Patent ID: 6226070
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
An image processing method for being applied to an analog photoprinter which performs direct, areal exposure on a light-sensitive material by projecting an image recorded on a photographic film having at least two kinds of different photographing formats in a random manner, comprising the steps of:detecting the photographing format of said image recorded on said photographing film;reading said image with an image sensor in accordance with the thus detected photographing format;determining image processing conditions adaptable to said image based on the thus read image; andverifying said image subjected to image processing under the thus determined image processing conditions while it is being represented on a monitor; wherein,when the photographing format of said image can not be detected, the image processing conditions of said image corresponding to all of the photographing formats are preliminarily calculated and then stored; and wherein,after the photographing format of said image is determined while said image is being represented on the monitor, said image subjected to image processing employing the image processing conditions corresponding to said determined photographing format selected from among the image processing conditions of said image corresponding to all of said preliminarily stored photographing formats is represented on the monitor again.