Method and apparatus for using monochrome images to form a color image

Claim 2

A color imaging system for use with a plurality of electrical signals respectively representing different monochromatic color components of a subject, said imaging system comprising: a piece of monochromatic film, camera means responsive to said signals for forming on said monochromatic film a plurality of mutually spaced monochromatic image components respectively representing said different monochromatic color components, means for processing said film to fix said monochromatic image components thereon, and viewer means having a screen and including means for projecting images of said fixed monochromatic film image components on said screen in mutual superposition and each with a different spectral content, whereby projected monochromatic images of different spectral content are combined on the screen to form a single multi-color image of the subject.

Claim 3

The system of claim 1 wherein said camera means comprise a monochromatic cathode ray tube, means for sequentially feeding said signals to said tube, film holder means mounted adjacent said tube for holding said piece of monochromatic film, lens means mounted between said tube and film holder means for projecting light from said tube to form said image components upon mutually spaced areas of said monochromatic film.

Claim 4

The system of claim 1 wherein said film comprises a single sheet of standard 8×10 inch monochromatic film, said mutually spaced monochromatic image components being formed on said sheet of film.

Claim 5

The system of claim 1 wherein said viewer means comprises a light source, a viewer film holder interposed between said screen and light source and configured and arranged to hold said piece of film with said mutually spaced monochromatic image components at mutually spaced image projection areas of the viewer means, said means for projecting comprising projection lens means interposed between said viewer film holder and said screen for providing a plurality of optical projection paths from said light source through respective ones of said areas to a common region of said screen, and means in respective ones of said optical paths for imparting individually different colors to light in respective ones of said paths, whereby color image components on a piece of film in said viewer film holder may be projected in mutual superposition on said common region.

Claim 6

The system of claim 1 wherein said viewer means comprise a housing, said means for projecting including projection lens means in said housing comprising a first lens mounted to said housing and having a projection axis, and second and third lenses, means for mounting each of said second and third lenses for adjustable displacement relative to said first lens in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of said first lens, whereby misregistration of superposition of images on said screen may be minimized by displacement of said first and second lens.

Claim 7

The system of claim 1 wherein said viewer means include a housing, said means for projecting including projection lens means in said housing comprising a plurality of lenses having nominal relative positions for providing a plurality of optical paths that converge on said screen, and means for adjusting said lenses to vary the convergence of said optical paths.

Claim 8

The system of claim 6 wherein said means for adjusting comprises a manually operable mechanism.

Claim 9

The system of claim 6 wherein said means for adjusting comprises means for automatically varying said convergence.

Claim 10

The system of claim 8 wherein each of said film image components includes reference indicia, and wherein said means for automatically varying comprises a sensor, means for projecting said indicia on said sensor, and means responsive to said sensor for moving said lenses.

Claim 11

The system of claim 1 wherein said camera means includes an optical system having a first magnification, said means for projecting including a projection lens system having a second magnification that is substantially the reciprocal of said first magnification.

Claim 12

The system of claim 1 wherein said color components are three in number, and wherein said camera means includes means for forming on said monochromatic film three reference spots, each spot being associated with an individual one of said monochromatic image components on said film and having a predetermined position with respect to such associated image component, said means for projecting comprising first, second and third lens means for providing three mutually converging optical paths to said screen through respective ones of said fixed monochromatic film image components, said viewer including optical sensor means positioned adjacent said screen, said lens means being configured and arranged to project images of said three reference spots of said fixed film along converging optical paths to said sensor, and means responsive to said sensor for adjusting relative positions of said lens means to enhance convergence of said projected spots on said sensor.

Claim 13

The system of claim 1 wherein said camera means includes means for forming reference spots on said film in predetermined relation to respective ones of said monochromatic image components, said viewer means including a sensor positioned adjacent said screen, said viewer including a plurality of lens means for projecting images of said reference spots of said monochromatic film image components on said sensor in nominal mutual superposition with a predetermined nominal misregistration, and means responsive to said sensor for adjusting relative positions of said lens means to decrease misregistration of said projected images of said reference spots.

