Image Presentation and Micro-Optic Security System
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Abstract
An image presentation system employing microstructured icon elements to form an image. In one form a synthetic optical image system is provided that includes an array of focusing elements, and an image system that includes or is formed from an array or pattern of microstructured icon elements, such as those described below, wherein the microstructured icon elements are designed to collectively form an image or certain desired information, and wherein the array of focusing elements and the image system cooperate, for example through optical coupling, to form a synthetic optical image which image may optionally be magnified. In another form an image presentation system is provided that includes or is formed from an array or pattern of microstructured icon elements, such as those described below, wherein the microstructured icon elements are designed to collectively form an image or certain selected information, and wherein the image system is designed to stand alone and be the image viewed or the information read by use of a magnifying device, such as a magnifying glass or microscope, that is provided separately from the image system.
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115 Claims
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82. A synthetic optical image system, comprising
an array of focusing elements, and an array of icon elements, wherein the system operates as an authentication system in which the array of focusing elements is separate from the array of icon elements and is used to read information contained in the array of icon elements, the array of focusing elements and the array of icon elements cooperating to form a synthetically magnified optical image when the array of focusing elements is disposed in proximity to the array of icon elements.
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113. A synthetic optical image system, comprising
an array of icon elements, and an array of focusing elements disposed in relation to the array of focusing elements, wherein the system operates as an authentication system in which the array of focusing elements includes focusing elements having a focal length that is greater than or less than the the focal length necessary for said focusing elements to form a synthetic optical image in cooperation with at least a portion of the icon elements in the array of icon elements, the system further comprising either a material that alters the index of refraction of the focusing elements allowing the focusing elements to cooperate with the at least a portion of the icon elements in the array of icon elements to form a synthetic optical image or a second array of focusing elements including focusing elements having a focal length sufficient to cooperate with the at least a portion of the icon elements in the array of icon elements to form a synthetic optical image.
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114. A synthetic magnification micro-optic system comprising:
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(a) an array of icon elements; and (b) an array of focusing elements, the array of focusing elements being disposed in relation to the array of the icon elements at a distance sufficient for at least a portion of the focusing elements to form at least one synthetically magnified image of at least a portion of the icon elements, wherein the at least a portion of the icon elements are positioned such that the synthetically magnified optical image seen by a viewer changes as the azimuthal angle of view of the image system changes.
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115. An image presentation system comprising an array of microstructured icon elements, the microstructured icon elements designed to collectively form an image or certain selected information, wherein the image is designed to be viewed or the information read by use of a separate magnifying device.
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