Patent ID: 6271941
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An illuminant head assembly for a photographic media image scanner comprising:a linear light source; anda main body having a first elongate planar light conducting channel aligned with said linear light source, said light conducting channel including a planar light pipe therein, said channel and light pipe lying in a plane perpendicular to said photographic media and parallel to said linear light source, the light pipe having a light diffusion material dispersed throughout the light pipe as a sole light diffusing agent wherein said scanner comprises a film drive chassis with a film path having an elongate first scanning aperture coincident with image frames on the film and a second scan aperture coincident with an edge region of said film, the illuminant head assembly further comprising said planar light conducting channel having a length substantially coincident with the length of the first scanning aperture, and having a second light conducting channel adapted to be in alignment with said second scan aperture.