Method and apparatus for archiving an image
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsMeinolf Blawat, Peter Jax, Klaus Gaedke, Ingo Huetter
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for archiving an image on a photographic medium are described. The image consists of an array of pixels, where a color depth of the pixels is n bits. In addition to recording the array of pixels on the photographic medium also a subset of the n bits describing the color of the pixel is recorded on the photographic medium for each pixel.
Claims12
A method for archiving an image on a photographic medium, the image consisting of an array of pixels, where a color depth of the pixels is n bits, n being an integer, the method comprising the steps of:
- recording the array of pixels of the image on the photographic medium;
- and
- additionally recording for each pixel of the array of pixels a subset of the n bits describing the color of the pixel on the photographic medium.
An apparatus for archiving an image on a photographic medium, the image consisting of pixels, where a color depth of the pixels is n bits, n being an integer, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor for determining for each pixel of the array of pixels a subset of the n bits describing the color of the pixel;
- and
- a recorder for recording the array of pixels of the image and additionally for each pixel of the array of pixels the determined subset of the n bits on the photographic medium.
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