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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316515 | Liquid processing apparatus processing a substrate surface with a processing liquid, liquid processing method, and liquid condition detection apparatus detecting fluctuation of the processing liquid In a liquid processing apparatus a spin chuck holds a wafer having a surface supplied with a liquid to be applied through a nozzle receiving the liquid through a feed path and whether the liquid passing through the feed path has fluctuation is detected by a fluctuat... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7263870 | Gauge calibration method The instrument panel gauge assembly includes an applique having gauge graphics printed thereon and a needle pointer for a gauge assembly positioned adjacent thereto. A transparent chaplet is formed within the applique to allow light to pass through. The needle passe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7006264 | Image scanner for photographic film There is disclosed a film scanner for scanning picture frames on photographic film. A plurality of filmstrips are spliced into a long photographic film web (17) and wound around a reel when placed in a film supply device (42) of the film scanner. The p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6969572 | Developing method and apparatus In this developing method and apparatus, a concentration measuring unit 222 picks part of developing fluid in a blending tank 186 to measure the resist concentration by an absorption photometry and feeds the detected resist concentration to a control u... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6916125 | Method for film inspection and development A method of preparing a roll of film for development. The method involves inspecting the film for defects and imperfections as the film is unwound from a magazine. A method of preparing a roll of film for development and developing the film is also disclosed. The de... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6849366 | Systems and methods for film processing quality control A photographic film with a row of sprocket holes formed on each side thereof includes a sensitometric step wedge of different light intensity values exposed along one side of the film, preferably located between the sprocket holes. ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6817789 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus and photosensitive material A photosensitive material processing apparatus includes a printer section for recording an image on photographic paper by exposure. There is a processor section for photographic development of the photographic paper. A drier section dries the photographic paper. A t... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814506 | Method of density correction in heat developing apparatus and heat developing apparatus capable of density correction A method of density correction in a heat developing apparatus of which photothermographic recording material is thermally developed by light or heat application, comprising the steps of outputting a density correcting chart for setting density correcting conditions,... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6786655 | Method and system for self-service film processing One implementation of the invention is a self-service film processing system. In one embodiment, the self-service film processing system comprises a display and a film processing system. The film processing system operates to develop and digitize film provided by a ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6783902 | Apparatus and method for thermal film development and scanning The invention relates to an apparatus for thermal development having a receiver for receiving an imagewise exposed thermal film, an accumulator for gathering the film, a drive for advancing the film from the receiver to the accumulator, a heater located between the ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6761491 | Photographic processor and supply cartridge with an information exchange arrangement The present invention relates to a method and use of information exchange between processing solution supply cartridges that are placed on a small processing machine and a controller that is used to operate the machine. In a feature of the present invention, the con... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6558051 | Film scanning device provided in automatic developing apparatus An automatic processing apparatus is provided which includes a processing station for photographic-processing a film; a scanner for scanning the film during the photographic-processing by the processing station; an image data memory device for storing ima... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6554504 | Distributed digital film processing system and method Photo-images are read from film using a digital film processing (DFP) system, and then transmitted for processing, along with any necessary associated information. After processing, the images can be stored in a database or transmitted to an image deliver... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6543943 | Device for the collection of photographic material Device for the self-service collection of photographic material, such as rolls of film, throwaway cameras, negatives for reprinting or otherwise, to be subjected to processing, said photographic material being placed by users in envelopes (13), or in othe... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6520694 | System and method for processing photographic film images A method and system for processing photographic film images, includes the steps of: providing a film processor having a plurality of adjustable parameters for a given process for processing a family of photographic films; defining a plurality of processin... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6429924 | Photofinishing method A photofinishing method, including the steps of: exposing machine readable metadata and a scene image within an entire safe frame area on a filmstrip; processing the filmstrip to produce a visible image including the machine readable metadata and the scen... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6266125 | Resist processing method and apparatus Before forming a resist pattern, the light reflectivity of the undercoat of the wafer is measured by a reflectivity measuring unit. The conditions are controlled according to the measured reflectivity when forming the resist pattern. The conditions when f... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6215553 | Width measurement of an image-bearing sheet A processed sheet of photographic film is guided into a channel of scanning equipment in which it is subjected to light from an elongate fluorescent tube. Light transmitted through the film is detected by a sensing arrangement in the form of an elongate s... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6181809 | Apparatus for processing and digitizing photographic film in one pass An apparatus comprising means for processing exposed photographic film and means for digitizing the processed photographic film is disclosed. According to a preferred mode, the apparatus for processing exposed radiographic film and for digitizing the proc... