105 results about "Film-out" patented technology

A method, apparatus, and computer software for applying in real time imperfections to streaming video which causes the resulting digital video to resemble cinema film.

A digital mastering system for processing digital image signals originating from scanned motion picture film includes a film scanner for scanning motion picture film and generating a stream of digital image signals corresponding to motion picture images, a color grading channel that pre-visualizes a certain “look” that can be applied to the digital image signals and a digital rendering channel that renders the digital image signals pre-visualized for a certain “look” into a digital master. The “look” includes the appearances produced by either a standard motion picture print film and/or adjustments applied to a standard appearance to obtain a creative effect. The color grading channel includes a parameter generator for storing parameters for a plurality of “looks”, a digital color grading processor for applying one or more selected parameters to impart a pre-visualized “look” to the digital image signals and a display device capable of reproducing the color graded signals. The digital rendering channel includes a digital rendering processor for applying one or more of the parameters selected by the parameter generator to the digital image signals in order to impart the rendered “look” into the digital image signals and a digital mastering device for producing a digital master from the rendered digital image signals.

A method and a related apparatus for compressing images included in media content and editing the media content. The method can include providing an image-matching algorithm and a memory device, using the image-matching algorithm to identify images that are similar in a selection of media content extracting the images that are similar from the selection of media content, storing a single image that represents the extracted images in the memory device, and replacing the extracted images in the selection of media content with a metadata link that points to the single image. The method can further include providing a previously edited video program that originally was created from film footage, determining which of the video fields from the program include a unique film frame from the footage, and extracting the video fields from the program that include a unique film frame.

A method for converting a sequence of electronically captured images into a sequence of modified images for providing the appearance of images captured by a film reproduction system. The film reproduction system being includes motion picture negative film printed onto a motion picture print film that is displayed, or a reversal motion picture system in which the reversal film is displayed, or a motion picture film electro-optically scanned to standard format video by a telecine and further displayed, or a motion picture film electro-optically scanned by a scanner suitable for producing digital data intended for additional digital image manipulation. A digital master is prepared from the aforementioned film formats for electronic distribution or recording out to another film to be used as a printing master for producing distribution optical prints for theatrical projection.

Previously-produced motion picture films are enhanced for theatrical exhibition, at double the frame rate at which they were originally produced. New images are interpolated between each of the images of the original film. These interpolated images are generated through the use of computer software that analyzes the actual horizontal and vertical displacement of each pixel of every image of the original motion picture, so the interpolated images accurately depict the exact image that would have been captured, if the original motion picture had been produced at double the actual frame rate of production. This enhancement technique can be used selectively for certain scenes or sequences of a motion picture, and not for others. Film or digital projection is suitable. Two-dimensional or three-dimensional motion pictures can be enhanced according to the method described, and motion pictures photographed at high frame rates can be converted to conventional frame rates for general release.

A continuous film scanning system for high resolution digital archival and duplication of motion picture film on a frame by frame basis. Film is driven through the film scanning system through the use of rollers and maintained at a consistent tension throughout the scanning process. Optical interrogation of the perforations associated with each film frame is used to trigger digital image capture. The continuous film scanning system is particularly well adapted to safely handle imperfect or damaged film stock.

In a telecine converting method for converting a video in a movie film composed of 24 frames per second into a video signal composed of 60 frames per second, a telecine converting method is characterized in that in order that respective integration values of display time periods of frame videos in the movie film become equal after the telecine conversion, used as a video in the predetermined frame after the conversion is an interpolated video obtained by interpolating the frame videos ahead of and behind the video in the movie film.

A method for converting a sequence of scan-only film captured images into a sequence of modified images that provide the appearance of images captured by a photographic film reproduction system; the photographic film reproduction system being includes photographic motion picture negative film printed onto a motion picture print film that is displayed, or a reversal motion picture system in which the reversal film is displayed, or a photographic motion picture film electro-optically scanned to standard format video by a telecine and further displayed, or a photographic motion picture film electro-optically scanned by a scanner suitable for producing digital data intended for additional digital image manipulation and further preparation as a digital master for electronic distribution such as digital theatrical projection or various types of broadcast video; or recorded out to another photographic film to be used as a printing master for producing distribution optical prints for theatrical projection.

A telecine conversion method detecting apparatus which determines that an input video signal is a telecine converted video signal generated from a movie film in accordance with a 2-3 pull-down method when detecting that an inter-frame difference accumulated value of a current field of the input video signal is equal to or less than a threshold value for still field determination, that each inter-frame difference accumulated value of four fields preceding the current field is equal to or greater than a threshold value for motion field determination, and that the inter-frame difference accumulated value of the current field is less than each corrected value calculated by multiplying each of the inter-frame difference accumulated values of the four preceding fields by a predetermined coefficient.

The present invention relates to a method for directly converting visual images, such as motion picture film, to a digital format and recording stable archival film elements so that a digitally-recorded film master or other visual image can be accurately reproduced without the necessity of creating a digital intermediate.

A system for scanning cinematographic film so as to produce digital images corresponding to the images on frames of the film is provided. The system includes means for scanning the film, means for displaying the digital images obtained by scanning the film, and image processing means. The image processing means includes means for adjusting the appearance attributes of the digital images obtained and further includes (a) means for displaying the output signal level versus time in graphical form for the images obtained, and/or (b) means for displaying the luminance, chrominance and saturation of the images obtained in graphical form on polar axes.

