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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. 17, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1989
Richard C Rice, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Barry N Stone, Hartland, WI (US);
Lynn J Orendorff, Waukesha, WI (US);
Camtronics, Ltd., Delafield, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a control system for and method of controlling an apparatus of the type for exposing photographic film with image data which control system and method are adapted to compensate for variations in the exposure intensity, while also adjusting for different formats of image data. In one form, control system of the present invention determines the format of the image data, determines an exposure format in response to the format of the image data for producing an image on the film having a predetermined size, and calibrates an intensity for the exposure in response to the determined exposure format.