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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:
Aug. 20, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael C Moorman, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; H04N / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358209 ; 358909 ; 358 81 ; 358 82 ; 354465 ;
Abstract
The invention is an exposure metering system particularly adapted for use with an electronic camera. The exposure meter is responsive to the electrical signals formed by the image capturing electronics of the camera. Using these electrical signals, a pseudocolored image is formed and displayed based on the exposure of individual image sub-areas. A full tonal original image may thus be modified to provide an image having zones each with one selectable tonal value. Each zone thus formed represents a range of tones appearing in the original image.