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Three-dimensional picture image display apparatus

  • US 6,057,878 A
  • Filed: 10/16/1996
  • Issued: 05/02/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A three-dimensional picture image display apparatus comprising:

  • picture image pickup means for picking up one-dimensional or two-dimensional picture images of an object;

    single picture image reproducing means;

    single picture image deflection means for deflecting each of the picture images reproduced by the picture image reproducing means in a predetermined deflection direction corresponding to a direction in which the picture image is picked up by the picture image pickup means, anda diffusion-transmission screen for displaying the deflected picture images having a transmission characteristic which is larger than a diffusion characteristic,wherein the picture image pickup means is(i) a picture image pickup means comprising a plurality of picture image pickup devices which are horizontally and/or vertically arranged, or(ii) a picture image pickup means comprising a plurality of mirrors and a picture image pickup device, the mirrors being horizontally and/or vertically arranged so that light beams from the object are respectively reflected in different directions by the mirrors to reach the picture image pickup device,said picture image pickup means (i) or (ii) picking up the one-dimensional or two-dimensional picture images of the object sequentially one by one from different directions of the plurality of picture image pickup devices or the plurality of mirrors and picture image pickup device at a predetermined time interval,said picture image reproducing means reproducing and displaying the one-dimensional or two-dimensional picture images, which are picked up sequentially one by one by the picture image pickup means at the predetermined time interval, sequentially one by one for less than 1/30 second in synchronism with the predetermined time interval,said picture image deflection means deflecting each of the displayed picture images in a predetermined deflection direction corresponding to the direction, in which the picture image is picked up, andwherein the deflected picture images are passed through the diffusion-transmission screen for display.

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