Television – Special applications – Film – disc or card scanning
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-08
2005-03-08
Lee, Michael H. (Department: 2614)
Television
Special applications
Film, disc or card scanning
C348S096000, C348S222100, C348S441000, C348S722000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06864913
ABSTRACT:
A reconfigurable digital processor to improve efficiency and flexibility in film conversion applications is described. Analog signals corresponding to film images are digitized and provided to the reconfigurable digital processor. The reconfigurable digital processor uses programmable circuit elements, such as field programmable gate arrays and digital signal processors, to perform film conversion functions. The number of programmable circuit elements can be scaled in proportion to cost or desired throughput rates, thereby offering a variety of cost-efficient film conversion devices for varying needs. The reconfigurable digital processor provides one or more outputs which are formatted to produce one or more digital motion picture files in parallel. The reconfigurable digital processor can be altered using software codes at any time to perform different film conversion functions and adapt to changes in format of digital motion picture files.
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