US1130221A - Art of taking and projecting motion-pictures in colors. - Google Patents

Art of taking and projecting motion-pictures in colors. Download PDF

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US1130221A
US1130221A US68926412A US1912689264A US1130221A US 1130221 A US1130221 A US 1130221A US 68926412 A US68926412 A US 68926412A US 1912689264 A US1912689264 A US 1912689264A US 1130221 A US1130221 A US 1130221A
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    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
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    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • My invention relates to the art of taking incl projecting motion pictures in colors.
  • Qne of the principal objects of the invention is to provide on improvement in this art whereby "it is possible to obtain s closer opproximetion to the colors of the subject than is possible with the methods heretofore used...
  • a further object or the invention is to' improve upon the two color process by pro aiding e. better distribution of the color value crests on the filmsc that the film may be run tlmougrfothe machine at a lower rate of speed than lies been possible heretofore
  • a further object is to elimina-teor minircize whet is known as color flicker which results when o single color is strongly precloininent 1 the subject.
  • Fig. 2 is tliogrernrnatic representetion of o corners;
  • Fig. 2 as similar view of, theprojecting machine; 3 e view of o shutter which may be userl in comers, onl projecting machine.
  • Fig. 4 a frog mentery view of a film showing one ort Figure l rangernent' or" the color recortis or areas;
  • FIG. 5 a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a nioclificotion;
  • Fig. 6 shows e filrowith c ing color screen, and
  • Figs. 8 9 show the green component oi the accompanying drawings,
  • the subject is photographed on What isknown as a penchrornetic film through a. series eltero nateljv reel and green color screens sothat the alternate ictures on-tlie iilm are recorcls of the respectively reel and green color corcponentsof the subject.
  • the negative film so produced is thenclevelopecl and e positive film inside therefrom.
  • the positive lilrn is run through a projecting machine which is provided with a shutter having tronspsrent screens colored recl and green, The movements of the film sncl the shutter ere timecl so that the ligprojected through the records of the red.
  • componen passes through the red screen of the shutter while the lightprojecteaithrough the records of subject posses through the green screens of the 'lliis-methocl has the obvious disc i of reproducing only two colors of the ori nal and. such. tints and shades es be mode by the combination of such two colors. lit was attempted to workout at three color process along the some nes but it was found with practical rote of speed. for the film the eye would not retain all the color sensations long enough to 301213863 all three colors into on integrsl wli l The seerns to be that the eye will re then sensations otlers. lee p ency value or the colors incr from to violet, rerl'oeving the persistency value.
  • Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive lO designates the box of a camera, ll-the lenses and 12 a panchromatic film which is inter mittently moved in the directionindicated by the arrow.
  • 13 designates a shutter which rotates continuously between the film 12 and the lenses 11.
  • the shutter has the opaque se'ctorsl t between which are ,arranged multicolor screens, the colors of which are disposed in concentric arcuate bands.
  • screen numbered 1 Fig. 13
  • the 'outer. band is blue, the intermediate band green, and the inner band red, the latter being as wide as the other two put together.
  • These screens are, of course, transparent, that is, transparent respectively.- to blue,
  • the pictures, ,that is, photographic representations of the snbject in this arrangement may be divided 1n groups 1 of four, eachgroup being arepetition of the preceding group.
  • Fig. 8 T have shown a 51m .21 which records only two color components, namely,
  • Fig. 9 I have shown a similar two color film but with the color areas so arranged as to eliminate possible light flicker.
  • Picture number 1 of group A has first a, green area one-third the width of the picture, then a red area two-thirds coveringthe remaining two-thirds of the picture.
  • Number 2 has a green area in the middle with red areas on each side.
  • Number 3 is like number 1 except that the red and green are reversed. The arrangement is the same in groups B? and throughout the length of the film. 7
  • image as used herein 1 intend the single visible presentation or pic'- ture projected (whether on a screenor oth erwise) from one of the series of photographs of the subject which the film or other trans arenc" rovides.
  • ro'ection when used in a substantive sense, sig-, miles the area or space, on a screen for example, which the images pro ected from the series of photographs on'thelilm occupy in succession.
  • T do not claim herein broadly the division of each image into dii'lerent color areas, as 7 this method forms the subject-matter of an application Serial No. 765,083, tiled May 2, 1913, this feature of my method being claimed herein only combination with the provision whereby the color or colors of low 7 tures in colors, which consists in projecting;- from' a single series of photographs of the subject a single series of difierently colored images in which the color'or colors having the lower persistency value occur in any given portion of the projection more :Ere quently than the color or colors having higher persistency value.
  • the metho of producing motion pictures in colors which consists projecting a series of images in which each image has diflerently colored areas arranged so that in from a single series of photographs of the subject a sin le series of colored images contalmng re and another color or colors, 1n wh ch serlesthe red occurs, 1n any given portion of the projection, more frequently than the other color or colors.
  • the method of producing mot1on pictunes colors which consists in successively projecting a series of images in which each image has difl'erently colored areas arranged so that in every portion of the projection the color or colors having the lower persistency value is or are repeated more "frequently than the color or colors of higher persistency Value, the color. areas being so arranged in the projection.
  • sivei photog ap w l in e a g ate-w cord the several selected color components ofevery" portion ofthesubject and reproduce the entiresubject in the areas recording a color component of relatively low pen sistency value more frequently than in the areas recording a color componentiogf higher persistency value and pnojectin images from said photographs through eoor filters correspondin to the color filters through which said p otographs were 8.
  • the method of producing motion pictures in colors which consists in repeatedly interposed is red.
  • the method of producing. motion pictnres in colors which consists in repeatedly photographing a subject through .color filters selectively recording several .color components of the subject in-.a single series of photographs which reproduce the subject in the records of .a color component of relatively low-persistency value more frequently ithan in the records of a color component of higher persistency value; and projecting a s ngle. series of images from Said photographs through color filters corresponding to ,the color filters through which said photoph re kena 10.
  • the method of producing motion pictureson colors which-consists 1n repeatedly photographing .a subject thlgoughcolor filters selectively recording red and'another color component ofthe subject ina single series of photographs which reproduce the subject in the records of the red component more frequently than in. the records of the other color component; andprojecting a single-series ofimages from said photographs throuh color filters corresponding to the color ters through'whichsaid photographs were taken.

