Patent ID: 7760388
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An automatic print frame setting apparatus, comprising: image displaying means for displaying, on a monitor screen, image data used for producing photo prints; size setting means for setting one or more types of print sizes for the same image data; print frame displaying means for displaying, on the monitor screen, a print frame visually representing the set print size together with the image data; and print image data producing means for producing, based on the set print frame, print image data used for producing photo prints, wherein said print frame displaying means includes automatic print frame producing means that simultaneously displays, on the monitor screen, only two print frames, which are a first print frame whose aspect ratio is nearest to a square and a second print frame whose aspect ratio is farthest from a square, when at least three types of print frames are set, and automatically calculates, based on said first print frame and second print frame, print frame data of a print size which is not displayed on the monitor screen.