CA1221916A - Reproducible image and information bearing record - Google Patents
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A reproducible image and information bearing medium, termed herein as a photorecord, includes a visible image bearing medium, such as a photographic print, negative, transparency or the like, and an attached information storage medium. The information storage medium, such as a magnetic or optical stripe, is encoded with a machine readable code that corresponds to the associated visual image. An original photorecord is manufactured by affixing a blank magnetic stripe to the visual image bearing medium, optically reading the visual image, converting the so read optical information to a machine usable code, and writing the machine code to the magnetic stripe. Photorecord copies of the original photorecord can be produced by reading the machine code from the magnetic stripe from the original and (a) writing the so read machine code to the blank magnetic stripe of the copy and (b) controlling an optical imaging device to expose a photosensitive area of the copy and processing the exposed copy to effect the desired image reproduction. The machine code read from the original photorecord can be modified electronically to change various image characteristics, such as contrast, color, balance, resolution, etc., so that the image characteristics of the copies will be desirably different from those of the original. In addition to providing efficient machine reproduction of the visual image, the encoded information can be utilized to display the visual image on a cathode ray tube or other display device and/or transmitted by telecommunication techniques to remote locations for display or reproduction.
A reproducible image and information bearing medium, termed herein as a photorecord, includes a visible image bearing medium, such as a photographic print, negative, transparency or the like, and an attached information storage medium. The information storage medium, such as a magnetic or optical stripe, is encoded with a machine readable code that corresponds to the associated visual image. An original photorecord is manufactured by affixing a blank magnetic stripe to the visual image bearing medium, optically reading the visual image, converting the so read optical information to a machine usable code, and writing the machine code to the magnetic stripe. Photorecord copies of the original photorecord can be produced by reading the machine code from the magnetic stripe from the original and (a) writing the so read machine code to the blank magnetic stripe of the copy and (b) controlling an optical imaging device to expose a photosensitive area of the copy and processing the exposed copy to effect the desired image reproduction. The machine code read from the original photorecord can be modified electronically to change various image characteristics, such as contrast, color, balance, resolution, etc., so that the image characteristics of the copies will be desirably different from those of the original. In addition to providing efficient machine reproduction of the visual image, the encoded information can be utilized to display the visual image on a cathode ray tube or other display device and/or transmitted by telecommunication techniques to remote locations for display or reproduction.
Description
6~68 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
-1. Field of the Invention -The present invention relates to imaging systems, and more particularly, to visual image systems where a visible image bearing medium, such as a photographic print, also includes a machine encoded information record for electronically reproducing the visual image on another visual image bearing medium.
-1. Field of the Invention -The present invention relates to imaging systems, and more particularly, to visual image systems where a visible image bearing medium, such as a photographic print, also includes a machine encoded information record for electronically reproducing the visual image on another visual image bearing medium.
2. Description of Prior Art In the production of photographic prints from negative or positive transparency originals, it is now conventional to automate the many parameters required to provide an aesthetically pleasing or enhanced print image by accounting for such variables in the original as image density, contrast~ color balance, as well as the sensitivity of the photochemistry carried ~y the print substrate in the context of a response to variables in the originalO The characteristics of the originals are measured~ analy~ed and the results then used by way of a computer to control complete processing of the ultimate print. More recent].y, electronic systems have been developed by which substantially the complete imaqe presented on the original is stored electronically and the stored electronic information processed to provide needed or desired image enhancement to account for variables in the originalO The enhanced image facsimile is then electronically represented to produce the final photographic print.
As a result of the state of the art currently available for the production of photographic prints, a wider range of variables in the negative or positive transparency image can be tolerated without compromise in the quality of the ultimate print. The print~ however, represents a unique photograph in itself so that additional copies using the same original are likely to result only if produced as multiple copies simultaneously with the originals. In other words, a print which exists in an album together with the negative or original positive transparency becomes difficult to reproduce in kind because of the many enhancement factors originally introduced in the original processing of the print from the original negative or transparency. Additionally, an inherent characteristic of a photographic print, as distinguished from a positive transparency, is that the print can be viewed only in its original format. In other words, it cannot be presented as an enlarged projected image in which the enhanced qualities are preservedO
There is a need, therefore, for a method and/or system by which the aesthetic qualities of an enhanced pho~ographic print may be faithfully reprodueed either as a print copy or on an alternate image presenting medium.
