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Photographic film preparation workstation

US5612796A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 1995
Grant dateMar 18, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/247
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A photographic film preparation workstation for supplying a high speed photographic printer and an index printer with film image computational data and film encoded data includes a film motion controller subsystem for controlling film movement, a film code reader subsystem for reading optically encoded film data, a magnetics reader subsystem for reading magnetically encoded film data, a film scanner subsystem for scanning film image data and generating a scanned image signal, a magnetics writer subsystem for optionally writing magnetic data to new format films, and a workstation controller in communication with the workstation subsystems for organizing, storing, and distributing subsystem signals.

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