JPH08160554A - Digital photographic image processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a digital photographic image processing system which can control films, rewritable picture image storing medium and printed photographs. CONSTITUTION: The system is provided with a film developing function 10, a film image printing function 20, a printing paper developing function 40 and a function 30 of writing film images to a rewritable image information storing medium. It is installed with a film inserting slot 11 and a rewritable image information storing medium inserting slot 12. The film 13 and the rewritable image information storing medium 14, while at least the film 13 displays an visible ID, are simultaneously inserted to the respective slots, and at the stage that the development of the film 13 is finished, it is checked that whether the rewritable image information storing medium exists or not. When such medium exists, it is written with the picture image of the developed film.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to digital photographic image processing systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In current film photo processing systems,
The user takes the filmed film to the DPE store,
Take the film to a large-scale laboratory (film development, image printing place) at the DPE store, develop the film, print the image on photographic paper, etc., and print it with the developed film to the user via the DPE store. It is a system that returns photos taken. In recent years, with the downsizing of photo processing devices, some photo processing devices have been installed in DPE stores.

In this type of photographic processing equipment, a film (including negative and positive) is developed by a film processor, and the developed film is optically stretched by a minilab printer, and an image is positively printed on a photographic paper. The process of baking is performed. Then, the minilab processor develops the printing paper. In the film photographic system of the above photographic processing apparatus, since all the processes are performed in an analog manner, the processes such as color balance adjustment, density adjustment, and color conversion are naturally limited.

Therefore, a system for converting image information recorded on a developed film into digital image data and digitally processing the image has been developed.
Once the analog image information has been converted into digital image data, data processing becomes possible even if a CPU is used, so there is a great potential for development of a digital photographic image processing system. If the image-processed data is returned to an analog image signal using a D / A converter, a good image can be printed on recording paper, photographic paper, or the like.

This digital photographic image processing system is
With the developed film taken out from the film processor of the above-mentioned conventional minilab system as an input, various image processing is performed, and the result of the image processing can be returned to the minilab processor of the existing photo processing equipment.
In that sense, it can be said that the system replaces part of the existing minilab system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between a conventional minilab system and a digital photographic image processing system. The conventional minilab system includes a film processor 1, a minilab printer 2, and a minilab processor 3. On the other hand, the digital photographic image processing system 4 uses the developed film output from the film processor 1 to read an image with an image scanner, converts the image into digital image data, and stores the converted image in various memories. In addition, a CRT printer or a laser printer outputs on photographic paper, sends the photographic paper to the minilab processor 3, and can output various data by itself.

In recent years, a digital photographic image processing system (hereinafter simply referred to as a photo CD system) using a CD (compact disc) as a memory has been developed. This photo CD system uses a write-once CD (CD-R) as an image information storage medium, and when the user takes a film of a photographed film, a film image recorded on a CD is returned. After that, the user can save this CD and print the image on the recording paper with the photo CD system when necessary. The number of frames that can be recorded on the Photo CD is about 100, and it is possible to record four frame images on a 24 film film. Since this type of Photo CD system digitally performs an intermediate image processing step, it can meet a variety of user requests.

[0008]

The above-described Photo CD system can be evaluated as having offered new possibilities in the field of photo processing. However, in this system, since the CD-R is used as the image information storage medium, it is possible to write and read once, but there is a problem that it cannot be rewritten.

