Imaging system for automatic resolution adjustment
First Claim
1. An imaging system comprising:
- an image input device for entering image data from an original image,an image processing device for processing said image data to produce an output image,an image output device for outputting said output image as a hard copy or as data file,a resolution adjusting device for automatically adjusting an input resolution of said image input device in accordance with an output resolution of said image output device, a size or data pixel number of said output image, and a size of said original image, anda monitor for displaying a main display area, a first sub display area, and a second sub display area simultaneously, and said main display area displaying an image as entered through said image input device, and a crop boundary on said entered image to designate a cropping area of said entered image, wherein image data of said cropping area is used for producing said output image, said first sub display area displaying a template image of a template that shows a layout for said output image, and said second sub display area displaying a thumbnail image of said entered image.
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Abstract
An imaging device (10) has a card reader (13), a reflective scanner (14) and a film scanner (15). The scanners has a pre-scanning mode of a low resolution and a fine scanning mode of a higher resolution. A preview image is displayed on the basis of image data taken from an original image through the scanner in the pre-scanning mode, and a cropping area of the original is designated on the preview image. An input resolution setting section (26) automatically sets the higher resolution for the fine scanning in accordance with the original size of the cropping area, a print size of the cropping area, and an output resolution of a printer (16). Based on image data taken at the higher resolution from the cropping area of the original image, the printer prints out an image.
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23 Claims
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1. An imaging system comprising:
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an image input device for entering image data from an original image, an image processing device for processing said image data to produce an output image, an image output device for outputting said output image as a hard copy or as data file, a resolution adjusting device for automatically adjusting an input resolution of said image input device in accordance with an output resolution of said image output device, a size or data pixel number of said output image, and a size of said original image, and a monitor for displaying a main display area, a first sub display area, and a second sub display area simultaneously, and said main display area displaying an image as entered through said image input device, and a crop boundary on said entered image to designate a cropping area of said entered image, wherein image data of said cropping area is used for producing said output image, said first sub display area displaying a template image of a template that shows a layout for said output image, and said second sub display area displaying a thumbnail image of said entered image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An imaging system comprising a scanner, a monitor, an image processing device and a printer, said scanner having a pre-scanning mode for taking image data out of an original image at a low resolution, and a fine scanning mode for taking image data out of said original image at a higher resolution, wherein said image processing device produces an output image from said image data taken in said fine scanning mode, said imaging system further comprising:
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a cropping area designating device for designating a cropping area of said original image on said preview image, said cropping area being scanned in said fine scanning mode; and a resolution setting device for obtaining an optimum resolution for said fine scanning mode on the basis of a size of the designated cropping area, a print size of said cropping area and an output resolution of said printer, and setting said higher resolution of said scanner at a value that is determined by said optimum resolution, said monitor displaying a main display area, a first sub display area, and a second sub display area simultaneously, and said main display area displaying an image as entered through said scanner, and a crop boundary on said entered image to designate a cropping area of said entered image, wherein image data of said cropping area is used for producing said output image, said first sub display area displaying a template image of a template that shows a layout for said output image, and said second sub display area displaying a thumbnail image of said entered image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An imaging system comprising:
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an image input device for entering an image from an external data storage device that stores full-dressed image data of at least an image, and thumbnail image data of said image; a display device for displaying a thumbnail of said entered image on the basis of said thumbnail image data; a cropping area designating device for designating a cropping area of said entered image on said displayed thumbnail; a printer for printing said cropping area in a designated size on the basis of said full-dressed image data; and a resolution converting device for converting resolution of said full-dressed image data into a value that is determined in accordance with an original size and the designated print size of said cropping area, and an output resolution of said printer, said display device displaying a main display area, a first sub display area, and a second sub display area simultaneously, and said main display area displaying said entered image as entered through said image input device, and a crop boundary on said entered image to designate said cropping area of said entered image, wherein image data of said cropping area is used for producing said output image, said first sub display area displaying a template image of a template that shows a layout for said output image, and said second sub display area displaying said thumbnail image of said entered image.
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22. An imaging system comprising:
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a monitor, an image input device having a pre-scanning mode for generating first image data from an original image at a first resolution, and a fine scanning mode for generating second image data from said original image at a second resolution which is greater than said first resolution, an image processing device for processing said first image data to correct color and gradation of the first image data to produce a first output image for display on said monitor and transferring correction parameters used to correct said color and said gradation to said image input device and processing said second image data to produce a second output image, wherein said image input device processes utilizes said correction parameters to generate said second image data; an image output device for outputting said second output image as a hard copy or as data file, and a resolution adjusting device for automatically adjusting said second resolution for said fine scanning mode in accordance with an output resolution of said image output device, a size of said second output image, and a size of said original image, and said monitor displaying a main display area, a first sub display area, and a second sub display area simultaneously, and said main display area displaying an image as entered through said image input device, and a crop boundary on said entered image to designate a cropping area of said entered image, wherein image data of said cropping area is used for producing an output image, said first sub display area displaying a template image of a template that shows a layout for said output image, and said second sub display area displaying a thumbnail image of said entered image.
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23. An imaging system comprising:
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an image input device for entering image data from an image file, an image processing device for processing said image data to produce an output image, an image output device for outputting said output image as a hard copy or as data file, a resolution adjusting device for automatically adjusting an input resolution of said image input device in accordance with an output resolution of said image output device, a size or data pixel number of said output image, and a data pixel number of said image file, and a monitor for displaying a main display area, a first sub display area, and a second sub display area simultaneously, and said main display area displaying an image as entered through said image input device, and a crop boundary on said entered image to designate a cropping area of said entered image, wherein image data of said cropping area is used for producing said output image, said first sub display area displaying a template image of a template that shows a layout for said output image, and said second sub display area displaying a thumbnail image of said entered image.
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