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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7704651 | Radiographic image conversion panel and production method thereof A radiographic image conversion panel containing a substrate having thereon a phosphor layer formed by a vapor-accumulating method, wherein the phosphor layer has a thickness distribution of not more than ±20%, the thickness distribution being defined by the formul... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7342681 | High-speed calibration method and system for an image-capture apparatus The present invention provides a calibration method and circuit for outputting an average calibration value used in an image-capture apparatus. The calibration circuit comprises difference means accepting a plurality of digital signals from capturing a pixel of a ca... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 reproduction system being includes motion picture negative film printed on... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319210 | Image heating apparatus A manufacturing method for an image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material by a heat from a heat generating element for producing heat by a magnetic flux generated by magnetic flux generating means, the apparatus including a magnetic flux con... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300695 | Alignable diffractive pigment flakes Diffractive pigment flakes are selectively aligned to form an image. In one embodiment, flakes having a magnetic layer are shaped to facilitate alignment in a magnetic field. In another embodiment, the flakes include a magnetically discontinuous layer. In a particul... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286248 | Image forming system for forming multiple images on a printing medium An image forming system enabling a user to submit an image, scanned or otherwise, and replicate the image to result in an output image containing repeated multiple copies of the original image on a single printing medium. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282310 | Radiographic image conversion panel and production method thereof A radiographic image conversion panel containing a substrate having thereon a phosphor layer formed by a vapor-accumulating method, wherein the phosphor layer has a thickness distribution of not more than ±20%, the thickness distribution being defined by the formul... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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; the photographic film reproduction system being includes photographic m... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263240 | Method, system, and software for improving signal quality using pyramidal decomposition A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A base signal is recursively decomposed for a desired number of pyramid levels. The decomposed signal from the lowest level is modified to generate a preprocessed signal. The preproc... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258915 | Flake for covert security applications Covert flakes having one or more symbols and/or a selected shape are used in a composition, such as ink or paint, to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the covert flakes are covert pigment f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255895 | Method for controlling solute loading of polymer microparticles Solute-loaded polymer microparticles are obtained by immersing microparticles in a bath comprising a selected solute dissolved in a ternary solvent system. A first solvent of the ternary system is a strong solvent for both the solute and the polymer from which the m... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245783 | System and method for estimating, synthesizing and matching noise in digital images and image sequences A method for synthesizing noise in a digital image comprises the steps of (a) estimating noise statistics based on a set of spatial autocorrelation coefficients and a set of spectral correlation coefficients that correspond to the color channels of the image, where ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241489 | Opaque flake for covert security applications Opaque flakes, such as pigment or bright flake used in paints and inks, have a selected shape and/or other indicia to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the opaque covert flakes match the vi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7214421 | Optical display elements based on aqueous polymer dispersions Optical display elements comprising a layer made from a deformable material (matrix) and from discrete polymer particles whose distribution in the matrix follows a defined spatial lattice structure. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214464 | High speed positive-working photothermographic radiographic film The present invention is directed to a method of forming a positive image in a photothermographic assembly comprising a photothermographic material and an intensifying means for converting ionizing radiation, wherein the assembly has been imagewise exposed to ionizi... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215371 | Electronic camera with quick review of last captured image A camera incorporates a working memory (124) for storing a working image corresponding to the last captured image. The working image is displayed on a display screen (36) in a quick review mode of operation in response to a quick review signal entered ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208234 | Organic EL element and method of manufacturing the same, organic EL display device using the element, organic EL material, and surface emission device and liquid crystal display device using the material In an organic EL element, an organic EL layer is interposed between anodes and cathodes formed on a substrate. Each of the cathodes is made of a first conductive film that comes into contact with the organic EL layer and a second conductive film that constitutes a l... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205366 | Hole transport polymers and devices made with such polymers The present invention is generally directed to a hole transport polymer comprising a polymeric backbone having linked thereto a plurality of substituents comprising fused aromatic ring groups, with the proviso that the polymer does not contain groups selected from t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199860 | Method of processing a roll of exposed photographic film containing photographic images into corresponding digital images and then distributing visual prints produced from the digital images This invention is directed to a method of processing at least one digital image of at least one photographic image and distributing at least one visual print produced from the at least one digital image. The method includes the steps of storing at least one digital ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198889 | High-speed positive-working photothermographic system comprising an accelerating agent The present invention is directed to a method of forming a positive image in a photothermographic element comprising a potentially negative-working emulsion wherein fog density development is imagewise inhibited in exposed areas of the image upon thermal development... