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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Stephen C. Arnold, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Robert E. Ashe, Henrietta, NY (US);
Dana A. Carlile, Webster, NY (US);
Mary-Irene E. Condo, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas D. Jensen, Holley, NY (US);
R. Winfield Trafton, Holley, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An illuminant head assembly for a photographic film image scanner includes a linear light source, preferably a linear array of spectrally distinct illuminant elements combined with a main body having an elongate light conducting channel aligned with the light source and having a light pipe in the light conducting channel, the light pipe having a light diffusion material dispersed therein. The illuminant head assembly in a preferred embodiment includes additional light sources at one or both ends of the linear array and the main body includes additional light channels aligned with the additional light sources, the additional light sources and channels serving as illuminant sources for scanning marginal regions of the photographic film in the film scanner.