Anamorphotic television system

Claim 1

IN A TELEVISION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A TELEVISION IMAGE FROM A FIELD OF VIEW HAVING A SELECTED ASPECT RATIO, IN COMBINATION, MEANS FOR LIGHT-OPTICALLY AND ELECTRONOPTICALLY FORMING OF SAID FIELD OF VIEW AN IMAGE HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE ASPECT RATIO AND BEING EVENLY COMPRESSED IN ONE DIRECTION AND FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRICAL IMPULSES CORRESPONDING TO SAID IMAGE HAVING SAID INTERMEDIATE ASPECT RATIO; MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY TRANSFORMING SAID ELECTRICAL IMPULSES CORRESPONDING TO SAID IMAGE HAVING SAID INTERMEDIATE ASPECT RATIO INTO A VISIBLE IMAGE HAVING A FINAL ASPECT RATIO DIFFERENT FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE ASPECT RATIO, AND INCLUDING A CATHODE RAY TUBE PRODUCING AN ELECTRON BEAM; DEFLECTING MEANS FOR DEFLECTING SAID BEAM AT A UNIFORM SPEED ALONG STRAIGHT LINES EXTENDING IN SAID ONE DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO SAID IMAGE HAVING SAID INTERMEDIATE ASPECT RATIO; AND CONTROL MEANS CONTROLLING SAID DEFLECTING MEANS FOR EVENLY EXPANDING SAID VISIBLE IMAGE IN SAID ONE DIRECTION FOR PRODUCTING A VISIBLE IMAGE HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ASPECT RATION OF SAID FIELD OF VIEW.