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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:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1998
Masataka Hamada, Osakasayama, JP;
Yasuaki Serita, Sakai, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a device and method for enabling the writing of a print format and a trimming magnification onto a film surface using a simple construction. Film information comprising a print format set using a format setting switch,and a trimming magnification set using a trimming setting switch,is converted into three-bit data by a data conversion circuit,inside a controller,. This information is input to an LED light emission controller,. Photoemitter elements,and,are located in the feeding path for the top and bottom edge areas of the film F, and a LED light emission controller,causes the photoemitter elements,and,to emit light during a series of image recording operations, whereby the film information is written onto the top and bottom edge areas of the film F. By optically writing the print format information and the trimming information onto the film F, both items of information can be easily written onto the film surface without making the device complex.