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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:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Bruce Wheeler, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 40 ; 355 77 ;
Abstract
A method of setting chromatic correction in exposure determining algorithms of an automatic photographic printer using inferential illuminant detection derived from data recorded at a camera during picture taking. For scenes having a scene light level above a predetermined level, daylight chromatic correction is set at the printer. For scenes having a scene light level below this level, daylight chromatic correction is set at the printer if sufficient flash illuminant is determined from the recorded data to exist in the image otherwise a non-daylight chromatic correction corresponding to a high degree of chromatic correction is set at the printer.