US5652618A
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Image reproducing apparatus
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1996-05-17
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Granted: 1997-07-29
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Expires: 2016-05-17
Abstract
Abstract An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film having a storage medium which information for each frame is readable from and writable on, the reproducing apparatus includes a pick-up device for picking up the image from the film; a read and write device for reading and writing frame information from and on the storage medium in a specified relative movement to the film; a drive device for rendering the specified relative movement and such special relative movement as fast transporting, rewinding; a directing device for directing the special relative movement; and a controller for keeping the drive device from rendering the special relative movement when the information reading and writing is performed.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsuyuki Nanba
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:30
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00352; G; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/022; G11B27/028; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/19; G11B27/24; G11B27/26; G11B27/28; G11B27/32; G11B27/322; G11B27/34; G11B27/36; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00129; H04N1/00249; H04N1/00267; H04N1/00273; H04N1/00397; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; H04N1/00795; G11B31/00; H04N1/04; H04N1/19; H04N1/195; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0089; H04N2201/04; H04N2201/0402; H04N2201/0404; H04N2201/0408; H04N2201/0416; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3225; H04N2201/3242; H04N2201/3269; H04N2201/3274
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film, comprising: an image pick-up device which picks up an image from the film at a pick-up position to reproduce the image; a film transport device which transports the film in a specified direction; a detector which detects whether the image on the film is in the pick-up position of the image pick-up device; a director which directs reproduction of the image; a transport controller which is responsive to the director and controls the film transport device to transport the film so that the image comes into the pick-up position of the image pick-up device when the reproduction of the image is directed; and a pick-up controller which is responsive to the detector and controls the image pick-up device to pick up the image when the image is detected to be in the pick-up position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film, comprising: an image pick-up device which picks up an image from the film at a pick-up position to reproduce the image; a film transport device which transports the film in a specified direction; a detector which detects whether the image on the film is in the pick-up position of the image pick-up device; a director which directs reproduction of the image; a transport controller which is responsive to the director and controls the film transport device to transport the film so that the image comes into the pick-up position of the image pick-up device when the reproduction of the image is directed; and a pick-up controller which is responsive to the detector and controls the image pick-up device to pick up the image when the image is detected to be in the pick-up position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the image pick-up device includes a line sensor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the transport controller controls the film transport device to transport the film so that the image comes into the pick-up position of the image pick-up device when the director directs reproduction of the image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the film transport device transports the film to find a head of a frame.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the film is recorded with a marker at a position corresponding to the image, and the detector detects based on the marker whether the image is in the pick-up position.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the film is provided with a magnetic recording portion for the image, and the detector detects based on the magnetic recording portion whether the image is in the pick-up position.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the film is formed with a perforation, and the detector detects based on the perforation, whether the image is in the pick-up position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the detector includes an optical sensor for sensing the perforation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
151 words
An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film, comprising: an image pick-up device which picks up an image from the film at a pick-up position to reproduce the image; a film transport device which transports the film in a specified direction; a detector which detects whether the image on the film is in the pick-up position of the image pick-up device; a director which directs stopping of the film transport; a transport controller which is responsive to the director and controls the film transport device to transport the film so that the image comes into the pick-up position of the image pick-up device when the stopping of the film transport is directed; and a pick-up controller which is responsive to the detector and controls the image pick-up device to pick up the image when the image is detected to be in the pick-up position.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
151 words
An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film, comprising: an image pick-up device which picks up an image from the film at a pick-up position to reproduce the image; a film transport device which transports the film in a specified direction; a detector which detects whether the image on the film is in the pick-up position of the image pick-up device; a director which directs stopping of the film transport; a transport controller which is responsive to the director and controls the film transport device to transport the film so that the image comes into the pick-up position of the image pick-up device when the stopping of the film transport is directed; and a pick-up controller which is responsive to the detector and controls the image pick-up device to pick up the image when the image is detected to be in the pick-up position.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the image pick-up device includes a line sensor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the film transport device transports the film to find a head of a frame.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the film is formed with a perforation, and the detector detects based on the perforation, whether the image is an the pick-up position.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the director is further operable to direct reproduction of the image.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
133 words
An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film, comprising: an image pick-up device which picks up an image from the film to reproduce the image; a film transport device which transports the film in a specified direction; a detector which detects whether the film has been transported at an initial position for image pick-up; a director which directs stopping of the film transport; a transport controller which is responsive to the director and controls the film transport device to transport the film to the initial position when the stopping of the film transport is directed; and a pick-up controller which is responsive to the detector and controls the image pick-up device to perform image pick-up when the film is detected to be at the initial position.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
133 words
An image reproducing apparatus for reproducing an image recorded on successive frames of a film, comprising: an image pick-up device which picks up an image from the film to reproduce the image; a film transport device which transports the film in a specified direction; a detector which detects whether the film has been transported at an initial position for image pick-up; a director which directs stopping of the film transport; a transport controller which is responsive to the director and controls the film transport device to transport the film to the initial position when the stopping of the film transport is directed; and a pick-up controller which is responsive to the detector and controls the image pick-up device to perform image pick-up when the film is detected to be at the initial position.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein the image pick-up device includes a line sensor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein the film transport device transports the film to find a head of a frame.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
35 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein the film is formed with a perforation, and the detector detects based on the perforation whether the film has been transported at the initial position.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
An image reproducing apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein the director is further operable to direct reproduction of the image.
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