Film scanner
AssigneePENTAX Corporation
InventorsYuichi Kurosawa, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Shuzo Seo
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Abstract
A film scanner for scanning images formed on a film is provided with a film type identifying system that automatically identifies a type of a film to be scanned, and a scanning condition setting system that automatically sets a scanning condition in accordance with the type of the film identified by the film type identifying system.
Claims20
A film scanner for scanning images formed on a film, the film scanner comprising:
- a film type identifier that automatically identifies a type of a film to be scanned;
- a scanning condition setter that automatically sets a scanning condition in accordance with the type of the film identified by said film type identifier;
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- a plurality of imaging lenses, the scanning condition setter selecting one of the plurality of imaging lenses that corresponds to the type of film.
A film scanner for scanning images formed on a film, the film scanner comprising:
- a film type identifier that automatically identifies a type of a film to be scanned based on a size of the film, the film type identifier being configured to identify at least 8 mm film, 16 mm film, 35 mm film and “brownie” film;
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- a scanning condition setter that automatically sets a scanning condition in accordance with the type of the film identified by said film type identifier.
A film scanner for scanning images formed on a film, the film scanner comprising:
- a film type identifier that automatically identifies a type of a film to be scanned, the film type identifier being configured to identify at least negative film, positive film, infrared film and X-ray film;
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- a scanning condition setter that automatically sets a scanning condition in accordance with the type of the film identified by said film type identifier.
A film scanner for scanning images formed on a film, the film scanner comprising:
- a film type identifier that automatically identifies a type of a film to be scanned;
- a scanning condition setter that automatically sets a scanning condition in accordance with the type of the film, said scanning condition setter comprising a switcher that switches to one of a plurality of imaging lenses that corresponds to the type of film;
- a line image sensor unit that scans the film in a first direction;
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- an auxiliary scanning system that moves the film relative to the line image sensor in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction;
- wherein said scanning condition setter sets a focal length of the one imaging lens, which forms an image of the film on said line image sensor.
A film scanner for scanning images formed on a film, the film scanner comprising:
- a film type identifier that automatically identifies a type of a film to be scanned;
- a scanning condition setter that automatically sets a scanning condition in accordance with the type of the film;
- a line image sensor unit that scans the film in a first direction;
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- an auxiliary scanning system that moves the film relative to the line image sensor in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction;
- wherein said scanning condition setter sets a focal length of an imaging lens, which forms an image of the film on said line image sensor, and sets a moving amount of the film, relative to said line image sensor, for scanning each frame of the image in accordance with a size of the film.
A film scanner for scanning images formed on a film, the film scanner comprising:
- a film type identifier that automatically identifies a type of a film to be scanned based on optically identifying a film holder that holds the film, different types of films being held by different film holders, the film type identifier comprising a detector that detects a unique pattern formed by a plurality of openings in the film holder, the different film holders having different patterns;
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- a scanning condition setter that automatically sets a scanning condition in accordance with the type of the film identified by said film type identifier;
- wherein the detector comprises an image sensor that scans the film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.