Method and system for producing and viewing color stereoscopic images

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR FORMING AND VIEWING A COMPOSITE IMAGE PERCEPTIBLE AS A FULL-COLORED STEREOSCOPIC REPRESENTATION OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBJECT COMPRISING: MEANS FOR FORMING A VISIBLE POLYCHROMATIC FIRST IMAGE COMPONENT RENDERED IN A RANGE OF DENSITIES AND HUES AND PERCEPTIBLE AS A SUBSTANTIALLY FULL-COLORED REPRESENTATION OF SAID SUBJECT, MEANS FOR FORMING A SECOND IMAGE COMPONENT STEREOSCOPICALLY RELATED TO SAID FIRST IMAGE COMPONENT IN VISIBLE LIGHT CONVEYING NO COLOR INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID SUBJECT BUT RENDERED IN A RANGE OF DENSITIES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF SAID FIRST IMAGE COMPONENT, THE DENSITIES OF LIKE OBJECT AREAS IN BOTH IMAGE COMPONENTS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME, AND MEANS FOR PRESENTING EACH OF SAID IMAGE COMPONENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY TO REPECTIVELY SEPARATE EYES OF AN OBSERVER.