SUMM~RY OF THE IN~JENTION
In accordance with the present invention, a visual image bearing reeord, such as a photographic print or the like, is physically integrated with a machine encoded and readable record on which is stored the electronic information necessary to reproduce the visual image. The electronic information can be used to provide a faithful reproduction of the image on another visual image bearing record or to display the image on another medium, sueh as a ca~hode ra~ tube or similar display.
In the preferred form, the visual image bearing record takes the form of a photoprint having an associated magnetic stripe that is encoded magnetically, for example, using a video tape recorder or other data format with a machine readable information code that corresponds to the associated visual imageO The 'phokorecord' produced in this fashion may be utilized to produce further photoprint copies by machine reading the magnetically encoded information and utilizing the information (a) to control an image writing device such as a modulatable multi-color scanning beam to write the image information onto a photoresponsive, self-developing positive print, and (b) to write the information onto another information-receiving stripe on the newly produced print.
The information read from the encoded stripe may also be used to display the visual image on a cathode ray tube or similar display device, and for transmission to a remote location by telecommunication techniques.
A principal objective of the present invention is, therefore, the provision of a combined visual image and information bearing medium by which machine encodable information representative of the visual image is stored on a machine readable storage means to provide a photorecord that may be used to reproduce itself or for display purposes. Other objects and the further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description to follow, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by like reference characters.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
FI~. 1 is an illustration of an image bearing photorecord with an information bearing storage medium affixed thereto;
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an image converting system for converting an image to a machine readable code and using that code to produce the photorecord of FIG. l, FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a system by which the photorecord produced in accordance with FIG.
2 may be reproduced;
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a system by which the machine encoded information on a photorecord may be utili7ed for display on a cathode ray tube type display or transmitted for remote display;
FIG~ 5 is an illustration of a magnetic tape read head and associated guideways for transporting the photorecord of FIG. l past the read head;
FIG~ 6 is a schematic view of a single frame buffer memory suitable for containing the machine encodable visible image related information; and FIGo 7 is a schematic view of a multi-head photorecord reader for reading the machine encodable information from the photorecord.
DET~ILED D SC~IPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a combined visual image and information bearing medium is provided which carries both a visual image and a machine readable code that can be used to reproduce the image.
An exemplary visual image and information bearing medium termed a photorecord, in accordance with the present invention, is shown in FIG. l. The photorecord P takes the form of an image bearing photoprint having an image area I and a machine encodable and readable information bearing area or stripe S. ~he information bearing stripe S may be defined by a segment of maqnetic tape that is affixed to the image bearing medium either on the same side as, or on the opposite side from, the image I. If desired, the magnetic stripe S
may be formed integrally with the image bearing medum~
A system for producing an original photorecord P
is illustrated in schematic form in FIG. 2 and is d~signated lOo The system 10 includes a video camera VC
which provides a video signal output to an image enhancer IE which may be controlled ~o dify the video signal, for example, by varying the color balance, contrast ratio, density, resolution, etcO, to enhance the visual image.
The output of the image enhancer, which is a machine readable information carrying signal or code representing the enhanced image, is presented to both an image scanner SC and a video tape recorder VTR as shown by the solid line signal paths in FIGo 2. The image scanner SC is controlled by the output of the image enhancer IE to expose a photosensitive area of an unexposed photorecordO
The image scanner SC may take the form of a modulatable three-color writing beam that is scanned across the photosensitive area with its beam intensities controlled to effect the desired exposure of the photosensitive material The signal output of the image enhancer IE is also converted by the video tape recorder VTR into a machine readable code in accordance with one of several - known for~ats~ for example the V~S or Beta format or other suitable formats, and then recorded onto the magnetic stripe. The exposed photorecord is then processed to develop the visible image and produce the resulting photorecord P'0 As indicated by the dot-ted line signal path between the video camera VC and the video tape recorder VTR, the signal output of the video camera, if desired, may be recorded onto the magnetic stripe without enhancement.
