Film scanner
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeiji Sawanobori
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Abstract
A film scanner for electronically scanning an image recorded on a photographic film, includes an image scanner unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit, and a back-light unit in a body. The back-light radiates a light from a top surface of the body, and the film is slidably supported on the top surface. The image scanner unit scans the image of the film illuminated by the back-light unit. The liquid crystal display (LCD) unit illuminated by the back-light unit, displays the image scanned by the image scanner unit. The LCD unit is pivotably removable from the top surface, such that the film is disclosed.
Claims17
A film scanner that electronically scans an image recorded on a photographic film, comprising:
- a body including a film supporting surface that slidably guides said photographic film;
- a back-light unit disposed in said body that radiates light from said film supporting surface;
- an image scanner unit that scans said image on said photographic film illuminated by said light of said back-light unit, wherein said image scanner unit includes a line sensor that scans said image on said photographic film and said image scanner unit shifts said photographic film relative to said line sensor while interposing said photographic film between said film supporting surface and said line sensor;
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- a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit that displays said image scanned by said image scanner unit and is illuminated by said light of said back-light unit.
A film scanner that electronically scans an image recorded on a photographic film, comprising:
- a body including a film supporting surface that slidably guides said photographic film;
- a back-light unit disposed in said body that radiates light from said film supporting surface;
- an image scanner unit that scans said image on said photographic film illuminated by said light of said back-light unit;
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- a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit that displays said image scanned by said image scanner unit and is illuminated by said light of said back-light unit,
- wherein said film supporting surface is a top surface of said body, and said LCD unit and said image scanner unit are disposed on said top surface.
A film scanner that electronically scans an image recorded on a photographic film, comprising:
- a body including a film supporting surface that slidably guides said photographic film;
- a back-light unit disposed in said body that radiates light from said film supporting surface;
- an image scanner unit that scans said image on said photographic film illuminated by said light of said back-light unit;
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- a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit that displays said image scanned by said image scanner unit and is illuminated by said light of said back-light unit,
- wherein said film supporting surface is a bottom surface of said body, and said back-light unit further comprises a prism that directs said light from a top surface downward along an outer side surface of said body, said LCD unit being disposed on said top surface, and said image scanner unit being disposed at a bottom of said body and irradiated by said directed light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.