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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1995
Tohru Tanibata, Wakayama, JP;
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image combining printer, capable of producing a highly intelligible image combination print having explicit colors and shapes, includes: a scanner for reading colors of an original image from a negative film; a color identifier for estimating positive colors on a finished print from the color data of the scanner; a color area determining element for determining the size of a color area to be exposed a multiple number of times in accordance with a scale of enlargement; a vertical position detector for detecting a vertical position data which represents the upward and downward positioning of the original image in the negative film; a vertical position determining element for determining the vertical position of the original image from the vertical position data of the vertical position detector; an exposure element for exposing a photosensitive material to the original image projected from the negative film; a multiple exposure condition determining element for determining the location, orientation, and color of an additional image or pattern, e.g. characters symbols, or markings, for double exposure by reviewing the resultant data of the color identifier, the color area determining element, and the vertical position determining element, and a multiple exposure element for exposing the photosensitive material to the additional image corresponding to the exposure condition data of the multiple exposure condition determining element so that the additional image can be printed at an optimum intelligible location and orientation in a desired color.