Abstract:
In electronic film development, a film (101) is scanned, using light, multiple times during development. The light is reflected from an emulsion containing milky undeveloped silver halide embedded with developing grains. The undeveloped halide layer has a finite depth over which photons from a light source scatter backward. This depth is within the range of the coherency length of infrared sources commonly used in electronic film development, causing coherency speckle noise in the scanned image. A prescan made after the emulsion swells, but before the silver grains develop, normalizes subsequent scans, pixel by pixel, to cancel coherency speckle and other defects.
Abstract:
A plurality of color photographic images that have been captured on a continuous color photographic film strip are pre-scanned at low resolution and then rescanned at high resolution by an opto-electronic scanning device and processed for storage as a plurality of digitized images in a digital imagery data base. The film strip contains notches to spatially locate pre-scan frame data during rescan. During pre-scan the film strip is translated past an opto-electronic scanner in a first direction to obtain a plurality of first digitally encoded images. During high resolution rescan, the film strip is translated in the reverse direction. The high resolution imagery data is mapped into image storage memory on the basis of the contents of respective first digitally encoded images. During the rescan the mapping process is calibrated on the basis of information contained on the film strip other than the notches, such as detected interframe gaps and a correlation of low resolution and high resolution frame 'fingerprints'.
Abstract:
본 발명은 원고의 전면이 위로 오도록 정렬하여 스캐닝할 특정영역의 좌표를 입력함으로써 원고의 특정영역만을 스캐닝할 수 있는 스캐닝장치의 특정영역 스캐닝방법에 관한 것이다. 본 발명에 의한 스캐닝장치의 특정영역 스캐닝방법은, 플랫베드형 스캐닝장치의 좌표입력수단으로 입력된 특정 스캐닝영역을 저장하는 단계와; 스캐닝 시작여부를 확인하는 단계와; 특정영역의 스캐닝인 경우 예비 스캐닝하여 원고 크기를 측정한 후 저장하는 단계와; 저장된 스캐닝영역과 원고 크기로부터 실제 스캐닝할 영역을 산출하는 단계; 및 실제 스캐닝할 영역에 대한 실제 스캐닝을 수행하는 단계;를 포함한다. 플랫베드형 스캐닝장치, 원고크기, 특정영역, 눈금자, 예비스캐닝
Abstract:
Bi-directional multi-resolution scanner (10) having software/firmware for 1- to 2-pass high resolution scanning, enabling the scanner to capture and render image data both the standard direction, top (28) to bottom (34) pass, as well as the return direction, that is, bi-directional scanning, in contrast to prior art scanners which return to the start position after each pass without reading (scanning). Typical current B & W scanning of an 8 1/2 x 11'' image at 600 dpi takes a total time from start to reload to the next image of on the order of 42-67 seconds. In contrast, the inventive system scans and displays the high resolution image in about 37 seconds, some 7 - 30 seconds faster than a conventional scanner. In multiple image scanning, since the time for the two return passes (36) and the preview pass is eliminated, the productivity is increased from 20 to 300 % or more. Since multiple non-scan return passes are eliminated, the inventive system is also a substantial improvement for limited power bus devices.
Abstract:
Bi-directional multi-resolution scanner (10) having software/firmware for i- to 2-pass high resolution scanning, enabling the scanner to capture and render image data both the directions, top to bottom pass (30), as well as the return direction (34), that is, bi-directional scanning, in contrast to prior art scanners which return to the start position after each pass without reading (scanning). Typical current B & W scanning of an 8 1/2 x 11'' image at 600 dpi takes a total time from start to reload to the next image of on the order of 42-67 seconds. In contrast, the inventive system scans and displays the high resolution image in about 37 seconds, some 7 - 30 seconds faster than a conventional scanner. In multiple image scanning, since the time for the two return passes and the preview pass is eliminated, the productivity is increased from 20 to 300 % or more. Since multiple non-scan return passes are eliminated, the inventive system is also a substantial improvement for limited power bus devices.
Abstract:
Apparatus and method of processing microfiche images. The apparatus (10) includes an unattended high-resolution line scanning station (18). The low-resolution station (14) automatically identifies active image areas and borders on a plurality of light passing documents (101) transported seriatim along a prescan path. The unattended low resolution scanning station generates a plurality of active image area signals indicative of the active image areas and borders in a plurality of light passing documents. The unattended high-resolution line scanning station includes a high-resolution line scanner that responds to the individual ones of said plurality of active image area signals.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for digitally detecting a photographic film (12) comprising a number of frames. The inventive method comprises the following steps: during a pre-scanning, at least one film pre-scanning section is projected onto a scanning element (18) used for carrying out the pre-scanning, whereby data of the film scanning section is detected by the scanning element (18). To this end, at least one characteristic quantity which is relevant to a subsequent principal scanning is ascertained from the detected data. During a principal scanning, at least one film principal scanning section is projected onto the scanning element (18), which was already used during the pre-scanning, while taking the at least one characteristic quantity into account. During pre-scanning, the film (12) is gradually advanced independent of the position of the frames and is scanned when at rest. During the pre-scanning, positioning data permanently assigned to the frames is detected for the principal scanning.
Abstract:
A plurality of picture image data obtained from a film in one film handling operation by a film scanner with the automatic film feeding function are output as prints by a digital printer and also as files in a recording medium by file outputting means. In the system for providing the above two kinds of output services, the numbers of film scanners, file outputting means, and digital printers are decided so that the processing performance of each kind of apparatus in a unit time X the number of each kind of apparatus is almost the same, to make each kind of apparatus comprising the system demonstrate its full performance. A medium image obtaining means for obtaining an image file recorded in a medium and digital camera image obtaining means may further be provided so that the above two outputting services are promptly provided for a picture image such as a processed image recorded in a medium and brought into a service provider by a customer and a picture image recorded by a digital camera, whereby one system can carry out film reading, image obtaining from a medium or a digital camera, picture print generation, and writing a picture image in a recording medium.
Abstract:
A picture reader in which frame position data showing the positions of left and right ends of frames are generated by controlling a CCD line sensor (5) and film carrying roller (103) so that a plurality of pictures recorded on an optical film (1) can be successively read at a prescribed sampling rate from the latest frame at pre-scanning time. In the course of main scanning, the picture reader controls the read starting timing and read ending timing of the sensor (5), which are controlled based on the frame position data obtained at the pre-scanning time, at the time of controlling the sensor (5) and a film carrier (100) so that the plurality of pictures recorded on the optical film can be successively read at a sampling rate higher than the above-mentioned prescribed sampling rate from the oldest frame. As a result, the picture reader can accurately obtain the picture data of the pictures in the frames without causing any positional deviation. Since the prescanning is made at a lower sampling rate, the frame position data can be obtained in a short time.