Claims
- 1. A method of developing and scanning a film comprising:
coating a monobath solution onto the film that operates to produce a developed image within the film; and scanning the coated film to capture an electronic representation of the developed image.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monobath solution includes a color developing agent.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a fixing agent.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a stabilizing agent.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a bleaching agent.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a blix agent.
- 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a redox amplification agent.
- 8. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the coated film comprises scanning the coated film with visible and infrared light.
- 9. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the coated film comprises scanning the coated film with infrared light.
- 10. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the coated film comprises scanning the coated film with visible light.
- 11. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning includes illuminating the coated film with an illumination source, and wherein the electronic representation of the developed image is captured using red-green-blue (RGB) sensors.
- 12. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning includes illuminating the coated film with an illumination source, and wherein the electronic representation of the image is captured using infra-red (IR) detectors.
- 13. The method as in claim 1, wherein scanning is performed at a plurality of stages during development of the film.
- 14. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the coated film is performed while the film is still wet with the monobath solution.
- 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the developed image comprises one or more dye images and in-situ silver.
- 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the developed image comprises one or more dye images.
- 17. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting the electronic representation of the developed image to an output device.
- 18. A system for processing undeveloped film comprising:
an applicator operable to apply a monobath solution to the film, the monobath solution operable to produce a developed image within the film; and at least one image recording station operable to scan the developed image within the coated film and produce a sensor data; and a data processing system operable to receive the sensor data and output a digital image to an output device, data storage device, or data network.
- 19. The system of claim 18, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a stabilizing agent.
- 20. The system of claim 18, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a bleaching agent.
- 21. The system of claim 18, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a fixing agent.
- 22. The system of claim 18, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a blix agent.
- 23. The system of claim 18, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a redox amplification agent.
- 24. The system of claim 18, wherein the output device comprises a memory storage device.
- 25. The system of claim 18, wherein the output device comprises a printer.
- 26. The system of claim 18, wherein the output device comprises a data communication network.
- 27. The system of claim 18, wherein at least one image recording station scans the developed image with visible light.
- 28. The system of claim 18, wherein at least one image recording station scans the developed image with infrared light.
- 29. The system of claim 18, wherein at least one image recording station scans the developed image with visible light and infrared light.
- 30. The system of claim 18, further comprising a second applicator operable to apply a processing solution to the film after the developed image is produced.
- 31. The system of claim 30, wherein the processing solution comprises a bleach solution.
- 32. The system of claim 30, wherein the processing solution includes a redox amplification solution.
- 33. The system of claim 18, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a redox amplification agent.
- 34. The system of claim 18, wherein the applicator comprises an extruder.
- 35. The system of claim 18, wherein the applicator comprises a chemical bath.
- 36. The system of claim 18, further comprising a machine-human interface, wherein the machine-human interface operates to accept user input, and a program of instructions operate to alter the digital image according to the user input.
- 37. A digital image produced by a digital film process comprising:
coating a monobath solution onto a film, the monobath solution operable to produce a developed image within the film; and scanning the coated film to capture an electronic representation of the developed image; processing the electronic representation to produce the digital image.
- 38. The digital image of claim 37, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a stabilizing agent.
- 39. The digital image of claim 37, wherein the monobath solution comprises a developing agent and a bleaching agent.
- 40. The digital image of claim 37, wherein processing the electronic representation includes compensating for the effects of in-situ silver within the film.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of United States Provisional Patent Application No. 60/180,477, entitled Method and System for Capturing Film Images, Attorney Docket Number ASF00005, and having a filing date of Feb. 3, 2000.
Provisional Applications (1)
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