Therefore, the applicant has developed a new digital photographic image processing system capable of repeatedly writing and reading image data to and from an image information storage medium. In this kind of digital photographic image processing system,
By mounting a rewritable image information storage medium and a film on the apparatus at the same time, writing of image information on the rewritable image information storage medium and simultaneous printing are performed in parallel.
Therefore, each ID management is extremely important, and if the ID management is not carried out with certainty, the film, the image information storage medium,
There is a risk that print photo management will be loose. That is, the film image may be stored in the non-rewritable rewritable image information storage medium.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a digital photographic image processing system capable of surely managing a film, a rewritable image information storage medium, and a print photograph. It is an object.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention which solves the above-mentioned problems is a digital device having a film developing function, a film image printing function, a photographic paper developing function and a film image writing function to a rewritable image information storage medium. In a photographic image processing system, a film insertion slot and a rewritable image information storage medium insertion slot are provided, and a visible ID is displayed on at least the film of the film and the rewritable image information storage medium. (In some cases, such as when pasting or printing directly on the exterior of the film), insert them into the slots at the same time,
When the development of the film is completed, it is checked whether there is a rewritable image information storage medium with an ID corresponding to the developed film ID. The image information of the film is written in the rewritable image information storage medium. Here, as the rewritable image information storage medium, for example, FD (floppy disk), MO (magneto-optical disk), MD (mini disk), etc. can be considered.

In this case, in addition to each of the above slots, a slot for inserting a developed film is provided, and a developed film and a rewritable image information storage medium are simultaneously inserted into each slot to rewrite the ID of the developed film. The ID of a possible image information storage medium is collated, and if the IDs match, the image information of the developed film is written in the rewritable image information storage medium. It is preferable for reliable management.

Further, in order to speed up the processing, it is preferable to simultaneously print the film image in parallel with the writing of the image information in the rewritable image information storage medium.

[0014]

A film insertion slot and a rewritable image information storage medium insertion slot are provided, and a visible ID is displayed on at least the film of the film and the rewritable image information storage medium, and the slots are simultaneously inserted into the respective slots. When the film is inserted and the development of the film is completed, it is checked whether there is a rewritable image information storage medium with an ID corresponding to the ID of the developed film. The image information of the developed film is written in the rewritable image information storage medium. According to the present invention, the film image information is written after recognizing that it is a rewritable image information storage medium corresponding to the film, so that the management of the film, the rewritable image information storage medium and the print photograph is surely performed. Can be done.

In this case, in addition to each of the above slots, a slot for inserting a developed film is provided, and a developed film and a rewritable image information storage medium are simultaneously inserted into each slot to rewrite the ID of the developed film. By collating the IDs of possible image information storage media, and if the IDs match, by writing the image information of the developed film into the rewritable image information storage medium,
It is possible to surely manage the rewritable image information storage medium such as the film and the print photograph.

Further, by simultaneously printing the film images in parallel with the writing of the image information in the rewritable image information storage medium, the processing can be speeded up.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a mini disk (MD) is used as a rewritable image information storage medium for writing image data. The MD is a rewritable image information storage medium in which writing and reading of image data can be repeated many times, and is superior to a photo CD that can be written only once. The MD data format is for writing data by a magneto-optical recording method, and image data is stored according to the picture MD standard which is a part of the data MD standard which is a format when data is stored in the MD. It has become. And the image data is JPE
It is compressed by the G method and stored. In (a) of the figure,
10 is a film developing section for developing an undeveloped film, 20
Is a print unit for printing a film image, and 30 is an MD for writing image information provided in the print unit 20.
A (mini disk) writer 40 is a photographic paper developing unit for developing an image on photographic paper. The film developing unit 10, the printing unit 20, the MD writer 30, and the photographic paper developing unit 40 are integrally formed to constitute a digital photographic image processing system. In this embodiment, a CRT printer is used as the printing unit 20.

This digital photographic image processing system is
It can be said that the system replaces the conventional photo processing equipment. A film slot 11 and an MD slot 12 are provided on the side surface of the film developing unit 10 as shown in FIG.
1, 12 are loaded. Although not shown, a film slot 21 for loading a developed film is provided on the side surface of the printing unit 20.

Reference numeral 15 is a film ID reading section arranged near the film slot 11, 16 is an MDID reading section arranged near the MD slot 12, and 17 is a loaded M.
It is an MD transport mechanism that transports D14. Reference numeral 22 denotes a film ID reading unit arranged near the film slot 21 for reading an ID when a developed film is loaded. 23 is an M transported through the MD transport mechanism 17.
An MD magazine for temporarily storing D, 24 is a CRT for CRT printing.

