US4362383A
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Method and an apparatus for color compensation exposure
Assignee: Dainippon Seizo KK
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Filing: 1980-05-01
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Granted: 1982-12-07
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Expires: 2000-05-01
Abstract
Abstract A method and an apparatus for color compensation exposure are disclosed, wherein, a color compensation exposure is performed firstly with white light only, secondly with a primary filter, and thirdly with a secondary filter in combination with the primary filter, and the time periods of these partial exposures are computed according to a certain algorithm from information on the required kind of color compensation expressed in terms of partial indices of color compensation filters.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroyuki Yonehara
- 👤 Yoshikazu Kimura
- 👤 Kenjiro Tanabe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 11:51
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C7/00; G03C7/18; G03B; G03B27/00; G03B27/72; G03B27/73; G03F; G03F3/00; G03F3/04; G03F3/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
224 words
A method for color compensation exposure for use in taking photographic pictures in a color duplication process, wherein according to the principle of partial exposure intervals, the exposure is first made with white light followed by exposures using a first maximum index color compensation filter of a color for which the highest level of color compensation is required and then using a second maximum index color compensation filter of another color for which additional color compensation is required so as to obtain the substantially same effect as by fixed color compensation filters selected from a number of color compensating filters with varying densities, the process comprising the steps of; making a first partial exposure with white light, for a first time interval (T 1 ); making a second partial exposure with the first color compensating filter for a second time interval (T 2 ); and making a third partial exposure with the second color compensation filter in combination with the first color compensating filter, for a third time interval (T 3 ); said intervals being determined by designating the indices of the fixed filters which would produce the desired effect of color compensation and carrying out an algorithm which yields the three time intervals (T 1 , T 2 and T 3 ) required for producing the optimum approximation at a plurality of wavelengths.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
224 words
A method for color compensation exposure for use in taking photographic pictures in a color duplication process, wherein according to the principle of partial exposure intervals, the exposure is first made with white light followed by exposures using a first maximum index color compensation filter of a color for which the highest level of color compensation is required and then using a second maximum index color compensation filter of another color for which additional color compensation is required so as to obtain the substantially same effect as by fixed color compensation filters selected from a number of color compensating filters with varying densities, the process comprising the steps of; making a first partial exposure with white light, for a first time interval (T 1 ); making a second partial exposure with the first color compensating filter for a second time interval (T 2 ); and making a third partial exposure with the second color compensation filter in combination with the first color compensating filter, for a third time interval (T 3 ); said intervals being determined by designating the indices of the fixed filters which would produce the desired effect of color compensation and carrying out an algorithm which yields the three time intervals (T 1 , T 2 and T 3 ) required for producing the optimum approximation at a plurality of wavelengths.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
93 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the algorithm comprises the steps of equating the total exposures at three wavelengths of those which would be produced by partial exposures over the three unknown time intervals (T 1 , T 2 and T 3 ) and those which would be produced by normal exposure with a known combination of the fixed filters of designated index, forming the proceding relation as a set of third order linear equations and solving it for the partial time intervals (T 1 , T 2 and T 3 ).
Claim 4
Independent Claim
18 words
A method according to claims 1 or 2, wherein the three basic colors are cyan, magenta and yellow.
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