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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5151725 | Apparatus and method for editing film A film editing table includes a light source mounted away from the editor's sitting position, with a light guide transmitting the light to the film editing table's optics to produce images on the table's rear projection screen with a brightness and color ... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5137348 | Collimated projection system with wide horizontal field, with device to increase the vertical field In a simulator for helicopters, the images seen are displayed through the bottom windows by means of a system collimated to infinity, including, for each side of the cockpit, a projector (15, 16), a spherical mirror (12, 13) and a screen (17, 18).... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5121977 | Apparatus for raising and lowering the lower screen mask in a motion picture theater The device described here allows for the raising or lowering of the mask which sits along the bottom edge of the screen in a motion picture theater and, along with the top and two side masks, frames the entire screen. The lower mask is supported by a numb... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5013147 | System for producing stationary or moving three-dimensional images by projection Device for reproducing stationary or three-dimensional images by projection, the photographing being effected through several objectives, each located at a different position in space; in the reproduction system, the different images, if not reproduced on... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5004335 | System for reproducing three-dimensional, that is four-dimensional, images and, particularly moving images by projection, without the use of coherent light System capable of reproducing high quality moving three-dimensional images with a non limited orthoscopic viewing angle consisting of the projection of several images PR1. PR2 . . . PRn, taken from several different spatial positions... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4991955 | Circular projection and display system using segmented trapezoidal screens A circular projection system using segmented trapezoidal screens arranged in a continuous arcuate array about a central vertical axis. The top of each screen is tilted downward. Each screen is illuminated by a projector which is mounted above and behind t... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4982092 | 360 Degree optical surveillance system A 360 degree surveillance system for detecting an infrared IR signal coming rom a scene. The IR signal is reflected by the scanning mirror to an imaging lens. The scanning mirror rotates 360 degrees around a vertical axis. The imaging lens images the IR si... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4980565 | Electro-optical target acquisition system An electro-optical target acquisition system having a scanning mirror which otates through a 360° azimuthal plane. The infrared (IR) signal of a target is reflected off a mirror and imaged by a lens through an optical derotator onto a linear array of IR d... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4977323 | 360 degree infrared surveillance with panoramic display A 360 degree infrared surveillance system comprising a scanning head rota on a turntable having optics and IR detectors in a vertical linear array, amplifiers for each detector and light emitting diodes for each respective detector/amplifier channel. The... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4957361 | Method of producing and displaying a 3-D motion picture A method of producing and displaying a 3-D motion picture is disclosed. Two master film negatives are prepared using a camera rig employing one camera that looks directly at the subject through a semi-transparent mirror and a second camera that looks at t... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4915497 | Stereoscopic motion picture apparatus with horizontal film movement An apparatus for photographing a pair of diagonally related left and right images of a stereoscopic image couple on to film frames of a horizontally moving 65 mm film having 15 film perforations per frame.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4915496 | Motorized bottom masking device for wide and/or curved motion picture screens A motorized bottom masking assembly for variably masking a lower portion of a large curved picture projection screen, including a bottom mask movable to various heights along the lower portion of the screen having a rigid bar member defining the uppermost... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4864335 | Panoramic camera An improved panoramic camera of the type having a camera which turns as the film is drawn therethrough. The improved panoramic camera has a handle which contains a drive motor. A pulley is located on the handle and also on the base of the take-up spool. A... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4789889 | Integrated circuit device having slanted peripheral circuits The present invention sets forth an integrated circuit (IC) device wherein the IC chip includes peripheral circuits, such as input/output circuits, which are arranged non-perpendicular with respect to the rectangular shape of the active area of the IC. Th... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4645318 | Apparatus for projecting a largely 360° motion picture image An apparatus is described for projecting a motion picture image on a screen that extends 360° around the viewers, by moving a film past a slit through which light shines, forming an image of the slit on the screen, and rapidly revolving the slit image ar... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4641918 | Portable panoramic theatre A free-standing collapsible panoramic theatre is described. When assembled, the theatre includes a multiplicity of vertical screens arranged in a polygonal arrangement that defines an internal viewing region. The viewing screens are supported by a multipl... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4630913 | Extended depth-of-field 3-D camera In the three dimensional camera of this invention, reflective surfaces, such as a prism or mirrors, are placed between each lens and its negative holder with the reflective surfaces at an angle of approximately 45° to the center of the lens. This results... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4597633 | Image reception system An image reception system is provided with an inflatable viewing surface. A video projection system is arranged within the volume defining the viewing surface to form images on interior concave surfaces. The projected image is viewed on the outside convex... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4560260 | Motion picture system A method is described for producing and projecting a theater quality entertainment motion picture, by photographing and then projecting the motion picture on a screen, which creates an unusually vivid impression of realism. The film frames have a resoluti... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4509835 | Three dimensional cinema and novel projector system therefore Three dimensional viewing achieved through use of multiple lens camera with included erector lens which yield a multiplicity of side by side medium-carried-images with provisions for some overlap and subsequent projection of said images by means of a plur... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4505558 | Method of modifying projected images A method of modifying projected images is disclosed wherein light is projected on a screen in a manner which provides information concerning the desired characteristics of the image. The parameters of optical attenuators required to obtain the desired ima... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4477160 | Motion picture system A method is described for producing and projecting a theater quality entertainment motion picture, by photographing and then projecting the motion picture on a screen, which creates an unusually vivid impression of realism. The film frames have a resoluti... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4464029 | Wide angle film shooting and projection of truncated images Wide angle film shooting and projection of images on the inside of a spherical screen is accomplished by first shooting a scene using a "fish-eye" lens to obtain truncated circular images with their truncations along a common edge of the film. The images ... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4357081 | Projector for the projection of a panoramic image and camera for the manufacture of films for a projector of this kind A motion picture projector, camera, and film for a panoramic motion picture. The projector advances a film strip along a cylindrical path for the projection of a panoramic image. Substantially identical condenser lenses with light sources are mounted insi... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4319812 | Audio-visual systems and methods Audio-visual systems including a motion picture film projector and a tape player, the film having optical cues and program reference notches for stopping film advancement, and the tape having start cues for starting film advancement. The optical stop cues... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4251140 | Ride assembly for simulating travel A ride assembly for simulating travel in a preprogrammed environment to passengers is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing having a moveable base adapted for carrying passengers thereon. The assembly also includes a pair of supporting carriage membe... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4214821 | Total environment photographic mount and photograph A device for taking a series of photographs, each in reference to one of the faces of a regular polyhedron. The photographs are then printed and the prints are trimmed to the appropriate configuration in relation to the geometry of the faces of the polyhe... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4185898 | Device for projecting a film picture A projector for projecting images of an image bearing film which has marginal edges and a central image bearing portion, comprises a film guide which includes vertically spaced, substantially cylindrical guide members. The image bearing film is guided rad... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4154514 | Motion picture projecting system A system for projecting and exhibiting motion pictures creating for the viewer illusory impressions of depth and participation. The system employs a single projector equipped with an anamorphic lens. In preferred embodiment the projector, using a standard... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4123152 | Circumferential stereo spectacular with a mosaic in a scene This invention is an improved apparatus for recording and displaying a scene. A camera comprising a recording means is positioned at a location in a mosaic comprising a stage, to record said scene to be photographed which selectively extends beyond said m... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4098550 | Omni-directional moving picture taking and exhibiting apparatus Motion picture apparatus is disclosed herein having a light source supplying light to a collective end of a plurality of light wave carrier bundles. A film carrying a plurality of images per frame is interposed between the light source and the light wave ... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4078860 | Cycloramic image projection system A cycloramic image projection system in which an image as viewed from a central point, is projected in a complete circle about the viewer's position onto a drum-type screen. Included is a conical reflector arranged concentrically with the optical axis of ... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4070098 | Fisheye projection lens system for 35mm motion pictures A 180° high resolution fisheye projection lens suitable for projecting images onto a hemispherical dome, such as a planetarium dome, includes a nine-element projection lens and a six-element relay lens. The relay lens serves to increase the distance betw... | 01/24/1978 |
| 3998532 | Wide angle single channel projection apparatus The invention utilizes a vertically positioned arc lamp and associated lamp ollector-reflector in conjunction with depending associated secondary and projection mirrors, the projection mirror being convex and centrally apertured to form an exit pupil close... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3989362 | Circumferential stereo spectacular, 360 degrees horizontally and vertically with mosaic in scene This invention is an improved apparatus for recording and displaying a scene. It comprises a camera positioned at a location in a mosaic comprising a stage, to record said scene to be photographed which selectively extends beyond said mosaic. Said scene w... | 11/02/1976 |