The MD magazine 23 has an automatic changer function, and when the MD corresponding to the film coming out of the film developing section 10 is in the MD magazine 23, it is taken out and set in the MD writer 30. ing. The CRT 24 is for printing the displayed image as it is, is a monochrome image display, and unlike a normal CRT, has a very high pixel density (for example, 204
It has a display unit (about 8 × 3072 dots) and is adapted to display an accurate image. Therefore, a precise image without image distortion is displayed on the entire screen. Four
Reference numeral 1 is an MD discharge unit provided in the photographic paper developing unit 40. The operation of the apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

(Operation of Film Developing Unit 10) First, the undeveloped film 13 is loaded in the film slot 11, and the MD 14 is loaded in the MD slot 12. Here, the same visible I is previously displayed on the film 13 and the MD 14.
It is assumed that D is attached with a barcode (barcode ID), for example. In addition, MD1
It is not always necessary to paste the ID on 4. This is because when the image data is written to the MD, the ID attached to the film can be written to match the ID.

The method of attaching and reading the ID is shown in 2 below.
There are two possible ways. When inserted, nothing is attached to the MD. Some kind of ID is attached to the film (label, direct print,
Serial No. when manufacturing the film itself. etc). It is read and read, and is recorded at the same time as the corresponding film ID in the inserted MD, and at the same time, the controller of the apparatus stores this correspondence. When recording multiple film images on a single MD, insert the films continuously and instruct near the insertion slot to "record the image of the film you have just put on the MD you put first." A switch to turn on is provided.

A label generator is provided separately. The device generates a label to be attached to the film, and the ID NO. Is recorded in the MD. The ID is written in the MD and the film is labeled with the ID when it is brought into the insertion slot of a photographic processing device or the like.

When the loaded MD 14 has a visible ID, the ID is read by the MDID reading unit 16 and then the MD magazine 23 is transferred via the MD transport mechanism 17.
Be transported to. The read ID is given to and stored in the overall control unit (details will be described later) that controls the entire device.

On the other hand, the film 13 loaded in the film slot 11 is developed by the developing mechanism in the film developing unit 10 after the ID is read by the film ID reading unit 15. As this developing mechanism, an existing developing mechanism can be used. The read film ID is given to the overall control unit and stored. The developed film is transported to the print unit 20 via a transport mechanism (not shown). The film slot 21 provided in the printing unit 20
In some cases, instead of the film developed by the film developing unit 10, a developed film that has been developed in advance may be loaded.

(Operation of Print Unit 20) Print Unit 20
Then, the image information recorded on the developed film conveyed or the developed film loaded in the film slot 21 is optically read out, converted into R, G, B signals, and then displayed on the CRT 24 to print. Make each frame exposed on paper. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the CRT printer unit. The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. In the figure, reference numeral 50 is an overall control unit for controlling the overall operation. The overall control unit 50 normally has a separate CPU for each section, and each section is controlled by a separate CPU. 51 optically reads the image of the developed film 13,
This is a film image reading unit that converts each of the G and B light components into digital image data and performs image processing such as density adjustment and color balance adjustment. Reference numeral 52 is an image memory for storing the R, G, B image data output from the film image reading unit 51, and 53 is a CRT for reading the R, G, B image data stored in the image memory 52.
A CRT driver to be displayed on 24 and a CRT to display image information. The CRT 24 is for printing the displayed image as it is as described above and is a monochrome image display.
It has a display unit with an extremely high pixel density (for example, about 2048 × 3072 dots) and can display an accurate image. Therefore, a precise image without image distortion is displayed on the entire screen.

