Eastman-kodak Company

Eastman Kodak

Thierry G Vachette

Olivier Jean Poncelet

Yannick J Lerat

Joseph Anthony Manico

Didier J Martin

John P Spoonhower

Gustavo R Paz-Pujalt

Stephen Gulick, Jr

Eric Masera

Arunachalam T Ram

Nicholas P Touchard

Howard C Brayman

Jean-Philippe Vandroux

Fred R Chamberlain

Mark S Prichard

The adapter cassette comprises: a) means to receive a reel on which is wound a strip of photographic film having photographic images recorded thereon; b) transport means run by the operation of a VCR loaded with the adapter cassette to control the position of the strip of film at least partially wound on the reel in relation to an analysis position; and c) means for analysis and transformation of the signal to provide a video signal representing the image stored on the strip of film and located in front of the analysis position.

Displaying photographs on a television screen using a videocassette recorder

An article having an lenticular image formed thereon and a sound generating mechanism associated therewith for generating a sound message, the sound message being coordinated with respect to movement of the article. A mechanism for moving the lenticular image along a predetermined path may also be provided and for coordinating the sound message with the movement of the lenticular image. Different sound segments may be activated with respect to the line-of-sight or distance of the observer with respect to the lenticular image.

System and article for displaying a lenticular image with sound

A system and process for combining a prerecorded digital image with hand written graphic elements. The system comprises at least one computer for managing the links between the various parts of the system; at least one mechanism for supplying a prerecorded digital image to the system; and a peripheral (P). The peripheral includes, a mechanism for, on the one hand, displaying the prerecorded image and, on the other hand, digitally recording data corresponding to the hand written graphic elements; and a processor for managing the functions of the mechanism for displaying the prerecorded image and for communicating with the computer.

System and process for writing by hand on a digital image

The present invention relates to a device for controlling fluid movements. The device includes a fluid guiding device, and a fluid moving device which includes polymers whose hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties can be selected under the action of an external force. The fluid moving device comprises a plurality of polymer elements whose hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties can be selected. The elements are arranged along the guiding device and at least one actuating unit is used to generate the external force.

Device for controlling fluid movement

A halftone type printing process for a digital image I intended to be viewed through a lenticular network includes a plurality of lenses. The image I includes a number j of pixel lines and comprises a number n of interleaved images. One interleaved strip of each of the n images is in correspondence with one lens. The process comprises the steps of sampling n images to obtain n digital images comprising a total j of pixel lines; applying a dithering algorithm to each of the n digital images obtained in the preceding step; cutting each dithered image into a number q of strips comprising an identical number of lines for each dithered image, with the cutting being such that the sum of the pixel line strips of the n images intended to correspond with the same lens is equal to j/q; constructing the image I by interleaving the strips of n dithered images in order; and printing the image I.

Digital image printing process

The present invention relates to a device for moving a fluid which can be used in the ink jet printing art. The device of the present invention includes a mechanism for moving the fluid by using polymers. The polymers have hydrophilic or hydrophobic properties that can be selected under the action of an external stress.

Device for moving a fluid

A printing device comprising a polymer element capable of switching from an initial state to a final state when subjected to an event, the initial state and the final state being selected from an hydrophilic state and an hydrophobic state provided that the initial state differs from the second state, wherein said polymer element is impregnated with a print fluid, and a controller adapted to generate the event producing the switch of the polymer element, provided that the event is an optical, a thermal or a chemical event, wherein the controller is adapted to generate the event producing the switch of the polymer element on a localized zone and on a internal zone delimited by the localized zone, in order to form a fluid drop at the surface of the polymer element.

Print device using hydrophilic/hydrophobic polymers

The invention relates to an ink reservoir for ink jet printing. This reservoir includes a solid electrolyte pellet inserted in the wall of the reservoir, which conducts O,ions when subjected to an electric current. The reservoir allows to control the internal atmosphere of the reservoir above the free surface of the ink that it contains.

Atmosphere control device for ink reservoir applied to ink jet printing

The invention relates to a device for moving fluids. The invention device includes an enclosure, a solid electrolyte which can produce oxygen in the enclosure so as to distort a membrane that acts to move a fluid in an enclosure. This device is useful to produce a head for ink jet printing.

Device using the action of a gas for controlling the movement of a fluid

An integral image element includes at least one display control parameter that is stored in a storage mechanism located in a data code field of the integral image element. The display control parameter is read by an information reading device of a dynamic display unit that controls the display of the integral image element based on the display control parameter. The display control parameter or parameters stored on the integral image element may include a frame rate parameter, a sound parameter, a scent parameter and an illumination parameter.

Integral image element with display control parameters

A time and temperature integrating device for providing a visually observable indication of cumulative thermal exposure is disclosed comprising (a) at least two thermally sensitive image-forming areas of differing thermal sensitivity, and (b) indicating indicia in association with the thermally sensitive areas for indicating when each thermally sensitive area of the device has been exposed to predetermined cumulative thermal exposures. Such cumulative time-temperature exposure indicators may advantageously monitor and provide an ongoing record of thermal exposure prior to reaching a state of complete degradation, or other monitored property change, in an associated product.

Gauge type time and temperature integrating indicator device

A method for exposing light sensitive material to provide exposure patches representing the material sensitivity and which minimizes the effects of intermittency of the light sensitive material, including providing a source of laser light by producing a laser light beam by a continuous wave pump laser which produces a first beam of light and a continuous wave dye laser responsive to the beam of light to produce a second beam of light having gaussian intensity distributions in two orthogonal directions; shaping the second light beam so as to produce a substantially square wave intensity distribution in one direction, while the other direction has a gaussian distribution; and scanning the shaped second light beam through a target of different uniform densities and onto light sensitive material so as to produce a series of exposure patches in one scan of different densities but with the density in each exposure patch being uniform, whereby the effect of intermittency in the light sensitive material is minimized.

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Thierry G Vachette