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6658161 |
Signal-processing method and device therefore
A signal-processing method for performing a coordinate transformation operation and a quantization operation on an input data to obtain quantization outputs, and a signal-processing device...
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6624844 |
Video field labeling
A method for determining labels for video fields by identifying the state of the field is disclosed. Some examples of a video field's state include the origin of the field as film or video, its...
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6618547 |
Electronic film editing system using both film and videotape format
A system for generating a digital representation of a video signal comprised of a sequence of video frames which each include two video fields of a duration such that the video plays at a first...
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6598107 |
Method for communicating data on a serial bus
The present invention relates to a method of communicating data between at least two units ( 1 ) on a serial bus ( 2 ) in a car, wherein the units 11 ) have independent clocks, the data being...
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6577340 |
Apparatus for generating video signals representing a photographic image previously recorded in a frame on a photographic film-type medium
An apparatus for generating video signals from a photographic image previously recorded on film (a cine-video system) which includes a film transport mechanism for advancing or rewinding the film...
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6542179 |
Light integrating system with reduced dynamic shading
A film scanner illuminant system with a light integrator module for creating an homogenous light illuminant from a light source. Temporal variations in light beam profiles from the light source...
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6538688 |
Method and apparatus for performing an automated inverse telecine process
A method and apparatus for performing an inverse telecine process is provided. For the method of the present invention, a computer system reads a series of frames in an input video sequence. The...
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6522391 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a diffusion box unit comprising a plurality of diffusion boxes, which each correspond to different sizes of photographic films, and controls the unit in such a...
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6515775 |
Diffusive optical element, illumination optical system, and image-shooting apparatus
A diffusive optical element exploiting holography is designed in such a way that, the higher the intensity of incident light in a wavelength range, the lower the rate at which the intensity of...
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6478426 |
Rectilinear film transport system
A pin-registered film transport assembly provides an interlacing motion for moving and guiding a photographic film through a film gate. The assembly includes a first carriage mounted for movement...
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6456659 |
Motion estimator algorithm and system's architecture
A motion estimator operating on a recursive mode reduces the number of operations per pixels required by the particular coding process being implemented. The coding process includes the MPEG...
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6449015 |
Redundant picture detecting device, and picture converting apparatus employing the same
A redundant picture detecting device includes: a calculator for calculating difference information indicating a difference between a unit picture and a subsequent unit picture having an identical...
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6449009 |
Image transfer method for telecine
A method for transferring images from cinematographic film to video media. The method uses a telecine machine which is associated with a digital storage device and a modification device is used to...
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6408024 |
Telecine video signal detecting device
As to a telecine video signal (Sv), in a telecine video signal detector (Dtp) for detecting a scene-change part (SC) and deciding whether successive telecine conversion has been carried out, a...
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6392691 |
Telecine
An apparatus and method for configuring a standard definition raster scanner telecine allows the standard definition telecine to produce an output at a faster than standard definition frame rate,...
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6373996 |
Apparatus and method for reading and reproducing image
There are provided an image reading and reproducing apparatus comprising a scanner for photoelectrically reading an image carried on a film to obtain digital input image data; an image processing...
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6333758 |
Image reading and readout system
An image reading system that reads long-type film images and displays the images on a monitor screen. The image reading system includes a display method having the capability to effectively...
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6297872 |
Image forming apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes: a size detector for detecting a first size of a first image recorded on an original; an input device for inputting a second size of a second image to be...
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6292617 |
System and method for controlling the transfer of an image on a first medium to other recording media
A system for controlling the integrity of an image recorded on a first recording medium, for example, film, and transferred to a second recording medium, for example, videotape. The system includes...
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6282245 |
Processing of redundant fields in a moving picture to achieve synchronized system operation
A method for processing a moving picture in which input digital moving picture signals of a pre-set picture rate are processed in accordance with pre-set picture processing and the processed...
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6271908 |
Exposure control for cinematographic films using telecine apparatus
A method of controlling a telecine machine to produce an exposure log of cinematographic film, comprising the steps of: using a telecine machine to generate video images from the cinematographic...
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6266081 |
Digital image data storage, data transfer and data broadcast apparatus and method
A image signal processing apparatus and method for static image display are provided. Deformation at an edge of an image can be reduced by eliminating a temporal factor and vertical resolution can...
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6262762 |
Film scanner with scaling signal
A scanner, in which the contents of an film frame (1) are converted into a video signal by opto-electronic converters (4), this video signal being post-processed in a video processing stage (12)....
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6256056 |
Image input apparatus which controls charge accumulation of line sensor in association with intermittent scan motion of scanning means
An image input apparatus is provided with an imaging section, a scanner, and a charge accumulation control section. The imaging section includes a line sensor and converts an image recorded on film...
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6249644 |
Electronic filing system capable of recording image reproduced from developed film
An electronic filing system which can record an image reproduced from a photographed image of a developed film together with a photographic information pertaining thereto on a recording medium such...