Reference numeral 54 is a filter mechanism for receiving the output light of the CRT 24, in which R, G, B filters corresponding to the R, G, B images displayed on the CRT 24 are set. The filter mechanism 54 can set a filter of a predetermined color by a switching signal from the overall control unit 50. Reference numeral 55 is an optical system that focuses the optical image that has passed through the filter mechanism 54, and 56 is photographic paper for exposing the optical image that has passed through the optical system 55. The photographic paper 56 is conveyed one by one by a photographic paper conveying mechanism (not shown). Reference numeral 60 denotes the overall control unit 5.
An operating unit for inputting various commands to 0, such as a keyboard, is used. The operation of the CRT printer thus configured will be described below.

When a print start command is given from the operation unit 60 to the overall control unit 50, the overall control unit 50 enters the CRT printer mode. The film image reading unit 51 reads the image information recorded on the developed film 13 for each light component R, G, B in units of frames, converts it into digital image data, and performs image processing such as density adjustment and color balance adjustment. Do. The frame image data that has undergone the image processing is stored in the image memory 52. Then, first, the R image data stored in the image memory 52 is read and given to the CRT driver 53. The CRT driver 53 displays the R image data on the CRT 24.

The optical image information of the image data displayed on the CRT 24 enters the filter mechanism 54. Overall control unit 5
0 initially sets the R filter for the filter mechanism 54. As a result, from the filter mechanism 54, R
Only the optical image information of the component passes. This optical image information is
After being focused by the optical system 55, an image is formed on the photographic printing paper 56 and image exposure is performed. When the above exposure processing is completed, the overall control unit 50 sets the G filter as the filter of the filter mechanism 54 this time. The G image data is read from the image memory 52, and the G image information is exposed on the photographic printing paper 56 through similar processing. Next, the overall control unit 50 sets the B filter as the filter of the filter mechanism 54 this time. B image data is read from the image memory 52,
The G image information is exposed on the photographic printing paper 56 through similar processing. In this way, the R, G, B image information is printed on the photographic paper 56.
It takes about 10 to 20 seconds to be exposed.

When the exposure of the image of one frame is completed, the photographic paper transport mechanism (not shown) transports the second photographic paper to a predetermined position. On the other hand, the film image reading section 51 reads the image data of the second frame, and thereafter, through the same processing, exposes the optical image information on the second photographic paper 56. By repeating the above-described processing, the images of all the frames stored in the developed film 13 are exposed on the photographic printing paper 56. The photographic printing paper 56 thus exposed is transported to the photographic printing paper developing section 40 (see FIG. 1) by a transporting mechanism (not shown) and developed.

In the above embodiment, the case where the image data obtained by reading the developed film by the film image reading unit 51 is stored in the image memory 52 has been described. However, since the image data is also created by the MD writer 30 described later, The image data created by the MD writer may be directly stored in the image memory 52. If this method is adopted, the film image reading section 51 becomes unnecessary.

An index print function can be added to the print section 20. For example, the printing unit 20 reduces the image data of a plurality of frames and stores it in a memory, and exposes an index print image that allows a list of the plurality of frames on the photographic paper 56 at the time of printing.

For printing one frame at a time, an analog printer may be connected to the printing unit 20 to increase the speed of printing, and the photographic paper 56 may be exposed directly from the film.

(Operation of MD Writer 30) MD Writer 30
Scans the developed film conveyed from the film developing unit 10 or the developed film loaded in the film slot 21 with a scanner and writes it in the MD 14. At this time, the barcode ID attached to the film and the barcode I attached to the MD 14
The film image information is written in the MD 14 only when both IDs are matched with each other, and the film and MD are compared.
And are always available.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the MD writer 30. The same parts as those in FIGS. 1 and 2 are designated by the same reference numerals. In the figure, reference numeral 61 denotes a film scanner unit which comprises a scanner for reading film image information and converting optical image information into an electric signal, and an A / D conversion for converting the scanner output into digital image data. For example, a CCD is used as the scanner. The CCD
Outputs an electric signal in a state of being separated for each of the three primary colors of light, R, G, and B. This CCD may also serve as the scanner unit in the film image reading unit 51 (see FIG. 2).
Reference numeral 62 denotes an output of the film scanner unit 61, and shading correction (correction for adjusting the lightness of the entire surface in the absence of film), one-dimensional data conversion by a LUT (look-up table), and image data read by a CCD. This is an image processing unit that performs line correction for position correction for each R, G, B line, and histograms for the entire film and for each frame to collect histograms for brightness adjustment and color adjustment. The image processing unit 62 also has a function as a signal switch.

