positions in substantially equally dimensioned frames, to store, in a storage medium, video signals representative of the photographic images in the order of the group of photographic images, comprising the steps of:

selecting a frame orientation from among a plurality of frame orientations, said plurality of frame orientations including at least the vertical and horizontal positions of the photographic images recorded in the respective frames;

selecting a particular photographic image which is in said selected frame orientation from among the group of photographic images;

setting a relative rotation of the photographic images with respect to the selected frame orientation;

setting, for the photographic images in the vertical position, a magnification for formation of a video signal which is smaller than a magnification for the photographic images in the horizontal position;

picking up the selected particular photographic image to store the video signal representative of the particular photographic image in a store position of the storage medium which is assigned to the particular photographic image;

performing said steps of selecting and picking up on each said photographic image which is in the selected frame orientation; and

performing said preceding steps on each of the remaining frame orientations, whereby the above procedure is repeated for desired frame orientations.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the storage medium comprises a magnetic disc, the store position being a track of said magnetic disc.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the photographic images are stored in a film.

4. A method in accordance with claim 3, wherein the frame orientations are discriminated by indications representative of the frame orientations which are indicated on the film.

5. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the relative rotation of the photographic image is caused by optically rotating the photographic image to be picked up.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the relative rotation of the photographic image is caused by rotating one of an imaging device for picking up the photographic image and the photographic image, relative to the other.

7. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the sitting of the magnification of the photographic image is caused by varying a magnification with which the photographic image is to be picked up, according to the selected frame orientation.

8. A method in accordance with claim 3, wherein the film is and said negative a video signal representative of the photographic image is converted into the video signal indicative of a corresponding positive image to be recorded.

9. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the video signal representative of the photographic image is recorded with color compensation effected thereon.

10. An apparatus for recording a photographic image comprising:

image pickup means for picking up a group of photographic mages which are stored in vertical and horizontal positions in a plurality of substantially equally dimensioned frames to form video signals representative of the photographic images;

recording means for recording the video signals in a storage medium in the order of the group of photographic images;

first setting means for setting a relative rotation of the photographic images according to frame orientations of the photographic images recorded in the respective frames which include at least the vertical and horizontal positions;

second setting means for setting, for the vertical images, a smaller magnification for formation of a video signal than a magnification for the horizontal images;

sensor means for sensing the frame orientations of the respective photographic images in the group; and

control means for controlling said image pickup means, recording means, first and second setting means, and sensor means;

said control means selecting one of the frame orientations,

identifying by the sensor means those photographic images which are in the selected one frame orientation out of the group of photographic images in the order of the group of photographic images,

causing said first setting means to relatively rotate the photographic images with respect to the selected one frame orientation,

causing said second setting means to set, for the vertical images, the smaller magnification for formation of the video signal than the magnification for the horizontal images,

causing said image pickup means to pick up the identified photographic image,

causing the recording means to store the video signal representative of the photographic image on a store position of the storage medium which is assigned to the photographic image,

causing the identification and pickup of the photographic image, and the storage of the video signal for each of the photographic images which share the selected one frame orientation, and

causing the identification, rotation setting, magnification setting, pickup, and storage for each of the remaining frame orientations, whereby the above procedure is repeated for the desired frame orientations.

11. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the storage medium comprises a magnetic disc, the store position being a track of said magnetic disc.

12. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the photographic image is stored in a film, the sensor means sensing indications of the frame orientations which are indicated on the film.

13. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the first setting means causes the photographic image being picked up to be optically rotated.

14. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the first setting means rotates one of the image pickup means and the photographic image to be picked up, relative to the other.

15. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the second setting means varies a magnification with which the image pickup means is to pick up a photographic image, in response to the selected one frame orientation.

16. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the photographic image is stored in a film, the recording means, when the film is a negative, recording a video signal representative of the photographic image with negative-to-positive conversion effected thereon.

17. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the recording means comprises color compensation means for applying color compensation to a video signal.

18. An apparatus in accordance with claim 10, wherein the sensor means comprises input means for receiving a size of the frame which stores the photographic image, the second setting means varying the magnification in response to the received frame size.