Method of electronically processing an image from a color negative film element

Claim 1

A method of electronically processing an image formed from a scene exposed onto a color photographic element suited for preloading in a one-time-use camera and for producing a color image suited for conversion to an electronic form and subsequent reconversion into a viewable form comprising the steps of: A) matrix transforming red, green and blue scanner-density signals from an imagewise exposed, color developed and color scanned color negative photographic element to channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals, said element comprising a support and, coated on the support, a plurality of hydrophilic colloid layers, including radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, forming layer units for separately recording blue, green and red exposures, each of the layer units containing dye image-forming coupler chosen to produce image dye having an absorption half-peak bandwidth lying in a different spectral region in each layer unit, WHEREIN the element comprises a development inhibitor releasing compound in at least one layer unit, at least one of the layer units contains two or more emulsion layers differing in sensitivity, the layer units each comprise less than 0.02 millimole/m 2 of colored masking coupler, the layer units each exhibit a dye image gamma of less than 1.5, the element exhibits an exposure latitude of at least 2.7 log E, where E is exposure measured in lux-seconds, and a light sensitivity of at least ISO 50, and the gamma ratio of the red, green and blue light recording layer unit is between 0.80 and 1.20; and B) transforming said channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals to red, green and blue output image-bearing signals using one or more one-dimensional look-up tables.

Claim 2

A method of electronically processing an image formed from a scene exposed onto a color photographic element suited for preloading in a one-time-use camera and for producing a color image suited for conversion to an electronic form and subsequent reconversion into a viewable form comprising the steps of: A) matrix transforming red, green and blue scanner-density signals from an imagewise exposed, color developed and color scanned color negative photographic element to channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals, said element comprising a support and, coated on the support, a plurality of hydrophilic colloid layers, including radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, forming layer units for separately recording blue, green and red exposures, each of the layer units containing dye image-forming coupler chosen to produce image dye having an absorption half-peak bandwidth lying in a different spectral region in each layer unit, WHEREIN the element comprises a development inhibitor releasing compound in at least one layer unit, at least one of the layer units contains two or more emulsion layers differing in sensitivity, the layer units each comprise less than 0.02 millimole/m 2 of colored masking coupler, the layer units each exhibit a dye image gamma of less than 1.5, the element exhibits an exposure latitude of at least 2.7 log E, where E is exposure measured in lux-seconds, and a light sensitivity of at least ISO 50, and the gamma ratio of the red, green and blue light recording layer unit is between 0.80 and 1.20; and B) transforming said channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals to red, green and blue output image-bearing signals using one or more one-dimensional look-up tables.

Claim 34

A method of forming a viewable image from a scene exposed onto a color photographic element suited for preloading in a one-time-use camera and for producing a color image suited for conversion to an electronic form and subsequent reconversion into a viewable form comprising the steps of sequentially: A) converting scanner generated red, green and blue image-bearing signals from an imagewise exposed, color developed and color scanned color negative photographic element to corresponding red, green and blue scanner-density signals; said element comprising a support and, coated on the support, a plurality of hydrophilic colloid layers, including radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, forming layer units for separately recording blue, green and red exposures, each of the layer units containing dye image-forming coupler chosen to produce image dye having an absorption half-peak bandwidth lying in a different spectral region in each layer unit, WHEREIN the element comprises a development inhibitor releasing compound in at least one layer unit, at least one of the layer units contains two or more emulsion layers differing in sensitivity, the layer units each comprise less than 0.02 millimole/m 2 of colored masking coupler, the layer units each exhibit a dye image gamma of less than 1.5, the element exhibits an exposure latitude of at least 2.7 log E, where E is exposure measured in lux-seconds, and a light sensitivity of at least ISO 50, and the gamma ratio of the red, green and blue light recording layer unit is between 0.80 and 1.20; B) matrix transforming said red, green and blue scanner-density signals to channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals, C) modifying said channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals to correct for gamma mismatches or errors using a one-dimensional look-up table to form corrected channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals D) transforming said corrected channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals to red, green and blue output image-bearing signals using a one-dimensional look-up table; and E) transmitting, storing, printing, or displaying said red, green and blue output image bearing signals.

Claim 35

A method of forming a viewable image from a scene exposed onto a color photographic element suited for preloading in a one-time-use camera and for producing a color image suited for conversion to an electronic form and subsequent reconversion into a viewable form comprising the steps of sequentially: A) converting scanner generated red, green and blue image-bearing signals from an imagewise exposed, color developed and color scanned color negative photographic element to corresponding red, green and blue scanner-density signals; said element comprising a support and, coated on the support, a plurality of hydrophilic colloid layers, including radiation-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, forming layer units for separately recording blue, green and red exposures, each of the layer units containing dye image-forming coupler chosen to produce image dye having an absorption half-peak bandwidth lying in a different spectral region in each layer unit, WHEREIN the element comprises a development inhibitor releasing compound in at least one layer unit, at least one of the layer units contains two or more emulsion layers differing in sensitivity, the layer units each comprise less than 0.02 millimole/m 2 of colored masking coupler, the layer units each exhibit a dye image gamma of less than 1.5, the element exhibits an exposure latitude of at least 2.7 log E, where E is exposure measured in lux-seconds, and a light sensitivity of at least ISO 50, and the gamma ratio of the red, green and blue light recording layer unit is between 0.80 and 1.20; B) matrix transforming said red, green and blue scanner-density signals to channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals, C) modifying said channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals to correct for gamma mismatches or errors using a one-dimensional look-up table to form corrected channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals D) transforming said corrected channel dependent red, green and blue image-bearing signals to red, green and blue output image-bearing signals using a one-dimensional look-up table; and E) transmitting, storing, printing, or displaying said red, green and blue output image bearing signals.