Astigmatic lenticular projector system
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1. An astigmatic lenticular projector system comprising:
- beam forming means for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object; and
image forming means for diverging the light in each of said planar light beams transversely to the plane of said beams and not diverging said light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image irrespective of the distances between said image forming means, said beam forming means, and said object.
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An astigmatic lenticular projector system includes a beam former for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object; and an image former for diverging the light in each of the planar light beams transversely to the plane of the beams and not diverging the light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image.
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35 Claims
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1. An astigmatic lenticular projector system comprising:
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beam forming means for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object; and image forming means for diverging the light in each of said planar light beams transversely to the plane of said beams and not diverging said light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image irrespective of the distances between said image forming means, said beam forming means, and said object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An astigmatic lenticular projector system comprising:
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beam forming means for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object, where said beam forming means includes a light source, having a source of illumination and a mask with an elongate slit, for creating a planar primary light beam and a scanner means for sweeping said primary light beam across said image forming means to create said family of planar light beams; and image forming means for diverging the light in each of said planar light beams transversely to the plane of said beams and not diverging said light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image.
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28. An astigmatic lenticular projector system comprising:
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beam forming means for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object, where said beam forming means includes a light source, having a number of sets of discrete illumination elements each set having a different color, for creating a planar primary light beam and a scanner means for sweeping said primary light beam across said image forming means to create said family of planar light beams; and image forming means for diverging the light in each of said planar light beams transversely to the plane of said beams and not diverging said light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image.
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29. An astigmatic lenticular projector system comprising:
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beam forming means for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object, where said beam forming means and said image forming means create a first focal length for the astigmatic image along the plane of said planar light beams and a second focal length for the astigmatic image transverse to the plane of said planar light beams; and image forming means, including astigmatic correction lens means for relatively adjusting said focal lengths towards each other, for diverging the light in each of said planar light beams transversely to the plane of said beams and not diverging said light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. An astigmatic lenticular projector system comprising:
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beam forming means for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object, where said beam forming means includes a light source, having a source of illumination and a mask with an elongate slit, for creating a planar primary light beam and a scanner means for sweeping said primary light beam across said image forming means to create said family of planar light beams; and image forming means for diverging the light in each of said planar light beams transversely to the plane of said beams and not diverging said light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image; where said scanner means includes a rotatable multifaceted mirror wheel and means for rotating said mirror wheel, where said facets are tilted relative to one another to increase the number of scan lines.
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34. An astigmatic lenticular projector system comprising:
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beam forming means for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object, where said beam forming means includes a light source, having a source of illumination and a mask with an elongate slit, for creating a planar primary light beam and a scanner means for sweeping said primary light beam across said image forming means to create said family of planar light beams; and image forming means for diverging the light in each of said planar light beams transversely to the plane of said beams and not diverging said light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image; where said scanner means includes a rotatable multifaceted mirror wheel and means for rotating said mirror wheel, where each said facet includes a number of inclined sections to increase the number of scan lines.
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35. An astigmatic lenticular projector system comprising:
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beam forming means for generating a family of planar light beams representative of an object, where said beam forming means and said image forming means create a first focal length for the astigmatic image along the plane of said planar light beams and a second focal length for the astigmatic image transverse to the plane of said planar light beams; and image forming means, including astigmatic correction lens means which creates a virtual image of one of said images at the focal plane of the other for relatively adjusting said focal lengths towards each other, for diverging the light in each of said planar light beams transversely to the plane of said beams and not diverging said light along the plane of the beams for generating a viewable astigmatic image.
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