Lyn M Eshelman

Title: Lyn M. Eshelman and Color Photothermography

Introduction

Lyn M. Eshelman is an inventor associated with Penfield, New York, and Eastman Kodak Company. Her work includes color photothermography, a method for producing color images through thermal processing. She is credited with 11 patents.

Latest Patents

One of Eshelman’s latest listed inventions, “Color Photothermography,” describes a camera-speed method for creating color images using photothermographic film. The film contains a panchromatically sensitized emulsion layer unit that can form silver and dye image densities during thermal development.

The method exposes three separate image-capture areas to blue, green, or red light from a photographic subject, creating corresponding latent images. After thermal processing, the images are converted into additive or subtractive primary hues and integrated to form a positive or negative color image. The supplied patent information lists this invention twice with the same description.

Career Highlights

Eshelman’s listed work connects photographic imaging with thermally developable materials. The color photothermography method is designed to capture and combine color information while using thermal processing to produce the resulting image.

Collaborations

Eshelman is associated with Eastman Kodak Company. Her listed coworkers include David Howard Levy and Mark Edward Irving.

Conclusion

Lyn M. Eshelman’s patent record highlights her contribution to color photothermographic imaging, particularly a process for capturing and combining red, green, and blue image information into a color photograph.