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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Sharman, Dunstable, GB;
John A Weldy, Harrow-on-the-Hill, GB;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358512 ; 358504 ; 358527 ;
Abstract
Described herein is a method of scanning an image formed on a color filter array film using a monochrome scanner. The image forming layer of the film is chosen so as to have a maximum density which occupies a small portion of the dynamic density range of the scanner, the excess density range of the scanner being used to decode the colors of the color filter array.