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US4182560A
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Color printing method
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1978-04-11
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Granted: 1980-01-08
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Expires: 1998-04-11
Abstract
Abstract In a color printing method, a color photosensitive material is exposed in the photographing step to object illuminating light, which is recorded thereon as an optical density by photographic treatments. In the printing step, the optical density is detected to determine blue, green and red exposures, which cause the object illuminating light to be reproduced on a color positive photosensitive material so as to have neutral gray or to be colored to a standard color. An object image on the color photosensitive material is printed on the color positive photosensitive material with the most suitable color reproduction with the same three-color component exposures as those determined in printing the object illuminating light.
Inventors
- 👤 Masanobu Oguchi
- 👤 Hidehiko Ishikawa
- 👤 Haruyoski Okuyama
- 👤 Yasuo Uchida
- 👤 Kiyoshi Izawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-26 22:01
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B27/00; G03B27/72; G03B27/73; G03B17/00; G03B17/24; G03C; G03C5/00; G03C5/02; G03B2206/00; G03B2206/004; G03B2217/00; G03B2217/24; G03B2217/242; G03B2217/243; G03B2217/246
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A camera for taking photographs, comprising, means for holding a photosensitive color film having at least one frame for effecting a photographic exposure thereon and a record portion in the proximity of said frame to record brightness of the ambient light in the field of the exposure during the taking of the exposure, said record portion being measurable with respect to its color density and reproduced to be a neutral gray in printing a color positive print from said negative, light-transmitting means for transmitting ambient light from the field of exposure to said record portion, said camera having a shutter for effecting the taking of said exposure, said light-transmitting means comprises a light-guide to transmit the ambient light to record the brilliance, and light-adjusting means to vary the ambient light transmitted through said light-guide.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
134 words
A camera for taking photographs, comprising, means for holding a photosensitive color film having at least one frame for effecting a photographic exposure thereon and a record portion in the proximity of said frame to record brightness of the ambient light in the field of the exposure during the taking of the exposure, said record portion being measurable with respect to its color density and reproduced to be a neutral gray in printing a color positive print from said negative, light-transmitting means for transmitting ambient light from the field of exposure to said record portion, said camera having a shutter for effecting the taking of said exposure, said light-transmitting means comprises a light-guide to transmit the ambient light to record the brilliance, and light-adjusting means to vary the ambient light transmitted through said light-guide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A camera for taking photographs according to claim 1, in which light-adjusting means comprises another shutter in said light-guide operated in synchronism with the first-mentioned shutter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A camera for taking photographs according to claim 1, in which said light-adjusting means comprises an otpical wedge.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A camera for taking photographs according to claim 1, in which said light-transmitting means comprises means defining a light path, and a lens in said light path.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A camera for taking photographs according to claim 1, in which said light-transmitting means comprises a glass rod.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A camera for taking photographs according to claim 1, in which said light-transmitting means comprises means defining a light passageway, and a diffuser for receiving said light and transmitting it through said passageway.
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