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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:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Benjamin Franklin Richmond, Baldock, GB;
Assignee:
Rank Cintel Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
386128 ; 348 97 ;
Abstract
In a film scanner, noise caused by fluctuations in the intensity of a light source 100 are corrected by taking a sample 175 of the light source and correcting the image read from, or written to, the film with respect to the sample. Preferably, the sample is routed around a film gate 105 and has a similar optical path as the image sample 125. In this way, noise due to variations in the optical path and additional electronics 185 may also be corrected.