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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Omid A Moghadam, Rochester, NY (US);
Majid Rabbani, Pittsford, NY (US);
Kevin A Townsend, Brockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G03F / ; G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358527 ; 358487 ; 380 18 ; 355 39 ; 396310 ; 396311 ;
Abstract
A secure photographic system includes: a photographic film bearing an image and indicia representing a desired digital image security feature relating to the image; a scanner for scanning the image on the film to generate a digital image; means for detecting the indicia on the film to generate a security feature control signal; and digital image processing means responsive to the security feature control signal and the digital image for applying the desired digital image security feature to the digital image.