Patent ID: 7948522

Claim:
A method for processing film images which are extracted from a recording beam path of a moving image camera and which are converted into digital assist signals by an optoelectronic transducer arranged in an assist beam path of the moving image camera, said assist beam path being periodically interrupted depending on the image recording frequency of the moving image camera; said method comprising: outputting digital assist signals to a processing unit with an image frequency matching the image recording frequency of the moving image camera or with an assist image frequency, feeding recording signals, control signals and status signals of the moving image camera or of devices connected to said moving image camera as metadata to said processing unit, digitally recording in said processing unit digital assist images or assist image frequencies composed of said digital assist signals, digitally processing said digital assist images or assist image frequencies in said processing unit by means of image conditioning functions for processing said digital assist signals and said metadata in digital form with a predeterminable image frequency or individually to form conditioned digital assist images, image analysis functions for analyzing said digital assist images composed of said digital assist signals, and camera control functions, said image conditioning functions, image analysis functions and camera control functions being integrated in said processing unit, outputting control signals from said processing unit to control modules of said moving image camera or to said devices connected to said moving image camera, and outputting digital output data to a network or outputting analog or digital video signals to a monitor connected to said processing unit.