Reference numeral 63 denotes a memory control unit for receiving output data from the image processing unit 62 and a memory unit including a main memo. 64 denotes color conversion from RGB to YMC for image data sent via the image processing unit 62. Do R
It is a GB → YMC conversion unit. RGB → YMC converter 64
Conversion characteristics (gradation characteristic curve) after color correction by
Is fed back to the image processing unit 62, stored in the one-dimensional LUT in the image processing unit 62, and used as the conversion characteristic of the one-dimensional LUT.

Reference numeral 65 denotes a color correction unit which receives the output of the RGB → YMC conversion unit 64 and performs characteristic conversion (including interpolation) of image data, and is composed of, for example, a three-dimensional LUT. Reference numeral 66 is a selector that is connected to the color correction unit 65 and switches image data.

Reference numeral 67 is an external interface section for connecting to an external device, 68 is a CR including a video memory for storing display image data (video data) and a video memory control section for controlling the video memory.
The T control unit 69 is a CRT as a display means for displaying the contents of the video memory. 70 is a selector 66
This is an MD processing unit that compresses the image data sent from the JPEG format and writes the data to the MD.

The operation of the MD writer unit is controlled by the overall control unit 50 (see FIG. 2) which controls the entire system. The overall control unit 50 includes the film ID reading unit 15, the MDID reading unit 16, and the film ID reading unit 2.
Contains 2 outputs. The operation of the circuit thus configured will be described below.

(1) ID collation mode The overall control unit 50 collates the ID of the film 13 applied to the CCD scanner with the ID of the MD 14. In the case of film, it may be from slot 11 and from slot 21, and in the case of undeveloped film, film I
The ID is read from the D reading unit 15 and given to the overall control unit 50. In the case of a developed film, the ID is directly read from the film ID reading unit 22 in the printing unit 20 and given to the overall control unit 50. . On the other hand, I of MD14
D is given from the MDID reading unit 16.

The overall control section 50 collates the outputs of these ID reading sections and checks whether the IDs match. If both IDs match, the prescan mode shown below is entered. If they do not match, the film and MD do not correspond, so an alarm display is displayed on the CRT 69 to alert the operator.

In the case of MD, the barcode ID may not be attached. In this case, the CRT
The fact is displayed on 69. The operator is MD
When the image information may be written in, the operation unit 60 gives an instruction to enter the following prescan mode.

(2) Prescan Mode A developed film (which may be negative or positive) is set on the scanner unit, and image information recorded on the film is read by the CCD of the film scanner unit 61. When reading with the CCD, the pixels of the CCD 61 are thinned out or integrated to reduce the number of pixels compared with the main scan. In the pre-scan, the read image data is not written in the MD but is used for determining the characteristics of the film, adjusting the color balance, index printing, etc., and the pixel density need not be so high. For example, the pixel density in the main scan is 2048 × 307 per screen.
When the number of pixels is 2 pixels, 12 per screen in prescan
Read with a density of about 8 × 192 pixels. In this way, the time required for image processing can be shortened by thinning out or integrating and reducing and reading.

The image data read by the CCD is R,
Each of G and B is converted into digital image data by an A / D converter. The converted digital image data enters the subsequent image processing unit 62, undergoes predetermined image processing, and is sequentially stored in the main memory of the memory unit 63. Hereinafter, the overall control unit 50 will use the film 1 stored in the main memory.
The following processing is performed on the main image data.

