Method of reproducing a portion of a photograph
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorStanley Ward Stephenson, III
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Abstract
A photograph is masked such that only a portion of a scene in the photograph is visible. The mask is adjusted to alter the portion of the scene which is visible until a portion of the scene which is desired to be reproduced is visible. Information which identifies the portion of the scene which is desired to be reproduced is recorded. The recorded information is used to create a hard copy reproduction of the portion of the scene which is desired to be reproduced.
Claims9
A method of making a reproduction of a portion of a hard copy image, comprising the steps of:
- manually isolating a portion of the image to be reproduced by making only that portion visible;
- automatically identifying the location of the portion within the image;
- scanning substantially only the selected portion of the image to obtain an electronic representation of the portion of the image;
- and
- utilizing the electronic representation of the portion of the image to reproduce only that portion of the image in a hard copy.
A method of making a reproduction of a portion of a photograph, comprising the steps of:
- reading first indicia on a photograph and second indicia on a filmstrip related to the first indicia, the first and second indicia identifying the filmstrip and an image frame on the filmstrip from which the photograph was made;
- verifying that the photograph corresponds to the filmstrip by comparing the first and second indicia;
- selecting a portion of the photograph to reproduce;
- identifying the location of said portion of the photograph to be reproduced;
- recording information identifying the location of said portion of the photograph on the filmstrip;
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- utilizing the recorded information to reproduce said portion of the photograph from the image frame on the filmstrip from which the photograph was made.
A method of reproducing a selected portion of a scene in a photograph, comprising the steps of:
- masking the photograph with a mask such that only the selected portion of thescene in the photograph is visible;
- adjusting the mask to alter the portion of the scene which is visible until only the selected portion of the scene which is desired to be reproduced is visible;
- automatically recording information which identifies the selected portion of the scene which is desired to be reproduced;. and
- using the recorded information to create a hard copy reproduction of the selected portion of the scene which is desired to be reproduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.