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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7304663 | Image test target for visual determination of digital image resolution Resolution of an image capture system is measured by imaging a test target having a progression of feature sizes and pitch in respective sub-fields thereof. The image captured by the imaging system is then inspected to determine a sub-field image which does not incl... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7266994 | Measuring particulate in liquid storage tanks This device provides for measuring the particulate content in a fluid storage tank. A sample of fluid is taken from a fluid storage tank; and compared to a field visual reference chart. Using this chart results in identifying tanks containing a maximum or average pa... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7218793 | Reducing differential resolution of separations Certain disclosed implementations use digital image processing to reduce the differential resolution among separations or images in film frames, such as, for example, red flare. A location in the red image may be selected using information from another image. The se... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7170568 | Liquid crystal shutter device for color imaging on photosensitive medium A liquid crystal shutter device is provided with a liquid crystal cell including a first substrate (1), a second substrate (21), and liquid crystal sandwiched therebetween, pixel electrodes (11, 12) which are signal electrodes and lead-out elect... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7095433 | Optical printer and driving method therefor There is disclosed an optical printer for printing a grayscale image on a self-developing type photo film unit based on image data. A printing head of the optical printer is provided with a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a line along a main scan di... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 and providing an appropriate density for a printing process, whether co... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6999114 | Electronic camera employing reflective flat panel display for viewing and printing images An electronic camera utilizing a reflective flat panel display for printing and/or viewing images in disclosed herein. One such electronic camera comprises the following components: (a) an electronic image acquisition assembly for capturing an image and converting i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992696 | Image test target for visual determination of digital image resolution Resolution of an image capture system is measured by imaging a test target having a progression of feature sizes and pitch in respective sub-fields thereof. The image captured by the imaging system is then inspected to determine a sub-field image which does not incl... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6972809 | Path shifting optical device having polarization correcting section and optical display system including same An optical device includes an optical path shifter that has at least one optical path shifting section. The optical path shifting section includes: a polarization modulator for changing the polarization state of an incoming light ray; and a birefringent element for ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6956976 | Reduction of differential resolution of separations Certain disclosed implementations use digital image processing to reduce the differential resolution among separations or images in film frames, such as, for example, red flare. A location in the red image may be selected using information from another image. The se... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6947607 | Reduction of differential resolution of separations Certain disclosed implementations use digital image processing to reduce the differential resolution among separations or images in film frames, such as, for example, red flare. A location in the red image may be selected using information from another image. The se... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937287 | Video processing apparatus and method In order to reduce the total capacity of a ROM used for adjustment of the black level and the white level of a digitized luminance signal for a television receiver, for example, a comparator compares the input luminance signal with a predetermined threshold value, a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 a control chart having a set of chart control information... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6233079 | Light-signal transmitting apparatus, light-signal receiving apparatus, light-signal transfer apparatus and light-signal transfer method A light-signal transfer apparatus capable of continuously reproducing signals even if the transfer passage is temporarily intercepted, the apparatus being structured in such a manner that a delay memory delays time-sequential digital data to generate digi... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5917987 | System for controlling the transfer of an image on a first medium to a second medium 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 a control chart having a set of chart control information... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5774583 | Information reproducing device for reproducing multimedia information recorded in the form of optically readable code pattern, and information recording medium storing multimedia information in the same form A code pattern of an information recording medium contains processing information necessary for editing data according to a restoration processing procedure for restoring multimedia information. The restoration processing procedure has a hierarchical stru... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5539667 | Method and apparatus for improved digital film recorder The invention discloses a method and apparatus for an improved digital film recorder. The improved recorder is capable of quantizing and recording high resolution images, in order to reduce recording time, without adding, or displaying appreciable quantiz... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5447811 | Color image reproduction of scenes with preferential tone mapping A system and method of image reproduction in color with preferential tone mapping are provided in which the method includes the steps of capturing original scene parameters and creating a visual reproduction of the scene, the method additionally comprisin... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5300381 | Color image reproduction of scenes with preferential tone mapping A system and method of image reproduction in color with preferential tone mapping in which the image reproduction is subjected to a scene parameter transformation which when taken in conjunction with untransformed characteristics of the image reproduction... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5276522 | Electronic film editing with system having telecine mode and film writing mode A telecine can be adapted to write video signals onto film. The film gate and flying spot scanner are enclosed in a light-tight shield and a four-segment (R, G, B, and clear) color filter wheel is interposed in the optical path between the scanner and the... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5172230 | Apparatus for recording and reading an image on a medium and detecting errors and media defects Apparatus is disclosed for recording and reading a color image formed on a receiving medium such as a film coated with a blue metastable colloidal silver. Upon application of heat to selected areas of the coating, the blue silver turns yellow to form an i... