Photographic camera system

• US 6,078,757 A
• Filed: 05/11/1999
• Issued: 06/20/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawashima, Norifumi, Toshikage, Hideki, Saito, Takahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Gray, David M.
• Application Number:
  US09/309,666
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 396/311, 396/429
• US Class Current: 396/311
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 1/50 adjustable or interchangeable, e.g. for different film widths
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/24 with means for separately producing marks on the film, e.g. title, time of exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/245 Optical means
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/48 adapted for combination with other photographic or optical apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2206/004 using markings on the photographic material, e.g. to indicate pseudo-panoramic exposure
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2206/006 of the bar-code type
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/243 Optical devices
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/244 Magnetic devices
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/246 Details of the markings
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/247 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/248 with means for masking
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 27/462 in enlargers, e.g. roll film printers
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 27/6285 Handling strips G03B1/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00129 with a display device, e.g. CRT or LCD monitor with a television apparatus H04N1/00283; arrangements for control of display devices G09G
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00249 with a photographic apparatus, e.g. a photographic printer or a projector photographic apparatus per se G03B, G03D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00265 with a photographic printing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0402 Scanning different formats; Scanning with different densities of dots per unit length, e.g. different numbers of dots per inch (dpi); Conversion of scanning standards H04N1/00283 takes precedence; picture signal circuits for modification of image resolution H04N1/3935, H04N1/40068
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0405 Different formats, e.g. A3 and A4
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0458 using different portions of the scanning elements for different formats or densities of dots
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/1017 the main-scanning components remaining positionally invariant with respect to one another in the sub-scanning direction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/193 : using electrically scanned linear arrays , e.g. linear CCD arrays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32133 : on the same paper sheet, e.g. a facsimile page header
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0075 : by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0408 : Scanning film strips or rolls
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 : of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• 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 2201/3242 : of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3243 : of type information, e.g. handwritten or text document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3254 : Orientation, e.g. landscape or portrait; Location or order of the image data, e.g. in memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 : The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data

Abstract

A photographic system includes a photographic camera that can successively expose a photographic film and an automatic printer for automatically printing the exposed and processed photographic film. The photographic camera magnetically or optically records at an area away from an exposure area of the photographic film an aspect ratio information signal indicative of a selected aspect ratio and a frame number signal, and the automatic printer automatically produces prints from the photographic film using the magnetically or optically recorded aspect ratio information signal and frame number signal detected from the photographic film.

Claims

1. A photographic film printer comprising:

a printer body;

light source and mask means for exposing photosensitive paper;

processed photographic film drive means disposed on the printer body for driving a processed photographic film;

detecting means disposed on the printer body for detecting aspect ratio information, frame number information and a frame position signal recorded on the processed photographic film and for detecting an exposure control signal used to control the light source and mask means, wherein the aspect ratio information and the frame position signal indicate an area to be printed;

logic circuit means connected to the detecting means, the light source and mask means, and the processed photographic film drive means; and

controller means connected to the logic circuit means and having frame designating means for designating a quantity of prints for a specific frame of the processed photographic film.

2. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein the exposure control signal includes an auxiliary signal for a printer control signal.

3. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein the processed photographic film has recorded thereon an exposure date.

4. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein

the logic circuit means judges whether the detected aspect ratio information is correct or not, and

the controller means controls the light source and mask means to expose an image in the specific frame of the processed photographic film onto the photosensitive paper in accordance with the judged aspect ratio information.

5. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein the controller means further includes additional print input means for inputting a quantity of additional prints requested of the specific frame of the processed photographic film.

6. The photographic film printer according to claim 1, wherein the controller means further includes frame designating input means for inputting a designated frame of the processed photographic film.