Patent ID: 7425094

Claim:
An apparatus configured for an insertion of a film cassette, the apparatus comprising a fixture operable to retain the film cassette in a position within the apparatus where the position is (1) completely variable and unencumbered by any mechanical guides in terms of one direction in space with respect to a first and a second wall of the apparatus and (2) fixed in terms of a second direction; a first distance sensor that measures a first distance “d” from a first wall of the apparatus to a first side of the inserted film cassette in a contactless manner; a second distance sensor that measures a second distance “e” from a second wall of the apparatus to a second side of the inserted film cassette in a contactless manner; and a processor that derives a format of the inserted film cassette and/or a position of the inserted film cassette within the apparatus as a function of the contactlessly measured first distance d and second distance e.