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  "patent_number": "US 589168",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Thomas Edison's Kinetographic Camera Captured Early Motion Pictures",
  "original_title": "Kinetographic camera",
  "summary": "An 1897 patent by Thomas Edison for a camera mechanism designed to capture sequential images on a moving film strip to create the illusion of motion.",
  "what_it_does": "The Kinetographic camera uses a specialized mechanism to move a strip of film past a lens in precise, rapid increments. It synchronizes the shutter with the film movement to expose individual frames one by one. This process allows the device to record a series of still photographs that, when played back in sequence, simulate fluid movement for the viewer.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover digital image sensors or electronic image capture",
    "Does not cover audio recording or synchronization with sound",
    "Does not cover color film processing or multi-strip color systems",
    "Does not cover non-mechanical or non-film-based image storage"
  ],
  "filed": null,
  "granted": "1897-08-31",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Thomas A. Edison",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/thomas-a-edison",
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "mechanical",
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": null,
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/589168/motion-picture-camera-kinetograph",
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