Multiple image film exposure and projection system

Claim 1

A multiple image film exposure system comprising, in combination: display means for successively displaying a plurality of pictures to be photographed onto a single film frame to provide a plurality of individual pictures on small areas on said frame in a desired pattern; a camera including gate means for supporting said film frame; means defining a plurality of individual image forming lenses positioned in front of said gate means to project multiple images of one of said pictures on said film frame, said images respectively occupying said small areas in said desired pattern; an individually operable normally closed shutter means for each of said individual image forming lenses so that opening and closing of a selected shutter means exposes a corresponding area of said film frame to the particular picture displayed by said displaying means; a synchronizing means connected between said display means and said individually operable shutter means for automatically successively opening and closing said shutter means in a sequence defining said desired pattern, said synchronizing means including means for generating a different control signal in response to changing of a picture on said display means, each of said shutter means being responsive to a particular control signal received to open and close; and a delay means for delaying the arrival of the control signal to assure that the shutter to be operated is not operated until the picture to be displayed is steady.