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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. 07, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideyuki Koguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 47 ; 355 41 ;
Abstract
The improved apparatus for exposing a light-sensitive material to recording light modulated in accordance with an image to be recorded includes a source of recording light, a multi-channel spatial light modulating element using a liquid crystal, imaging optics with which the recording light modulated with the spatial light modulating element is imaged on the light-sensitive material, and apparatus for adjusting the temperature of the spatial light modulating element. This exposing apparatus ensures that image of high quality (high resolution) can be recorded at high speed by performing multi-channel exposure with an inexpensive and simple device design.