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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357981 | Optical filter An optical filter comprising a transparent support having a tensile impact strength of 392 kJ/m2 or more having provided thereon a filter layer having an absorption maximum in the range of from 560 to 620 nm. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7292379 | Image reader and image reading method The image reader reads photoelectrically an original image including a visible image and an invisible image. The image reader includes an image reading device for reading said original image with visible light and invisible light and a detecting unit which generates... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7270932 | Imaging composition and method Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be used in me... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7235188 | Aqueous phosphoric acid compositions for cleaning semiconductor devices The present invention relates to dilute aqueous solutions containing phosphoric acid and methods for cleaning plasma etch residue from semiconductor substrates including such dilute aqueous solutions. The solution according to the invention may advantageous contain ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228004 | Method for sharpening a digital image A method of sharpening a digital image having image pixels values includes the steps of: determining a Dmin value, representing a value corresponding to a minimum possible exposure for a system that produced the digital image; for each pixel value in the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223519 | Imaging compositions and methods Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be applied to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215812 | Image processing method recording medium with recorded image processing program and image processing apparatus An image processing method for carrying out predetermined correction processing with respect to one or more items regarding the quality of color images and the image processing method comprises a judgment step for judging the necessity/nonnecessity of correction wit... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7156533 | Rearview mirror for motor vehicles A rearview mirror for motor vehicles having a layer substrate and a coating applied onto the back thereof, includes a reflective mirror coating and an intermediate layer, which may be made of a semiconductor material, arranged between the reflective mirror coating a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149004 | System and method of processing scanned negative image A method of processing a scanned negative image produced by scanning a negative film includes creating a baseline positive image from the scanned negative image, analyzing at least one image characteristic of the baseline positive image, determining a film type of t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144676 | Imaging compositions and methods Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be applied to... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135444 | Cleaning composition useful in semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication A composition for use in semiconductor processing wherein the composition comprises water, phosphoric acid, and an organic acid; wherein the organic acid is ascorbic acid or is an organic acid having two or more carboxylic acid groups (e.g., citric acid). The water ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113627 | Location of extended linear defects A method of locating a linear defect on a photographic element, the element having a useful imaging width and the defect aligned with length of the element, includes the steps of: exposing a region of the element to create a latent image which is substantially unifo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7087561 | Cleaning composition useful in semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication A composition for use in semiconductor processing wherein the composition comprises water, phosphoric acid, and an organic acid; wherein the organic acid is ascorbic acid or is an organic acid having two or more carboxylic acid groups (e.g., citric acid). The water ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7067466 | Cleaning composition useful in semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication A composition for use in semiconductor processing wherein the composition comprises water, phosphoric acid, and an organic acid; wherein the organic acid is ascorbic acid or is an organic acid having two or more carboxylic acid groups (e.g., citric acid). The water ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067465 | Cleaning composition useful in semiconductor integrated circuit fabricating A composition for use in semiconductor processing wherein the composition comprises water, phosphoric acid, and an organic acid; wherein the organic acid is ascorbic acid or is an organic acid having two or more carboxylic acid groups (e.g., citric acid). The water ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063925 | Expansion of color gamut for silver halide media The invention relates to a photographic article comprising a base material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers. | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057766 | Apparatus for and method of outputting image In a digital printing process employing a CTP device 14, hues can easily be changed in a process of generating printing plates without going back to a prior process. A plurality of gradation conversion curves whose gradation characteristics are different step... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7034959 | Method, apparatus and recording medium for image processing Upon conversion of density and/or tone of an image, an impression of a specific color in the image is also corrected. Tone conversion is carried out in a CMY color space on image data having been subjected to logarithmic conversion, and density conversion processing... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7022468 | Silver halide color reversal photographic material A silver halide color reversal photographic material providing images with superior graininess and enhanced sharpness is disclosed, comprising on a support a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, a green-sensitive silve... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020344 | Match blur system and method A method for blurring in signal processing, for example, in digital film processing, is performed with digital artifacts. The digital artifacts are derived, such as by scanning, and include a noisy artifact and a less noisy artifact. The artifacts are subdivided int... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016080 | Method and system for improving scanned image detail Methods are provided for generating a dynamic image mask for improving image detail in a digital image. An electronic representation of an image is scanned. A dynamic image mask is generated from the electronic representation of the image. The dynamic image mask has... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6985270 | Method and photographic element for calibrating digital images A method of calibrating digital images having pixels with pixel values includes the steps of: exposing a photographic element to form a latent image of a reference calibration target including a plurality of reference calibration patches; exposing the photographic e... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6969581 | Method and apparatus for restoring and stabilizing motion picture film A method and apparatus for restoring to chemical stability motion picture film having an acetate base which is suffering, or which may begin to suffer, from the deterioration generally referred to as “vinegar syndrome.” The method allows films to be treated and ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965692 | Method and apparatus for improving the quality of reconstructed information Image processing apparatus and methods according to the present invention are described in which data for each color channel are separately processed, on a pixel by pixel basis, such that the data associated with the primary color channel is filtered less than the c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6943920 | Method, system, and software for signal processing using pyramidal decomposition A method, system, and software are disclosed for improving the quality of a signal. A base signal is recursively decomposed and modified for a desired number of pyramid levels. At each level, the decomposed signal from the previous level is modified to improve one o... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6916601 | Image-forming method using a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, and silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material An image-forming method comprising: employing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, comprising, on a support, at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow dye-forming coupler, at least one si... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6917758 | Method of image compensation for watermarked film A method for obtaining an adjusted digital image which is compensated for a watermark exposure is described comprising: determining a first sensitometric response of a photographic media without a watermark exposure; determining a second sensitometric response of th... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6915021 | Method and system for selective enhancement of image data A method and apparatus for selectively applying image enhancement processing to parts of an image. In one embodiment, spatial processing transformations, such as sharpening for example, are reduced or bypassed for pixels having color code values within a range known... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913404 | Film processing solution cartridge and method for developing and digitizing film A digital film processing system and film processing solution cartridge are disclosed. The cartridge comprises a housing and a chamber for storing a film processing fluid. The processing solution may be contained within a flexible bladder within the chamber. The car... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910816 | Digital film processing method A method of developing a latent image on a photographic element (such as imagewise exposed photographic film) by absorbing a dye precursor into the film, applying a developer solution to the film to develop the latent image and form a dye in the film, scanning the f... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6810209 | Method to establish sensitometry curve for a photographic medium The invention relates to a method to establish a sensitometry curve for a photographic medium, including the following steps: the formation on the medium of at least one sensitometry control by exposing many ranges of the medium with various exposure energies; the c... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6766263 | Method of color capture calibration for digital capture devices A system and method for calibration of digital image capture devices is presented that allows the further development of e-commerce by ensuring that the digital image accurately represents the colors of the captured image. This simplified method provides a calibrati... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6593042 | Expansion of color gamut for silver halide media The invention relates to a photographic article comprising abase material carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by c... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6569612 | Photographic element containing a high-dye-yield coupler for producing a yellow hue A color photographic element is disclosed comprising at least three light-sensitive units which have their individual sensitivities in different wavelength regions, comprising at least one imaging layer comprising a light-sensitive silver-halide emulsion,... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6537737 | Method and apparatus for restoring faded color film and enhancing black and white film A method and apparatus for restoring and enhancing both color and black and white motion picture films. In accordance with the method of the invention, vapors emitted from a heated chemical solution, but is not, at any time, immersed into the chemical sol... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6513212 | Scannable photographic element containing high extinction high-dye-yield cyan couplers A color photographic element comprising at least three light-sensitive units which have their individual sensitivities in different wavelength regions, at least one of units comprising a light-sensitive silver-halide emulsion, binder, and a coupler repres... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6515734 | Exposure apparatus An exposure apparatus is arranged to project one unit of a circuit pattern onto the surface of a resist on a substrate to be manufactured and to expose it over the surface of this resist. The exposure apparatus includes a processing unit that enables form... | 02/04/2003 |