Frame Position Discrimination At the time of pre-scanning of a film, the whole film is stored in the memory unit 63. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the frame position. The overall control unit 50 discriminates the frames from each other using a predetermined determination algorithm.

Panorama / 35 mm Plate Type Discrimination Next, the overall control unit 50 determines the panorama image and the normal 35 mm version.
Discrimination processing from an image is performed. The overall control unit 50 determines the panorama / 35 mm version using a predetermined determination algorithm.

Upon completion of the processes (1) and (2), the overall control unit 50 then reads out the prescan image stored in the memory unit 63 and transfers it to the CRT control unit 68, where C
Display on RT69. At this time, the image displayed on the CRT 69 is an image showing the division between the frames determined by the process of. The overall control unit 50 performs processes such as creating a histogram for each frame, creating a histogram for the entire film, extracting a representative lightness point for each frame, and extracting a color balance for the entire film. RGB → YM so that an image of characteristics can be obtained
The gradation curve is written in the pre-scanning one-dimensional LUT of the C conversion unit 64.

After the gradation curve is written in the pre-scan scan one-dimensional LUT, the pre-scan image stored in the memory section 63 is passed through this one-dimensional LUT to display the CRT.
It is stored in the video memory in the control unit 68. C
The RT69 displays the prescan image having the corrected characteristic. Here, the operator looks at the display image of the CRT 69 and checks whether the color, brightness, etc. are optimum. If it is not optimum, the operator corrects the color and the brightness in the RGB → YMC conversion unit 64 so that the image display of the CRT 69 becomes the optimum color. This correction operation is a process of changing the curve of the one-dimensional LUT.

In the correction processing described above, Y, M, and
Since the correction is based on the C characteristic, there is an effect that the operator can easily operate. When the correction processing is completed, this characteristic is fed back to the one-dimensional LUT for main scanning (built in the image processing unit 62). That is, the corrected gradation curve is written in the one-dimensional LUT for the main scan. The prescan operation is completed by the above processing.

(3) Main scan mode In the main scan, the film image is read by the film scanner unit 6
This is performed using all pixels (for example, 2048 × 3072 pixels) of one CCD. R, G, photoelectrically converted by CCD
The B analog image signal is converted to R, R by the subsequent A / D converter.
Digital image data for each G and B (for example, 11 bits)
And is sent to the image processing unit 62. The one-dimensional LUT in the image processing unit 62 stores the optimum gradation conversion curve determined by the prescan. Therefore, the digital image data obtained by the main scan is subjected to optimum image conversion processing by this one-dimensional LUT. The film image data obtained by this scan is
It is temporarily stored in the memory unit 63 via the image processing unit 62.

The film image data once stored in the memory section 63 is read out frame by frame, and passes through the RGB → YMC conversion section 64 by through and enters the color correction section 65. The color correction unit 65 is a three-dimensional LU that converts the characteristics of input image data.
At T, image data not stored in the LUT is interpolated and output by a predetermined method. From this three-dimensional LUT, R, G, B image data are new R,
It is output as G and B image data. The color correction unit 65
The output of is stored in the video memory of the CRT control unit 68 via the selector 66 and displayed on the CRT 69. The operator can see the optimum image for each frame.

On the other hand, the output of the color correction section 65 is the selector 6
The image data of the JPEG format is compressed by entering the MD processing unit 70 via 6, and the image data according to the JPEG standard is compressed. Next, the compressed image data enters the internal MD drive, and the MD drive writes the image data in the MD 14. In this way, the image data for each frame is sequentially written in the MD 14.

In this way, it is possible to write the image data of all frames in the MD 14 and then write the ID number if necessary. By writing the ID in MD14, even if the barcode ID is peeled off,
The ID can be confirmed. Further, even in the case of an MD to which a barcode ID is not attached, it is convenient to take the correspondence with the film by writing the ID.

