DataPlex principals Harry Tarnoff, ECE and Stuart Spence, PhD have been granted U.S. Patent Number 6,864,913 for an in-the-field reconfigurable processor for instantly changing the method, resolution and output formats of film scanning and U.S. Patent Number 6,891,562 for a novel U-shaped optical design for a film conversion device consisting of illumination, film guide, and imaging subsystems.