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7183024 | High-speed positive-working photothermographic system The present invention is directed to a method of forming a positive image in a photothermographic element comprising a potentially negative-working emulsion wherein fog density development is imagewise inhibited in exposed areas of the image upon thermal development... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169533 | Optical information recording medium, method for manufacturing the same and recording/reproduction method A disk with an Ag reflective layer, a recording layer including elements Sb and Te, and a dielectric layer including S provided between the reflective layer and the recording layer has the problems of corrosion of the Ag reflective layer, decline of the signal quali... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 accordingly. The method includes performing a pre-scan of the film, sampling a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7158273 | Holographic data memory A holographic data storage medium has a polymer film which is set up as a storage layer whose refractive index can be changed locally by heating. The polymer film is set up for the storage of optical phase information via the local optical path length of the polymer... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153592 | Organic EL element and method of manufacturing the same, organic EL display device using the element, organic EL material, and surface emission device and liquid crystal display device using the material In an organic EL element, an organic EL layer is interposed between anodes and cathodes formed on a substrate. Each of the cathodes is made of a first conductive film that comes into contact with the organic EL layer and a second conductive film that constitutes a l... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7112398 | Imaging element containing a blocked photographically useful compound This invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer having associated therewith a compound of Structure I: wherein: the substituents are as defined in the a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 determining a transformation to reduce a film distortion; (3) applying multiple... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081333 | Radiation image conversion panel and preparation method thereof A radiation image conversion panel exhibiting improved resistance to peeling or shock as well as enhanced sharpness is disclosed, comprising on a support a stimulable phosphor layer composed of columnar phosphor crystals formed through gas phase deposition, wherein ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076115 | Analysis of chemical data from images Computer programs and computer-implemented methods implement techniques for evaluating experimental data from a library of materials. The techniques receive a plurality of images of a library of materials that includes an array of members associated with locations i... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070916 | Radiation image conversion panel and production method thereof A radiation image conversion panel comprising a support and a stimulable phosphor layer provided on the support, in which the stimulable phosphor layer is formed by a gas-phase growing method so that the layer thickness of not less than 50 μm and the surface of the... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065255 | Method and apparatus for enhancing digital images utilizing non-image data A method and apparatus for enhancing a digital image captured by a digital camera: provides one or more data selected from the group consisting of camera model type, image sensor type, type of light source, type of image compression, previous noise reduction process... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062108 | Method for estimating the appearance of noise in images A method for estimating the noise appearance in an image, includes the steps of: forming a noise table representing noise magnitude vs. intensity of the image; and generating a noise metric from the noise table, said noise metric representing the noise appearance in... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057811 | Projection system and method comprising a fluorescence projection screen and a radiation source which can emit in the non-visible spectrum A projection system and method are provided, the system includes a radiation source for generating electromagnetic radiation outside the visible wavelength range, an imaging unit, which can be irradiated by the radiation source, and a projection screen having a radi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 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 digital image signals corresponding to motion picture images, a color gra... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7037640 | Image storage phosphor or scintillator panels coated onto flexible supports A phosphor or scintillator sheet, web or panel is provided, wherein a phosphor or a scintillator layer is coated onto a flexible substrate, the stiffness of which is lowered by presence of pits or grooves onto said substrate, preferably applied by a technique select... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 the type that includes a motion picture negative film printed onto a m... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033524 | Polymer-based nanocomposite materials and methods of production thereof Polymeric-based nanocomposites with different structures using core-shell particles. The present invention provides a method for producing polymer-based core-shell nanocomposite structures. The nanocomposite materials may be produced with voids in them which may be ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031034 | Articulating camera for digital image acquisition The invention is an apparatus for capturing photographic images from film using a digital camera and encoding image information as digital data to facilitate editing and printing of finished photographs. The apparatus includes a film transport, an optical stage, sen... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029836 | Radiographic image conversion panel and method for manufacturing the same A radiographic image conversion panel including a support, and at least one photostimulable phosphor layer formed on the support by a vapor phase deposition method (vapor phase growth). The panel is manufactured according to deposition, and a temperature of the supp... | 04/18/2006 |
