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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1998
Yoichi Takaragi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasutomo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Ito, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoichi Takaragi, Yokohama, JP;
Yasutomo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Ito, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to form an image effectively by reading the image from the same film on which the image and information concerning the image have been recorded in different methods. To attain the object, there is provided an image processing apparatus of the present invention comprising optical read means for optically reading image data from a film and magnetic read means for magnetically reading additional information concerning the image data from the film. Consequently, the image indicated by the image data can be formed effectively by automatically selecting the size of a paper, a zoom ratio of the image or the like on the basis of the additional information.