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6169597 | Container to manage and process photographic material and relative automated system of management and processing A container for a system to collect, manage, process and move photographic material, contained in wrappers of a defined form, for example rolls (24) is associated with an automatic device to collect the photographic material to be processed and also with ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6120945 | Method of developing a photoresist pattern and a developing apparatus A method of developing photoresist films formed on a plurality of substrates utilizes a circulated developing fluid to sequentially develop the photoresist films with developing accuracy and controllability secured. It includes the steps of measuring the ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6102586 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus There is described a photosensitive material processing apparatus which automatically develops pieces of film being longer in the longitudinal direction than in the width direction like a piece of photographic film for consumer use. The photosensitive mat... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6089763 | Semiconductor wafer processing system A semiconductor wafer processing system having a multi-layered arrangement of wafer processing units included in a spinner to carry out photoresist coating and developing processes for the formation of micro patterns on semiconductor wafers, thereby enabl... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6024501 | Method for controlling the activity of an inorganic development composition The invention concerns a method for controlling the activity of a development composition which comprises, as a developing agent, an organometallic complex. The method includes measuring the variations in optical density difference of the composition that... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6008879 | Photograph processor Presence or absence of paper is detected by individual sensors and data content stored in a backup RAM is checked out at the time when an external power source begins to supply electric power, and paper feeding operation is automatically performed by a CP... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6000861 | Method of and device for testing a photographic film The invention concerns a method of testing the state of development of a photographic film in a light-proof cartridge. According to the invention, the leading edge of the film is pulled out of the cartridge, the film is positioned between a light source a... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5975771 | Development control method developing apparatus and image exposing apparatus A development control method capable of adequately determining exposed frames of a silver halide photosensitive material so as to develop the exposed frames. When a photographing operation is performed by using a predetermined negative film, exposure comp... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5969796 | Method for determining a state of processing solution in a printer processor and a printer processor A method for determining a state of a processing solution in a printer processor which exposes a photosensitive material to a light emitted from a light source and processes the material with processing solution, the printer processor having a function to... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5885759 | Photo filmstrip and side printing method for the same A photo filmstrip includes two side portions extending in a longitudinal direction, and has a leader, a trailer, and a series of effective frame regions arranged between the leader and the trailer. A series of bar codes are recorded on one of the side por... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5822039 | Photographic printing and developing apparatus A photographic printing and developing apparatus includes an exposure section in which a standard exposure is effected on a photosensitive material under predetermined conditions in a manner similar to that for preparing a conventional control strip. The ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5790914 | Photographic processor and method of operation A modular photographic processor for processing a photosensitive material. The processor comprising a modular processing section containing at least one removable processing tank for holding a processing solution therein, the at least removable processing... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5765067 | Film rewinder A film rewinder for rewinding film from a film cartridge to an intermediate cartridge. Its driving unit for rotating the film cartridge spool is also used to drive a tool for separating the film trailing end from the film cartridge spool. The film cartrid... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5701541 | Automatic processing machine for silver halide photographic light-sensitive materials An apparatus for processing a silver halide photographic material having an emulsion surface, includes a supply device to supply processing solution from a container to the emulsion surface through a space; a converter to convert one of density level of a... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5678113 | Automatic film processing apparatus An automatic film processing apparatus includes a detector plate which is projected upward when cartridges are placed in cartridge case in an adverse manner. Limit switches detect the upward displacement of the detector plate and present a warning signal ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5664252 | Apparatus for use in optimizing photographic film developer apparatus To provide a standard for determining an objective level of performance of photographic film developer processes, a production sensitometer, of the type commonly used in the field, is correlated with a high precision, master sensitometer, defined as a sta... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5652937 | Apparatus and method for supplying processing chemicals A cartridge (1) for a processing chemical (3), such as a photographic developer or the like, comprises a main body (2) having an outlet (4, 5, 6, 7) by way of which the chemical may be introduced into and removed from the main body. The outlet is adapted ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649260 | Automated photofinishing apparatus A method and apparatus for receiving exposed film, processing the exposed film, printing the processed film so as to produce prints, and dispensing of the prints and processed film to a customer. The apparatus includes a mechanism for delivering to the ap... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5619742 | Photographic processing condition managing method, and method and apparatus for managing image forming devices A photographic processing condition managing method applied to an image forming device equipped with a function for immersing a photosensitive material for photographing into a processing solution for photosensitive materials for photographing so as to pr... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5604559 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus includes plural processing tanks each to process a photosensitive material; plural cartridges each to fill solid processing agents for replenishment used in each of the plural processing tanks. The apparatus ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5600394 | Smart film cartridge magazine A magazine having a plurality of cavities, each cavity designed for holding and dispensing a film cartridge. A memory is secured to the magazine for retaining and storing information relating to the magazine, cartridge, and/or photosensitive material.... | 02/04/1997 |
