Patent ID: 6037973
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A film transport for use with an image transfer system to sequentially position respective frames of motion picture film into a predetermined registered frame position relative to a field of view of an image recorder, said film having proximate its respective longitudinal edges a plurality of spaced apart perforations aligned in a predetermined relationship with said frames, said film transport including:a film supply mechanism for supplying film containing a series of image frames to be transferred;a film take-up mechanism;a film guideway defining a predetermined film path from said supply mechanism to said take-up mechanism;a controller capable of detecting the relative position of said image frames; anda gate disposed along said path and includinga drive mechanism having a motor selectively controllable between intermittent and continuous modes of operation for advancing said film along said path, anda registration mechanism actuated by a driver controllable independently of said motor, said driver coupled to an aligner to immobilize said film and sequentially orient said perforations such that said frames are sequentially disposed in said predetermined registered frame position.