The photorecord P' produced in accordance with the apparatus of FIG 1 can be used to reproduce itself utilizing the reproduction system 100 of FIG. 3. The reproduction system 100 includes a reader 102 that accepts the photorecorcl P' produced as described above in accordance with FIG. 1 and reads the information bearing magnetic stripe S' to provide an output signal 'out'. The reader 102 can be a conventional video tape recorder modified to accept the photorecord P' as shown in FIG. 5O
As shown therein, the reader 102 can include a head ~ and an associated guideway G. The photorecord P' can enter the guideway G and be transported in the direction of the arrows to a peripheral portion of the head H while the head scans or reads the information on the magnetic stripe S'. The diameter of the head H is selected to minimize bending of the photorecord pl.
A portion of the video output signal 'out' from the reader 102 is presented to a video tape recorder 104 or like device which reconverts the video signal from the reader 102 to an encoded information format and writes the encoded signal to a magnetic stripe S" on a new photorecord P"O
The video signal 'outl is provided to an image producing device 106, which includes a data conditioning section 106a and a scanning section 106b. The data conditioning section 106a conditions or transforms the signal from the reader 102 so that it is in a form usable by the scanning section 106b. The image producing device 106 may take the form of a modulatable three-color writing beam that is scanned across the blank photosensitive material, for example, a self-developing printO After exposure of the photosensitive area, the exposed photorecord is processed to provide the final reproduced photorecord P"O The resulting photorecord P" can then be used to reproduce itself in the manner described above.
The sequence described above to reproduce a photorecord P may be varied. For example, a blank L$
photorecord may be prepared by affixing a blank magnetic stripe to an unexposed self-de~eloplng print. The self-developing print can then be exposed and processed with the encoded information written to the magnetic stripe be~ore or after image processing is completed3 The completed photorecord P can be used for display and telecommunication as shown in FIG. 4O The magnetic stripe is read by a stripe reader and provided to a full-frame buffer memory M. The output of the memory M
is provided to a conventional television (CRT) or similar display or, if desired, is utilized for telecommunications purposes. The coding read from the stripe S may be subjected to data conditioning or transformation to place it into a form compatible with the particular display device, such as the CRT shown in FIG. 4.
The full-frame buffer memory M may be a conventional solid-state memory utilized to store information sufficient to reconstruct one full video frame, or it may take the form of a continuous loop memory as shown in FIG. 6. In the continuous loop memory, a magnetic head ~ initially writes the video information to a continuous loop of magnetic tape L, the path length of which is approximately equal to the full-frame length, and thereafter reads the encoded loop as the tape and head move relative to one anotherO The output of the full-frame memory M is provided to a television receiver TV to permit continuous display of the visual image. In addition, the output of the memory may he transmitted by telecommunication techniques to a remote location for display or reproductionO
As an alternate to the full-frame memory M of FIG. 6, a continuous reader arrangement may be utilized as shown in FIG. 7 by which the photorecord P is transported about a closed circui~ past read heads Hl...4 that :~21~
sequentially read the magnetic stripe S and provide the signal to the TV and/or the telecommunications pathq While the present invention has been disclosed in the context of a photorecord, it is also suitable for use, ~or example, for identification badges or cards by which the photograph o the cardholder and related information is displayed in visual Eorm on the card and recorded on the associated magnetic stripe in machine readable form. Thus, a comparison can be made~ using a suitable reader 102 and CRT display, between the visual image information present on the identification card and that recorded on the magnetic stripe~ Tampering with, or forgery of, such cards would be extremely difficult~
The disclosed embodiment has been described as using a magnetic recording stripe and associated machinery by which the visual image is converted to machine readable code that is subsequently recorded onto the magnetic stripe. Other information recording schemes may be utilized to effect information recording. For example~ the visible image may be converted into an optical code which may be written to a photosensitive portion of the result-ing photorecord or to photoresponsive plastics using laser encoding and the like. The invention has also been described in the context of forming the visual image using photoresponsive systemsl Other imaging systems may be used for forming the visible imaging including the control of a mechanical printer, a laser image forming device and the like. The data obtained ~rom the information bearing record, of course, would have to be conditioned to be compatible with the particular image forming device utilized~ The information bearing record could be made by scanning an existing print or transparency, and the record made in this manner could thereafter be affixed to the previously scanned print or transparency so that duplicates may be made therefrom without further scanning~
Thus, as a result of the present invention, a highly effective combined visual image and information bearing medium is provided and related reproduction method and apparatus by which the principal objective, among others, is completely fulfilled. It will be apparent, and is contemplated, that modifications and changes may be made to the illustrated embodiments without departure from the invention. Accordingly, the foregoing description and accompanying drawings are illustrative of preferred embodiments only, not limiting, and the true spirit and scope of the present invention will be ~etermined by the appended claims.
