Stereoscopic viewing apparatus which includes a curved lenticular screen in front ofa curved picture supporting surface

Claim 1

STEREOSCOPIC PANORAMA REPRODUCTION VIEWING APPARATUS INCLUDING, IN COMBINATION; AN OBJECTIVE SCREEN BEARING A PROGRESSIVE SERIES OF MUTUALLY EQUALLY DISPLACED, HORIZONTALLY COMPRESSED, DETAIL OVERLAPPING, STEREOSCOPICALLY-RELATED VIEWABLE SECTIONS OF A PANORAMIC SCENE WHICH ARE DISPOSED SIDE-BY-SIDE AND ARE REGULARLY SUCCESSIVE, SAID SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY COMPRISING COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDINGS OF SECTIONS OF A PANORAMIC SCENE TAKEN FROM SUCCESSIVE CAMERA VIEWPOINTS ALONG A PATTERN WHICH IS CONVEX TOWARD THE PANORAMIC SCENE BEING TAKEN; AND AN ANAMORPHOSCOPIC VIEWING WINDOW MEANS DISPOSED IN FRONT OF SAID OBJECTIVE SCREEN AND COMPRISING A MULTIPLICITY OF POSITIVE, ANAMORPHOSCOPICALLY RESTORING ELEMENTAL LENS MEANS, WHICH HAVE EQUIVALENT FOCAL LENGTHS, ARE DISPOSED IN SIDE-BY-SIDE RELATIONSHIP, AND ARE INDIVIDUALLY IN REGISTRATION WITH SAID STEREOSCOPICALLY-RELATED VIEWABLE SECTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR RESPECTIVELY, ANAMORPHOSCOPICALLY RESTORING INDIVIDUALLY, VISIBLE ELEMENTAL AREAS OF SAID VIEWABLE SECTIONS, WHICH DEPEND FOR THEIR SELECTION UPON THE HORIZONTAL POSITION OF EACH EYE OF EACH VIEWER WITH RESPECT TO EACH OF SAID ELEMENTAL LENS MEANS, TO PRODUCE TWO, INDIVIDUALLY CONTINUOUS PANORAMAS AS SEEN BY THE RESPECTIVE EYES OF EACH VIEWER THEREOF, CORRESPONDING PORTIONS OF SAID VIEWABLE SECTIONS BEING STEREOSCOPIC DOUBLETS,