Light beam deflector and related systems

Claim 2

A LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNIT COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF PRISMS DISPOSED ALONG A SELECTED BEAM PATH AND CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF REFRACTIVE INTERFACES DEFINING THE SEPARATIONS BETWEEN ADJACENT VOLUMES OF TRANSPARENT MATERIALS HAVING DIFFERENT INDICES OF REFRACTION, ADJACENT INTERFACES FORMING PRISM ANGLES WHICH VARY IN RESPONSE TO AN APPLIED PRESSURE; TRANSDUCER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO APPLIED DEFLECTION SIGNALS FOR PRODUCING A VOLUME DISPLACEMENT IN PROPORTION TO AN APPLIED SIGNAL; AND A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT VOLUME OF LIQUID DEFINING A FLUID PRESSURE PATH BETWEEN SAID TRANSDUCER MEANS AND SAID PRISMS, SO THAT THE VOLUME DISPLACEMENTS PRODUCED BY THE APPLIED DEFLECTION SIGNALS ARE TRANSMITTED AS PRESSURE CHANGES TO SAID PRISMS TO CHANGE THE PRISM ANGLE FORMED BY ADJACENT INTERFACES, THEREBY DEFLECTING A LIGHT BEAM FROM THE SELECTED BEAM PATH BY AN AMOUNT CORRESPONDING TO THE AMPLITUDE OF THE APPLIED DEFLECTION SIGNAL.

Claim 3

A COLOR TELEVISION DEVICE COMPRISING: A VIEWING SCREEN; COLOR TELEVISION RECEIVER CIRCUITS FOR PROVIDING THREE PRIMARY COLOR SIGNALS AND VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION SIGNALS; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE COLOR SIGNALS FOR PROVIDING THREE PRIMARY COLORED LIGHT BEAMS MODULATED IN INTENSITY BY THE CORRESPONDING COLOR SIGNAL AND DIRECTED IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL PATHS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER FOR SCANNING A VIEWING SURFACE; HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNITS, EACH OF SAID LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNITS INCLUDING TWO LIQUIDS HAVING DISSIMILAR INDICES OF REFRACTION CONFINED IN SEPARATE SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT VOLUMES, FLEXIBLE MEANS DEFINING SUCCESSIVE INTERFACES ALONG THE PATH OF SAID LIGHT BEAMS BETWEEN ALTERNATE PRISM SHAPED VOLUMES OF THE TWO LIQUIDS, AND TRANSDUCER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE APPLIED DEFLECTION SIGNAL FOR PRODUCING A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE TWO LIQUID VOLUMES ACROSS SAID FLEXIBLE INTERFACE DEFINING MEANS TO VARY THE ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADJACENT INTERFACES TO THEREBY CHANGE THE PRISM ANGLE OF THE PRISM SHAPED VOLUMES OF LIQUID AND THUS DEFLECT THE LIGHT BEAM FROM A SELECTED BEAM PATH THROUGH AN ANGLE PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMPLITUDE OF THE APPLIED DEFLECTION SIGNAL, SAID FIRST LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNIT BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION VOLTAGES FROM THE COLORED TELEVISION RECEIVER CIRCUIT AND SAID SECOND LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNIT BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE VERTICAL DEFLECTION VOLTAGES, WHEREBY SAID LIGHT BEAMS ARE DEFLECTED TO SCAN THE VIEWING SURFACE IN A REGULAR PATTERN IN RESPONSE TO THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION VOLTAGES, THUS PRESENTING A COLOR TELEVISION PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLOR SIGNALS FROM THE COLOR TELEVISION RECEIVER CIRCUITS.

Claim 4

A COLOR TELEVISION DEVICE COMPRISING: A VIEWING SCREEN; COLOR TELEVISION RECEIVER CIRCUITS FOR PROVIDING THREE PRIMARY COLOR SIGNALS AND VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION SIGNALS; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE COLOR SIGNALS FOR PROVIDING THREE PRIMARY COLORED LIGHT BEAMS MODULATED IN INTENSITY BY THE CORRESPONDING COLOR SIGNAL AND DIRECTED IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL PATHS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER FOR SCANNING A VIEWING SURFACE; HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNITS, EACH OF SAID LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNITS INCLUDING TWO LIQUIDS HAVING DISSIMILAR INDICES OF REFRACTION CONFINED IN SEPARATE SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT VOLUMES, FLEXIBLE MEANS DEFINING SUCCESSIVE INTERFACES ALONG THE PATH OF SAID LIGHT BEAMS BETWEEN ALTERNATE PRISM SHAPED VOLUMES OF THE TWO LIQUIDS, AND TRANSDUCER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE APPLIED DEFLECTION SIGNAL FOR PRODUCING A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL IN THE TWO LIQUID VOLUMES ACROSS SAID FLEXIBLE INTERFACE DEFINING MEANS TO VARY THE ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADJACENT INTERFACES TO THEREBY CHANGE THE PRISM ANGLE OF THE PRISM SHAPED VOLUMES OF LIQUID AND THUS DEFLECT THE LIGHT BEAM FROM A SELECTED BEAM PATH THROUGH AN ANGLE PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMPLITUDE OF THE APPLIED DEFLECTION SIGNAL, SAID FIRST LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNIT BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION VOLTAGES FROM THE COLORED TELEVISION RECEIVER CIRCUIT AND SAID SECOND LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION UNIT BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE VERTICAL DEFLECTION VOLTAGES, WHEREBY SAID LIGHT BEAMS ARE DEFLECTED TO SCAN THE VIEWING SURFACE IN A REGULAR PATTERN IN RESPONSE TO THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION VOLTAGES, THUS PRESENTING A COLOR TELEVISION PROGRAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLOR SIGNALS FROM THE COLOR TELEVISION RECEIVER CIRCUITS.