Photography – Studio structure – Photo booth
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-10
2006-01-10
Rutledge, D. (Department: 2851)
Photography
Studio structure
Photo booth
C396S006000, C396S599000, C355S027000, C355S040000, C705S026640
Reexamination Certificate
active
06985673
ABSTRACT:
Automated unattended film processing kiosk permits a customer to drop off a film unit, e.g., OTUC, and come back later to pick up the finished prints. The customer swipes a credit or debit card through a card reader, and inserts the exposed film unit. Inside the enclosure a mini-lab processor automatically processes the film and extracts images from the film, as negatives or as digital images. A digital printer makes prints of the customer's images. The photographic prints are packaged and labeled, and provided with an optional optical disk. A carousel stores the packaged prints for the customers. At pick-up, the customer swipes a card through for identification. An unload mechanism transfers the customer's finished prints from the carousel to a delivery bin. Print correction for color, density, and contrast can be carried out remotely.
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