Patent ID: 7164437

Claim:
A photographic film scanning system for scanning a film media containing at least one photographic image and for creating digital representations of the photographic image or images, the system comprising: a light source for projecting light through the film media; a light sensor for sensing the light projected through the film media and for generating pixel data; a film drive for advancing the film media between the light source and the light sensor; a lens located between the light source and the light sensor for directing the light projected through the film media onto the light sensor; a film type selection device adapted to manually select a type of film to be scanned; an adjustment device responsive to the film type selection device and adapted to automatically change the position of the lens and the position of the light sensor to provide proper focus for the selected type of film; means for generating digital representations of the photographic images from the generated pixel data; and an infrared light filter located between the light source and the light sensor, the infrared light filter for preventing infrared light from being projected on the light sensor.