Apparatus and method utilizing lcd for printing
CA 2019146 C · Owner: Polaroid Corporation · Inventors: Plummer, William T.
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Method and apparatus which utilize an LCD modulator array for printing and/or enlarging an image recorded in a color film negative, a positive transparency or a color print, which LCD modulator array has pixels whose "closing time" (the time it takes to convert a pixel from a condition wherein it transmits radiation to a condition wherein it blocks radiation) is substantially longer than their "opening time" (the time it takes to convert a pixel from a condition wherein it blocks radiation to a condition wherein it transmits radiation). In accordance with the present invention each pixel of the LCD modulator array is opened and closed in a rapid sequence, one after the other at, intervals …
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- Filed June 18, 1990 and granted December 19, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 18, 2010.
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