Motion picture processing system
AssigneeWindense Ltd.
InventorMichael Howell
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Abstract
Described herein is a processing apparatus, film scanner and associated method, such as a processing apparatus for processing motion picture film, comprising an identification module for identifying selected regions of one or more digital images or digital video clips of the film; and an image modification module configured to access or produce data; and modify at least one of the one or more digital images or the digital video clip so as to provide the data in at least one of the selected regions. Advantageously, the selected regions correspond to perforations in the film.
Claims15
A method of producing or modifying a digital image or digital video clip of at least part of a photographic processed film, the method comprising:
- providing the photographic processed film which is in a developed state;
- accessing or producing an additional data;
- identifying portions of one or more digital images or digital video clips of the photographic processed film that represent a plurality of perforations in the photographic processed film each having a free space;
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- modifying at least one of the one or more digital images or digital video clips of the photographic processed film so as to provide or encode the additional data in the free space of at least one of the plurality of portions that represent perforations in the photographic processed film.
A processing apparatus for processing digital images and/or digital video clips of a photographic processed film, the processing apparatus comprising:
- an identification module for identifying portions of one or more digital images or digital video clips of the photographic processed film which is in a developed state and which has a plurality of perforations in the photographic processed film each having a free space;
- said identification module adapted to identify free space portions of one or more digital images or digital video clips of the photographic processed film that represent the free spaces of the perforations in the photographic processed film;
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- an image modification module configured to access or produce additional data;
- and modify at least one of the one or more digital images or the digital video clip of the photographic processed film so as to provide the additional data in at least one of the identified free space portions.
A reading and/or display apparatus for reading digital images and/or digital video clips of a photographic processed film, the apparatus comprising:
- said photographic processed film which is in a developed state having one or more of a perforation having a free space region;
- an input module for receiving and/or reading one or more digital images and/or digital video clips of the photographic processed film which is in a developed state, said input module receiving and/or reading one or more digital images and/or digital video clips of one or more of said free space region of the one or more said perforation of the photographic processed film;
- at least one or more of the digital images and/or digital video clips of the one or more of said free space region having an additional data added to the digital images and/or digital video clips of the one or more of said free space region,
- an identification module for identifying one or more digital images and/or digital video clips of said free space region of one or more of said perforation of the photographic processed film;
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- a data extraction module for reading the additional data of said one or more of said free space region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.