Synthetic projection

Claim 1

A METHOD OF STORING AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT ON AN IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, WHICH DEVICE COMPRISES A PLATE OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL, SAID PLATE HAVING A FIRST SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY COVERED BY A PLURALITY OF LENS ELEMENTS, EACH OF SAID LENS ELEMENTS HAVING A LINEAR CENTRAL AXIS AND A SURFACE WHICH IS CONVEX ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID AXIS IN EVERY PLANE WHICH INCLUDES SAID CENTRAL AXIS, EACH OF SAID LENSES HAVING THE PROPERTY OF CONVERGING THE RAYS OF BEAMS WHICH IMPINGE THEREON, AND A SECOND SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY COVERED BY A PLURALITY OF IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENTS, EACH IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT HAVING A CENTRAL AXIS, EACH LENS ELEMENT HAVING AN IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT AXIALLY ALIGNED THEREWITH, THE SURFACE OF THE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE FOCUS OF THE LENS ELEMENT, THE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENTS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND RETAIN IN VISIBLE FORM AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT FORMED BY ITS RESPECTIVE LENS ELEMENT, THE IMAGE ON EACH IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT BEING OF AN INCREMENTALLY DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE OBJECT FROM ITS NEIGHBORING IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT, SAID DIFFERING ASPECTS BEING THOSE SEEN AXIALLY BY THE RESPECTIVE LENS ELEMENTS AT AN INCREMENTALLY DIFFERENT LATERAL LOCATION RELATIVE TO THE OBJECT FROM ITS NEIGHBORING LENS ELEMENT, SAID METHOD COMPRISING COATING THE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENTS WITH A LIGHT-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION, POSITIONING AN OBJECTIVE LENS OVER AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE AXIS OF A FIRST OF SAID LENS ELEMENTS, AND WITH SAID OBJECTIVE LENS PROJECTING AN IMAGE OF THE OBJECT UPON THE FIRST AND ONLY THE FIRST OF SAID LENS ELEMENTS, SO THAT THE IMAGE IS CAST UPON THE RESPECTIVE DATA ELEMENT TO RECORD SAID IMAGE UPON THE RESPECTIVE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT, THEREAFTER, MOVING THE OBJECTIVE LENS RELATIVELY TO THE OBJECT AND PLATE WHILE KEEPING THE OBJECT AND PLATE RELATIVELY FIXED IN SPACE, TO A POSITION WHERE THE OBJECTIVE LENS IS AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH A SECOND LENS ELEMENT AND THEN PROJECTING AN IMAGE OF THE OBJECT UPON ONLY THE SECOND LENS ELEMENT, AND SUCCESSIVELY PERFORMING SAID ACTS UPON A THIRD AND ALL OTHER OF SAID LENS ELEMENTS PERFORMING THIS OPERATION ON THE INDIVIDUAL LENS ELEMENTS OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE PLATE, ONE BY ONE, BY POSITIONING AXES OF THE OBJECTIVE LENS INDIVIDUALLY OVER EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL LENS ELEMENTS AND PROJECTING THE IMAGE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL LENS ELEMENT WHILE IN AXIAL COINCIDENCE THEREWITH, AND THEN DEVELOPING THE LIGHT-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION TO PROVIDE VISUAL IMAGES ON THE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENTS OF THE IMAGES PROJECTED ON THEM BY THE OBJECTIVE LENS.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF STORING AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT ON AN IMAGE STORAGE DEVICE, WHICH DEVICE COMPRISES A PLATE OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL, SAID PLATE HAVING A FIRST SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY COVERED BY A PLURALITY OF LENS ELEMENTS, EACH OF SAID LENS ELEMENTS HAVING A LINEAR CENTRAL AXIS AND A SURFACE WHICH IS CONVEX ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID AXIS IN EVERY PLANE WHICH INCLUDES SAID CENTRAL AXIS, EACH OF SAID LENSES HAVING THE PROPERTY OF CONVERGING THE RAYS OF BEAMS WHICH IMPINGE THEREON, AND A SECOND SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY COVERED BY A PLURALITY OF IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENTS, EACH IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT HAVING A CENTRAL AXIS, EACH LENS ELEMENT HAVING AN IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT AXIALLY ALIGNED THEREWITH, THE SURFACE OF THE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE FOCUS OF THE LENS ELEMENT, THE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENTS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND RETAIN IN VISIBLE FORM AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT FORMED BY ITS RESPECTIVE LENS ELEMENT, THE IMAGE ON EACH IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT BEING OF AN INCREMENTALLY DIFFERENT ASPECT OF THE OBJECT FROM ITS NEIGHBORING IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT, SAID DIFFERING ASPECTS BEING THOSE SEEN AXIALLY BY THE RESPECTIVE LENS ELEMENTS AT AN INCREMENTALLY DIFFERENT LATERAL LOCATION RELATIVE TO THE OBJECT FROM ITS NEIGHBORING LENS ELEMENT, SAID METHOD COMPRISING COATING THE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENTS WITH A LIGHT-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION, POSITIONING AN OBJECTIVE LENS OVER AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE AXIS OF A FIRST OF SAID LENS ELEMENTS, AND WITH SAID OBJECTIVE LENS PROJECTING AN IMAGE OF THE OBJECT UPON THE FIRST AND ONLY THE FIRST OF SAID LENS ELEMENTS, SO THAT THE IMAGE IS CAST UPON THE RESPECTIVE DATA ELEMENT TO RECORD SAID IMAGE UPON THE RESPECTIVE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENT, THEREAFTER, MOVING THE OBJECTIVE LENS RELATIVELY TO THE OBJECT AND PLATE WHILE KEEPING THE OBJECT AND PLATE RELATIVELY FIXED IN SPACE, TO A POSITION WHERE THE OBJECTIVE LENS IS AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH A SECOND LENS ELEMENT AND THEN PROJECTING AN IMAGE OF THE OBJECT UPON ONLY THE SECOND LENS ELEMENT, AND SUCCESSIVELY PERFORMING SAID ACTS UPON A THIRD AND ALL OTHER OF SAID LENS ELEMENTS PERFORMING THIS OPERATION ON THE INDIVIDUAL LENS ELEMENTS OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE PLATE, ONE BY ONE, BY POSITIONING AXES OF THE OBJECTIVE LENS INDIVIDUALLY OVER EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL LENS ELEMENTS AND PROJECTING THE IMAGE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL LENS ELEMENT WHILE IN AXIAL COINCIDENCE THEREWITH, AND THEN DEVELOPING THE LIGHT-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION TO PROVIDE VISUAL IMAGES ON THE IMAGE STORAGE ELEMENTS OF THE IMAGES PROJECTED ON THEM BY THE OBJECTIVE LENS.