Patent ID: 7979710
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06T,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer controlled method for marking a film print copy of a movie, the method comprising: associating a binary-coded serial number with the film print copy by a computer; forming a binary-coded bit-complement serial number from the binary-coded serial number; designating certain film frames of the film print copy as bit frames; and marking responsive to computer control, bit frames of the film print copy with a representation of a single bit value corresponding to the individual binary digits forming the binary-coded bit-complement serial number to form the serial number sequentially along the film print wherein the marking step further comprises representing a particular value of a binary digit with a predefined marking pattern on the bit frame and representing other value of the binary digit when the predefined marking pattern is not present on the bit frame.