Stereoscopic photographing and reproduction apparatus and method

Claim 1

CAMERA APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING STEREOSCOPICALLY VIEWABLE PANORAMIC SCENES, SAID CAMERA APPARATUS INCLUDING, IN COMBINATION, CAMERA MEANS INCLUDING OBJECTIVE LENS MEANS, SHUTTER MEANS COOPERATIVELY DISPOSED THEREWITH, AND EXPOSABLE, IMAGE RECEIVING MEANS DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF SAID OBJECTIVE LENS MEANS AND SAID SHUTTER MEANS; STRUCTURE DEFINING A DARK CHAMBER, OPEN AT OPPOSITE ENDS, DISPOSED PROXIMATE TO SAID CAMERA MEANS, ONE END OF SAID DARK CHAMBER STRUCTURE BEING DISPOSED ABOUT SAID OBJECTIVE LENS MEANS IN LIGHT COMMUNICATIVE RELATIONSHIP; A DIVERGENTLY VIEWING CAMERA WINDOW FIXEDLY DISPOSED OVER THE REMAINING END OF SAID DARK CHAMBER STRUCTURE AND ALSO OVER AND IN LIGHT COMMUNICATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID OBJECTIVE LENS MEANS BUT SPACED THEREFROM, SAID CAMERA WINDOW COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF JUXATPOSED, ELEMENTAL, ANAMORPHOSIZING LENS MEANS, MUTUALLY SECURED TOGETHER IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP FOR EQUIVALENTLY COMPRESSING WIDTHWISE THE REPESPECTIVE LIGHT PATTERN OF SCENE SECTORS PASSING THERETHROUGH, PREPARATORY OF THEIR PASSAGE THROUGH SAID CAMERA OBJECTIVE LENS MEANS FOR FOCUSING THEREBY ONTO SAID EXPOSABLE, IMAGE RECEIVING MEDIUM JUXTAPOSED, ANAMORPHOSES OF SECTORS OF THE PANORAMA VIEWED BY SAID CAMERA WINDOW, SAID ELEMENTAL LENS MEANS BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED, AND SPACED FROM SAID OBJECTIVE LENS MEANS, TO PRODUCE ADJACENT IMAGES WHICH ARE STEREOSCOPICALLY RELATED.