Method and apparatus for making a print of an object

Claim 3

A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the print is lenticulated via the same number of lines per unit length as the lines per unit length of the line screen negative.

Claim 4

Apparatus for making a print of an object, photographed by a stereo camera to provide first and second stereo transparencies thereof, which print appears to the human eye to be three-dimensional, said apparatus comprising a third transparency which is a copy of one of the first and second transparencies; optical means for first superimposing the first transparency provided by the stereo camera and the third transparency on each other to provide a first combination of light and for then superimposing the second transparency provided by the stereo camera and the third transparency on each other to provide a second combination of light; a line screen negative having a plurality of black lines of equal thickness in parallel relation equidistantly spaced from each other by clear lines equal in thickness to the black lines; viewing means for viewing the transparencies in the optical means to permit selective positioning thereof to insure exact superimposition thereof; positioning means for first exposing photosensitive material to the first combination of light via the line screen negative to provide a first exposure and for then shifting the line screen negative in position by the thickness of a black line thereof on the first exposure, and re-exposing the photosensitive material to the second combination of light via the shifted line screen negative to expose the lines of the first exposure covered by the black lines of the negative in providing the first exposure to provide a complete exposure; printing means for printing the complete exposure as a single print; and lenticular means on the print whereby it appears to be three-dimensional to a human eye.

Claim 5

Apparatus for making a print of an object, photographed by a stereo camera to provide first and second stereo transparencies thereof, which print appears to the human eye to be three-dimensional, said apparatus comprising a third transparency which is a copy of one of the first and second transparencies; optical means for first superimposing the first transparency provided by the stereo camera and the third transparency on each other to provide a first combination of light and for then superimposing the second transparency provided by the stereo camera and the third transparency on each other to provide a second combination of light; a line screen negative having a plurality of black lines of equal thickness in parallel relation equidistantly spaced from each other by clear lines equal in thickness to the black lines; viewing means for viewing the transparencies in the optical means to permit selective positioning thereof to insure exact superimposition thereof; positioning means for first exposing photosensitive material to the first combination of light via the line screen negative to provide a first exposure and for then shifting the line screen negative in position by the thickness of a black line thereof on the first exposure, and re-exposing the photosensitive material to the second combination of light via the shifted line screen negative to expose the lines of the first exposure covered by the black lines of the negative in providing the first exposure to provide a complete exposure; printing means for printing the complete exposure as a single print; and lenticular means on the print whereby it appears to be three-dimensional to a human eye.

Claim 6

Apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the lenticular means has the same number of lines per unit length as the lines per unit length of the line screen negative.

Claim 7

Apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said lenticular means comprises a sheet of transparent material having a plurality of spaced parallel lines formed therein by corrugations formed in one surface of the sheet, said sheet having a predetermined number of lines per unit length.

Claim 8

Apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the optical means positions the transparencies substantially perpendicularly to each other, and the viewing means comprises a substantially tube-like viewing member extending substantially perpendicularly from the optical device and having spaced opposite first and second ends, said viewing member being open at its first and second ends, viewing lens means and adjustable polaroid filter means mounted in the viewing member at the first end thereof, the second end of the viewing member being affixed to the optical device, said viewing lens means comprising a platform slidably mounted in the optical device and a substantially cubic frame mounted on the platform and having a first pair of spaced parallel open sides in planes substantially perpendicular to the platform, a second pair of spaced parallel closed sides substantially perpendicular to the first pair of sides and joining said first pair of sides, a third pair of spaced parallel sides including a top and a bottom juxtaposed with the platform and substantially perpendicular to the first and second pairs of sides and joining said sides, a hole formed through the platform in spaced relation with the frame, first viewing means in the top for viewing a first of the transparencies, and transparent mirror means extending at substantially 45° with the platform between the juncture of the bottom and the side of the first pair of sides closest to the viewing lens means and the juncture of the top and the other of the first pair of sides, the second of the transparencies being provided at said other of said first pair of sides.

Claim 9

A viewing device for simultaneously viewing in two-dimensions first and second items positioned substantially perpendicularly to each other in spaced relation, said viewing device comprising a platform slidably mounted in proximity with the items, a substantially cube-like frame mounted on the platform and having a first pair of spaced parallel open sides in planes substantially perpendicular to the platform, a second pair of spaced parallel closed sides substantially perpendicular to the first pair of sides and joining said first pair of sides, a third pair of spaced parallel sides including a top and a bottom juxtaposed with the platform and substantially perpendicular to the first and second pairs of sides and joining said sides, first viewing means in the top for viewing a first of the items, and a single transparent mirror extending at substantially 45° with the platform between the juncture of the bottom and a viewing side of the first pair of sides and the juncture of the top and the other of the first pair of sides, the second of the items being provided at said other of said first pair of sides thereby permitting the first and second items to be viewed in superimposed relation with each other in two-dimensions.

Claim 10

A viewing device for simultaneously viewing in two-dimensions first and second items positioned substantially perpendicularly to each other in spaced relation, said viewing device comprising a platform slidably mounted in proximity with the items, a substantially cube-like frame mounted on the platform and having a first pair of spaced parallel open sides in planes substantially perpendicular to the platform, a second pair of spaced parallel closed sides substantially perpendicular to the first pair of sides and joining said first pair of sides, a third pair of spaced parallel sides including a top and a bottom juxtaposed with the platform and substantially perpendicular to the first and second pairs of sides and joining said sides, first viewing means in the top for viewing a first of the items, and a single transparent mirror extending at substantially 45° with the platform between the juncture of the bottom and a viewing side of the first pair of sides and the juncture of the top and the other of the first pair of sides, the second of the items being provided at said other of said first pair of sides thereby permitting the first and second items to be viewed in superimposed relation with each other in two-dimensions.

Claim 11

A viewing device as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of the first and second items comprises a photographic transparency.

Claim 12

A viewing device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the platform has a hole formed therethrough in spaced relation with the frame for permitting light from the items to pass therethrough.