Motion picture film scanner with automated failed splice recovery
OwnerStefan Demetrescuinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for digitally scanning motion picture film with automatic recovery after a failed splice or break is repaired. The system includes a motion picture film digital scanner. Software executed on a processor either integrated within the motion picture film digital scanner or in an external computer communicating with the motion picture film digital scanner detects film breakage. When an operator signals that the splice repair operation is complete, the software directs the scanner to rewind the film by a pre-determined amount and resume scanning. The software automatically, and seamlessly, merges the scan sequences from before and after the splice repair operation.
Claims16
A motion picture film digital scanning system, comprising:
- a motion picture film digital scanner;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors, and instructions stored in the storage medium that, when executed by the one or more processors causes the motion picture film digital scanner to perform operations including:
- digitally scanning a motion picture film portion, creating a first scan sequence;
- terminating automatically the first scan sequence, in response to the motion picture film portion breaking;
- automatically digitally scanning a second scan sequence, commencing at a position in the motion picture film portion before a last scanned frame of the first scan sequence;
- identifying automatically one or more overlapping frames from the first scan sequence and the second scan sequence;
- and
- editing together, automatically and seamlessly, the first scan sequence and the second scan sequence, and discarding redundant frames from a resulting merged sequence.
A method carried out by a motion picture film digital scanning system, the method comprising:
- digitally scanning a motion picture film portion, creating a first scan sequence;
- terminating automatically the first scan sequence, in response to the motion picture film portion breaking;
- automatically scanning a second scan sequence commencing at a position in the motion picture film portion before a last scanned frame of the first scan sequence;
- identifying automatically one or more overlapping frames from the first scan sequence and the second scan sequence;
- editing together, automatically and seamlessly, the first scan sequence and the second scan sequence, and discarding redundant frames from a resulting merged sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.