In one embodiment, the present invention is an apparatus for conveniently obtaining the text of an IP, the apparatus comprising a storage device (116A) storing the text of a plurality of IPs, wherein the text includes various electronically stored representations, these representations represent printed works, films, films, video representations, television programmes, music, audio works, audio representations, radio programs, graphic material, artistic works, plays, operas, novels, articles, photographs, pictures, images ( all types of electronic images including virtual images), advertising copies, or computer games, or parts and combinations thereof; a processor (118A) connected to the storage device (116A), the storage device (116A) A program is further stored for controlling the processor to: receive an IP selection request; receive a user identification associated with the IP selection request; and if the user identification and IP selection are valid, output the selected IP using the determined IP encryption level The encrypted text of the selected IP.

The invention discloses a method for automatically enhancing contrast ratio and chrominance of a movie; the method comprises the following steps of: reading a frame image sequence of the same scene in a video, and calculating a bright channel image and a dark channel image of each frame; carrying out column diagram analysis on the dark channel image, judging whether the contrast ratio is needed to enhanced; carrying out source analysis on the bright channel image, and judging whether the chrominance is needed to enhanced; if the contrast ratio is needed to enhanced, carrying out transmissivity estimation through an original image, the bright channel image and the dark channel image; and determining a threshold value of the transmissivity according to the bright channel and the dark channel; and enhancing the contrast ratio and the chrominance. According to the degradation principle of cine films, the method can be used for automatically distinguishing whether the contrast ratio and the chrominance of the movie are needed to be enhanced, and automatically enhancing the contrast ratio and chrominance of images needing to be enhanced.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a low temperature plasma grafted protein modified polyvinylidene fluoride film. The preparation method comprises the following steps: putting a polyvinylidene fluoride film into a plasma working chamber for 10-600 seconds, and carrying out plasma surface treatment; taking the film out, exposing in air for 0-10 minutes, immersing into protein solution, and carrying out grating reaction; and taking the film out, and rinsing by distilled water repeatedly. The depth of the action of the low temperature plasma to the material surface is only 10 nanometers, so that the properties of a matrix cannot be affected. The preparation method has a simple process, is convenient to operate, has low chemicals consumption, is water-saving and energy-saving, and has higher reliability and safety, small environment pollution and broad application prospect.

The invention discloses a producing method for a graphical sapphire substrate. A flat substrate is provided; a mask layer is formed on the surface; a graphical mask layer is produced on the surface of the mask layer by utilizing a photolithography; a graph is formed on the surface of the substrate by adopting a wet process corrosion or dry process etching technology by utilizing the graphical mask layer; the mask layer is removed; an insulating medium film is formed on the surface of the graphical substrate; the insulating medium film in the clearance of the graphical substrate is protected by utilizing the photolithography; the insulating medium film out of the photolithography protection is removed by adopting the wet process corrosion or dry process etching technology. According to the invention, epitaxy cannot grow on the surface of the insulating medium film; the epitaxial growth in the vertical direction is avoided; lateral epitaxial growth is increased; the dislocation density in a glowing area is reduced; the insulating medium film with certain film thickness is adopted to fill the clearance of the graphical substrate; the depth of the clearance is reduced; epitaxial growth cycle is reduced.

The invention discloses a farmland residual film recovery machine, which comprises a frame, a plurality of film picking shovels, a film-soil separation device and a film feeding device. The film picking shovels are mounted at intervals on the frame sequentially and used for picking residual films out of soil, the film-soil separation device is used for separating soil from residual films, and thefilm feeding device is used for feeding the residual films picked by the film picking shovels into the film-soil separation device. A soil breaking device for breaking the soil on the residual films is arranged on the frame and in front of the film picking shovels and comprises a soil breaking shaft, the soil breaking shaft is driven to rotate by a soil breaking driving component, and two soil breaking rollers for breaking soil lumps on two sides of the residual films correspondingly are mounted on the soil breaking shaft and mounted at an interval on the soil breaking shaft. The farmland residual film recovery machine has advantages of simple structure, easiness in manufacturing, low cost, great soil breaking effects, low residual film breakage and soil entrainment quantity and the like.

The invention discloses a filtering thin film which comprises a support bottom liner and at least two optical fibers with different transmission bandwidths, wherein the optical fibers are arranged on the support bottom liner according to the single queue, and transparent layers are arranged on surface layers of the optical fibers. The invention has the advantages that the optical fibers are coated or adhered on a shooting cinema film or common photographic film by adopting a vacuum multilayer coating process technology or multiple-spectrum optical fiber soft bottom liner adhesion process technology to form the filtering thin film, and the filtering thin film can be bent into a coil which is similar to a film used for shooting or photographing. The filtering thin film has the advantages of convenience for operation, low cost, small occupation space, light weight and high transmission rate, thus the spectral resolution is greatly increased.

In calibrating a motion picture film scanner, a calibration element is provided that is composed of a multi-step neutral gray series comprised of a plurality of known density patches, each corresponding to one or more prescribed aim voltages, that substantially represent the full density vs. exposure range of a photographic element. The calibration element is scanned with the motion picture film scanner and one or more signal voltages are generated for each density patch. The motion picture film scanner is then adjusted to bring the signal voltages toward the prescribed aim voltages, thereby generating one or more adjustments that compensate for errors from the prescribed aim voltages and capture substantially the full range of the motion picture film. Since each motion picture film that is scanned by the film scanner is a particular film stock, i.e., a particular film type, the calibration further includes applying a custom correction to the output of the motion picture film scanner for the particular film type being scanned. The custom correction may be a neutral scale correction provided by a one-dimensional look up table.