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As a result of the state of the art currently available for the production of photographic prints, a wider range of variables in the negative or positive transparency image can be tolerated without compromise in the quality of the ultimate print. The print~ however, represents a unique photograph in itself so that additional copies using the same original are likely to result only if produced as multiple copies simultaneously with the originals. In other words, a print which exists in an album together with the negative or original positive transparency becomes difficult to reproduce in kind because of the many enhancement factors originally introduced in the original processing of the print from the original negative or transparency. Additionally, an inherent characteristic of a photographic print, as distinguished from a positive transparency, is that the print can be viewed only in its original format. In other words, it cannot be presented as an enlarged projected image in which the enhanced qualities are preservedO
There is a need, therefore, for a method and/or system by which the aesthetic qualities of an enhanced pho~ographic print may be faithfully reprodueed either as a print copy or on an alternate image presenting medium.
SUMM~RY OF THE IN~JENTION
In accordance with the present invention, a visual image bearing reeord, such as a photographic print or the like, is physically integrated with a machine encoded and readable record on which is stored the electronic information necessary to reproduce the visual image. The electronic information can be used to provide a faithful reproduction of the image on another visual image bearing record or to display the image on another medium, sueh as a ca~hode ra~ tube or similar display.
In the preferred form, the visual image bearing record takes the form of a photoprint having an associated magnetic stripe that is encoded magnetically, for example, using a video tape recorder or other data format with a machine readable information code that corresponds to the associated visual imageO The 'phokorecord' produced in this fashion may be utilized to produce further photoprint copies by machine reading the magnetically encoded information and utilizing the information (a) to control an image writing device such as a modulatable multi-color scanning beam to write the image information onto a photoresponsive, self-developing positive print, and (b) to write the information onto another information-receiving stripe on the newly produced print.
The information read from the encoded stripe may also be used to display the visual image on a cathode ray tube or similar display device, and for transmission to a remote location by telecommunication techniques.
A principal objective of the present invention is, therefore, the provision of a combined visual image and information bearing medium by which machine encodable information representative of the visual image is stored on a machine readable storage means to provide a photorecord that may be used to reproduce itself or for display purposes. Other objects and the further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description to follow, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by like reference characters.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
FI~. 1 is an illustration of an image bearing photorecord with an information bearing storage medium affixed thereto;
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of an image converting system for converting an image to a machine readable code and using that code to produce the photorecord of FIG. l, FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a system by which the photorecord produced in accordance with FIG.
2 may be reproduced;
FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a system by which the machine encoded information on a photorecord may be utili7ed for display on a cathode ray tube type display or transmitted for remote display;
FIG~ 5 is an illustration of a magnetic tape read head and associated guideways for transporting the photorecord of FIG. l past the read head;
FIG~ 6 is a schematic view of a single frame buffer memory suitable for containing the machine encodable visible image related information; and FIGo 7 is a schematic view of a multi-head photorecord reader for reading the machine encodable information from the photorecord.
DET~ILED D SC~IPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a combined visual image and information bearing medium is provided which carries both a visual image and a machine readable code that can be used to reproduce the image.
