Method and apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on a photographic filmstrip
US5317364A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 4, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 31, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2217/247
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for reproducing images recorded on a photographic filmstrip wound on a film spool contained in a cartridge, the photographic filmstrip having machine-readable frame numbers associated with the images recorded thereon and the photographic filmstrip being associated with a device for storing film related data including frame numbers identifying selected images to be reproduced. The apparatus characterized in that a control device includes determining whether a frame number of a first available frame on a photographic filmstrip removed from a film cartridge is equal to one or is greater than one; searching first for a highest of the respective frame numbers of the selected images on a photographic filmstrip removed from the cartridge and then in succession the next lowest frame number of the selected images until all of the frame numbers of the selected images have been found if the frame number of the first available frame of a photographic filmstrip is equal to one, or for searching first for a lowest of the respective frame numbers of the selected images on a photographic film strip removed from the cartridge and then in succession the next highest frame number of the …
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