Method for communicating scene orientation of camera film to photo finishing equipment
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsDavid Lynn Patton, Stephen John Rowan, Joseph Anthony Manico
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Abstract
A method is described for communicating printing instructions on exposed photographic film to photo finishing equipment to enable imaging parameters to be set automatically which includes the steps of splicing a first exposed strip of film to a second exposed strip of film with a film-splicing label, encoding the label with low resolution indicia, and feeding the spliced first and second films to a film-splicing label reader for reading the code and automatically setting the parameters for printing. A film-splicing label encoded with indicia for identifying the scene orientation, the number of prints and/or whether sound is to be provided.
Claims9
A method for communicating two process order features to photofinishing equipment to enable two feature parameters to be performed automatically by the photofinishing equipment, comprising the steps of:
- splicing the trailing end of a first exposed strip of film to the leading end of a second exposed strip of film with a film-splicing label;
- and
- encoding said film-splicing label with a code for two order features that are to be performed with respect to one of said exposed strip of photographic film.
A method for communicating the requirements for the addition of sound to photofinishing equipment to enable the photofinishing equipment to add sound to developed prints, comprising the steps of:
- splicing the trailing end of a first exposed strip of film to the leading end of a second exposed strip of film with a film-splicing label;
- and
- encoding said film-splicing label with a code for signifying the addition of sound to prints made from the exposed film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.