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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7400821 | Device and method for reproducing photographic sound recordings For a reproduction of optical sound information in a double variable-area track (DZ) an optoelectronic converter device scans the optical sound track of a film. The converter device generates a digital image signal for buffer storage in the memory of a program-contr... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7184120 | Film soundtrack reviewing system A system and method of screening films. The method includes the first step of displaying a movie print with multiple soundtracks on a display screen. A plurality of screening rooms, each with a view of the display screen, is provided. Separate audio signals from eac... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7145464 | Data collection device In one aspect of the invention a data collection device is provided for use with a medium said medium being usable when exposed to electromagnetic radiation that is characteristic of such use. The data collection device has a sensor capable of sensing when the mediu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6972829 | Film soundtrack reviewing system A system and method of screening films. The method includes the first step of displaying a movie print with multiple soundtracks on a display screen. A plurality of screening rooms, each with a view of the display screen, is provided. Separate audio signals from eac... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6624873 | Matrix-encoded surround-sound channels in a discrete digital sound format More than two surround sound channels are provided within the format of a digital soundtrack system designed to provide only two surround sound channels by matrix encoding from three to five additional surround sound channels into two "discrete" surround ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6351302 | Analog sound track digitizer The system eliminates the noise, rumble and hiss from any standard 35 mm analog optical sound track. By simply feeding the film through the projector sound head in a normal manner the system automatically converts the analog optical sound tracks to digita... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6317191 | Process for viewing a positive motion picture film scene image with integral audio soundtrack A process for viewing a positive motion picture film scene image with an accompanying original audio soundtrack comprising: providing a motion picture origination negative film comprising a support bearing at least one light sensitive image recording laye... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6211940 | Selecting analog or digital motion picture sound tracks A storage medium carries symbols representing digital information encoded in two dimensions. A method and apparatus recovers the symbols using oversampling in two dimensions and derives the information represented by the symbols. In one embodiment, the sy... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6157434 | Movie film having two digital audio data recording areas along its longitudinal direction The movie film has two tracks of left and right digital audio data recording areas in addition to a frame image information recording area in the form of frames, an analog audio data recording area, and left and right perforations. In these audio data rec... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6016182 | Motion picture film and a technique for recording and/or reproducing data from such motion picture film A motion picture film having digital audio data recorded in at least one sound track thereof. Such digital audio data includes a plurality of bytes of data each having 8 bits of data. Each respective bit of each byte of audio data is recorded in a sound t... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6011610 | Compatible digital soundtracks for 70 mm motion picture film Dolby Digital and Sony SDDS digital signal carrying optical symbols on large-format motion picture film (e.g., film having any of the various 70 mm formats) are recorded in such a way as to permit existing 35 mm optical readers and signal decoders to reco... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5841513 | Apparatus for reproducing sound signals recorded on a motion picture film with digital sound track A device for recording/reproducing a digital pattern as a sound track of a cinefilm is disclosed. The device includes a cinefilm 1 having an image recording area 2 in which an image is recorded, a perforation section 3 for film feed and digital pattern da... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5802181 | Theater sound system with upper surround channels An improved theater surround sound system incorporates a screen top speaker and an overhead speaker driven by corresponding upper surround channels to more accurately reproduce sounds produced from above the listener. These top surround channels are encod... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5757465 | Storage medium for carrying information encoded in two dimensions A storage medium carries physically distinct blocks of symbols representing digital information. The symbols are arranged in the blocks such that the digital information represented by the symbols can be determined from only the two-dimensional position o... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5753402 | Method for recording and processing motion picture film soundtrack By processing color motion picture film to yield a dye-only, "silver-less" soundtrack, an antihalation layer containing silver may be incorporated into the film without interfering with the soundtrack signal in the resulting processed film. The process re... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5751398 | Motion picture digital sound system and method A digital time code is printed in an area of a motion picture film, between the normal analog optical sound track and the picture frames, that is exposed along with the sound track when a print is made. This area is partially redeveloped, and normally res... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5677753 | Digital sound recording on motion picture film A motion picture film capable of reproducing the sound field full of ambience in the reproducing system. The digital sound tracks 5L and 5R, on which digital audio data have been recorded, are recorded so that temporally same digital audio signals are rec... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5677752 | Digital sound recording on motion picture film A motion picture film capable of reproducing the sound field full of ambience in the reproducing system. The digital sound tracks 5L and 5R, on which digital audio data have been recorded, are recorded so that temporally same digital audio signals are rec... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5652642 | Combination digital and analog soundtrack system and method The present invention overcomes the wear and tear problems caused by prior art methods by placing the digital information in the space reserved for analog soundtrack information, which traditionally is not touched by transport rollers or pressure plates. ... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5639585 | System for photographically recording digital data and analog soundtrack, and medium having digital data and analog soundtrack recorded thereon A photosensitive medium, such as motion picture film, having digital data in multiple formats and analog audio signals photographically recorded thereon, and a system for photographically recording digital data (preferably including digital audio bits) in... