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16 May 2000
QED completes licensing deal to Digital Vision Sweden for
colour correction Patent on behalf of Cintel Inc.
Scipher plc, the technology
development and licensing company, announces that its intellectual property (IP)
licensing arm QED, has signed a licensing agreement on behalf of Cintel Inc. -
the industry leader in telecine systems - to Digital Vision Sweden (DVS) for its
colour correction patent.
Cintel Inc. engaged QED to maximise the value available from its colour correction
patent, which uses digital technology for colour correction in television and
film, and in the conversion to other forms of media.
- DVS will incorporate the patent into existing and new generations of standard
and high-definition colour correction systems.
- Colour correction is an established process within the motion picture industry
and is used to ensure colours appear to be constant to the viewer, throughout
a film and from scene to scene.
- Colour correction also prevents distortions caused by transferring film to
other formats such as video.
- The patented technology may have applications in other industries where colour
correction Is needed such as PC displays, video recorders and photography equipment.
Graham Barber, Director of Market Development for Cintel, said, "we are very
pleased to have extracted further value from our intellectual property portfolio;
working with QED has enabled us to concentrate on our core business whilst benefiting
from owning this intellectual property."
Commenting on the licence agreement, Dr Kenneth Gray, Chairman of Scipher said:
"Once again, QED has enabled a company to maximise the value of its intellectual
property through fully exploiting a patent held within the business. For DVS it
means that they will be able to use this state of the art technology in products
from now on."
About Cintel
Cintel Inc. is the United States subsidiary of Cintel International Ltd., the
industry leader in telecine systems and related products. For more than five decades
Cinematographers and Directors of feature-length films have recognised the name
Cintel in whatever part of the world they practice their craft. Cintel's constantly
evolving, leading-edge technology has allowed the transfer from film to video
while maintaining the integrity of the original art. Cintel web site : www.cintelinc.com
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