Method and camera for writing hand-generated information on a filmstrip in the camera
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsJ. Kelly Lee, Gerald John Angeli, Frederick John Jeffers, Svetlana Reznik, Dale Frederick McIntyre
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Abstract
A filmstrip which has a substantially transparent magnetic layer is loaded into a camera. Successive sections of the filmstrip are moved inside the camera to locate corresponding sections of the magnetic layer adjacent an inside face of a magnetic-film-write-on portion of the camera. A hand held stylus is manually moved on an outside face of the magnetic-film-write-on portion, opposite the inside face, to record hand-generated information magnetically on the magnetic layer.
Claims11
A method of writing hand-generated information on a filmstrip in a camera, comprising the steps of:
- loading a filmstrip which has a substantially transparent magnetic layer into the camera;
- moving successive sections of the filmstrip inside the camera to locate corresponding sections of the magnetic layer adjacent an inside face of a magnetic-film-write-on portion of the camera;
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- manually moving a hand held stylus on an outside face of the magnetic-film-write-on portion, opposite the inside face, to record hand-generated information magnetically on the magnetic layer.
In combination, a camera and a stylus for writing hand-generated information on a filmstrip in the camera, characterized in that:
- the filmstrip includes a transparent magnetic layer, the stylus is releasably secured to the camera and emits a magnetic field, and the filmstrip is positionable adjacent a first side of a magnetic-film-write-on portion of the camera, the write-on portion being sufficiently thin such that when the stylus is positioned adjacent a second side of the write-on portion and moved in a pattern, the pattern is recorded on the magnetic layer via the magnetic field emitted from the stylus.
A camera having means for receiving a photographic filmstrip with a magnetic recording layer, is characterized in that:
- a wall of the camera includes a magnetic-film-write-on portion which is made of a compliant magnetic material that emits a magnetic field, such that when the filmstrip is positioned adjacent the write-on portion of the wall, the compliant magnetic material can be moved towards the filmstrip in a pattern to record the pattern magnetically on the magnetic recording layer.
A camera having means for receiving a photographic filmstrip with a magnetic recording layer, is characterized in that:
- a wall of the camera includes a magnetic-film-write-on portion adjacent one side of which a hand-held stylus can be moved to record hand-generated information magnetically on the magnetic layer, the write-on portion including a layer of movable magnetic particles which assume a pattern similar to the hand-generated information as the hand-generated information is recorded on the magnetic layer, such that the hand generated information can be viewed by observing the magnetic particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.