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US68926412A US1130221A (en) 1912-04-08 1912-04-08 Art of taking and projecting motion-pictures in colors.
AT75761D AT75761B (de) 1912-04-08 1913-04-04 Bildträger zur Darstellung bunter kinematographischer Bilder, bei welchem die Farbenwerte für Farben kürzerer Empfindungsdauer größer sind.
FR456344A FR456344A (fr) 1912-04-08 1913-04-05 Méthode destinée à la prise et à la projection d'images animées en couleurs
NL2396A NL1578C (nl) 1912-04-08 1913-04-05 Werkwijze voor het opnemen en vertonen van kinematografische beelden in kleuren
GB191308063D GB191308063A (en) 1912-04-08 1913-04-05 Method of Taking and Projecting Motion Pictures in Colors.

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US2452293A (en) * 1945-01-15 1948-10-26 Forest Lee De Color television system
US2530023A (en) * 1944-06-13 1950-11-14 Walter A Amend Sr Color cinematography
US4754297A (en) * 1987-03-06 1988-06-28 Edwards Clarence C Camera and filter assembly

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US2530023A (en) * 1944-06-13 1950-11-14 Walter A Amend Sr Color cinematography
US2452293A (en) * 1945-01-15 1948-10-26 Forest Lee De Color television system
US4754297A (en) * 1987-03-06 1988-06-28 Edwards Clarence C Camera and filter assembly

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