Appeal No. 96-1184
Application No. 08/128,568
Thus, Robison suggests recording the photographic data using a
particular format, or organization, based on tracks of the
magnetic film.
Further, Robison discloses (column 4, lines 1-44):
Each block of data is appended to a virtual
identification code whose meaning is defined in a
look-up table accessable [sic] to the system.
Instructions contained in the look-up table for a
given virtual identification code provide the byte
location of and encoding (recording) or decoding
(playback) algorithm for several related parameters
recorded within the data block bearing that
identification code. Any one of three types of
virtual identification codes are employed, depending
upon the type of related data recorded in the block
. . . .
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the
various types of information are allocated among the
dedicated tracks in accordance with groups of
related information types or parameters, some
individual groups being used by more than one stage
of the film use cycle. Furthermore, in this
preferred embodiment, information common to all
frames of the film is in dedicated tracks on the
film leader. Specifically, information such as film
type, camera type, owner identification, a directory
of written information and the like are recorded in
a first camera track . . . designated track CO while
the film leader is designated frame O. Scene
related parameters automatically sensed by the
camera (such as scene luminance, camera orientation,
color temperature, flash fire, etc.) are recorded in
track CO in each subsequent frame (e.g. frames 1-
25). . . . Clearly, an intelligent photofinishing
classifier station, in attempting to compute the
optimum exposure conditions to make a print, would
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