Claim 14

The system of claim 12 wherein said lens means includes first, second and third lenses, and wherein said means for adjusting said lens means comprise means for mounting said first and second lenses for adjustment with respect to said third lens, and means responsive to said sensor for automatically adjusting said first and second lenses relative to said third lens so as to decrease actual misregistration of the projected image of said superposed reference spots.

Claim 15

A medical diagnostic color imaging system for use with a medical diagnostic scanning device that provides an output having a plurality of electrical signals respectively representing different color image components of a subject scanned by said device, said system comprising: input means for providing electrical signals representing different color image components of a subject scanned by said device, a film holder configured and arranged to hold a piece of monochromatic film, and means responsive to said input means for exposing a plurality of record image components on different areas of a piece of film in said holder, each of said record image components comprising a record image of a different one of said signal components.

Claim 16

A medical diagnostic color imaging system for use with a medical diagnostic scanning device that provides an output having a plurality of electrical signals respectively representing different color image components of a subject scanned by said device, said system comprising: input means for providing electrical signals representing different color image components of a subject scanned by said device, a film holder configured and arranged to hold a piece of monochromatic film, and means responsive to said input means for exposing a plurality of record image components on different areas of a piece of film in said holder, each of said record image components comprising a record image of a different one of said signal components.

Claim 17

The system of claim 14 wherein said input means comprises a memory for storing at least one frame of each of said signal components, and wherein said means for exposing comprises a multiplexer responsive to said memory, and a cathode ray tube responsive to said multiplexer.

Claim 20

The method of claim 16 wherein said step of projecting comprises the step of superposing said images on said viewing medium with a mutual registration error that is not greater than an error that causes a visibly discernible misregistration of the superposed images component.

Claim 21

The method of claim 16 wherein said step of projecting comprises superposition of said images on said viewing medium so that the deviation of the registration of at least one of said projected images with respect to another is not greater than about 0.020 inches.

Claim 22

A viewing system for displaying color images comprising: a piece of film having a set of monochromatic image components thereon, said film having a plurality of mutually spaced image areas in an array of areas having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3, said set of image components comprising image components representing three different colors that collectively define a first image, the components of said set being positioned on said film in areas thereof identified respectively as column 1, row 1, column 2, row 2, and column 1 row 3.

Claim 23

A viewing system for displaying color images comprising: a piece of film having a set of monochromatic image components thereon, said film having a plurality of mutually spaced image areas in an array of areas having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3, said set of image components comprising image components representing three different colors that collectively define a first image, the components of said set being positioned on said film in areas thereof identified respectively as column 1, row 1, column 2, row 2, and column 1 row 3.

Claim 24

The system of claim 19 including a second set of image components on said film comprising image components representing three different colors that collectively define a second image, the components of said second set being positioned on said film in areas thereof identified respectively as column 2, row 3, column 1, row 2 and column 2, row 1.

Claim 25

The system of claim 20 including viewer means for projecting image components of one of said sets of monochromatic image components of said film in mutually registered superposition to provide a full color image of said first image, said viewer means comprising a light source, a screen, film holder means for holding said film between said screen and light source, projection lens means interposed between said film holder means and said screen for providing three converging optical projection paths from said light source through respective ones of said image components of said one set to converge on a common region of said screen, image components of said film being projected in mutual superposition on said common region, said projection lens means including first, second and third lenses positioned in column 1, row 1, column 2, row 2 and column 1, row 3 respectively of an imaginary lens array having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2, and 3, said viewer means including means in respective ones of said optical paths for imparting individually different colors to light in respective ones of said paths.

Claim 26

The system of claim 21 wherein orientations of the image components of said second set are reversed from right to left and from top to bottom with respect to the orientations of the image components of said first mentioned set, whereby said film may be positioned in a first orientation in said viewer for projection of image components of said first mentioned set and may be positioned in said viewer in a second orientation that is rotated relative to said first orientation 180° about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the film for projection of image components of said second set through said lenses.