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5621489 | Medium having photographically recorded digital audio bits A photosensitive medium, such as motion picture film, having digital audio signals photographically recorded thereon. If the medium has multiple, spatially separated digital and analog audio soundtracks, a photosensitive detector array is employed for eac... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5617158 | Digital sound recording on motion picture film A motion picture film capable of reproducing the sound field full of ambience in the reproducing system. The digital sound tracks 5L and 5R, on which digital audio data have been recorded, are recorded so that temporally same digital audio signals are rec... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5587749 | Apparatus and method for reading motion picture film photographic dye soundtracks Analog sound tracks are recorded on a single one of the three dye layers present in a color motion picture film, one of the same dye layers that is used for the color picture information. The single dye layer, preferably the cyan dye layer, is read out us... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5553049 | Reproduction of digital audio data optically recorded in a motion picture film An apparatus for optically reproducing digital speech data recorded on a motion picture film is disclosed. The digital speech data recorded on an emulsifier surface of the motion picture film is illuminated with an illuminating light from the side of a ba... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550603 | Motion picture film with digital sound track A device for recording/reproducing a digital pattern as a sound track of a cinefilm is disclosed. The device includes a cinefilm 1 having an image recording area 2 in which an image is recorded, a perforation section 3 for film feed and digital pattern da... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5537165 | Motion picture film and reproducing device therefor In a motion picture film of the present invention, audio data digitized from right channel analog audio signals is held in a recording region provided in a left channel digital sound track having the left channel audio data recorded in it, while audio dat... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5526075 | Apparatus for reading analog sound tracks on film with circuit for averaging sound track boundaries to reduce the effect of noise An analog-digitizer sound system for motion pictures that automatically converts both old and new analog stereo film-sound tracks to digital quality sound. The system eliminates the noise, rumble and hiss from any standard 35 mm analog optical sound track... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5523996 | Laser light modulation method and apparatus for recording digital audio signals on cinefilm The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for recording digital audio information using light modulation of a laser beam on cinefilm. In the invention, a laser beam of low coherence and high output is radiated from a semiconductor laser havin... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5506907 | Channel audio signal encoding method An encoding method and apparatus for audio signals for generating ten-channel audio signals from audio signals of a left channel, a left center channel, a center channel, a right center channel, a right channel, a surround left channel, a surround right c... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5485232 | Digital audio signal recording device for motion picture film and audio signal recording system for motion picture film employing the digital audio signal recording device A digital audio signal recording device which, in conjunction with a film magazine loaded with a motion picture film and an analog audio recording device recording analog audio signals on the motion picture film, constitutes an audio signal recording syst... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5471263 | Method for recording a digital audio signal on a motion picture film and a motion picture film having digital soundtracks Digital audio signals and a conventional audio track are recorded on a motion picture film by error correction encoding digital audio data to be recorded on the film, sequentially arranging the error encoded digital audio data in a direction perpendicular... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5453802 | Method and apparatus for photographically recording digital audio and a medium having photographically recorded digital sountracks A method and apparatus for photographically recording digital audio signals, and a medium having digital audio signals photographically recorded thereon. In a preferred embodiment, a motion picture film recorded in accordance with the invention has multip... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5327182 | Method and apparatus for reading photographically recorded digital audio soundtracks A method and apparatus for reading digital audio signals photographically recorded on a medium (such as motion picture film). If the medium has multiple, spatially separated digital and analog audio soundtracks, a photosensitive detector array is employed... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5155510 | Digital sound system for motion pictures with analog sound track emulation A signal conditioner is provided for the output of a digital sound source in a dual digital/analog motion picture theater sound system so that the digitally derived audio signal emulates the analog sound track signal. This allows the digital source to be ... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4613911 | Photographic film with magnetic recording track and method of recording on the track and reproduction from the same Photographic film is provided with a magnetic recording layer applied to at least one edge surface thereof in the longitudinal direction of the film and substantially over the entire thickness thereof. A magnetic head of a recording-reproducing system is ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4600280 | Digital audio recording/playback system for motion picture film Sound is recorded on a motion picture filmstrip (20) by taking periodic samples (15) of an analog signal (13), digitizing each sample in the form of a sixteen-bit binary word (40), (41), (43), and representing each binary word on the filmstrip in the form... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4340286 | Photographic film unit A film unit comprises a hub and a film disk carried by the hub having photosensitive areas for receiving a plurality of images. The hub includes a region of dispersed magnetic particulates for recording data pertaining to the film unit. Since the hub supp... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4306781 | Multi-channel sound and data system A multi-purpose sound/data system which is capable of recording and reproducing a multitude of disparate and dissimilar information being digital and/or analog in nature in such a way so that there is no interference between the different information chan... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4090003 | Recording tape applicator A recording tape applicator has a card with an edge forming an abutment surface, a release sheet secured to the card and extending outward beyond the abutment surface, and a strip of magnetic recording tape adhesively supported by the release sheet on the... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4020503 | Still image slide with sound track control Means for providing stationary images from slides and sound related to these images include a retainer for insertion of a slide, an endless taut magnetic tape mounted within the retainer, and stationary magnetic heads that impose sound tracks on the tape ... | 04/26/1977 |
