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7508484 |
Apparatus for recording data on motion picture film
An apparatus comprising a detector for detecting optical density levels recorded on a film, each optical density level representing a symbol from a constellation of symbols, wherein each symbol is...
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7477430 |
Transparency conveying apparatus and image reading apparatus
A transparency conveying apparatus is provided with: a first rail for guiding one end of a transparency; a second rail for guiding the other end portion, which is provided parallel to the first...
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7474328 |
Method for recomposing large format media
The present invention relates to a process for shooting an entire scene on a single large format film camera and recomposing the filmed scene into a video stream suitable for transfer to...
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7433089 |
Image processor
The image processor performs aberration correction processing for correcting aberration due to a photographic lens on input image data obtained from an image optically photographed through the...
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7379215 |
Parallel scanning and processing system
Film may be scanned by routing a film from a reel through two or more scanning systems, scanning the film in parallel using the scanning systems, and creating a scanning operation dataset from the...
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7327500 |
Image inputting apparatus
All electric charges accumulated in a line sensor are transferred via a first shift gate to a first analog shift register. By controlling the width of a shift pulse signal to be supplied to a...
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7327382 |
System and method for processing electronically captured images to emulate film tonescale and color
A method for converting a sequence of electronically captured images into a sequence of modified images for providing the appearance of images captured by a film reproduction system. The film...
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7317560 |
Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same
In an image reading apparatus that can read a reflection original and transparent original, a film holder for holding the transparent original is provided to be pivotal to the left or right about a...
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7307670 |
Bad editing detection device
A bad editing detection device is provided to pre-detect a bad editing of image signal, so as to avoid zigzag effect in the television image. When the input image is from a film, instead of from a...
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7274428 |
System and method for processing images to emulate film tonescale and color
A method for converting a sequence of scan-only film captured images into a sequence of modified images that provide the appearance of images captured by a photographic film reproduction system;...
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7265776 |
System for commercial use to store and copy images downloaded from a memory unit for digital equipment and its relative apparatus
A system to store and copy images downloaded from the memory unit for digital equipment and its relative apparatus. There is the transfer of the contents from the memory of the digital equipment to...
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7177050 |
System for reducing scratch visibility
A film scanner, such as a telecine, includes a light source, collection optics and one or more light sensors to reduce image signals representative of an image on film. In addition, a reflector...
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7164511 |
Distinguishing positive and negative films system and method
A system and method for scanning a photographic film using a scanner automatedly identifies the film as either a positive or negative and controls the scanner settings to perform the scan...
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7164437 |
Film scanner
The image scanning system ( 52 ) of the present invention scans slides and film strips containing photographic images and creates a corresponding plurality of digital representations of the...
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7154555 |
Automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine
A video apparatus is provided with automatic deinterlacing and inverse telecine pre-filtering capability to automatically analyze the frames of the video to determine at least whether the video is...
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7133597 |
Recording audio enabling software and images on a removable storage medium
A method of recording audio enabling software and images on a removable storage medium including providing a plurality of digital files representing colored digital images, transferring such...
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7123289 |
Image reading apparatus and method
An image reading apparatus in which, in a case in which one of a recorded position of a leading image frame of a film or recorded positions of images successive from the leading image frame of the...
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7110020 |
Film digitizer
A method for producing electronic signals representative of images on a source film includes the following steps: illuminating the film with a light source to obtain an illuminated frame; providing...
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7110019 |
Image reading apparatus
A head of a spliced film is transported to downstream side along a path by feed roller pairs, nip roller pairs and transport roller pairs; while the head of the spliced film is detected by a sensor...
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7099056 |
Automatically balanced exposure time and gain in an image sensor
An automatic exposure system is arranged to dynamically adjust the exposure time and gain of a pixel array in an imaging system. A selected group of pixels from the pixel array are evaluated while...
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7099055 |
Film scanner with film weaver correction facility
The invention realtes to a film scanner comprising a frame sensor ( 4 ) for picking up film frames, and a scanning device ( 13 ) at least for scanning a sprocket hole associated with a film frame....
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7092584 |
Registration of separations
Separations or images relating to film or other fields may be registered using a variety of features, such as, for example: (1) correcting one or more film distortions; (2) automatically...
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7092005 |
Image position confirming device, method of supporting image position confirmation, and recording medium
When an image, which is an object of reading and which is recorded on a photographic film, is to be registered at a reading position of a film scanner by an operator, following processes are...
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7085490 |
Density range control in a photograph by variation of hue density range of the negative
A negative density range control system uses color hue contrast to provide a print of a picture, by comparing the relationship between negative hue density and print emulsion density requirement...
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7082161 |
Television/cinema scheme identification apparatus and identification method
A television/cinema scheme identification apparatus comprising a signal common processing section which acquires a field correlation pattern, a first pull-down identifying section which acquires an...