Claim 27

An optical film record for storing first and second color images comprising: a sheet of monochromatic film having first and second sets of image components arranged in an array of image components, said array including columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3 of image components, said first set of image components comprising first, second and third monochromatic image components respectively representing first, second and third color components of a first image, said second set of image components comprising first, second and third monochromatic components respectively representing first, second and third color components of a second image, whereby said sheet of monochromatic film stores image components of two color images.

Claim 28

An optical film record for storing first and second color images comprising: a sheet of monochromatic film having first and second sets of image components arranged in an array of image components, said array including columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3 of image components, said first set of image components comprising first, second and third monochromatic image components respectively representing first, second and third color components of a first image, said second set of image components comprising first, second and third monochromatic components respectively representing first, second and third color components of a second image, whereby said sheet of monochromatic film stores image components of two color images.

Claim 29

The film record of claim 23 wherein the components of said first set are positioned respectively in column 1 row 1, column 2 row 2 and column 1 row 3 of said array.

Claim 30

The film record of claim 23 wherein the image components of said first set are all positioned in column 1 and the image components of said second set are all positioned in column 2 of said array.

Claim 31

The film record of claim 23 wherein the image components of said first set are positioned respectively in column 1 row 1, column 2 row 2 and column 1 row 3, and wherein the components of said second image are positioned respectively in column 2 row 3, column 1 row 2 and column 2 row 1.

Claim 32

The film record of claim 23 wherein the image components of said first image are positioned respectively in column 1 row 1, column 2 row 1, and column 1 row 2, and wherein the image components of second image are positioned respectively in column 2 row 2, column 2 row 3 and column 1 row 3.

Claim 33

A color adapter for a monochromatic camera having a monochromatic cathode ray tube, means for feeding electrical signals representing an image of an object to be recorded to said cathode ray tube, a film holder for holding a piece of monochromatic film, and shuttered lens means for selectively exposing on different areas of said film images presented on said cathode ray tube at selectively different times, said adapter comprising: means for providing first, second and third color component electrical signals collectively representing a color image of an object, means for sequentially transmitting said color component signals to said cathode ray tube, and means synchronized with the transmitting of said signals to said cathode ray tube for sequentially exposing mutually separate areas of said film to said cathode ray tube to create on said monochromatic film separate image components of the respective color image component signals.

Claim 34

A color adapter for a monochromatic camera having a monochromatic cathode ray tube, means for feeding electrical signals representing an image of an object to be recorded to said cathode ray tube, a film holder for holding a piece of monochromatic film, and shuttered lens means for selectively exposing on different areas of said film images presented on said cathode ray tube at selectively different times, said adapter comprising: means for providing first, second and third color component electrical signals collectively representing a color image of an object, means for sequentially transmitting said color component signals to said cathode ray tube, and means synchronized with the transmitting of said signals to said cathode ray tube for sequentially exposing mutually separate areas of said film to said cathode ray tube to create on said monochromatic film separate image components of the respective color image component signals.

Claim 35

The adapter of claim 28 wherein said means for sequentially exposing comprises means for locating said image components in column 1, row 1, column 2, row 2, column 1, row 3 of an array of positions on said film having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3.

Claim 36

The adapter of claim 28 wherein said means for sequentially exposing comprises means for locating said image components in column 1, row 1, column 2, row 1 and column 1, row 2 of an array of positions on said film having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3.

Claim 37

A color imaging system comprising: a monochromatic camera including: a monochromatic cathode ray tube, means for feeding electrical signals representing an image of an object to be recorded to said cathode ray tube, a film holder for holding a piece of monochromatic film, and shuttered lens means for selectively exposing on different areas of said film an image presented on said cathode ray tube at selectively different times, and adapter means for causing the camera to expose on said film a plurality of image components respectively representing different monochromatic color components of a subject, said adapter comprising: means for providing a plurality of color component electrical signals collectively representing a color image of an object, means for sequentially transmitting said color component signals to said cathode ray tube, and means synchronized with the transmitting of said signals to said cathode ray tube for sequentially exposing mutually separate areas of said film to said cathode ray tube to create on said monochromatic film separate image components of the respective color image component signals.

