KR20090018393A - Electronic album system with scanner - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic album system having a scanner according to the present invention includes a scanner for scanning an image of an input photo; A memory unit for storing image data of an image scanned by the scanner; It is characterized in that it comprises an electronic album for processing the image data stored in the memory section and display.

The electronic album system including the scanner of the present invention includes a small scanner in the electronic album so that the image data can be displayed on the electronic album while scanning a photo without transmitting separate image data.

Description

Electronic album system with scanner {ELECTRONIC PHOTOFRAME HAVING A SCANNER}

The present invention relates to an electronic album system having a scanner, and more particularly to an electronic album system having a scanner that can be displayed on the electronic album at the same time to scan a photo with a small scanner in the electronic album.

As the use of digital cameras and camera phones expands, the demand for printing digital images taken with digital cameras or camera phones at home increases. To meet these demands, photo printers capable of printing digital images are being released.

However, such a photo printer can print digital images photographed only by using a computer. That is, when a digital image photographed with a digital camera or the like is transferred to a computer and a specific image is selected from the transmitted digital images using software installed on the computer, the photo printer prints the selected digital image on a print medium.

In general, an electronic frame (album) or digital frame is an image frame processed by a digital camera, or image data stored in a personal computer, etc. can be read and stored, or displayed on an LCD to function as a photo frame or album without difference in image resolution. To say one device.

These electronic frames (albums) or digital photo frames are taken with a digital camera or scanned with conventional photo paper using a scanner, and image data compressed with a codec or the like is stored as a file in the memory of a digital camera or a personal computer. Thereafter, the file is loaded and displayed on the electronic frame or digital frame.

1 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of a general electronic album system. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic frame displays an internal memory 101 for storing image data to be displayed, a display unit 104 for displaying a digitized image, and data stored in the internal memory 101. And a control unit 102 for processing, a USB port 103 connected to interwork with an external storage device, and a power supply unit (not shown) for supplying operating power of the display device.

However, in such an electronic picture frame or a digital picture frame, an image which is printed as a photograph is separately scanned, and then copied to another storage medium (or a recording medium: a memory card, etc.) and the electronic frame (album) is stored from the storage medium. ) Or had to load digital frames.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic album system having a small scanner in the electronic album and a scanner capable of displaying the image data in the electronic album while scanning a photo without transmitting separate image data. .

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic album system including a scanner according to the present invention includes a scanner for scanning an image of an input photo; A memory unit for storing image data of an image scanned by the scanner; It is characterized in that it comprises an electronic album for processing the image data stored in the memory section and display.

Here, the memory unit selectively uses an external memory card or an internal memory, and the scanner preferably applies a roller scanner.

The scanner may include a frame assembly formed at both sides of an inner surface of the outer case, a carriage mounted to the frame assembly and rotating in one direction when the scanner is operated; And an image sensor supported by the frame assembly to read information, and the image scanned by the scanner generates and stores a group folder in the order of being scanned in the storage unit.

The electronic album unit may further include a display unit for displaying a digitized image, a driving unit for driving the display unit, a data processing unit for processing image data to display data stored in the memory unit, and controlling the data processing unit. Preferably, the control unit and a power supply unit for supplying the operating power of the display unit.

The electronic album system including the scanner of the present invention includes a small scanner in the electronic album so that the image data can be displayed on the electronic album while scanning a photo without transmitting separate image data.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments are provided to those skilled in the art to fully understand the present invention, and may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention is limited to the embodiments described below. no.

2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of an electronic album system having a scanner according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the electronic album system including the scanner according to the present invention includes a scanner 300 for scanning an image of an input photo; A memory unit 220 storing image data of an image scanned by the scanner 300; And an electronic album unit 200 for processing and displaying image data stored in the memory unit 220.

The memory unit 220 may be configured as a removable external memory such as an internal memory, an SD card, an MMC card, or a USB memory stick. In addition, images can be read from digital cameras or personal computers and stored in internal memory.

