Patent ID: 6215564
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image recording method comprising the steps of:(a) exposing an image onto a negative or positive recording material, and exposing a pattern having a predetermined color and a predetermined density onto a region of the recording material outside a region on which the image is exposed;(b) developing the recording material on which the image and pattern have been exposed, and obtaining digital image data and digital pattern data by digitally reading, from the developed recording material, the image and the pattern which have faded and deteriorated over time;(c) carrying out fading correction of the digital image data on the basis of the color and the density of the pattern based on the obtained digital pattern data, and on the basis of the predetermined color and the predetermined density of the pattern; and(d) newly recording the image onto another recording material on the basis of the digital image data which has been subjected to fading correction.