US 5,843,615 A · Image-recording technology

Abstract

Image-recording technology records images displayed on a screen onto an image sheet. An image-recording assembly has an image sheet and an associated opaque shield. The shield is slidable to expose the image sheet to the image displayed on the screen. The image sheet may be of the type which has microcapsules containing photo-hardenable chemicals coated onto a base sheet. The image-recording assembly is positioned in front of a screen displaying an image with a user exposing the image sheet by shiffing the position of the shield. The exposure time may be controlled manually by the user or automatically by software displaying the image on the screen. To develop the image sheet, unexposed microcapsules are ruptured by either applying pressure to the image sheet or forcefully sliding the image sheet across a sharp edge. The image-recording assembly may be flexible and is preferably less than 15 mils thick.

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Dependent claims

A method of recording images from a portable computer screen comprising the steps of:

preparing a thin flexible image-recording assembly including a mechanically developable image sheet and an associated thin flexible shield, said assembly being less than approximately 20 mils thick;
mounting said assembly on the screen of a portable computer;
removing said shield in the presence of an image on said screen, to form an image on said image sheet;
replacing said shield to cover said image sheet;
applying mechanical forces to said assembly to develop the image on said image sheet;
and
removing said shield to view the developed image;
whereby a copy of an image on a portable computer may be obtained without access to a printer.

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