Image processing apparatus and control method of the same

Abstract

There are provided an image processing apparatus and its control method in which sheet size/type and options can be set every image without reducing the number of images written onto one index sheet. The options include image processes such as addition of a date, VIVID-photo, noise cancellation, automatic photograph correction, face-brightening correction, red-eye correction, etc. Only for the user who desires, a sheet SH2 is used in addition to a conventional index sheet. In the sheet SH2, there can be set every image the sheet size/type and the options of the image processes such as addition of a date, VIVID-photo, noise cancellation, automatic photograph correction, face-brightening correction, red-eye correction, etc.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic construction of a multi-function apparatus 100 constructing an image processing system according to a first embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of an operation/display unit 8 provided for the multi-function apparatus 100.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a sheet SH1 which is used in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a sheet SH2 which is used in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a positional relation of setting items of each image between the sheet SH1 printed on the obverse side and the sheet SH2 printed on the reverse side in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation for instructing targets to be photo-printed or the like by using photo index sheets in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation for printing the sheet SH1 and the sheet SH2 in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation for creating images of the sheet SH1 in the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation for creating images of the sheet SH2 in the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation for scanning the photo index sheets and printing photographs in the first embodiment.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus for printing a sheet to instruct an output of an image, comprising: forming means which forms first print data constructed by a plurality of images and a first item to set output conditions to said plurality of images and second print data constructed by a second item to set output conditions to each image in said plurality of images; andprint means which prints the first print data and the second print data formed by said forming means.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said print means prints said first and second print data onto mutually different sheets, respectively.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said print means prints said first and second print data onto an obverse side and a reverse side of one sheet.

4. An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising layout means which arranges said first and second print data, wherein said layout means arranges said first and second print data so that a position of the image included in said first print data and a position of said second item included in said second print data have a corresponding positional relation on said sheets.

5. An apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising layout means which arranges said first and second print data, wherein said layout means arranges said first and second print data so that a position of the image included in said first print data and a position of said second item included in said second print data have a corresponding positional relation on said sheet.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: reading means which reads said sheet;analyzing means which analyzes the sheet read by said reading means; andimage processing means which executes an image process to said image in accordance with a result of the analysis of said analyzing means,wherein when said analyzing means analyzes that there is an image to which the output conditions of said first and second items have simultaneously been set, said image processing means executes the image process by preferentially using the output conditions of said second item to the image in which said first and second items have simultaneously been set.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: reading means which reads said sheet;analyzing means which analyzes the sheet read by said reading means; andoutput control means which makes output control to said image in accordance with a result of the analysis of said analyzing means,wherein when said analyzing means analyzes that there is an image to which the output conditions of said first and second items have simultaneously been set, said output control means makes the output control by preferentially using the output conditions of said second item to the image in which said first and second items have simultaneously been set.

8. A control method of an image processing apparatus for printing a sheet to instruct an output of an image, comprising: a forming step of forming first print data constructed by a plurality of images and a first item to set output conditions to said plurality of images and second print data constructed by a second item to set output conditions to each image in said plurality of images; anda printing step of printing the first print data and the second print data formed in said forming step.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein in said printing step, said first print data and said second print data are printed onto mutually different sheets, respectively.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein in said printing step, said first print data and said second print data are printed onto an obverse side and a reverse side of one sheet.

11. A method according to claim 9, further comprising a layout step of arranging said first and second print data, wherein in said layout step, said first print data and said second print data are arranged so that a position of the image included in said first print data and a position of said second item included in said second print data have a corresponding positional relation on said sheets.

12. A method according to claim 10, further comprising a layout step of arranging said first and second print data, wherein in said layout step, said first print data and said second print data are arranged so that a position of the image included in said first print data and a position of said second item included in said second print data have a corresponding positional relation on said sheet.

13. A method according to claim 8, further comprising: a reading step of reading said sheet;an analyzing step of analyzing the sheet read in said reading step; andan image processing step of executing an image process to said image in accordance with a result of the analysis in said analyzing step,wherein, in said analyzing step, when it is analyzed that there is an image to which the output conditions of said first and second items have simultaneously been set, in said image processing step, the image in which said first and second items have simultaneously been set is image-processed by preferentially using the output conditions of said second item.

14. A method according to claim 8, further comprising: a reading step of reading said sheet;an analyzing step of analyzing the sheet read in said reading step; andan output control step of making output control of said image in accordance with a result of the analysis in said analyzing step,wherein, in said analyzing step, when it is analyzed that there is an image to which the output conditions of said first and second items have simultaneously been set, in said output control step, the image in which said first and second items have simultaneously been set is output-controlled by preferentially using the output conditions of said second item.