An exemplary visual image and information bearing medium termed a photorecord, in accordance with the present invention, is shown in FIG. l. The photorecord P takes the form of an image bearing photoprint having an image area I and a machine encodable and readable information bearing area or stripe S. ~he information bearing stripe S may be defined by a segment of maqnetic tape that is affixed to the image bearing medium either on the same side as, or on the opposite side from, the image I. If desired, the magnetic stripe S
may be formed integrally with the image bearing medum~
A system for producing an original photorecord P
is illustrated in schematic form in FIG. 2 and is d~signated lOo The system 10 includes a video camera VC
which provides a video signal output to an image enhancer IE which may be controlled ~o dify the video signal, for example, by varying the color balance, contrast ratio, density, resolution, etcO, to enhance the visual image.
The output of the image enhancer, which is a machine readable information carrying signal or code representing the enhanced image, is presented to both an image scanner SC and a video tape recorder VTR as shown by the solid line signal paths in FIGo 2. The image scanner SC is controlled by the output of the image enhancer IE to expose a photosensitive area of an unexposed photorecordO
The image scanner SC may take the form of a modulatable three-color writing beam that is scanned across the photosensitive area with its beam intensities controlled to effect the desired exposure of the photosensitive material The signal output of the image enhancer IE is also converted by the video tape recorder VTR into a machine readable code in accordance with one of several - known for~ats~ for example the V~S or Beta format or other suitable formats, and then recorded onto the magnetic stripe. The exposed photorecord is then processed to develop the visible image and produce the resulting photorecord P'0 As indicated by the dot-ted line signal path between the video camera VC and the video tape recorder VTR, the signal output of the video camera, if desired, may be recorded onto the magnetic stripe without enhancement.
The photorecord P' produced in accordance with the apparatus of FIG 1 can be used to reproduce itself utilizing the reproduction system 100 of FIG. 3. The reproduction system 100 includes a reader 102 that accepts the photorecorcl P' produced as described above in accordance with FIG. 1 and reads the information bearing magnetic stripe S' to provide an output signal 'out'. The reader 102 can be a conventional video tape recorder modified to accept the photorecord P' as shown in FIG. 5O
As shown therein, the reader 102 can include a head ~ and an associated guideway G. The photorecord P' can enter the guideway G and be transported in the direction of the arrows to a peripheral portion of the head H while the head scans or reads the information on the magnetic stripe S'. The diameter of the head H is selected to minimize bending of the photorecord pl.
A portion of the video output signal 'out' from the reader 102 is presented to a video tape recorder 104 or like device which reconverts the video signal from the reader 102 to an encoded information format and writes the encoded signal to a magnetic stripe S" on a new photorecord P"O
The video signal 'outl is provided to an image producing device 106, which includes a data conditioning section 106a and a scanning section 106b. The data conditioning section 106a conditions or transforms the signal from the reader 102 so that it is in a form usable by the scanning section 106b. The image producing device 106 may take the form of a modulatable three-color writing beam that is scanned across the blank photosensitive material, for example, a self-developing printO After exposure of the photosensitive area, the exposed photorecord is processed to provide the final reproduced photorecord P"O The resulting photorecord P" can then be used to reproduce itself in the manner described above.
The sequence described above to reproduce a photorecord P may be varied. For example, a blank L$
photorecord may be prepared by affixing a blank magnetic stripe to an unexposed self-de~eloplng print. The self-developing print can then be exposed and processed with the encoded information written to the magnetic stripe be~ore or after image processing is completed3 The completed photorecord P can be used for display and telecommunication as shown in FIG. 4O The magnetic stripe is read by a stripe reader and provided to a full-frame buffer memory M. The output of the memory M
is provided to a conventional television (CRT) or similar display or, if desired, is utilized for telecommunications purposes. The coding read from the stripe S may be subjected to data conditioning or transformation to place it into a form compatible with the particular display device, such as the CRT shown in FIG. 4.