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5155589 | Storage and retrieval of images from a grey image having artificially enhanced color regions Methods and apparatus for decomposing a set of complementary color signals that form a color enhanced image into four or five color maps of an image, for storing said four or five color maps on a sheet of black and white film, and for reconstructing color... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5128773 | Compact video printer employing a liquid crystal panel A video printer for receiving a video signal of an image to record a visible image thereof on a photosensitive recording medium is located in a generally compact housing. A liquid crystal panel is tightly fixed onto the photosensitive recording medium so ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5121217 | Method of recording and correcting spatial-color artifacts This invention, in the production of color photographic exposures from a color monitor display, provides correction to eliminate the spatial-color triad artifacts introduced by the display and thus provide a hard copy with fully registered color picture e... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5051835 | Digital processing of theatrical film A system for processing images in digital format for use on theatrical film. Three digital cameras record RGB image components in a frame-by-frame basis. These components are stored and presented to an image processor for manipulation as may be desired. T... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5006935 | Charge latent image recording reproducing system with a uniformly charge detection region providing a reference intensity of a recorded object There is disclosed a recording/reproducing system comprising an optical system for directing along a path of an electromagnetic radio ray from an object toward a recording medium, and a recording head disposed in the path for generating a charge latent im... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4984091 | Apparatus for photographing or projecting an image for a CRT or laser diode array In an imaging apparatus, the position of an image displayed on the display screen of a display device is stepwise shifted by a device for effecting stepwise time-shifting of the time of an input video signal or a synchronizing signal. The shifted image is... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4941013 | Exposure device using CRT as exposure light source An exposure device for an image exposure onto a photosensitive recording medium includes a cathode ray tube serving as an exposure light source which supplies an optical radiant energy onto the recording medium. The photosensitive recording medium has an ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4935818 | Color monitor photo control system A color monitor photo control system having a controller and a rectangular cone-shaped shield to prevent outside light from shining on the screen. The shield has a photo-sensor provided adjacent to the camera to sense brightness of the screen, and a light... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4924302 | CRT color video printer which eliminates magnification changes due to chromatic aberrations An apparatus for making a color print has a black-and-white CRT for frame-sequentially displaying black-and-white images of three monochromatic images of an image in the form of a brightness pattern thereon, color filters for sequentially changing the bla... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4899224 | Recording apparatus and method utilizing an array of liquid crystal cells A two-dimensional recording head is provided which controls respective windows of a liquid crystal cell array to open and close for light and can hold them in the opened and closed states. A light source is disposed at one side of the head, at the other s... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4888648 | Electronic album An electronic album to which a recording medium recorded with image information took by an electronic still camera is loaded. The electronic album reads the image information and is used to preserve the image information for a long time. The electronic al... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4827434 | Method for time modulation in vector film recorders Time modulation in a vector film recorder is used to control the color of an image to be recorded by using a constant intensity electron beam and controlling the number of electron beam sweeps for each primary color in a color filter wheel and for each ve... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4766503 | Color film writing system with closed loop control for electronic images An imaging system for generating a color image on film from electronic video image data incorporates feedback control techniques to provide control of film density. The system includes variable gain amplifiers responsive to light intensity output of a fil... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4754334 | Image recorder having automatic alignment method and apparatus An image recorder for providing a CRT image and apparatus to store the image on a film disposed on a film plane. The relative position, intensity and focus parameters of the image are measured during an initial startup of the image recorder, wherein the p... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4752823 | Image recording apparatus for generating a still image from a video signal In an image recording apparatus, an input video signal is digitized at a plurality of voltage levels, digitized video signals are rate-converted, and digitized still images corresponding to the respective voltage levels are sequentially displayed on a tel... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4730214 | Method and apparatus for correlating video and film images produced from electronic data A system for transferring electronic image data to film which provides correlation or matching between an image as viewed on a video monitor and an image viewed on film. Apparatus is disclosed for measuring image intensity on a video monitor and convertin... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4704699 | Digital film recorder, peripheral, and method for color hardcopy production A digital film recorder, peripheral and method adapted to receive high level digital command instructions from a host computer or terminal and to develop a color hardcopy therefrom without further graphics instructions. It includes a digital input interfa... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4695902 | Color video printer includes a color viewer and image adjustment controls which are inhibited during exposure A color video printer having a color viewer for viewing a color video image before printing to permit evaluation of the image and if necessary, preprinting adjustments to the characteristics of the image. The color video printer includes a monochrome disp... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4694356 | Modification of color component video signals to compensate for decreasing white sensitivity of photographic element A color video printer for producing a color photographic copy from a color video signal. A self-processing color photographic element is exposed to a sequence of six color field images constituting a full frame of a color video image. The printer includes... | 09/15/1987 |
