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Multi-lens camera which records status on film
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1996-02-13
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Granted: 1998-05-12
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Expires: 2016-02-13
Abstract
Abstract A multi-lens camera, comprising: a housing; at least two lenses spaced apart on the housing to obtain different views of a single scene for capturing as a set of simultaneously captured separate frames; a status indicator which provides an indication of at least one condition under which the simultaneously captured frames were captured; and a recorder which can record the indication in association with the set. A method of processing a film exposed by the camera, and an apparatus for performing the method, are also provided.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger Roy A. Morton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:56
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B35/00; G03B35/18; G03B35/24; G03B35/08; G03B35/10; H; H04; H04N; H04N13/00; H04N13/20; H04N13/204; H04N13/243; H04N13/282; H04N13/296; H04N13/30; H04N13/302; H04N13/305; H04N13/10; H04N13/189; H04N13/239; H04N13/307; H04N13/361
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A multi-lens camera, comprising: a housing; at least two lenses spaced apart on the housing to obtain different views of a single scene for capturing as a set of simultaneously captured separate frames; a status indicator which provides an indication of the relative positions of the different views based on the distance between the lenses when the set is captured; and a recorder which can record the indication in association with the set.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A multi-lens camera, comprising: a housing; at least two lenses spaced apart on the housing to obtain different views of a single scene for capturing as a set of simultaneously captured separate frames; a status indicator which provides an indication of the relative positions of the different views based on the distance between the lenses when the set is captured; and a recorder which can record the indication in association with the set.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
104 words
A multi-lens camera comprising: a housing; at least two lenses spaced apart on the housing to obtain different views of a scene; a film holder to hold a photographic film so that respective portions can be simultaneously exposed to the different views which are captured thereon as a set of simultaneously captured frames; a shutter assembly to perform the simultaneous exposure; a status indicator which provides an indication of the relative positions of the different views based on the distance between the lenses when the set is recorded; and a recorder which can record the indication on the film in association with the set.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
104 words
A multi-lens camera comprising: a housing; at least two lenses spaced apart on the housing to obtain different views of a scene; a film holder to hold a photographic film so that respective portions can be simultaneously exposed to the different views which are captured thereon as a set of simultaneously captured frames; a shutter assembly to perform the simultaneous exposure; a status indicator which provides an indication of the relative positions of the different views based on the distance between the lenses when the set is recorded; and a recorder which can record the indication on the film in association with the set.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A multi-lens camera according to claim 2 wherein the distance between the lenses is adjustable, the camera additionally comprising a lens spacing detector which measures the distance between the lenses.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A multi-lens camera according to claim 2 wherein the camera additionally comprises an object distance detector which measures the distance to at least one object in the scene, and wherein the recorder additionally records on the film in association with the set of simultaneously recorded frames, an indication of the object distance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
93 words
A multi-lens camera according to claim 4 wherein the camera additionally comprises one or more additional detectors for measuring other conditions under which the views were captured, and wherein the recorder additionally records on the film an indication of such other conditions in association with the set of simultaneously recorded frames, wherein the additional detectors measure other conditions selected from a distance to the scene, an orientation of the camera, a zoom lens setting, a focusing distance of each lens, and an identification of those frames which are members of a single set.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A multi-lens camera according to claim 2 wherein the recorder comprises a magnetic recording head positioned to record the indication on a magnetic layer on the film.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
95 words
A multi-lens camera comprising: a housing; at least two lenses spaced apart on the housing to obtain different views of a scene; a film holder to hold a photographic film so that respective portions can be simultaneously exposed to the different views which are captured thereon as a set of simultaneously captured frames; a shutter assembly to perform the simultaneous exposure; a status indicator which provides an identification of the captured frames which are members of the same set; and a recorder which can record the identification on the film in association with the set.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
95 words
A multi-lens camera comprising: a housing; at least two lenses spaced apart on the housing to obtain different views of a scene; a film holder to hold a photographic film so that respective portions can be simultaneously exposed to the different views which are captured thereon as a set of simultaneously captured frames; a shutter assembly to perform the simultaneous exposure; a status indicator which provides an identification of the captured frames which are members of the same set; and a recorder which can record the identification on the film in association with the set.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A multi-lens camera according to claim 7 wherein the recorder comprises a magnetic recording head positioned to record the indication on a magnetic layer on the film.
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