Photofinishing method
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorJames R. Milch
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Abstract
A photofinishing method, including the steps of: exposing machine readable metadata and a scene image within an entire safe frame area on a filmstrip; processing the filmstrip to produce a visible image including the machine readable metadata and the scene image; scanning the safe frame area to produce a digital image; extracting the machine readable metadata from the digital image; extracting the scene image from the digital image; and processing the scene image according to the extracted machine readable metadata.
Claims10
A photofinishing method, comprising the steps of:
- a) exposing machine readable metadata and a scene image within an entire safe frame area on a filmstrip;
- b) processing the filmstrip to produce a visible image including the machine readable metadata and the scene image;
- c) scanning the safe frame area to produce a digital image;
- d) extracting the machine readable metadata from the digital image;
- e) extracting the scene image from the digital image;
- f) processing the scene image according to the extracted machine readable metadata;
- g) recording a distinctive pattern in the entire safe frame area at a beginning and end of the filmstrip to indicate that the filmstrip contains the machine readable metadata;
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- h) detecting the distinctive pattern on the filmstrip prior to extracting the machine readable metadata from the digital image.
A photographic system for transmitting information from a film camera to a processing device, comprising:
- a) a means for producing optical marks within a normal picture frame of filmstrip having a captured scene;
- b) a means for processing film to convert a latent image to a visible image;
- c) a means for detecting a distinctive pattern at both ends of the filmstrip, wherein the distinctive pattern declares that the filmstrip contains metadata;
- d) a means for separating the visible image arising from the captured scene from the optical marks;
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- e) a means for converting the visible image to a digitally formatted image produced corresponding to the optical marks.
A photo finishing system, comprising:
- a) means for exposing metadata and scene image within a safe frame area on a film-strip;
- b) means for recording a distinctive pattern in the safe frame area at the beginning and end of the filmstrip to indicate that the filmstrip contains the metadata;
- c) means for chemically processing the filmstrip to produce a visible image and detectable metadata;
- d) means for scanning the safe frame area to produce a digital image;
- e) means for detecting the distinctive pattern on the filmstrip;
- f) means for extracting the metadata from the digital image;
- g) means for extracting the scene image from the digital image;
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- h) means for processing the scene image according to an extracted metadata.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.