Claim 38

A color imaging system comprising: a monochromatic camera including: a monochromatic cathode ray tube, means for feeding electrical signals representing an image of an object to be recorded to said cathode ray tube, a film holder for holding a piece of monochromatic film, and shuttered lens means for selectively exposing on different areas of said film an image presented on said cathode ray tube at selectively different times, and adapter means for causing the camera to expose on said film a plurality of image components respectively representing different monochromatic color components of a subject, said adapter comprising: means for providing a plurality of color component electrical signals collectively representing a color image of an object, means for sequentially transmitting said color component signals to said cathode ray tube, and means synchronized with the transmitting of said signals to said cathode ray tube for sequentially exposing mutually separate areas of said film to said cathode ray tube to create on said monochromatic film separate image components of the respective color image component signals.

Claim 41

A viewer for projecting a color image of an object represented by a set of monochromatic image components on a piece of film, said viewer comprising: a light source, a screen, a film holder, a plurality of projection lenses interposed between said screen and film holder, said lenses being positioned in a lens plane containing an imaginary array of lens areas arranged in columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3, said lenses being positioned in said plane at areas thereof respectively identified as column 1, row 1, column 2, row 2, and column 1, row 3, and means for imparting different spectral characteristics to light passing through respective ones of said lenses.

Claim 42

A viewer for projecting a color image of an object represented by a set of monochromatic image components on a piece of film, said viewer comprising: a light source, a screen, a film holder, a plurality of projection lenses interposed between said screen and film holder, said lenses being positioned in a lens plane containing an imaginary array of lens areas arranged in columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3, said lenses being positioned in said plane at areas thereof respectively identified as column 1, row 1, column 2, row 2, and column 1, row 3, and means for imparting different spectral characteristics to light passing through respective ones of said lenses.

Claim 43

The viewer of claim 33 wherein said last mentioned means comprises different color filters.

Claim 44

A viewer for projecting a color image of an object represented by a set of monochromatic image components on a piece of film, said viewer comprising: a light source, a screen, a film holder, a plurality of projection lenses interposed between said screen and film holder, said lenses being positioned in a lens plane and being positioned in a mutually staggered relation in said plane, whereby center to center distance between said lenses is increased for a given lens package boundary area, said lenses being mounted in a lens package having a predetermined boundary area, and means for imparting different spectral characteristics to light passing through respective ones of said lenses.

Claim 45

A viewer for projecting a color image of an object represented by a set of monochromatic image components on a piece of film, said viewer comprising: a light source, a screen, a film holder, a plurality of projection lenses interposed between said screen and film holder, said lenses being positioned in a lens plane and being positioned in a mutually staggered relation in said plane, whereby center to center distance between said lenses is increased for a given lens package boundary area, said lenses being mounted in a lens package having a predetermined boundary area, and means for imparting different spectral characteristics to light passing through respective ones of said lenses.

Claim 46

A viewing system for displaying color images comprising: a piece of film having a set of monochromatic image components thereon, said film having a plurality of mutually spaced image areas in an array of areas having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3, said set of image components comprising image components representing three different colors that collectively define a first image, components of said first set being positioned on said film in areas identified respectively as column 1, row 1, column 2, row 1 and column 1, row 2 said film having a second set of image components positioned on said film in areas identified respectively as column 2, row 1, column 2, row 3 and column 1, row 3, and a viewer including, a lens board movable between first and second positions, first, second and third lenses having projecting axes and being mounted, in said first position of said lens board, in array positions corresponding to column 1, row 1, column 2, row 1 and column row 2, respectively, of said array, and means for mounting said lens board for rotation about an axis that is substantially parallel to the axes of said lenses between said first position and said second position, said second position being turned 180° with respect to said first position, whereby the image components of said first set may be projected by said lenses when said lens board is in said first position and the image components of said second set on said film may be projected by said lenses when said lens board is in said second position.