The full-frame buffer memory M may be a conventional solid-state memory utilized to store information sufficient to reconstruct one full video frame, or it may take the form of a continuous loop memory as shown in FIG. 6. In the continuous loop memory, a magnetic head ~ initially writes the video information to a continuous loop of magnetic tape L, the path length of which is approximately equal to the full-frame length, and thereafter reads the encoded loop as the tape and head move relative to one anotherO The output of the full-frame memory M is provided to a television receiver TV to permit continuous display of the visual image. In addition, the output of the memory may he transmitted by telecommunication techniques to a remote location for display or reproductionO
As an alternate to the full-frame memory M of FIG. 6, a continuous reader arrangement may be utilized as shown in FIG. 7 by which the photorecord P is transported about a closed circui~ past read heads Hl...4 that :~21~
sequentially read the magnetic stripe S and provide the signal to the TV and/or the telecommunications pathq While the present invention has been disclosed in the context of a photorecord, it is also suitable for use, ~or example, for identification badges or cards by which the photograph o the cardholder and related information is displayed in visual Eorm on the card and recorded on the associated magnetic stripe in machine readable form. Thus, a comparison can be made~ using a suitable reader 102 and CRT display, between the visual image information present on the identification card and that recorded on the magnetic stripe~ Tampering with, or forgery of, such cards would be extremely difficult~
The disclosed embodiment has been described as using a magnetic recording stripe and associated machinery by which the visual image is converted to machine readable code that is subsequently recorded onto the magnetic stripe. Other information recording schemes may be utilized to effect information recording. For example~ the visible image may be converted into an optical code which may be written to a photosensitive portion of the result-ing photorecord or to photoresponsive plastics using laser encoding and the like. The invention has also been described in the context of forming the visual image using photoresponsive systemsl Other imaging systems may be used for forming the visible imaging including the control of a mechanical printer, a laser image forming device and the like. The data obtained ~rom the information bearing record, of course, would have to be conditioned to be compatible with the particular image forming device utilized~ The information bearing record could be made by scanning an existing print or transparency, and the record made in this manner could thereafter be affixed to the previously scanned print or transparency so that duplicates may be made therefrom without further scanning~
Thus, as a result of the present invention, a highly effective combined visual image and information bearing medium is provided and related reproduction method and apparatus by which the principal objective, among others, is completely fulfilled. It will be apparent, and is contemplated, that modifications and changes may be made to the illustrated embodiments without departure from the invention. Accordingly, the foregoing description and accompanying drawings are illustrative of preferred embodiments only, not limiting, and the true spirit and scope of the present invention will be ~etermined by the appended claims.
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Claims (22)
1. A method of producing an article having a visible image thereon and encoded with information for reproducing the image, comprising:
optically reading an image and converting information related to the read image to a machine readable code that corresponds to the image;
providing an information bearing medium having means for receiving and storing a machine readable code and means for receiving and supporting a visible image;
storing the machine readable code on said means for receiving and storing a machine readable code of said information bearing medium; and controlling a means for generating an image with said machine readable code to generate an image on said means for receiving and supporting a visible image of said information bearing medium.
optically reading an image and converting information related to the read image to a machine readable code that corresponds to the image;
providing an information bearing medium having means for receiving and storing a machine readable code and means for receiving and supporting a visible image;
storing the machine readable code on said means for receiving and storing a machine readable code of said information bearing medium; and controlling a means for generating an image with said machine readable code to generate an image on said means for receiving and supporting a visible image of said information bearing medium.
2. The method claimed in claim 1 wherein said machine readable code comprises a machine readable electronic code and further comprising the step of:
modifying the machine readable code electroni-cally, prior to said storing and controlling stepss to alter at least one visible characteristic of the subsequently produced visible image.
modifying the machine readable code electroni-cally, prior to said storing and controlling stepss to alter at least one visible characteristic of the subsequently produced visible image.
3. The method claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for receiving and storing a machine readable code effects receiving and storing magnetically.
4. The method claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for generating an image comprises means for generating an image optically and said means for receiving and supporting a visible image comprises optically responsive photochemical imaging means.
5, The method claimed in claim 4 wherein said controlling step further comprises:
controlling an optical exposing means for exposing said optically responsive photochemical imaging means and processing said photochemical imaging means to produce the visible image.
controlling an optical exposing means for exposing said optically responsive photochemical imaging means and processing said photochemical imaging means to produce the visible image.
6. The method claimed in claim 5 wherein said optically responsive photochemical image means of said information bearing medium is of the self-developing print type.
