Multiplex image accommodation system

Claim 2

An improvement in an optical-to-electrical image transducer employed to display the image of a film area on the screen of a television display device, said transducer having a film accommodation section wherein the film image area is scanned by radiant energy in the form of a moving beam of light emanating from the raster pattern of a scanning means, the radiant energy optical information derived from the scanned image area being directed to a signal conversion system and the signal output thereof applied to the television display device for image reproduction, said improvement being in the film image accommodation section of said transducer and comprising: a first basic optical system including a first film positioning means for accommodating a first film medium of defined image area, a first objective lens to focus said light raster pattern on the image area of said first film, and a condensing lens to convey the radiant energy passed by the first film image area to a signal conversion system; a second basic optical system including a second film positioning means for accommodating a second film medium having a defined format and image area substantially differing from that of said first film medium, a second system objective lens to focus said light raster pattern on the image area of said second film medium and a condensing lens to convey the radiant energy passed by the second film image area to a signal conversion sYstem; at least one of said basic optical systems being formed to accept the insertion of a cooperating auxiliary optical system thereinto including an adjuvant objective lens, means for accommodating an additional film medium and an adjuvant condensing lens system formed to be inserted into and removed from the optical alignment of said basic system to facilitate the predeterminate handling of an additional film medium having an image area of a size differing from that inherently accommodated by said basic optical system; a pivoted reflective means oriented adjacent to the face of said scanning means in a manner to be angularly moved into the path of said light beam and predeterminately direct the path of the moving beam light output of said scanning means to at least one of said basic optical systems; reflective placement means for selectively positioning said pivoted reflective means to direct said moving light beam to at least one of said respective basic optical systems; and selective switching means to control said reflective placement means to determinately position said pivoted reflective means to effect the selective utilization of a respective basic optical system.

Claim 3

An improvement in the film accommodation section of an optical-to-electrical image transducer according to claim 1 wherein one of said basic optical systems has film positioning means to accommodate separate still image film mediums and wherein the other of said basic optical systems has discrete film transport means to accommodate strip film mediums having a series of images thereon, and wherein said strip film transport means accommodates moving sequential image strip film mediums, and wherein said moving image film transport means is augmented by film movement sensing means, vertical scan modification means, and switching means; said switching means providing activation of said reflective placement means, said moving image film transport means, and said vertical scan modification means to effect scanning of said moving sequential image film mediums.

Claim 4

An improvement in the film accommodation section of an optical-to-electrical image transducer according to claim 1 wherein said pivoted reflective means is pivotal relative to one edge thereof in a manner to facilitate substantially 90* angular movement of said reflective means, said pivotal angular movement effecting positioning of said reflective means being referenced from a plane substantially parallel to and spaced from the direct beam path emanating from the axis of the raster pattern of said scanning means, the initiative 90* movement being determined from a plane situated substantially 45* from said reference plane, said pivotal edge related region being oriented laterally beyond the beam path of the raster pattern to facilitate said angular movement of said reflective means in the moving light beam path to provide substantially 90* reflected light beam input into the first of said basic optical systems and thence substantially 90* reflected light beam input into the second of said basic optical systems, said reflected light beams being substantially 180* apart and substantially offset from one another.

Claim 5

An improvement in an optical-to-electrical image transducer employed to display the image of a film area on the screen of a television display device, said transducer having a film accommodation section wherein the film image area is scanned by radiant energy in the form of a moving beam of light emanating from the raster pattern of a scanning means, the radiant energy optical information derived from the scanned image area being directed to a signal conversion system and the signal output thereof applied to the television display device for image reproduction, said improvement being in the film image accommodation section of said transducer and comprising: a first basic optical system including a first film positioning means for accommodatinG a first film medium of defined image area, a first objective lens oriented to receive and focus the input radiant energy of said light raster pattern on the image area of said first film medium, and a condensing lens to convey and direct the output radiant energy passed by the first film image area to a signal conversion system, said first basic optical system being positioned in substantially direct line relationship between said scanning source and said signal conversion system; a second basic optical system including a second film positioning means for accommodating a second film medium having a defined format and image area substantially differing from that of said first film medium, a second compound objective lens system having an associated substantially fixed reflective means to direct the focused light raster pattern on the image area of said second film medium and a second compound condensing lens system having an associated substantially fixed reflective means to convey the radiant energy passed by the second film image area to said signal conversion system; at least one of said basic optical systems being formed to accept the insertion of a cooperating auxiliary optical system thereinto including an adjuvant objective lens, means for accommodating an additional film medium and an adjuvant condensing lens system formed to be inserted into and removed from the optical alignment of said basic system to facilitate the predeterminate handling of an additional film medium having an image area of a size differing from that inherently accommodated by said basic optical system; a pair of cooperating pivoted reflective means in the form of a second system input pivotal mirror and a second system output pivotal mirror positioned at either end of said first basic optical system, said second system input pivotal mirror being oriented adjacent to the face of said scanning means and said second system output pivotal mirror being oriented adjacent the input receiving area of said signal conversion system, said second system input and output pivotal mirrors being conjunctively operational to predeterminately and simultaneously move into and out of the path of the moving beam light output of said scanning means to thereby direct said moving beam into said second basic optical system and thence out of to said signal conversion system; and reflective placement means for simultaneously positioning said pair of pivotal mirrors into and out of the path of said moving light beam.

