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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1991
Erhan H Gunday, New York, NY (US);
Michael Doliton, Maywood, NJ (US);
Paul Foung, Dumont, NJ (US);
John R Lee, New York, NY (US);
Sony Corporation of America, Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for generating video signals from a photographic image previously recorded on film (a cine-video system) which includes a film transport mechanism for advancing or rewinding the film in order to position a film frame at a film gate for projection, an image projector which detects when a film gate for projection, an image projector which detects when a film frame is positioned at the film gate and projects an illuminated image of that frame, a video pickup system which receives the image and generates a video signal which represents it, and an output circuit which produces a resultant output video signal.