Claim 47

A viewing system for displaying color images comprising: a piece of film having a set of monochromatic image components thereon, said film having a plurality of mutually spaced image areas in an array of areas having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3, said set of image components comprising image components representing three different colors that collectively define a first image, components of said first set being positioned on said film in areas identified respectively as column 1, row 1, column 2, row 1 and column 1, row 2 said film having a second set of image components positioned on said film in areas identified respectively as column 2, row 1, column 2, row 3 and column 1, row 3, and a viewer including, a lens board movable between first and second positions, first, second and third lenses having projecting axes and being mounted, in said first position of said lens board, in array positions corresponding to column 1, row 1, column 2, row 1 and column row 2, respectively, of said array, and means for mounting said lens board for rotation about an axis that is substantially parallel to the axes of said lenses between said first position and said second position, said second position being turned 180° with respect to said first position, whereby the image components of said first set may be projected by said lenses when said lens board is in said first position and the image components of said second set on said film may be projected by said lenses when said lens board is in said second position.

Claim 48

A viewer comprising: projection means including a lens board having a first first, second and third lenses on said lens board having projection axes and positioned in column 1, row 1, column 2, row 2 and column 1, row 3 respectively of an imaginary lens array having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3, when said lens board is in said first position, and means for mounting said lens board for rotation about an axis that is parallel to the axes of said lenses from said first position to a second position that is turned 180° with respect to said first position.

Claim 49

A viewer comprising: projection means including a lens board having a first first, second and third lenses on said lens board having projection axes and positioned in column 1, row 1, column 2, row 2 and column 1, row 3 respectively of an imaginary lens array having columns 1 and 2 and rows 1, 2 and 3, when said lens board is in said first position, and means for mounting said lens board for rotation about an axis that is parallel to the axes of said lenses from said first position to a second position that is turned 180° with respect to said first position.

Claim 52

The method of claim 38 wherein said maximum deviation is not greater than about 0.012 inches.

Claim 55

The method of claim 40 wherein said maximum deviation is not greater than about 0.012 inches.

Claim 58

The method of claim 42 wherein said step of forming separated images comprises positioning two of said monochromatic images on said film with a deviation of relative positioning from a predetermined relative positioning of not more than about 0.012 inches.

Claim 59

The method of claim 42 wherein said step of displaying comprises adjusting position of at least one of said monochromatic images on said screen relative to position of another one of said monochromatic images on said screen.

Claim 60

The method of claim 44 wherein said step of adjusting is performed manually.

Claim 61

The method of claim 44 wherein said step of adjusting is performed automatically.

Claim 62

The method of claim 42 wherein said step of providing comprises providing said separated image on a single sheet of standard black-and-white film.

Claim 63

An optical color record for use with a viewer that displays in mutual superposition and without visibly discernable misregistration three record images having a predetermined nominal relative positioning, said optical record comprising: a sheet of monochromatic film, and three mutually separate record images formed on said film, said images respectively representing individual ones of three color components of an object, at least two of said images having an actual relative positioning that deviates from a nominal relative positioning by a maximum deviation that would cause a visibly discernable misregistration when said images are displayed in mutual superposition by said viewer.

Claim 64

An optical color record for use with a viewer that displays in mutual superposition and without visibly discernable misregistration three record images having a predetermined nominal relative positioning, said optical record comprising: a sheet of monochromatic film, and three mutually separate record images formed on said film, said images respectively representing individual ones of three color components of an object, at least two of said images having an actual relative positioning that deviates from a nominal relative positioning by a maximum deviation that would cause a visibly discernable misregistration when said images are displayed in mutual superposition by said viewer.

