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360 Degree panoramic television system

  • US 3,872,238 A
  • Filed: 03/11/1974
  • Issued: 03/18/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A 360* panoramic television system for taking continuous images covering a 360* scene and projecting the same on a 360* screen, the taking and projecting emanating along radii from central vertical axes respectively of said scene and screen comprising:

  • a plurality of stationary vertical, single line scan, camera tubes equally, angularly spaced and each aimed inwardly along an associated radius of said scene toward the vertical axis thereof;

    a plurality of stationary vertical, single line scan, projectors equally, angularly spaced and each aimed inwardly along a radii of said screen toward the vertical central axis thereof;

    amplifying and processing control until means connectd to pass video signal information from said cameras to said projectors;

    a first optical system including a plurality of image collection optical prism and lens means and a second optical system including a plurality of image projection optical prism and lens means, each having rotatable mounting means for prism portions thereof and positioned respectively in relation to said cameras and projectors to pass images from said scene to said cameras and from said projectors to said screen, and synchronized motor drive means for rotating said prism portions of optical systems in unison to produce a 360* panoramic transfer of image to said screen.

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