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US 5,629,753 AGranted
Method and apparatus of determining settings for photographic printing condition
AssigneeNoritsu Koki Co., Ltd.
InventorToshiro Akira
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Abstract
A method of determining settings for photographic printing condition comprises the steps of reading a plurality of identification codes from a negative film on which the identification codes are recorded at intervals of a given distance, and when the identification codes are found of two or more types, determining the settings corresponding to one of the types of which the number of the identification codes is the greatest.
Claims2
A method of determining settings for photographic printing condition, comprising the steps of:
- reading a plurality of identification codes from a negative film on which the identification codes are recorded at intervals of a given distance;
- when the identification codes are found of two or more types, determining the settings corresponding to one of the types of which the number of the identification codes is the greatest;
- and
- when the identification codes are found of one single type, determining the settings corresponding to the type of the identification codes.
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A photographic printing condition setting apparatus comprising:
- a reader for reading a plurality of identification codes from a negative film on which the identification codes are recorded at intervals of a given distance;
- a memory for storage of the identification codes read by the reader;
- a searcher for retrieving the identification code of types from the memory;
- and
- an examiner for examining the identification codes retrieved by the searcher, when the identification codes are found of two or more types, determining the settings for printing conditions corresponding to one of the types of which the number of the identification codes is the greatest, and when the identification codes are found of one single type, determining the settings corresponding to the type of the identification codes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.