Photographic film cartridge or cassette systems with microlens
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1. A cartridge for use in a camera, the cartridge comprising:
- a photosensitive element having an exposure surface;
a housing having a storage area for storing the photosensitive element and an opening adapted to permit transport of the photosensitive element from a storage position within the housing to an exposure position outside of the housing; and
, a micro-lens array joined to the housing and positioned to confront the exposure surface when the photosensitive element is in the exposure position.
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Abstract
Cartridge and camera systems are provided that have a cartridge with a photosensitive element having an exposure surface and a housing having a storage area for storing the photosensitive element and an opening adapted to permit transport of the photosensitive element from a storage position within a housing to exposure position outside of the housing. A micro-lens array is joined the housing and positioned to confront the exposure surface when the photosensitive element is in the exposure position.
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1. A cartridge for use in a camera, the cartridge comprising:
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a photosensitive element having an exposure surface;
a housing having a storage area for storing the photosensitive element and an opening adapted to permit transport of the photosensitive element from a storage position within the housing to an exposure position outside of the housing; and
,a micro-lens array joined to the housing and positioned to confront the exposure surface when the photosensitive element is in the exposure position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A cartridge for use in a camera, the cartridge comprising:
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a housing having a photosensitive element with an exposure surface and an opening adapted to permit transport of the photosensitive element from a storage position within the housing to an exposure position outside of the housing; and
,a micro-lens array joined to the housing and positioned to confront the exposure surface when the photosensitive element is in the exposure position;
wherein each micro-lens is positioned to receive focused light from a scene and adapted to fracture the received light into a first fraction and a second fraction with the first fraction concentrated to form a first image on a first portion of the photosensitive element when the light received during an exposure is within a first range, with said second fraction passing onto the photosensitive element to form a second image on a second portion of the photosensitive element when the light received during an exposure is within a second range. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A camera system comprising:
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a camera body having a chamber adapted to receive a cartridge;
a lens system to focus light from a scene toward an exposure area inside the camera body; and
an exposure control system for controllably allowing light to pass from the lens system to the exposure area to define an exposure;
said cartridge having a housing with an opening adapted to permit transport of a photosensitive element from a storage position within the housing to the exposure area; and
a micro-lens array joined to the housing and positioned to confront the photosensitive element when the photosensitive element is in the exposure area with each micro-lens adapted to receive light from the lens system and to concentrate a first fraction of the received light a first image on a first portion of the photosensitive element when the amount of light received from the lens system during exposure is within a first range, with a second fraction of the received light passing onto the photosensitive element to form a second image on a second portion of the photosensitive element when the amount of light received from the lens system during exposure is within a second range. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A camera system for recording images on a photosensitive element having a photosensitive surface, the photosensitive element being associated with a cartridge having a memory containing data from which the effective sensitivity of the photosensitive element can be determined, the camera system comprising:
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a lens unit adapted to controllably focus light from a scene onto a photographic film strip;
an exposure control system to controllably pass light from the lens unit to the photosensitive element;
a reader for reading information recorded in the memory and providing read information to the controller; and
a controller for causing the image capture unit to expose the photosensitive surface to light from the scene;
wherein the controller causes the reader to read the information in the memory and the image capture unit to expose the photosensitive surface to light from the scene in a manner that is at least in part determined by the information recorded in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A variable latitude camera comprising:
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a lens unit collecting light and focusing that light at an imaging plane;
an exposure control system to controllably pass light from the lens unit to the imaging plane during an exposure;
an aperture setting system that is adjustable to allow different amounts of light to pass from the scene to the imaging plane during an exposure;
an array micro-lenses mounted at the imaging plane and defining a focal plane; and
a gate positioning a photosensitive surface for recording images at the focal plane defined by the micro-lenses. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A variable latitude camera comprising:
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a lens unit for collecting light and focusing that light at an imaging plane;
an exposure control system to controllably pass light from the lens unit to the imaging plane during an exposure;
an array of individually convex converging micro-lenses positionable at the imaging plane and defining a focal plane; and
a gate adapted to position a photosensitive surface;
wherein one of the array and the gate is selectively positioned relative to each other at one of a first position wherein a first portion of the light passing through the imaging plane is focused by the micro-lenses to form differently focused images on different portions of the photosensitive element and a second position wherein a single focused image is formed on the photosensitive element. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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