(Operation of the photographic paper developing section 40) The photographic paper developing section 40 develops the photographic paper exposed by the printing section 20 regardless of whether image data is written in the MD 14. Development is performed using existing technology. The photographic paper sent from the transport mechanism (not shown) is developed (fixed) by the photographic paper developing unit 40, and is sequentially discharged. On the other hand, the MD 14 that has been written by the MD writer 30
After being transported from the transport mechanism to the photographic paper developing section 40,
It is discharged from the MD discharge unit 41. The discharged photographic paper is
The bag, which is given the same ID as the above-mentioned film and MD, will be delivered to the user as a set with the film, MD and photograph.

In the above embodiment, the case where the bar code ID attached to the film is read and collated with the bar code ID of the MD is taken as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to read the ID number recorded on the film itself, write the image data, and then write the film ID to the MD at the same time. If you do this, the barcode I
Even when D is no longer peeled off, the film and MD can be checked. Further, the writing of the ID to the MD is not limited to the case of electrically writing, and the printing can be visually performed.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the case where the MD is used as the rewritable image information storage medium has been taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various rewriting capable of recording image information at a high density is possible. Possible image information storage media can be used.

[0057]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the film insertion slot and the rewritable image information storage medium insertion slot are provided, and among the film and the rewritable image information storage medium, At least when there is a rewritable image information storage medium with an ID corresponding to the ID of the developed film at the stage when the visible ID is displayed on the film and the films are inserted into the respective slots at the same time and the film development is completed. If there is a corresponding rewritable image information storage medium, the image information of the developed film is written in the rewritable image information storage medium. According to the present invention, the film image information is written after recognizing that it is a rewritable image information storage medium corresponding to the film, so that the management of the film, the rewritable image information storage medium and the print photograph is surely performed. Can be done.

In this case, in addition to the slots described above, a slot for inserting a developed film is provided, and a developed film and a rewritable image information storage medium are simultaneously inserted into each slot to rewrite the ID of the developed film. By collating the IDs of possible image information storage media, and if the IDs match, by writing the image information of the developed film into the rewritable image information storage medium,
It is possible to surely manage the rewritable image information storage medium such as the film and the print photograph.

Further, by simultaneously printing the film images in parallel with the writing of the image information in the rewritable image information storage medium, the processing can be speeded up.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a digital photographic image processing system capable of surely managing a film, a rewritable image information storage medium, and a print photograph.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a CRT printer unit.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of an MD writer.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between a conventional minilab system and a digital processing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 film developing unit 11 film slot 12 MD slot 13 film 14 MD (mini disc) 15 film ID reading unit 16 MDID reading unit 17 MD transport mechanism 20 printing unit 21 film slot 22 film ID reading unit 23 MD magazine 24 CRT 30 MD writer 40 photographic paper developing section 41 MD discharging section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A digital photographic image processing system having a film developing function, a film image printing function, a photographic paper developing function, and a film image writing function to a rewritable image information storage medium. A slot for inserting a possible image information storage medium is provided, and a visible ID is displayed on at least the film of the film and the rewritable image information storage medium, and they are simultaneously inserted into the respective slots, and the film development is completed. At the stage, it is checked whether there is a rewritable image information storage medium with an ID corresponding to the ID of the developed film. If there is a corresponding rewritable image information storage medium, the image information of the developed film is Characterized by writing in a rewritable image information storage medium Ijitaru photographic image processing system. 2. In addition to each slot, a slot for inserting a developed film is provided, and a developed film and a rewritable image information storage medium are simultaneously inserted into each slot to rewrite with the ID of the developed film. 2. The digital photographic image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the ID of the image information storage medium is collated, and if the IDs match, the image information of the developed film is written in the rewritable image information storage medium. . 3. A film image is simultaneously printed on the rewritable image information storage medium in parallel with the image information writing.
3. The digital photographic image processing system according to any one of 1 to 2.