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6246433 |
Film image capturing method
A film image capturing method of reading a continuous developed film with a line sensor. This method comprises the steps of: pre-scanning for determining exposed conditions, including brightness,...
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6239832 |
Telecine systems
A telecine system comprises a cathode ray tube 2 with a mixed phosphor 6. The phosphor 6 is composed of phosphor components each having a distinct spectral output. Primary photodetectors 16,20,22...
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6226033 |
Video signal format for post-production
The gateway video signal is generated from inputted frames which represent a motion picture when reproduced at a real-time rate. The inputted frames are sped up to 1.2 or 1.25 times the real-time...
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6172705 |
Method and apparatus for a film scanner interface
A digital film scanner interface obtains digital image data produced by projecting a motion picture film frame onto a sensor. The image data is transferred from the sensor to a Digital Signal...
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6169571 |
Film scanning apparatus with motorized weave correction
A film scanner is disclosed including a linear image sensor moveable to a scan position for scanning lines of image frames of an elongated film having a series of edge perforations including a...
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6160577 |
Method for expanding memory capacity for photo film and a film player
The memory capacity for photo film can be expanded with an external memory medium. In addition, lab service can be changed and/or added. A memory card 120 is arranged in the film player, and a...
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6160249 |
Adaptive resolution scanning
A method of adjusting the resolution of a scan based on the scan area or the scan window size. The smaller the scan window size, the higher the scan resolution would be. The final scan resolution...
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6157438 |
Film scanner with prism for scanning sprocket holes
In a film scanner comprising a device for scanning sprocket holes, a projection device is proposed, by means of which the images of two sprocket holes are projected on one sensor. This provides the...
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6141039 |
Line sequential scanner using even and odd pixel shift registers
A scanner for line-sequentially scanning a film frame by means of linear image sensors in which the charges of the light-sensitive pixels (1) are transferred to two shift registers (4, 5). To...
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6137530 |
Combination continuous motion and stationary pin registration film gate for telecine
A combination film gate for a continuous motion or real-time motion picture telecine that is also operative to pin register a frame of film for stationary scanning. A housing supports and...
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6124885 |
Film gate and scanner, and method of scanning using the scanner
A film gate for transporting an elongated film therethrough, comprising: two spaced apart arcuate guide surfaces to engage against opposed edge margins of the film; a drive roller assembly,...
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6118477 |
Picture reading apparatus
In a picture reading apparatus, in the pre-scan, an approach is employed to control a CCD line sensor 5 and a film carrying roller 103 so that plural pictures recorded on an optical film 1 are read...
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6118478 |
Telecine systems for high definition use
A method of using telecine apparatus to scan cinematographic film made up of individual image frames. Each frame is scanned a number of times using detected light to generate corresponding image...
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6100919 |
Film image reproduction apparatus utilizing apparatus illumination characteristics for film image reproduction
A film image reproducing apparatus for reproducing images recorded on successive frames of a film includes: an illuminator which illuminates the film; a detector which detects an illuminating...
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6094217 |
Automatic regenerating method for film image
A developed photographic film including a magnetic layer is transported up to an image reading part so as to read a film image thereon. The film images are sequentially displayed on a TV monitor in...
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6091445 |
Film image input device and method
Shading data are captured in a state where there is no developed film between a light source and a line sensor. During calibration, a negative base area on the film is positioned between the light...
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6091446 |
Consecutive frame scanning of cinematographic film
A method and device are disclosed for transferring information from cinema film at a first speed to broadcast quality video signals at a second and different, predetermined speed which may be...
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6084629 |
Telecine with dual digitizers and multiple scanning beams
The present invention teaches an improved parallel telecine for converting a plurality of recorded images or frames of film, defined by a first and a second set of frames of film, to a digital data...
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6081293 |
Linear motor film gate for telecine
A linear motor driven film gate for a motion picture telecine and methods for operation. A housing associated with a telecine optical block is operative to support and transport a single film frame...
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6067109 |
Image reading method
An image reading method which can achieve highly accurate image reading with no color balance lost regardless of the type of recording media, that is, whether a film is a negative film or a...
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6043476 |
Film scanner with an adjustable light source for scanning positive or negative films
The present invention provides a film scanner with an adjustable light module whose chromaticity can be adjusted according to the positive or negative film to be scanned. The film scanner comprises...
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6037973 |
Film transport and method
A film transport and method for use with an image transfer system to sequentially register respective frames of motion picture film within the field of view of an image recorder. The transport...
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6034721 |
Cinematographic film analysis method in a film scanner apparatus
An analysis method for cinematographic film uses a film scanner for converting the images of the film into video images, the film scanner having a calibration mode providing a standardized video...
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6034720 |
Method and arrangement for manufacturing a high-resolution digital film master
A method and an arrangement for manufacturing a high-resolution digital master for filing cinematographic films and their conversion into different TV and multimedia standards, in which the overall...
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6034719 |
Image input apparatus
An image input apparatus enables image reading at a number of different resolutions including higher and lower resolutions without incurring excessive costs. In the present invention, the image...
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