Abstract: A contactless system and method for mass attendee event venue entry and item delivery system for facilitating expeditious and controlled entry of an influx of people to the event without overwhelming event venue employees or resources. A digital entry image of a person is taken by a camera (106) as the person moves through a photo zone (124). The digital entry image is compared using facial recognition technology with a stored profile image of the person to identify the person and confirm authorized entry into the event without the need for the person to present a ticket or pass for the particular event. Procurement and delivery of any item pre-selected by the person directly to the person's allocated seating may be confirmed using the same facial recognition image comparison used to confirm authorized entry of the person into the event venue.

Abstract: A contactless system and method for mass attendee event venue entry and item delivery system for facilitating expeditious and controlled entry of an influx of people to the event without overwhelming event venue employees or resources. A digital entry image of a person is taken by a camera (106) as the person moves through a photo zone (124). The digital entry image is compared using facial recognition technology with a stored profile image of the person to identify the person and confirm authorized entry into the event without the need for the person to present a ticket or pass for the particular event. Procurement and delivery of any item pre-selected by the person directly to the person's allocated seating may be confirmed using the same facial recognition image comparison used to confirm authorized entry of the person into the event venue.

Abstract: Techniques are described for analyzing a stream of video frames to identify temporal anomalies. A video surveillance system configured to identify when agents depicted in the video stream engage in anomalous behavior, relative to the time-of-day (TOD) or day-of-week (DOW) at which the behavior occurs. A machine-learning engine may establish the normalcy of a scene by observing the scene over a specified period of time. Once the observations of the scene have matured, the actions of agents in the scene may be evaluated and classified as normal or abnormal temporal behavior, relative to the past observations.

Abstract: A method for the transport of a movie film along a film transport path, having a friction-locking connection of at least one section of the movie film to a film transport means, which is moved continuously or intermittently over a part of the film transport path, and having a pressing device which presses the movie film against the film transport means, between which and the film transport means the movie film is routed, is provided. The movie film is transported by means of feed and take-up devices, which each contain a film transport means and a pressing device and are arranged on both sides of a picture window.

Abstract: An apparatus for intermittently feeding a movie film on a frame by frame basis to a film processing unit for processing thereat by inserting projections into openings formed on both sides of the movie film at predetermined pitches and driving the same by use of a driving device. The film processing apparatus may include a guiding device for guiding the film along a path which passes nearby the film processing unit so as to enable the film processing unit to capture an image from the film and to perform processing of the same. The film processing apparatus may further include a device for exerting pressure on the film by moving the guiding device so that a portion of the film which passes nearby the film processing unit is held in tension, and a restraining device for restraining the guiding means from moving.

Abstract: A motion picture apparatus and method for intermittently advancing motion picture film by forced air. The film is initially placed into successive loops formed by a cam-driven flipper. The loops and thus the film are advanced through the projector or camera pathway by a forced air blower which propels the successive loops through a projection pathway. Vacuum pressure may also be applied to the film through a gate to secure the film to the gate with linearly arranged register pins steadying the film over a projection aperture. The film is rewound through the projector by a motorized rewind with a positive pressure applied to the film through the gate.

Abstract: An exposure slit is provided for a shuttle style film gate in a film transport. The exposure slit is provided on a plate that is mounted to the film gate shuttle. After the shuttle advances a frame of the film, it carries the slit with it during its return to a home position. Exposure of the film frame is made through the slit during the return travel.

Abstract: An exposure slit is provided for a shuttle style film gate in a film transport. The exposure slit is provided on a plate that is mounted to the film gate shuttle. After the shuttle advances a frame of the film, it carries the slit with it during its return to a home position. Exposure of the film frame is made through the slit during the return travel.

Abstract: A film registration gate assembly has a gate with focal positioning location for focal positioning of an image frame of a strip film with edge perforations. Undersized first and second pins enter a pair of transversely aligned perforations to register the image frame with the positioning location. An undersized third pin enters a third perforation spaced along the film from the second pin and then pulls the film obliquely to a reference line extending between the first and second pins to nest against the first and second pins the perforations thereat and register the image frame precisely at the aperture. A plate with a window registering with the image frame and aperture clamps the film against the gate. The window, positioning location and image frame are of corresponding size and shape. The pins register the image frame precisely with the positioning location, and the plate maintains the image frame in precise focal position thereat.

Abstract: A film registration and ironing gate assembly has a gate with a positioning location or aperture for focal positioning of an image frame of a strip film with edge perforations. Undersized first and second pins enter a pair of transversely aligned perforations of the film to register the image frame with the aperture. An undersized third pin enters a third perforation spaced along the film from the second pin and then pulls the film obliquely to a reference line extending between the first and second pins to nest against the first and second pins the perforations thereat and register the image frame precisely at the positioning location or aperture. A pair of flexible bands extending along the film edges adjacent the positioning location move progressively into incrementally increasing contact with the film to iron it and clamp its perforations against the gate. The pins register the image frame precisely with the positioning location, and the bands maintain the image frame in precise focal position thereat.

