Identification card camera system and method
AssigneePolaroid Corporation
InventorsLinda L. Blakely, Myron A. Seiden
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Abstract
An identification card camera system including a data carrier and an arrangement for reproducing on an identification card a portion of the data from the data carrier and the image of a subject, and for reproducing on a photographic record the portion of the data reproduced on the identification card, as well as additional data from the data carrier and an image of the subject. A blip is produced on the photographic record in association with each subject and related data. Additional blips representing the beginning and end of subjects and related data recorded during a supervisory operational period are produced on the photographic record.
Claims23
The method of providing a composite identification card having an image of both a subject and data related thereto presented in adjoining relation in a given card format and also providing a record of the subject image and related data, said method comprising:
- providing a data carrier for presenting card data relating to a given subject and other data relating thereto in adjoining relation in a given plane and in a format similar to said given card format, but with said other data being presented by said carrier in the area of the carrier format which corresponds to the subject area in said card format;
- forming an image of said given subject in photo card material in a given subject area thereof and in photo record material in a first area thereof;
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- forming an image of only said card data of the carrier presentation in a data area of said card material adjoining said subject area and a full image of said carrier presentation in a second area of said record material whereby said record material includes an image of said subject and an image of both card data and said other data.
In a photographic identification apparatus for providing a composite identification card having an image of both a subject and data related thereto presented in adjoining relation in a given card format and also a record of the subject image and related data, said system comprising:
- a data carrier for presenting card data relating to a given subject and other data relating thereto in a given plane in adjoining first and second areas thereof in a format similar to said given card format, but with said other data being presented by said carrier in the area of the carrier format which corresponds to the subject area in said card;
- an identification card image plane configured for receiving photo card material;
- a record image plane configured for receiving a photo record element;
- exposing means for directing light from a subject to said card image plane to expose the subject area of photo card material presented thereat and to said record image plane to expose a subject area in the photo record element presented thereat, and for directing light from said first area of said data carrier to said card image plane to expose a data area of said photo card material and from both said first and second areas of said data carrier to said second image plane to expose an image of both said card data and said other data in a data area of said photo record element presented thereat whereby said record element includes an image of said subject and a full image of the data presented by said carrier with said card data and said other data recorded in a record format similar to said card format, but with said other data occupying the area of said record format which corresponds to the subject area of said card.
A photographic identification system for providing composite subject/data identification cards and a photo record corresponding to each such card, comprising:
- optical means for directing light from a subject to a subject area of an identification card image plane and to a photo record image plane, and for directing light from a data carrier to a data area of the identification card image plane and to the photo record image plane;
- means for presenting a succession of discrete image frames to said photo record image plane;
- means for exposing the data area of said identification card image plane to a data image of light directed from said data carrier;
- means for exposing said photo record image plane to the data image of light directed from the data carrier;
- means for exposing the subject area of said identification card image plane to light directed from a subject;
- means for exposing said photo record image plane to light directed from the same subject;
- means for presenting a succession of discrete image frames to said photo record image plane, including for each card one image frame to receive said data image of light directed from the data carrier and another data frame to receive the light directed from the subject;
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- first means for producing on the photo record adjacent the image frames a first blip associated with said one image frame and said another image frame.
The method of providing composite subject/data identification cards and a filmstrip record of such cards, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a data carrier for card data and record data applicable to each subject;
- photographically reproducing only the card data portion of said carrier on a data area of an identification card;
- photographically reproducing both said card data and said record data of said carrier on one frame of the filmstrip record;
- photographically reproducing an image of the subject on a subject area of the same identification card;
- photographically reproducing an image of the same subject on another frame of the filmstrip record;
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- producing on the filmstrip record a first blip associated with the data frame and the subject frame of the filmstrip record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.