Claim 65

The color record of claim 48 wherein said sheet of monochromatic film comprises a standard sheet of 8×10 inch black-and-white film.

Claim 66

The optical color record of claim 48 wherein said maximum deviation is about 0.012 inches.

Claim 67

A viewer for displaying a color image comprising: a light source, a screen, a film holder interposed between said screen and light source and configured and arranged to hold a film record having a plurality of mutually spaced monochromatic images at three mutually spaced image areas, projection lens means interposed between said film holder and said screen for providing a plurality of optical paths from said source through respective ones of said areas to a common region of said screen, whereby monochromatic images formed on a sheet of film in said holder and respectively representing components of different spectral content of an object image may be projected in mutual superposition on said common region, and means in respective ones of said optical paths for imparting individually different spectral content to light in respective ones of said paths.

Claim 68

A viewer for displaying a color image comprising: a light source, a screen, a film holder interposed between said screen and light source and configured and arranged to hold a film record having a plurality of mutually spaced monochromatic images at three mutually spaced image areas, projection lens means interposed between said film holder and said screen for providing a plurality of optical paths from said source through respective ones of said areas to a common region of said screen, whereby monochromatic images formed on a sheet of film in said holder and respectively representing components of different spectral content of an object image may be projected in mutual superposition on said common region, and means in respective ones of said optical paths for imparting individually different spectral content to light in respective ones of said paths.

Claim 69

The viewer of claim 51 wherein said light source comprises three separate light sources each generating light of an individually different color, said light sources comprising said means for imparting different colors to light in said paths.

Claim 70

The viewer of claim 51 wherein said projection lens means comprises first, second and third lenses lying in a common plane generally perpendicular to at least one of said optical paths, and means for adjustably moving said second and third lenses relative to said first lens in first and second mutually transverse directions in said common plane, whereby projections on said screen of each of said second and third ones of said monochromatic images may be adjustably moved into precise registration with the projection of said screen of a third one of said monochromatic images.

Claim 71

The viewer of claim 53 wherein said film holder comprises a frame mounted for motion between a loading position displaced from said optical paths and a viewing position in said optical paths, said frame comprising a plurality of film support members collectively defining three film holder openings that form said mutually spaced image areas, said support members including vacuum means for securing a sheet of film to said frame.

Claim 72

The viewer of claim 53 including baffle means between said film holder and said lenses for mutually isolating said optical paths.

Claim 73

The viewer of claim 54 wherein said frame comprises a slidable drawer having frame members configured and arranged to hold a standard sheet of 8×10 inch black-and-white film.

Claim 74

The viewer of claim 53 including a lens mount, said second and third lenses being mounted in said lens mount for separate motion in said transverse directions, said first lens being fixed to said lens mount, and first and second manually operable adjusting means for separately and individually moving said second and third lenses relative to said first lens so as to obtain precise registration of all superposed images on said screen.

Claim 75

The viewer of claim 56 including means responsive to motion of said frame to said viewing position for activating said vacuum means and said light source.

Claim 76

A camera for forming a color record of an object comprising: a housing, means in said housing for providing three signals respectively representing three different monochromatic color components of an image of said object, a monochromatic cathode ray tube in said housing, means in said housing for sequentially feeding said signals to said tube, film holder means in said housing for holding a piece of monochromatic film, first, second and third lens means mounted in said housing between said tube and film holder means for respectively projecting first, second and third record images of said tube upon three mutually separate areas of film in said holder means, said first and second lens means being positioned relative to said third lens means to cause said first and second record images to have positions that deviate from nominal positions of said first and second record images relative to the position of said third image by a deviation not greater than a maximum deviation that would cause a visibly discernable misregistration of said color components when said record images are displayed upon a screen in mutual superposition by a viewer constructed and arranged to provide a mutually superposed display without visibly discernable misregistration of record images having said nominal positions, and normally closed shutter means in said housing between said lens means and said film holder for selectively passing light from respective ones of said lens means in synchronism with the sequential feeding of said signals to said tube.

