Patent
Auto-portrait photo studio
John J. Larish
- 20 Nov 1987
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TL;DR: In this article, a beam splitter behind the camera lens is used to capture a part of the image-forming light reflected from the portrait subject to provide a video pickup device with an exact color video image of the subject.
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Abstract: A method and system (including a unique arrangement
of computer and photographic apparatus) for automated or
computer-aided portrait photography. The method and
system utilize an automatic, between-the-lens 35mm
camera including auto-wind, auto-focus and auto-exposure
features. A beam splitter (19) behind the camera lens
captures a part of the image-forming light reflected
from the portrait subject to provide a video pickup
charge coupled device (20) with an exact color video image
of the subject as seen by the camera. On the outside of
the camera housing a flat screen video viewfinder (29) is
provided which permits the operator (portrait photo
grapher) to view the image which is being received by
the video pickup device. The camera and overall system
components are interfaced with and connected to a
microprocessor (31) and are controlled by the flash circuitry
of the camera. When the operator is satisfied with the
subject's appearance and pose (as seen through the video
viewfinder), press-button action trips the camera shutter
for exposure of a frame of film, actuates the flash
circuitry of the camera firing flash lighting apparatus
and directs (through the microprocessor) the electronic
storage (via solid state memory) of a video image
identical to the image captured by the camera film. The
stored video image can be outputed to a video portrait
viewer (44) (CRT screen) for subject viewing. The portrait
viewer can also be utilized to display a multiplicity
of the capture (stored) video images (each representing
a film frame) for subject selection.
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