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A system for reading an image formed on a silver-salt film comprising:

• (a) a magnetic-information reading unit for reading information which is recorded onto said film upon photographing of said image, said information for modifying the image on the film generated by the system;
• (b) a photoelectric image conversion unit comprising a single line sensor for converting lines of the image formed on said film, to an electric signal;
• (c) memory means for storing an image signal from said photoelectric conversion means;
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• (d) a control unit for controlling said photoelectric image conversion unit for the basis of information of said information reading unit, said control unit providing relative movement between the film image and the single line sensor for converting the film image into electric signals, one line at a time and
• (e) a modification unit for modifying information read by said information reading unit by manual operation, wherein said control unit controls said image conversion unit on the basis of the information read by said information reading unit and information modified by said modification unit.

A system for reading an image formed on a silver-salt film having a magnetic recording medium, containing information written upon recording of said image on said film comprising:

• (a) a magnetic information reading unit for reading said information recorded onto said magnetic recording medium, said information for modifying the image on the film generated by the system;
• (b) an image reading unit comprising a single line sensor for electrically reading successive lines of the image formed on said film;
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• (c) a control unit for controlling said image reading unit on the basis of information of said magnetic information reading unit as the image on the film undergoes line-by-line conversion, said control unit providing relative movement between the film image and the single line sensor for converting the film image into electric signals, one line at a time;
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• (d) a modification unit for modifying information read by said magnetic information reading unit by manual operation, wherein said control unit controls said image reading unit on the basis of the information read by said magnetic information reading unit and information modified by said modification unit.

An apparatus for converting photographing information, recorded on a film during photographing of an image on said film to an electric signal, comprising:

• (a) an image converting unit having light-source means and a photoelectric image conversion unit including a single line sensor for outputting a line of image information of the film as the electric signal;
• (b) an information reading unit for outputting the photographing information recorded on the film as an electric signal as the image on the film undergoes line-by-line conversion;
• (c) memory means for AID converting an output signal from said photoelectric image conversion means and, subsequently, storing the output signal from said photoelectric image conversion means, and
• (d) a control unit operative in response to an output signal from said information reading unit to control at least one of said photoelectric image conversion unit and said memory means, and including means for providing relative movement between said film and said single line sensor to provide line by line conversion of the image into electric signals;
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• (e) a modification unit for modifying information read by said information reading unit by manual operation, wherein said control unit controls said image conversion unit on the basis of the information read by said information reading unit and information modified by said modification unit.

An apparatus for converting image information and magnetic information recorded onto a film having a magnetic recording section during photographing of an image on said film, to an electric signal, comprising:

• (a) an image conversion unit having a photoelectric conversion unit and light-source means variable in intensity, for reading the image information on the film as an electric signal;
• (b) magnetic-signal reproducing means for outputting information magnetically recorded on the film, as a reading electric signal, said information for modifying the image on the film;
• (c) memory means for A/ID converting an output signal from said photoelectric conversion unit and, subsequently, storing the output signal from said photoelectric conversion unit;
• (d) a control unit for controlling at least one of said image conversion means and said memory unit as the image on the film undergoes line-by-line conversion in response to an output signal from said magnetic-signal reproducing means;
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• (e) a modification unit for modifying information read by said information reading unit by manual operation, wherein said control unit controls said image conversion unit on the basis of the information read by said information reading unit and information modified by said modification unit.

An apparatus comprising light-source means variable in intensity for illuminating a film with light of a predetermined color temperature and intensity, for converting an image and photographing information recorded on the film during photographing of said image, to an electric signal, said apparatus including:

• (a) signal reproducing means for outputting a photographing information signal recorded onto the film as an electric signal, said information for modifying the image on the film generated by the system;
• (b) a photoelectric conversion unit including a single line sensor for outputting a line of an optical image of the film irradiated by said light-source means, as an electric signal;
• (c) memory means for A/D converting an output signal from said photoelectric conversion unit and, subsequently, storing the output signal from said photoelectric conversion unit;
• (d) a control unit operative in response to an output signal from said signal reproducing unit for controlling at least one of said photoelectric conversion unit and said memory means as the image on the film undergoes line-by-line conversion, said control unit including means for controlling relative movement between said single line sensor and said film to provide line-by-line conversion of the film image;
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• (e) a modification unit for modifying information read by said information reading unit by manual operation, wherein said control unit controls said image conversion unit on the basis of the information read by said information reading unit and information modified by said modification unit.

An apparatus having light-source means variable in intensity for illuminating a film with light at a predetermined color temperature and intensity, for converting an image and photographing information recorded on the film during photographing of said image, to an electric signal, said apparatus comprising:

• (a) photographing-information reproducing means for outputting photographing information recorded on said film, as an electric signal, said information for modifying the image on the film generated by the system;
• (b) a photoelectric conversion unit having storage-type single line sensor means for outputting an image of the film irradiated by said light-source means as an electric signal;
• (c) memory means for A/D converting an output signal from said photoelectric conversion unit and, subsequently, storing the output signal from said photoelectric conversion unit;
• (d) a control unit for controlling at least one of said photoelectric conversion unit and said memory means in response to an output signal from said photographing-information reproducing means as the image on the film undergoes line-by-line conversion, said control unit including means for providing relative movement between said single line sensor and said film to provide line-by-line conversion of the film image;
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• (e) a modification unit for modifying information read by said information reading unit by manual operation, wherein said control unit controls said photoelectric conversion unit on the basis of the information read by said information reading unit and information modified by said modification unit.

A film scanner system for reading an image from a film comprising:

• (a) an image conversion unit comprising a single line sensor for converting a line of a photographing image recorded on said film during photographing of said image, to an electrical signal;
• (b) an information reading unit for reading information recorded on said film, said information for modifying the image on the film generated by the system;
• (c) an image conversion control unit for controlling said image conversion unit on the basis of the information read by said information reading unit as the image on the film undergoes line-by-line conversion, said control means including means for providing relative movement between said single line sensor and said film to provide line by line conversion of the film image;
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• (d) a modification unit for modifying information read by said information reading unit by manual operation, wherein said control unit controls said image conversion unit on the basis of the information read by said information reading unit and information modified by said modification unit.