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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1998
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus capable of simply and reliably handling two different forms of information, audio and image, as linked together in order to record the information on the same recording medium. This image processing apparatus has an image input unit ( ) for inputting image information, an audio input unit ( ) for inputting audio information, a link processing unit ( ) for setting link information to link the image information and audio information, a code converter ( ) for converting the audio information into an optically readable audio code image, and a printing device ( ) operable based on the link information for recording a visual image corresponding to the image information and the audio code image on a predetermined recording medium. One can not only visually enjoy the image recorded on the recording medium, but hear a sound from the audio code image recorded on the recording medium with an appropriate reproduction device.