Patent ID: 6373996
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image reading and reproducing apparatus comprising:an image reader adapted to photoelectrically read an image carried on a film and obtain digital input image data; an image processor adapted to subject said digital input image data to image processing steps and generate processed image data; a line image acquirer adapted to acquire digital line data of a line image including at least one of a character and a picture; an image combination unit adapted to combine said processed image data with said digital line image data to create output composite image data such that an image region where said image data carried on said film is recorded and a title region in addition to said image region are formed in a light-sensitive material and said line image is recorded in said title region; and an image recorder adapted to scan and expose said light-sensitive material in accordance with said output composite image data to record a composite image on said light-sensitive material.