7. A system for producing an article having a visible image thereon and encoded with information for reproducing the image, comprising:
means for reading an image and converting information related to the read image to a machine readable code that corresponds to the image;
means for storing said machine readable code on a means of said article for receiving and storing a machine readable code; and means for generating an image using said machine readable code on a means of said article for receiving and supporting a visible image.
means for reading an image and converting information related to the read image to a machine readable code that corresponds to the image;
means for storing said machine readable code on a means of said article for receiving and storing a machine readable code; and means for generating an image using said machine readable code on a means of said article for receiving and supporting a visible image.
8. The system of claim 7 further comprising:
means for modifying the machine readable code to alter at least one visible characteristic of said visible image.
means for modifying the machine readable code to alter at least one visible characteristic of said visible image.
9. The system of claim 7 wherein said means for storing said machine readable code effects storage magnetically.
10. The system of claim 7 wherein said means for generating an image further comprises means for optically exposing a photosensitive means of said article.
11. A method of reproducing an original article having a visible image thereon and encoded with a machine readable information code for reproducing the image, said method comprising the steps of:
reading the machine readable code of the original;
providing an information bearing medium having means for receiving and storing a machine readable code and means for receiving and supporting a visible image;
storing the machine readable code on said means for receiving and storing a machine readable code of said information bearing medium; and controlling a means for generating an image with said machine readable code to generate an image on said means for receiving and supporting a visible image of said information bearing medium.
reading the machine readable code of the original;
providing an information bearing medium having means for receiving and storing a machine readable code and means for receiving and supporting a visible image;
storing the machine readable code on said means for receiving and storing a machine readable code of said information bearing medium; and controlling a means for generating an image with said machine readable code to generate an image on said means for receiving and supporting a visible image of said information bearing medium.
12. The method claimed in claim 11 wherein said machine readable code comprises a machine readable electronic code and further comprising the step of:
modifying the machine readable code electronically, prior to said storing and controlling steps, to alter at least one visible characteristic of the subsequently produced visible image.
modifying the machine readable code electronically, prior to said storing and controlling steps, to alter at least one visible characteristic of the subsequently produced visible image.
13. The method claimed in claim 12 wherein said means for receiving and storing a machine readable code effects receiving and storing magnetically.
14. The method claimed in claim 11 wherein said means for generating an image comprises means for generating an image optically and said means for receiving and supporting a visible image comprises optically responsive photochemical imaging means.
15. The method claimed in claim 14 wherein said controlling step further comprises:
controlling an optical exposing means for exposing said optically responsive photochemical imaging means and processing said photochemical imaging means to produce the visible image.
controlling an optical exposing means for exposing said optically responsive photochemical imaging means and processing said photochemical imaging means to produce the visible image.
16. The method claimed in claim 15 wherein said optically responsive photochemical imaging means of said information bearing medium is of the self-developing print type.
17. A system for producing a copy of an original article having a visible image thereon and encoded with a machine readable information code for reproducing the image, comprising:
means for reading the machine readable code of the original;
means for storing said machine readable code on a means of said copy for receiving and storing a machine readable code; and means for generating an image using said machine readable code on a means of said copy for receiving and supporting a visible image.
means for reading the machine readable code of the original;
means for storing said machine readable code on a means of said copy for receiving and storing a machine readable code; and means for generating an image using said machine readable code on a means of said copy for receiving and supporting a visible image.
18. The system of claim 17 further comprising.
means for modifying the machine readable code to alter at least one visible characteristic of said visible image.
means for modifying the machine readable code to alter at least one visible characteristic of said visible image.
19. The system of claim 17 wherein said means for storing said machine readable code effects storage magnetically.
20. The system of claim 17 wherein said means for generating an image further comprises means for optically exposing a photosensitive means of said article.
21. A visible image and encoded information bearing photorecord comprising:
a photoresponsive area exposed and processed to present a visible image;
an information storing area having a machine readable information code received thereon corresponding to said visible image.
a photoresponsive area exposed and processed to present a visible image;
an information storing area having a machine readable information code received thereon corresponding to said visible image.
22, The visible image and encoded information bearing photorecord claimed in claim 21 wherein said information storing area is encoded magnetically.
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