Claim 6

An improvement in an optical-to-electrical image transducer employed to display the image of a film area on the screen of a television display device, said transducer having a film accommodation section wherein the film image area is scanned by radiant energy in the form of a moving beam of light emanating from the raster pattern of a scanning means, the radiant energy optical information derived from the scanned image area being directed to a signal conversion system and the signal output thereof applied to the television display device for image reproduction, said improvement being in the film image accommodation section of said transducer and comprising: a first basic optical system including a first film positioning means for accommodatinG a first film medium of defined image area, a first objective lens oriented to receive and focus the input radiant energy of said light raster pattern on the image area of said first film medium, and a condensing lens to convey and direct the output radiant energy passed by the first film image area to a signal conversion system, said first basic optical system being positioned in substantially direct line relationship between said scanning source and said signal conversion system; a second basic optical system including a second film positioning means for accommodating a second film medium having a defined format and image area substantially differing from that of said first film medium, a second compound objective lens system having an associated substantially fixed reflective means to direct the focused light raster pattern on the image area of said second film medium and a second compound condensing lens system having an associated substantially fixed reflective means to convey the radiant energy passed by the second film image area to said signal conversion system; at least one of said basic optical systems being formed to accept the insertion of a cooperating auxiliary optical system thereinto including an adjuvant objective lens, means for accommodating an additional film medium and an adjuvant condensing lens system formed to be inserted into and removed from the optical alignment of said basic system to facilitate the predeterminate handling of an additional film medium having an image area of a size differing from that inherently accommodated by said basic optical system; a pair of cooperating pivoted reflective means in the form of a second system input pivotal mirror and a second system output pivotal mirror positioned at either end of said first basic optical system, said second system input pivotal mirror being oriented adjacent to the face of said scanning means and said second system output pivotal mirror being oriented adjacent the input receiving area of said signal conversion system, said second system input and output pivotal mirrors being conjunctively operational to predeterminately and simultaneously move into and out of the path of the moving beam light output of said scanning means to thereby direct said moving beam into said second basic optical system and thence out of to said signal conversion system; and reflective placement means for simultaneously positioning said pair of pivotal mirrors into and out of the path of said moving light beam.

Claim 7

An improvement in the film accommodation section of an optical-to-electrical image transducer according to claim 4 wherein one of said basic optical systems has film positioning means to accommodate separate still image film mediums and wherein the other of said basic optical systems has discrete film transport means to accommodate strip-type film mediums having a series of images thereon, and wherein selective switching means is included to control said reflective placement means to determinately position said pivotal mirrors to effect the selective utilization of a respective basic optical system.

Claim 8

An improvement in the film accommodation section of an optical-to-electrical image transducer according to claim 4 wherein each of said pivoted mirrors is pivotal relative to one edge thereof in a manner to facilitate substantially 45* angular movement of each mirror with each of said pivotal angular movements being simultaneously initiated from a common plane substantially parallel to and spaced from the direct beam path emanating from the axis of the raster pattern of said scanning means, each of said pivotal edge related regions being oriented laterally beyond the beam path confines of the raster pattern to facilitate positioning of the pivotal mirrors into and out of the path of said moving light beam thereby allowing direct light beam input into said first basic optical system and, selectively in turn, providing substantially 90* reflected light beam input into sAid second basic optical system and substantially 90* reflected light beam output therefrom to said signal conversion system.

