Film scanner
AssigneePENTAX Corporation
InventorYuichi Kurosawa
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Abstract
A film scanner that scans an image of a developed film by an imaging device includes a film holder, a film side discriminating unit, and an image processor. The film holder is arranged to hold the developed film with one side thereof faced toward the imaging device. The film side discriminating unit determines which side of the film held by the film holder is an emulsion side. The image processor reverses an image captured from the film to produce an erect image when the film side discriminating unit has determined that the side of the film not facing the imaging device is the emulsion side. Accordingly, the film scanner arranged as above can produce an erect image even if the film strip is placed in the film holder with wrong side thereof faced toward the imaging device.
Claims15
A film scanner that captures an image of a developed film by an imaging device, comprising:
- a film holder arranged to hold said developed film with one side of said film facing toward said imaging device;
- a film side discriminator that determines which side of said film held by said film holder is an emulsion side;
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- an image processor that reverses an image captured from said film to produce an erect image when said film side discriminator determines that a side of said film not facing the imaging device is the emulsion side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.