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A method of subtitling motion picture films

CA 2080385 C · Owner: Bovelander, Everardus Johannes · Inventors: Bovelander, Everardus Johannes; Nachmanson, Savely

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A method of subtitling motion picture films in which graphics elements, characters, or texts are added to a motion picture film by means of a laser beam travelling over the zone to be marked of the film, comprises the following two steps: a first step, in which a laser etching operation is performed by applying a laser beam whose speed of displacement over the film lies in the range about 1 cm/s to about 200 cm/s with its, power on the film lying in the range about 100 milliwatts to about 20 watts, and with the ratio V/P of the displacement speed expressed in cm/s divided by the power on the film expressed in watts lying in the range 10 to 30 so as to be high enough for the laser beam to …

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  • Filed October 7, 1992 and granted September 7, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 7, 2012.
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FiledOctober 7, 1992
GrantedSeptember 7, 1999
Term endedOctober 7, 2012
Patent numberCA 2080385 C
Classification (IPC)G03C11/02

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