Claim 77

A camera for forming a color record of an object comprising: a housing, means in said housing for providing three signals respectively representing three different monochromatic color components of an image of said object, a monochromatic cathode ray tube in said housing, means in said housing for sequentially feeding said signals to said tube, film holder means in said housing for holding a piece of monochromatic film, first, second and third lens means mounted in said housing between said tube and film holder means for respectively projecting first, second and third record images of said tube upon three mutually separate areas of film in said holder means, said first and second lens means being positioned relative to said third lens means to cause said first and second record images to have positions that deviate from nominal positions of said first and second record images relative to the position of said third image by a deviation not greater than a maximum deviation that would cause a visibly discernable misregistration of said color components when said record images are displayed upon a screen in mutual superposition by a viewer constructed and arranged to provide a mutually superposed display without visibly discernable misregistration of record images having said nominal positions, and normally closed shutter means in said housing between said lens means and said film holder for selectively passing light from respective ones of said lens means in synchronism with the sequential feeding of said signals to said tube.

Claim 78

The camera of claim 59 wherein said maximum deviation is not greater than about 0.012 inches.

Claim 79

In combination, a camera for forming a color record of an object, and a viewer for displaying said color record, said camera comprising: a housing, means for providing a plurality of signals respectively representing three different monochromatic color components of an image of said object, a monochromatic cathode ray tube in said housing, means in said housing for sequentially feeding said signals to said tube, film holder means in said housing for holding a piece of monochromatic film, camera lens means mounted in said housing between said tube and film holder means for projecting light from said tube to form a plurality of color record image components upon mutually spaced areas of a piece of monochromatic film in said holder means, normally closed shutter means in said housing between said lens means and said film holder means for selectively passing light from said lens means in accordance with the sequential feeding of said signals to said tube, said viewer comprising: a light source, a screen, a viewer film holder interposed between said screen and light source and configured and arranged to hold a piece of film having mutually spaced color record image components at mutually spaced image ares thereof, projection lens means interposed between said viewer film holder and said screen for providing a plurality of converging optical paths from said light source through respective ones of said areas to a common region of said screen, whereby color record image components formed on a piece of film in said viewer film holder and respectively representing different color image components of an object image may be projected in mutual superposition on said common region, and means in respective ones of said optical paths for imparting individually different spectral characteristics to light in respective ones of said paths.

Claim 80

In combination, a camera for forming a color record of an object, and a viewer for displaying said color record, said camera comprising: a housing, means for providing a plurality of signals respectively representing three different monochromatic color components of an image of said object, a monochromatic cathode ray tube in said housing, means in said housing for sequentially feeding said signals to said tube, film holder means in said housing for holding a piece of monochromatic film, camera lens means mounted in said housing between said tube and film holder means for projecting light from said tube to form a plurality of color record image components upon mutually spaced areas of a piece of monochromatic film in said holder means, normally closed shutter means in said housing between said lens means and said film holder means for selectively passing light from said lens means in accordance with the sequential feeding of said signals to said tube, said viewer comprising: a light source, a screen, a viewer film holder interposed between said screen and light source and configured and arranged to hold a piece of film having mutually spaced color record image components at mutually spaced image ares thereof, projection lens means interposed between said viewer film holder and said screen for providing a plurality of converging optical paths from said light source through respective ones of said areas to a common region of said screen, whereby color record image components formed on a piece of film in said viewer film holder and respectively representing different color image components of an object image may be projected in mutual superposition on said common region, and means in respective ones of said optical paths for imparting individually different spectral characteristics to light in respective ones of said paths.

Claim 81

The combination of claim 61 wherein said film holder means of said camera are configured and arranged to hold a sheet of monochromatic 8×10 inch film.

Claim 82

The combination of claim 61 wherein said camera lens means has a first magnification and wherein said projection lens means has a second magnification that is the reciprocal of said first magnification.