Patent ID: 6421470
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus comprising:image input means for inputting, as image information, a plurality of photographed images acquired with silver salt type cameras or digital still cameras; audio input means for inputting, as audio information, a plurality of sound information; code converting means for converting said audio information into an optically readable audio code image; a first storage for storing said inputted image information at a predetermined image address in the form of a two-dimensional visual image; a second storage for storing said audio code image at a predetermined audio address in the form of a two-dimensional code image; link processing means for assigning a photographed image frame number to an image ID and an audio ID, said image frame number being applied to each of said photographed images, and linking said image ID and said audio ID with said image address and said audio address corresponding respectively thereto based on a user's desired combination between a photographed image and a sound; and a printing device operable to read, in a unit of said image frame number, said image information from said first storage and said audio information from said second storage by means of said image ID and said audio ID, and making a photographic print with an audio cod image added thereto.