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Laboratory system, method of controlling operation thereof, playback apparatus and method, film image management method, image data copying system and method of copying image data
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 1995-07-28
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Granted: 2001-06-05
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Expires: 2015-07-28
Abstract
Abstract Images of film that has been developed are captured by image sensing. The original digital image data is converted to reduced digital image data. The reduced digital image data is stored on a user's disk, and the original digital image data is stored on a laboratory recording medium together with an identification code identifying the roll of film. The identification code is applied to the film and to the user's disk on which the reduced digital image data has been stored. The original digital image data is read out of the laboratory recording medium and photographs of the images represented by this data are printed. The identification code disk and a program (hypertext) is stored on the user's disk. Image data, information IX 1 per each roll of film and information IX 2 per each frame are read from photographic film. Resources comprising a video component (image data) such as a frame image or the like for being combined with a film image, and an audio component (sound data) such as background music or narration are also recorded on the user's disk in advance. In accordance with the slide-show information, film images and video components are combined and displayed in a designated sequence and sound is played by the audio components. An image file is recorded on a copy-destination recording medium in units of the copy-source recording medium.
Inventors
- 👤 Norihisa Haneda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 21:13
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/034; G11B27/10; G11B27/34; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00132; H04N1/00135; H04N1/00143; H04N1/00145; H04N1/00148; H04N1/00161; H04N1/00169; H04N1/00175; H04N1/00185; H04N1/00188; H04N1/00196; H04N1/00198; H04N1/00326; H04N1/00328; H04N1/00334; H04N1/00339; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32128; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/20; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3212; H04N2201/3214; H04N2201/3216; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3226; H04N2201/3242; H04N2201/3274; H04N2201/3277
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 37
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A laboratory system comprising: a film reader for converting an image appearing on a film that has been developed to original digital image data representing the image; a recording device for storing, on a user's recording medium, at least one of the original digital image data obtained by said film reader and a reduced digital image data obtained by reducing the original digital image data; a laboratory recording device for storing the original digital image data, which has been obtained by said film reader, on a laboratory's recording medium in correspondence with an identification code of the particular film; and a label issuing device for issuing a label, which represents the identification code, affixed to at least the film.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
119 words
A laboratory system comprising: a film reader for converting an image appearing on a film that has been developed to original digital image data representing the image; a recording device for storing, on a user's recording medium, at least one of the original digital image data obtained by said film reader and a reduced digital image data obtained by reducing the original digital image data; a laboratory recording device for storing the original digital image data, which has been obtained by said film reader, on a laboratory's recording medium in correspondence with an identification code of the particular film; and a label issuing device for issuing a label, which represents the identification code, affixed to at least the film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein said recording device for the user's disk records the identification code on the user's recording medium in correspondence with the image data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein said recording device for the user's disk records parameter data relating to characteristics of the image data on the user's recording medium in correspondence with the image data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein said laboratory recording device stores parameter data relating to characteristics of the image data on the laboratory's recording medium in correspondence with the image data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein said label issuing device further issues a second label, which represents the identification code, affixed to the user's recording medium.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
The laboratory system of claim 1 , further comprising: an identification code generating device for generating the identification code represented by the label, wherein the user's recording medium is portable, and wherein the label issuing device attaches the label to each of the developed film and to the portable user's recording medium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein said recording device for the user's disk records image data of each frame of the film on the user's recording medium in correspondence with an identification number of the frame.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
64 words
The system according to claim 7 , further comprising: a reader for reading, from the user's recording medium, order data designating the identification code and a frame identification number of image data to be printed, the image data being recorded on the laboratory's recording medium; and a photograph printer for printing an image represented by the image data designated by the read order data.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system according to claim 1 , wherein said laboratory recording device stores image data of each frame of the film on the laboratory's recording medium in correspondence with an identification number of the frame.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system according to claim 9 , further comprising an input device for designating the identification code and the frame identification number of image data to be printed, the image data being recorded on the laboratory's recording medium.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a photograph printer for printing an image represented by the original digital image data obtained by said film reader or read out of the laboratory's recording medium.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
59 words
The system according to claim 11 , further comprising a receiving device for receiving order data designating the identification code and a frame identification number of image data to be printed, the image data being recorded on the laboratory's recording medium, an image represented by image data designated by the received order data being printed by said photograph printer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
107 words
A laboratory system comprising: a film reader for converting an image appearing on a film that has been developed to original digital image data representing the image; a recording device for storing, on a user's recording medium in correspondence with an identification code of the film, at least one of the original digital image data obtained by said film reader and reduced digital image data obtained by reducing the original digital image data; and a laboratory recording device for storing the original digital image data, which has been obtained by said film reader, on a laboratory's recording medium in correspondence with the identification code of the film.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
107 words
A laboratory system comprising: a film reader for converting an image appearing on a film that has been developed to original digital image data representing the image; a recording device for storing, on a user's recording medium in correspondence with an identification code of the film, at least one of the original digital image data obtained by said film reader and reduced digital image data obtained by reducing the original digital image data; and a laboratory recording device for storing the original digital image data, which has been obtained by said film reader, on a laboratory's recording medium in correspondence with the identification code of the film.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
110 words
The system according to claim 13 , wherein said film reader reads, from the developed film having a film-information recording zone and a frame-information recording zone that is provided for each frame, an image of each frame appearing on the film, produces digital image data representing the image, and reads at least one of film information and frame information recorded in the film-information recording zone and frame-information recording zone, respectively; and wherein said recording device for the user's recording medium records at least one of the film information and frame information read by said film reader on the user's recording medium in association with the image data of the film.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
26 words
