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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Applicants:
Shigeru Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kaneko, Saitama-ken, JP;
Takashi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/253 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A head of a spliced film is transported to downstream side along a path by feed roller pairs, nip roller pairs and transport roller pairs; while the head of the spliced film is detected by a sensor located before a transport merging portion, the nip roller pairs are stop to rotate; a joint of the spliced film is detected based on a signal from a splice sensor; the spliced film is cut by a film cutter at the joint; and the head photographic film is separated from the spliced film and images are read.