3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of the electronic album unit of FIG. 2. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the electronic album unit 200 may include a display unit 204 for displaying a digitized image, a driver unit 205 for driving the display unit 204, and the memory unit ( A data processor 201 for processing image data to display data stored in 220, a controller 202 controlling the data processor 201, and a power supply unit for supplying operating power of the display unit 204. 206).

The data processor 201 reads image data stored in the memory 220 and processes and outputs the data.

The controller 202 controls to display the image data processed by the data processor 201.

The display unit 204 may be configured as an LCD panel such as a thin film transistor (TFT) or a super twisted nematic (STN) method.

The driving unit 205 may be configured as an analog / digital converter (A / D converter) for converting a resistance value changed by a touch screen function into a digital value on the display panel in cooperation with the display unit 204.

Meanwhile, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port 203 interlocked with the controller 202 and detachably connected to an external storage device, and a power supply unit 206 for supplying operating power of the electronic album may be further provided. have.

4 is a diagram schematically illustrating the structure of the scanner of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the scanner 300 includes frame assemblies 301 and 304 formed on both inner sides of the outer case and cylindrical rollers mounted to the frame assemblies 301 and 304 and rotated in one direction when the scanner is operated. Carriages 303a and 303b; And an image sensor 302 supported by the frame assemblies 301 and 304 to read information, and the image scanned by the scanner 300 generates and stores a group folder in the order of being scanned into the storage unit 220. .

The frame assemblies 301, 304 have a photographic conveyance path, and align the photograph transversely to one direction through the conveyance path and coincide with the tip of a portion of the image sensor to produce a correct readout image.

The carriages 303a and 303b are movably mounted to move the scanning in one direction along its length in the scanning path. At this time, the cylindrical roller is provided up and down so that the picture is inserted and moved.

When the carriages 303a and 303b move in one direction, the image sensor 302 reads out data to form at least a portion of a digital image by scanning a photograph.

Meanwhile, the image data scanned by the scanner 300 is stored in the memory unit 220. The group data is generated and stored in the order of scanning. That is, the generated group folder may be generated monthly and sequentially stored, and may be stored according to the size of the image data. Alternatively, the management folder may be created and stored sequentially to facilitate the management of the user.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a small scanner can be conveniently used by storing and displaying image data which is directly scanned by being equipped with an electronic album.

As described above, an embodiment of the present invention has been disclosed through the detailed description and the drawings. The terms are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims.

Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

1 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a general electronic album system.

2 is a view schematically showing the configuration of an electronic album system having a scanner according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the electronic album unit of FIG.

4 is a view schematically showing the structure of the scanner of FIG.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

200 --- Electronic album unit 201 --- Data processing unit

202 --- Control Unit 203 --- USB Port

204 --- Display 205 --- Drive

206 --- Power Supply 220 --- Memory

300 --- Scanner 301, 304 --- Frame Assembly

302 --- image sensor 303a, 303b --- carriage

305 --- Photo

Claims (6)

A scanner for scanning an image of an input photo; A memory unit for storing image data of an image scanned by the scanner; And an electronic album unit configured to process and display image data stored in the memory unit. The method of claim 1, And the memory unit is an external memory card or an internal memory. The method of claim 1, The scanner is an electronic album system having a scanner, characterized in that for applying a roller scanner. The method according to claim 1 or 3, The scanner includes a frame assembly formed at both sides of an inner side of the outer case, a carriage mounted to the frame assembly and rotating in one direction when the scanner is operated; And an image sensor supported by the frame assembly to read information. The method of claim 1, And the image scanned by the scanner generates and stores a group folder in the order of being scanned in the storage unit. The method of claim 1, The electronic album unit includes a display unit for displaying a digitized image, a driving unit for driving the display unit, a data processor for processing image data to display data stored in the memory unit, a controller for controlling the data processor; And a power supply unit for supplying operating power to the display unit.

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