The laboratory system of claim 13 , further comprising: an identification code generating device for generating the identification code, wherein the user's recording medium is portable.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
117 words
A laboratory system comprising: a film reader for converting an image appearing on a film that has been developed to original digital image data representing the image; a recording device for storing, on a user's recording medium, at least one of the original digital image data obtained by said film reader and reduced digital image data obtained by reducing the original digital image data, software including an instruction for reproducing the image data and an identification code of the film in associated form; and a laboratory recording device for storing the original digital image data, which has been obtained by said film reader, on a laboratory's recording medium in correspondence with an identification code of the film.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
117 words
A laboratory system comprising: a film reader for converting an image appearing on a film that has been developed to original digital image data representing the image; a recording device for storing, on a user's recording medium, at least one of the original digital image data obtained by said film reader and reduced digital image data obtained by reducing the original digital image data, software including an instruction for reproducing the image data and an identification code of the film in associated form; and a laboratory recording device for storing the original digital image data, which has been obtained by said film reader, on a laboratory's recording medium in correspondence with an identification code of the film.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system according to claim 16 , wherein said software is hypertext.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system according to claim 16 , wherein said software includes an instruction for processing relating to an order for printing an image.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
70 words
The system according to claim 16 , wherein said recording device for the user's recording medium records the original digital image data and the reduced digital image data on the user's recording medium in mutually associated form; and wherein said software includes an instruction for displaying an original image, which corresponds to a designated reduced image, after the reduced images represented by the reduced digital image data have been displayed.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
109 words
The system according to claim 16 , wherein said film reader reads, from a developed film having a film-information recording zone and a frame-information recording zone that is provided for each frame, an image of each frame recorded on the film, produces digital image data representing the image, and reads at least one of film information and frame information recorded in the film-information recording zone and frame-information recording zone, respectively; and said recording device for the user's recording medium records at least one of the film information and frame information read by said film reader on the user's recording medium in association with the image data of the film.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
26 words
The laboratory system of claim 16 , further comprising: an identification code generating device for generating the identification code, wherein the user's recording medium is portable.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
121 words
A laboratory system comprising: a film reader for reading, from a developed film having a film-information recording zone and a frame-information recording zone that is provided for each frame, an image of each frame recorded on the film, producing digital image data representing the image, and reading at least one of film information and frame information recorded in the film-information recording zone and frame-information recording zone, respectively; and a recording device for a user's recording medium for recording the digital image data obtained by said frame reader, as well as the film information and frame information, on a user's recording medium each in association with the digital image data of each frame with regard to the frame information of each frame.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
121 words
A laboratory system comprising: a film reader for reading, from a developed film having a film-information recording zone and a frame-information recording zone that is provided for each frame, an image of each frame recorded on the film, producing digital image data representing the image, and reading at least one of film information and frame information recorded in the film-information recording zone and frame-information recording zone, respectively; and a recording device for a user's recording medium for recording the digital image data obtained by said frame reader, as well as the film information and frame information, on a user's recording medium each in association with the digital image data of each frame with regard to the frame information of each frame.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system according to claim 22 , wherein the digital image data includes reduced image data obtained by reducing the digital image data, and wherein said recording device for the user's recording medium records the reduced image data on the user's recording medium in association with digital image data of each frame.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system according to claim 22 , wherein a resource which includes at least one of a video component and an audio component is preliminarily recorded on the user's recording medium, said resource being used when an image represented by the digital image data is reproduced.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
58 words
The system according to claim 22 , wherein said recording device for the user's recording medium records a resource that corresponds to said film information onto the user's recording medium, said resource including at least one of a video component and an audio component and being used when an image represented by the digital image data is reproduced.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system according to claim 22 , wherein said recording device for the user's recording medium records, on the user's recording medium, data representing a corresponding relationship, which prevails at reproduction of an image, between the digital image data and the resource.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
The laboratory system of claim 22 , further comprising: an identification code generating device for generating the identification code, wherein the user's recording medium is portable.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
107 words
A method of controlling operation of a laboratory system, comprising the steps of: reading, from a developed film having a film-information recording zone and a frame-information recording zone that is provided for each frame, an image of each frame recorded on the film, producing digital image data representing the image, and reading film information and frame information recorded in the film-information recording zone and frame-information recording zone, respectively; and recording the digital image data obtained, the film information and the frame information on a user's recording medium each in association with the digital image data of each frame with regard to the frame information of each frame.
Claim 33
Independent Claim
107 words
A method of controlling operation of a laboratory system, comprising the steps of: reading, from a developed film having a film-information recording zone and a frame-information recording zone that is provided for each frame, an image of each frame recorded on the film, producing digital image data representing the image, and reading film information and frame information recorded in the film-information recording zone and frame-information recording zone, respectively; and recording the digital image data obtained, the film information and the frame information on a user's recording medium each in association with the digital image data of each frame with regard to the frame information of each frame.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 28 , wherein the user's recording medium employed has a resource, which includes at least a video component and an audio component, recorded thereon beforehand, said resource being used when an image represented by the digital image data is reproduced.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method according to claim 28 , wherein a resource, which corresponds to said film information, is recorded on the user's recording medium, said resource including at least one of a video component and an audio component and being used when an image represented by the digital image data is reproduced.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 28 , wherein data representing a corresponding relationship, which prevails at reproduction of an image, between the digital image data and the resource is recorded on the user's recording medium.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 28 , further comprising: generating the identification code represented by the label, and attaching the label to each of the developed film and to the portable user's recording medium, wherein the user's recording medium is portable.
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