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Three-dimensional imaging system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-12-21
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Granted: 1991-12-10
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Expires: 2009-12-21
Abstract
Abstract A three-dimensional imaging system having a viewing chamber in one embodiment with electrode vibration plates disposed above and below the viewing chamber with a plurality of minute particles having a changeable charge moving rapidly back and forth between the vibration plates and in another embodiment having a moving screen in the viewing chamber with illumination of selected of the particles or screen provided at a desired height in the viewing chamber at a plurality of positions within the viewing chamber to produce a three-dimensional image based upon an image-sensing device's output directed to control the points of illumination within the viewing chamber.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregory R. Brotz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 04:19
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B30/00; G02B30/50; G02B30/54; H; H04; H04N; H04N13/00; H04N13/30; H04N13/324; H04N13/388; H04N13/393; H04N13/398; H04N13/10; H04N13/194; H04N13/20; H04N13/204; H04N13/207; H04N13/221; H04N13/239; H04N13/243; H04N13/286; H04N13/363; H04N2013/0074; H04N2013/0081
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
236 words
A three-dimensional imaging system comprising: a viewing chamber having a top and bottom and a front opening, length, depth and side height; first and second electrode vibration plates positioned at the top and bottom of said viewing chamber; means to provide an opposite polarity charge on each of said first and second electrode vibration plates; a plurality of minute particles having a changeable charge formed in a narrow plane along the length and depth of said viewing chamber, said plane of particles when near one of said first and second electrode vibration plates being moved by repulsion by changing its charge to the same charge as said nearest electrode vibration plate and then said plane of particles being repulsed to be attached to said other electrode vibration plate of opposite charge where the charge of said particles changes again to be again repulsed to the opposite vibration plate, said particles continuing to change their charge causing said particles to move rapidly in a plane between said first and second electrode plates; means to illuminate selected of said particles at a desired position in said viewing chamber; a beam source producing a beam sufficient to illuminate said particles directed by said pulsing information; and beam aiming means directed by said beam direction information, said beam aiming means directing said beam on said first electrode plate at a position where it is desired to illuminate said selected particles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
236 words
A three-dimensional imaging system comprising: a viewing chamber having a top and bottom and a front opening, length, depth and side height; first and second electrode vibration plates positioned at the top and bottom of said viewing chamber; means to provide an opposite polarity charge on each of said first and second electrode vibration plates; a plurality of minute particles having a changeable charge formed in a narrow plane along the length and depth of said viewing chamber, said plane of particles when near one of said first and second electrode vibration plates being moved by repulsion by changing its charge to the same charge as said nearest electrode vibration plate and then said plane of particles being repulsed to be attached to said other electrode vibration plate of opposite charge where the charge of said particles changes again to be again repulsed to the opposite vibration plate, said particles continuing to change their charge causing said particles to move rapidly in a plane between said first and second electrode plates; means to illuminate selected of said particles at a desired position in said viewing chamber; a beam source producing a beam sufficient to illuminate said particles directed by said pulsing information; and beam aiming means directed by said beam direction information, said beam aiming means directing said beam on said first electrode plate at a position where it is desired to illuminate said selected particles.
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