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7053927 |
System for optimizing the display and rendering of digital images for digital mastering
A digital mastering system for processing digital image signals originating from scanned motion picture film includes a film scanner for scanning motion picture film and generating a stream of...
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7034862 |
System and method for processing electronically captured images to emulate film tonescale and color
A sequence of electronically captured images are converted into modified images providing the appearance of images captured by a film reproduction system, where the film reproduction system is of...
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7015942 |
Telecine system for expanded color gamut processing
Disclosed is a telecine system ( 300 ) for media conversion of an original format video signal to a new format video signal. The new format video signal is displayed on at least two monitors ( 303,...
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7012642 |
Method for adjusting digital images to compensate for defects on film material
A method of scanning frames of cinematographic film to generate digital values of pixels constituting images on the film frames is provided in which pixels corresponding to defects on the film are...
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6990251 |
Method, system, and software for signal processing using sheep and shepherd artifacts
A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A signal is converted to a digital representation and then segregated into separate data sets based on one or...
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6989864 |
Automatic focusing device for film scanner
An image recorded on a photo film is projected through an imaging lens onto an image sensor. In accordance with a selected mode, set values are read out from a data ROM and are applied to a band...
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6982816 |
Film scanner
A film scanner has a transport table for transporting the film held by a film holder in a sub-scan direction, a transport mechanism for moving the transport table in the sub-scan direction, a line...
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6979834 |
Image reading device, method and program using infrared light detection to correct for defective pixels
An image can be read during main scanning under an optimized image reading condition even if dust is attached to a document such as a photographic film or the like, or if there are scratches. A...
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6967752 |
Image reading apparatus and method
An image reading apparatus and method in which no complicated control is carried out and suitable adjustment of the color balance can be carried out in accordance with the type of a photographic...
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6930714 |
High speed film to digital conversion
This invention shows how an area CCD array can be partitioned into subsections to greatly improve the readout rates. Also disclosed is a technique of ping ponging the disk arrays so that the...
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6919915 |
Carrier-related information management system and image reading apparatus
A system for managing information on a carrier, and an image reading apparatus, which enable easy resetting of correction data. When a film carrier is mounted in an image reading apparatus main...
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6909454 |
Calibration techniques in flying spot scanners & telecine machines
A method of calibrating the light system in a flying spot scanner or telecine machine using a cathode ray tube light source and a photosensitive detector, wherein at a first level of light...
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6891645 |
Image reading apparatus and image reading method
An image reading apparatus in which extended image reading time is prevented when high quality image data is obtained, which image data is corrected by invisible light such as infrared light which...
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6891562 |
Optical design for film conversion device
An illumination subsystem, a film guide subsystem, and an imaging subsystem are combined to form an optical system for a film conversion device which projects an image recorded on film onto the at...
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6864913 |
Method and apparatus for a reconfigurable digital processor for film conversion
A reconfigurable digital processor to improve efficiency and flexibility in film conversion applications is described. Analog signals corresponding to film images are digitized and provided to the...
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6853400 |
System and method for correcting aberration of lenses through which images are projected
In a case where aberrations of a camera lens are large, and imaging-center coordinates and reading-center coordinates coincide with each other or are located in proximity to each other within an...
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6844894 |
Image processing
A method of and an apparatus for the conversion of cinematographic film to corresponding video data, in which the transport mechanism 3 a of a telecine machine 2 a is operated at a rate higher...
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6829004 |
Film scanning system
A film scanning system for scanning an image formed on a film is provided with a digital camera having an image sensor, an image of an object being captured using the image sensor; and a scanner...
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6825957 |
Cartridge film scanning system
A cartridge film scanning system includes a film scanner and a cartridge film adapter for the film scanner. A cartridge film to be scanned by the film scanner is loaded in the cartridge film...
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6822674 |
Scanning method and apparatus for photographic media
The present invention relates to a scanner and a method of conveying and scanning photographic media. In the invention, an entrance roller pair and an exit roller pair are used to convey the...
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6813047 |
Digital image processing system for the manufacture of photographic prints
A digital image processing system for the manufacture of copies of originals on photographic print material includes an input device for the registration of digital image data from an input medium...
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6791721 |
Image reading device
An image reading device which has a reduced size and which can read images at high quality. LEDs, which are respective pluralities of light emitting diode elements that emit red, green, blue and...
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6788335 |
Pulsed illumination signal modulation control & adjustment method and system
One aspect of the invention is a method for signal modulation adjustment. The method comprises illuminating a reference target and a region of film with a first light source for a first time...
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6781620 |
Mixed-element stitching and noise reduction system
A mixed-element stitching and noise reduction system includes apparatus and methods for producing an image dataset having a reduced noise content without substantially impacting image reproduction...
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6778774 |
Photographic and video image system
A photographic and video image system for transforming an image on a frame of a photographic film includes a structure in the overall form of a photographic printer having an image transformation...
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