Claim 9

An improvement in an optical-to-electrical image transducer employed to display the image of a film area on the screen of a television display device, said transducer having a film accommodation section wherein the film image area is scanned by radiant energy in the form of a moving beam of light emanating from the raster pattern of a scanning means, the radiant energy optical information derived from the scanned image area being directed to a signal conversion system and the signal output thereof applied to the television display device for image reproduction, said improvement being in the film image accommodation section of said transducer and comprising: a first basic optical system including a first film positioning means for accommodating a first film medium of defined image area, a first objective lens oriented to receive and focus the input radiant energy of said light raster pattern on the image area of said first film medium, a compound condensing lens system having an associated substantially fixed reflective means to convey the radiant energy passed by said first film image area to said signal conversion system; a second basic optical system including a second film positioning means for accommodating a second film medium having a defined format and image area substantially differing from that of said first film medium, a second compound objective lens system having an associated substantially fixed reflective means to direct the focused light raster pattern on the image area of said second film medium and a condensing lens to convey and direct the output radiant energy passed by the second film image area to said signal conversion system; at least one of said basic optical systems being formed to accept the interior of a cooperating auxiliary optical system including an adjuvant objective lens, means for accommodating an additional film medium and an adjuvant condensing lens system formed to be inserted into and removed from the optical alignment of said basic system to facilitate the predeterminate handling of an additional film medium and an adjuvant condensing lens system formed to be inserted into and removed from the optical alignment of said basic system to facilitate the predeterminate handling of an additional film medium having an image area of a size differing from that inherently accommodated by said basic optical system; a pair of reciprocating pivoted mirrors in the form of a first optical system pivoted output mirror and a second optical system pivoted input mirror, each being operative in a separate basic optical system, said first system output mirror being oriented adjacent the input receiving area of said signal conversion system in a manner to predeterminately move into position to reflect the output radiant energy of the first optical system into said signal conversion system, said second system input mirror being oriented adjacent to the face of said scanning means to predeterminately move into and out of the path of the moving beam light output of the scanning means to thereby direct said moving beam into said second optical system; and reflective placement means including selective switching means for simultaneously effecting and controlling reciprocative positioning of said pivoted mirrors in each of said optical systems to selectively utilize a respective basic optical system.

Claim 10

An improvement in an optical-to-electrical image transducer employed to display the image of a film area on the screen of a television display device, said transducer having a film accommodation section wherein the film image area is scanned by radiant energy in the form of a moving beam of light emanating from the raster pattern of a scanning means, the radiant energy optical information derived from the scanned image area being directed to a signal conversion system and the signal output thereof applied to the television display device for image reproduction, said improvement being in the film image accommodation section of said transducer and comprising: a first basic optical system including a first film positioning means for accommodating a first film medium of defined image area, a first objective lens oriented to receive and focus the input radiant energy of said light raster pattern on the image area of said first film medium, a compound condensing lens system having an associated substantially fixed reflective means to convey the radiant energy passed by said first film image area to said signal conversion system; a second basic optical system including a second film positioning means for accommodating a second film medium having a defined format and image area substantially differing from that of said first film medium, a second compound objective lens system having an associated substantially fixed reflective means to direct the focused light raster pattern on the image area of said second film medium and a condensing lens to convey and direct the output radiant energy passed by the second film image area to said signal conversion system; at least one of said basic optical systems being formed to accept the interior of a cooperating auxiliary optical system including an adjuvant objective lens, means for accommodating an additional film medium and an adjuvant condensing lens system formed to be inserted into and removed from the optical alignment of said basic system to facilitate the predeterminate handling of an additional film medium and an adjuvant condensing lens system formed to be inserted into and removed from the optical alignment of said basic system to facilitate the predeterminate handling of an additional film medium having an image area of a size differing from that inherently accommodated by said basic optical system; a pair of reciprocating pivoted mirrors in the form of a first optical system pivoted output mirror and a second optical system pivoted input mirror, each being operative in a separate basic optical system, said first system output mirror being oriented adjacent the input receiving area of said signal conversion system in a manner to predeterminately move into position to reflect the output radiant energy of the first optical system into said signal conversion system, said second system input mirror being oriented adjacent to the face of said scanning means to predeterminately move into and out of the path of the moving beam light output of the scanning means to thereby direct said moving beam into said second optical system; and reflective placement means including selective switching means for simultaneously effecting and controlling reciprocative positioning of said pivoted mirrors in each of said optical systems to selectively utilize a respective basic optical system.