Patent ID: 6480258
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A photo printing apparatus comprising:a film scanner for acquiring, as digital image data, frame images on a photo film; a base conversion processor for processing said image data using a conversion table to exclude a color component intrinsic to said photo film and included in said image data acquired by said film scanner, said conversion table being prepared for each type of said photo film; a correction information storage for storing correction factor data for image quality correction programs, said correction factor data being prepared for each photo film attribute information corresponding to said photo film; an image quality corrector for performing an image quality correction process for said image data processed by said basic conversion processor, using said correction factor appropriate to said photo film attribute information corresponding to said photo film; and a print head for forming images on a print sheet based on print data converted from said image data processed by said image quality corrector.