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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1999
Ryoichi Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Kito, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A group print contains a main frame and a plurality of smaller sub frames arranged on one side or on two or three sides of the main frame, or around the main frame. The sub frames contains pictures relating to a picture of the main frame. To make the group print, the main frame is selected from among a plurality of picture frames, and the sub frames are selected from among those picture frames photographed in series with the main frame, or those having the same group ID data as the main frame. Then, image data of the main and sub frames are synthesized in according with a predetermined group print format to produce print image data, such that the main frame is merged in a main frame print area, and the sub frames are reduced in size and merged in a sub frame print area that is located adjacent to the main frame print area.