Sony Corporation

Hideki Wanami

Kiyosuke Suzuki

Mitsuyoshi Shindo

Masahide Maruyama

Makoto Goto

Tomohiro Maekawa

Fumihiko Kaise

Noboru Koyama

Hikaru Kobayashi

Tatsuru Sato

Koichi Sawada

Kiyotaka Dochi

Atsushi Shirata

A first editor memory is supplied with picture data that a user has selected, a second editor memory is supplied with a template that the user has selected, and a key memory is supplied with a key information that the user has selected. A switch inserts the picture data into the template in accordance with key information to deliver it to a video memory. A picture synthesis section inserts the picture data stored in the first editor memory into the picture insertion area designated by the key information within the template stored in the second editor memory in accordance with instruction from the user.

Picture editing apparatus

A photographic apparatus is described which outputs a photographed image immediately to paper by a simple operation. The photographic apparatus includes an electronic camera for electronically acquiring an image, a connection base for removably connecting the electronic camera thereto, the connection base having a function of reading out image data from the electronic camera while the camera is connected thereto, and a printing section for acquiring the image data from the connection base and outputting an image based on the image data to paper.

System and apparatus for facilitating printing of images from an electronic camera

Plural pictures recorded on an optical film are read, in frame units, by a scanner,to convert them into electric picture data to store those picture data into a main memory,A memory control section,controls read-out and write-in operations of the picture data obtained from the scanner,with respect to the main memory,Further, the memory control section,controls the write-in and read-out operations of the picture data to thereby obtain inverted picture data in which (relative position of) the picture data is inverted in regard to upper and lower directions thereof. A system control section,controls the memory control section,in accordance with inverting command from a keyboard,so as to obtain inverted picture data. Since the write-in or read-out operation of the picture data with respect to the main memory,is controlled by the system control section,so as to invert (relative position of) picture data in regard to upper and lower directions thereof in accordance with the inverting command from the keyboard,in the case where inverted picture in which the upside is turned down is displayed on a display section,the inverting command is given, thereby making it possible to display, on the display section,erecting (normally standing) pictures of respective frames in which relative position in regard to upper and lower directions is inverted, and to record the erecting pictures of respective frames onto a recording medium by a disc drive

Picture reading apparatus

In an image reading apparatus, a film scanner shortens the time required for transferring image data by transferring image data that is compressed in the JPEG format to a computer in response to a request from the computer. On the computer side, the time required for recording image data in the hard disk drive can be shortened and an ensuing process can be simplified so that the time required for capturing and processing image data can be shortened.

Image reading apparatus having a memory with compressed image data

In a picture reading apparatus, in the pre-scan, an approach is employed to control a CCD line sensor 5 and a film carrying roller 103 so that plural pictures recorded on an optical film 1 are read at a predetermined sampling rate in order from the latest frame to generate frame position data indicating position of left and right ends of frame, etc. Further, in the main scan, an approach is employed such that, in controlling the CCD line sensor 5 and a film carrier 100 so that plural pictures recorded on the optical film are read at a sampling rate higher than the predetermined sampling rate in order from the oldest frame, the reading start and end timings of the CCD line sensor 5 are controlled on the basis of frame position data obtained by the pre-scan. As a result, in this picture reading apparatus, it is possible to precisely obtain picture data of picture of frame in the state where no positional shift takes place. In addition, since the pre-scan is carried out at a low sampling rate, frame position data can be obtained in a short time.

Film scanning apparatus using plural film feed speeds and sampling rates

A shading correction circuit for correcting the shading distortion of a photoelectric conversion device including a plurality of arrayed photocells, has a memory for storing data on the output characteristics of each pixel, represented by image signals having a given level outputted by the photoelectric conversion device a plurality of image pickup times. Thereby, the data on the output characteristics of each pixel stored in the storing means is read by desirably switching the order of the image pickup for each pixel to provide shading correction data. Noise or irregularities which readily appear on the output picture after shading correction are reduced.

Photoelectric conversion device's shading correction circuit

An image reading device includes an image reading device, a video memory for reading the read image and a device for controlling the reading frequency, when the video data recorded in the video memory are repeated read, so that the reading frequency will be equal to the scanning frequency of the television signals. The image read by the line sensor may be converted in this manner into video signals by a simplified operation.

Image reading device

A color image scanner which includes a plurality of light sources composed of a first light emitting diode for emitting a red light, a second light emitting diode for emitting a yellow light and a fluorescent light source for emitting a blue light, a control circuit for switching the plurality of light sources, sequentially and an image sensor for receiving light reflected from the original, scanned image, wherein a characteristic value of the light emitted from the first light emitting diode is selected so as to have an overlap in wavelength with that of the light emitted from the second light emitting diode, and a characteristic value of the light emitted from the fluorescent light source is selected so as to have an overlap in wavelength with that of the light emitted from the second light emitting diode.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hideki Wanami