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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leslie G Moore, Jr, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358215 ; 358214 ; 358 54 ; 358 97 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for operating CCD sensors of a telecine machine at full well potential during a conversion mode of operation and at 1/2 full well potential during shuttle mode operations. The disclosed method and apparatus optimize the signal-to-noise S/N ratio during the conversion mode of operation.