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US 2002/0118281 A1Published application
High speed film to digital conversion
AssigneeDigital Cinema Systems Corporation
InventorDonald C. Mead
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Abstract
This invention shows how an area CCD array can be partitioned into subsections to greatly improve the readout rates. Also disclosed is a technique of ping ponging the disk arrays so that the partitions can be stored for a frame time and then output to a common storage device.
Claims20
An apparatus for converting film images to a digital format comprising:
- a photodetector system;
- a film holder aligned with said photodetector system;
- said photodetector system including at least one light activated array;
- said at least one array including at least two subsections wherein each subsection is assigned at least one independent shift register;
- and,
- a digital recording medium interconnected with an output from each subsection.
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A method for converting a film image to digital format comprising:
- providing a film holder;
- aligning said film holder with a photodetector system;
- projecting images from said film to at least two subsections of a light activated array of said photodetector system;
- and,
- creating independent data streams related to said film image for each of said at least two subsections of said array.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.