Abstract: An improved film trap for a motion picture projector. The film trap includes a runner assembly having first and second runner elements each having a reduced thickness. The reduced thickness of the first and second runner elements enables the first and second runner elements to contact a first side of the filmstrip such that only a portion of the filmstrip which includes the sprocket holes is contacted by the first and second runner elements. The film trap further includes first and second pressure bands having a reduced thickness substantially equivalent to the first and second runner elements thickness. The first and second pressure bands urge the filmstrip against the first and second runner elements by contacting a second side of the filmstrip such that only a portion of the filmstrip which includes the sprocket holes is contacted by the first and second pressure bands.

Abstract: A pressure plate assembly is pivotally mounted about a pivot axis horizontally displaced from the assembly and vertically responsive to movement of a cam. A pair of rods, nested within an underlying aperture plate assembly during imaging, lifts the film during transport and permit horizontal sliding of a film strip into the film transport compartment from without.

Abstract: Three registration pins align a mask or other superimposed image with a film strip in both the lateral and longitudinal axes. A compactly constructed shutter and support apparatus permits placement of the shutter in close proximity with a film strip to minimize weight and moment of inertia of the shutter to permit rapid repetitive starting and stopping of the shutter in response to control signals to a drive mechanism. Film boxes are keyed to and secured by thumb screws to the shutter housing to permit detachment and accurate reattachment; light restrictive devices negate transmission of light into each film box upon removal. A longitudinally displaceable film reel drive permits rapid disengagement and reengagement of the film boxes without careful alignment and a belt drive prevents, through slippage, film tearing forces.

Abstract: A film transport mechanism for an optical printer in which the film is positively clamped and laterally tensioned at the position of the aperture between each film advance step, so that the film lies absolutely flat in the focal plane of the lens system of the printer during exposure. This is achieved by providing registration pins and a pressure pad at one side of the film and a curved blade at the other side that move towards and clamp the film. The blade progressively tensions the film laterally against the pressure pad and registration pins.

Abstract: A device for guiding a film in a cine camera comprises a channelled plate pierced with a window for filming and along the rear face of which is displaced the film. A presser member is disposed behind the film, opposite the filming window in the channelled plate, and means are provided for applying the presser member under pressure against the film and the channelled plate, when the film is stopped during filming, and for eliminating this pressure during the descending movement of the film. The means controlling the pressure exerted by the presser member on the film comprise a periodic magnetic field generator producing, during the descending movement of the film, a magnetic film acting on the presser member, made of ferromagnetic material, to eliminate the pressure of the presser member on the film during the descent thereof.

Abstract: A film transport mechanism including an aperture assembly through which the film is advanced, the aperture assembly defining a film path of a waveform longer or equal to the fundamental modal waveform of the film. The film path may include bristle like strips for damping film waveforms higher than the first mode.

Abstract: The film gate and registration system is used for motion picture film that is intermittently transported through a gate from one frame to the next. The arrangement is applicable to both motion picture cameras and projectors. A gate is provided with an aperture having solid marginal edge areas. Spaced pressure pads are arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with a film passing through the film gate. The pads press against the marginal edges of the film when the frame is in its dwell period in the gate either for exposure or projection. When the film is to be transported to the next frame, the pressure pads are withdrawn from the marginal edges and the film is lifted away from the aperture plane. In the preferred embodiment, registration indexing pins closely cooperate with the pressure pads in a special fashion to provide unusually precise positioning of each successive film frame at the end of the transport time.

Abstract: A negative film carrier for printing pictures including a carrier stand having an abutting and moving drive mechanism which is adapted to be rocked by a solenoid, a plurality of stationary frames of different image window sides which are interchangeably mounted on the carrier stand, and a plurality of abutting movable frames provided in correspondence with the stationary frames. The image window of each of the abutting movable frames has two parallel sides parallel to the direction of advancement of a negative film and a second pair of sides having a decreasing width in a direction perpendicular to the direction of advancement of a negative film. The second two sides may be formed arcuately or each may be two sides of an overall hexagonal window frame.

Abstract: Thin walled components, which are moving or capable of movement, are stopped or clamped by the cooperation between an electromagnet core and an independent short-circuit component. The mobile component is always in contact with the core of the electromagnet and with the short-circuit component such that no noise is produced when the mobile component is stopped or clamped.

Abstract: Photographic film handling equipment is disclosed, wherein photographic film is positioned relative to a photographic lens system. The film is advanced in a first direction by a film transport mounted on a carriage which is restricted by bars to movement in opposed parallel second and third directions. The carriage is driven via an endless timing belt disposed in a loop having a straight portion extending parallel to the latter second and third directions. Motive power is transmitted from the timing belt to the carriage by a bracket connected to the straight loop portion of the timing belt. A motor drives the timing belt in opposite senses.