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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. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Applicants:
Stephen G. Malloy Desormeaux, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert Luke Walker, Penfield, NY (US);
Inventors:
Stephen G. Malloy Desormeaux, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert Luke Walker, Penfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Xodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a camera and method, a first electronic image is captured and stored in memory. A second electronic image is then captured. The second electronic image replaces the first electronic image in memory when the camera does not have a film unit loaded and the memory has capacity for storing both images. The second electronic image is stored in memory with the first electronic image when the camera has a film unit loaded and the memory has capacity for storing both images.