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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:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yukari Maeda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/253 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/253 ;
Abstract
A film image reading method includes reading an image on the film to generate image signals, calculating a contrast value based on the image signals, extracting attribute information regarding the film, normalizing a contrast value in accordance with the extracted attribute information, and displaying the normalized contrast value, and a device for effecting the method.